What the major is up to now

[CaptO]

Well, all the concerts are wrapped up and they went great! I am going back to play some brass quintet and trombone quartet stuff with them (rehearsal only) after my upcoming exercise. I am going to be in Thailand from Jan through March (about 59 days). Way too long. This will be for exercise Cobra Gold 2016 (CG16) but this time I am going as the III MEF CG planner. I went for CG15, but was only there for about 2 weeks. I'll let you know how that goes. Just to set expectations, I won't be crawling through the jungle drinking cobra blood with the Thais. No, for me I will be in a hotel in Bangkok as the exercise control group. Yes, I have become what I have always bitched about when I was "in the trenches" (so to speak - as much "in the trenches" as you get as a staff officer). I'm the hotel dwelling, per diem getting staff weenie.