A Visit to the PBO (Property Book Office)
The soldiers who work in the PBO help make sure that everyone in the Brigade has all the equipment they need. They also keep track of who owns all of the equipment that the Brigade has, so we don't lose it all. POLARCOM (Polar Command) sent me over to Iraq without any equipment, and after asking around, I learned that the soldiers in the PBO are the ones I should talk to about getting what I need to fight...
The equipment arrives. Wow, was that ever fast! Before Sergeant 1st Class Clevenger gives me the equipment, they inventory it together to make sure that it's all there. I got a backpack, a radio, a new helmet, a rucksack, an M4 rifle with a grenade launcher, an M249 machine gun with a telescope sight, and a TOW missile launcher. Wow, I hope that's not too much for me to carry:
Before Sergeant 1st Class Clevenger lets me take the equipment away, she makes me sign a receipt for it. That way she can always check to see who she gave it to:
I'm saying "Thank you!":
On his way out of the Property Book Office, I met Warrant Officer Woo. Mr. Woo is the Brigade's transportation officer. When we need to move something, he makes sure it gets where it is going. I asked Mr. Woo if he could transport some icebergs from the Arctic to our base in Iraq. Mr. Woo explained that there really wasn't any good way to do that:
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Woohoo Polar Bear - you're really in the Army now! You're armed and dangerous.
Posted by: toni | June 3, 2006 7:32 AM