Saturday, November 22, 2008

12 NOVEMBER 2008--The Replacements


The Frozen Chosen of course are the original four military folks that deployed for Operation DEEP FREEZE starting in September. Greg, Tracey, Jen, and I made up this original contingent. Tracey and Jen are being replaced by two more Active Duty personnel from Kadena AFB, Okinawa, Japan. Tracey's counterpart is Mila French (Center Right) and Jen's counterpart is Leslie Green (Center Left). They are both high-energy, wonderful additions to the medical staff and McMurdo in general. With that being said, there is also a level of sadness...replacements mean that some deployments are coming to an end and for those of us that have to stick around so much longer...it makes the deployment seem like it's dragging out all the longer. Great friendships are always established on deployments...keeping friendships is more work post-deployment. What say we....keep up the friendships in our post-deployment life? I know, that means I have to be better at the whole e-mail thing....!

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