A good sign..

Got this in e-mail yesterday, but been too busy to blog it:

Draft results from the 16 DEC 04 sourcing conference are in. As things stand, they appear to have accepted EUCOM's position that we cannot support another rotation or an extension. In the draft message, EUCOM has not been tasked with either an extension of our deployers, nor to provide a second deployment iteration. We are awaiting record message traffic confirming this and expect word in the next week or so. Based on these results, I believe there's a high probability you wil redeploy on time. Of course, the possibility remains, howeve slight, that requirements impacting your situation might change. As with anything else concerning deployments, be flexible and prepare your families accordingly. They need to know that this is hopeful news, but not yet carved in stone. I will continue to keep you posted as new information becomes available.

Happy New Year to all of you, and stay safe.

Col Dick Ayres
Commander, JAC

In a nutshell, as things are at the moment, I should be coming home at the end of my six months.

Myron