Eagles Landing 9/15

I'm a volunteer with Team Rubicon, one of the few non Veteran volunteers in this primarily Veteran Disaster Relief organization. This week I'm deploying to one of the many current operations - but this one isn't flood or fire related.  This op is one of several around the country in which the army is working alongside a number of relief organizations to re-settle the Afghan evacuees.

I am deploying to Fort Bliss in Texas and working in the camp in New Mexico. Lest you think that sounds exotic and 'cool,' this came with my dispatch orders: "Billeting will be in a large, open, unairconditioned, government warehouse building with plenty of room for us to spread out for COVID protocols. We will be on cots. There are bathrooms in the billeting area but no showers which will be sourced at a nearby gym and perhaps other locations nearby on base. Daily temperatures are averaging in the mid 90’s with low humidity. It is a desert. It is very breezy and sometimes very dusty."

Oh, without doubt, this is going to be an experience I'll remember!