In Route to Germany

On our way to Germany, were were stationed at Nellis AFB in Las Vegas, NV on temporary duty (TDY) for 6 weeks. While we were there, Dave received intensive training to prepare him for our squadrons upcoming deployment. Initially, we were not the most excited to go to Vegas for that long period of time; we are no strangers to this city because we lived there back in 2007. However, we had an amazing time and were able to meet and get to know many of the people in the new squadron we just joined. I was very fortunate to meet some of the wives from the squadron as well. We thought we'd share a few of the highlights from our 6 weeks there.

There was a Naming Night when all of the new guys (FNGs) had to dress up and go out on the town with the other guys from the squadron. They went to various places where the FNGs had to complete certain tasks assigned by the Warhawks who were already named. At the end of the evening all of them were given their new call sign.

These are all 5 FNGs that were named that night!

Dave was Elvis, and had to sing "I'm All Shook Up" in front of many people at the Hofbrauhaus. His new call sign is "Tripel".

We also were fortunate enough to be able to participate in our first Habitat for Humanity project together along with people from our squadron.

This was Money Night! Basically Money Night is a night where everyone gets really dressed up and spends a bunch of money. All of the guys put money into a pot and then draw names to see who is the lucky winner of all that money (it ended up being $2,000) will be. Then that lucky person picks the casino and the game he would like to play and has to bet all of the money on one hand. If he wins, he keeps his winnings and passes the original $2,000 onto lucky #2. This will keep on going until someone looses the money. During this Money Night, our good friend was lucky #1 and won $2,000 playing roulette. Unfortunately, #2 was not as lucky.

This was our last night in Vegas AND our last night in America! We were so lucky to be able to spend this evening my my sister, Michelle, and her boyfriend, Nick. We went on the Strip and gambled and had a great time, until we lost our money... but that's Vegas!

Overall, we had a blast in Vegas, but we were definitely ready to get to Germany and sleep in our own bed!

Peace out America!