We've lived in Germany a year! Which I feel is a perfect time to announce some great news...
...Our squadron is PCSing to Kapaun so we got the option to extend our DEROS by a year when we signed up for a COT!
Aren't you so happy for us? ;o)
Sorry... I couldn't help but be annoyingly cryptic since there are SO many military terms involved! Let's unravel that very Air Force-y sentence, shall we? Time to brush y'all up on some AF definitions!
PCSing: I've explained this one before. Permanent Change of Station-ing. AKA moving. Since our squadron's new building is complete, they're moving bases. Which, even though the bases are only 15 minutes apart, still means that we're (even us dependents who are not moving at all!) "moving."
Kapaun: Our "technical" new base. But you will here me forever after this point referring to it as Vogelweh. Because when I go to get my mail or go to the Commissary or get gas, I tell J "I'm going to Vogelweh" because... well, I'm not sure why. I think that it's actually a joint base of Kapaun, Vogelweh, and Pulaski. But all of us here in the KMC (remember that one? Kaiserslautern Military Community) just call the whole thing Vogelweh.
DEROS: There are a couple various definitions for this one so I get to pick my favorite. Date of Estimated Return from Overseas. AKA how long is your tour and when are you going to to back to the States? Our DEROS is three years from when we got here in April 2011.
COT: Consecutive Overseas Tour. It's pretty much self-explanatory... instead of going back to the States after our DEROS we go somewhere else in the great wide world.
So basically what I'm saying is that the Aiduk family gets an unexpected extra year in Germany! Our DEROS is now April 2015 because we opted to take that "COT" (even though it's only a PCS to Vogelweh) so we could get the extra year... and, rumor has it, some extra leave. We're pretty excited about one more year to enjoy this house, this village, these great neighbors, these awesome friends, and this amazing country.
Oh yeah, and squeeze in as much travel around the rest of Europe as we can!
I'm not sure whether to say, 'wow that was fast' or say, 'wow that took forever' seems like just yesterday that J finished tech school and you left, but it seems way longer when I think of how much the girlies have grown up in that time! I miss you all so much!!!
ReplyDeleteSeriously! Sammy was a little over 3mo when we moved here!
DeleteOh Jess! I'm so excited for you!!! You need to go visit Italy. Promise me you'll go!! I can't wait to read about more of your adventures. CONGRATS on one more year in paradise...and one more year NOT having to pack up and move!
ReplyDeleteMost definitely. Italy is on the list for our May trip. Plus I'm sure we'll go back again at some point. But we're hitting Venice, Rome, and possibly Florence and Milan. I can't wait!
Deletegreat wrap job, mama! and congrats on the extra year, I doubt you'll regret it!
ReplyDeleteps: I vote Sicily. all major civilizations of that half of the world passed through Sicily and left their mark, it's really interesting!
I have a friend who's family lives in Sicily. I will have to put that on "the list" ;o)
DeleteOh and ps my MIL helped me make that wrap. It served us well!
Deletei love the unpacking of the military lingo... lol i had to explain to my father the other day what PCS-ing meant. my husband was so proud of me! Congratulations on the extension!!!!! this means i get to see you and your lovely family for that much longer! SO very happy for you guys!!!!!
ReplyDeleteYep I decided to start that "series" a little while after we joined because Jesse would talk to his family on the phone and COMPLETELY use milterms all the time. I felt bad for his poor Mom so I wanted to try to give her a dictionary lol.
DeleteGlad for you guys, sad for us (me) :(
ReplyDeleteno way we can we just make Deutschland closer to the US?
I wish! That would be great! Even if the Pond was a little smaller... then the plane flights wouldn't be so expensive or looooooong ;o)
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