PDS

I learned from when Ronnie was in the Army that all branches of the military use initials for just about everything. PDS...Permanent Duty Station.

English called yeterday with news that she received her PDS during class that morning. She actually got her first choice...again. She got her first choice of languages and now she is getting her first choice of where she will be stationed. Now keep in mind that she is not done with her training and her PDS does not take effect until January, 2009. Yes I typed that correctly. 2009!

She will graduate from DLI in February and then go back to Goodfellow in Texas and then on to Nebraska for 6-8 months. Nebraska is where we hoped that she would be stationed. It would be closer to Minnesota and she would be able to come visit for long weekends. But nooooooooo! Her first choice was Arizona. There is a small group of Airmen stationed there.

This is good in a way. Good for her that she will still be close to family in California. Grandma Jan has a house in Laughlin, AZ so English will be able to go visit there sometime. Bad for us that she will still be so far away.

English knows what type of plane she will be in, but if she told us she would have to kill us.