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Smudges*Mom
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*~*Lithigin*~*
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Hey there, I saw below that your DH is on a MiTT. My DH returned 3 weeks ago from a MiTT assignment. If ever you are curious about somebody else's experience with a MiTT-assigned DH, I'm here.
I hope that you and your family are doing well!
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Re: *~*Lithigin*~*
Oh, sweet MiTT. How I love you and your effect on our family; let me count the ways...
I love that you took DH after about 9 months of dwell time (after a 15-month tour) for 4 months in Kansas, then tacked a full 12 month-er on afterwards. When DH returns, he will have missed 30.5 months of the life of our 40-month old.
I love that the required training is training that all soldiers got in freaking basic training, and that it was completely redundant for any soldier who has deployed in recent memory. I know that many MiTT soldiers have not deployed recently (not necessarily through any fault) and they might need it to be up to speed on current rules/tactics, but it was a total waste of life for those who JUST got back from downrange.
I love that you recognized his competence and gave him a job two ranks above his pay grade, but declined to promote him to the appropriate rank (even though a Guardsman would have been guaranteed the promotion), and that his soldiers are just barely subordinate to him and therefore act like 5th graders about recognizing his command.
I love that 82nd Airborne at Bragg won't recognize above fancy command as a command for his current rank, and if you give him his proper-rank command, he'd immediately deploy again for you.
I love that even though DH's replacement unit is already there to take over, THREE months early, you will not send DH and his MiTT home. I love that you're wasting double resources for 90 days and that you're rubbing it in the face of the families of DH's MiTT and the replacing MiTT, who could have had their men with them an extra 90 days.
I love that I'm trying to sell two houses and buy another one 500 miles away. It's pretty easy to do that as a single mom.
I love that DH calls me constantly to vent about his job just so he can stay sane enough to do his job safely and competently.
Whew; felt good to get that all off my chest! For the supposed 90% of MiTT soldiers who volunteer so they can get their HAAP (Homebase Assignment of Preference...hmm, I'm missing a letter!), I really hope the mission was worth it to them. DH would resign his commission if he ever gets tasked with a MiTT again. I really really hope your DH's tour was more tolerable for your family!!
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Yah, MiTTs are fun, huh?
I don't want to give you false hope, but my DH's team came home early--because they were double staffed for quite a while. My DH, being the boy scout that he is, stayed two weeks longer than his team to wait for his actual replacement (who was not part of the same team who replaced the rest of DH's team). But, it was less than 12 months. (In fact, he left for the Middle East a year ago today. I remember that because the stress of it landed me in L&D with major cramping. Fun times.) I do hope that who ever makes the decisions gets their head out of their backside and sends your DH, and his team, home.
I can't believe how much time your DH has been away from you and your DD. That makes my heart sad. As tough as it was for my DH to be gone when he was, my LO didn't know any better. I sure would have liked to for him to have been home, but we went in to the pregnancy eyes wide open. Still sucks though.
I'm not sure if it is HAAP or what, but my DH was able to have a say in his next assignment (a first for him in a while. He was volun-told he was on a MiTT.). We are headed to Northern Virginia in less than 2 weeks. We are excited about moving back to the DC area (that is where we were living when we met).
As I said, I'm here to share your frustration. There are a few positives to a MiTT, but, I would have rather him be home and not have the "benies". Hang in there!