Why are we in Virginia?

You may have noticed that our profile currently says that we're in Virginia, even though we're moving from Alaska to Louisiana. What's up with that?

I'm actually temporarily assigned to a Pentagon satellite office in Arlington. Believe it or not, my assignment is considered a "deployment." Most military folks get sent to Iraq or Afghanistan--I get sent to the D.C. metro area. Go figure.

We've been in Arlington since the end of January, and we'll be here until the end of May. This actually adds a significant challenge to our PCS: there's a lot of things we just can't do until we get back in June. Since we're departing Alaska in late July, that gives us roughly six weeks to outprocess from the base, sell our excess goods, clean the house, and wrap up all of our affairs before leaving. We're confident that we can do all that, but our last few weeks in Alaska will be very busy!