news from the old flight

I get emails from my replacement every few days.  I thought this one was fairly amusing (posted below).  I think if these are the present concerns of our deployed, then all is well.

—–Original Message—–
From: Sanders James C Lt Col 332EOSS/EAEF
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 4:18 PM
Subject: Fitness+
Importance: High

Good afternoon everyone,

I just got word that we were very close to “winning” the Couch Potato
award for the Wing.  I was shocked to say the least.  I know that most of you
are going to the gym and sweating from one form of exercise or another.
  Many of you may not know it, but the workout point formula was recently
upgraded for weight lifters and runners to demonstrate fairness for your hard work.
I DO NOT want AE to win this award.  I will discuss the problem with
our fitness tracker, as the OS Squadron performed an analysis and found
that most of our folks recorded NO POINTS.  Maj Vaughns reaffirmed that he
has personally seen tons of our folks over in the gym.  This leads me to
believe that we are getting complacent and not filling out the Fitness tracker
form.  Folks, I don’t know how to make it any easier on you.   Some flights do
not have a central recorder, they require each member to fill out the
tracker themselves.  I personally do NOT want to go there.  MSgt Jenks is
helping us, just leave the form in his inbox. 

Now, I’ll make a deal with the flight, as long as each of you are showing
points (in any form), I’ll be happy.  According to the Wing commander,
I can at my option, require you to undergo PT testing a minimum of two times
while here.  Again, I don’t want to PT test anyone, but at the same time, I
am held responsible for ensuring that you are maintaining personal fitness.  I
only have two ways to do this, thru the Tracker or a formal testing  process.

Come see me or e-mail me back if you have specific questions.  For
those of you who are consistently helping us from being embarrassed, I thank you
for turning in your sheets.  Keep up the good work,
Jimbo
James C. “Jim” Sanders, Lt. Col., CFN, USAF Commander 332nd EAEF Balad
Air
Base, Iraq
DSN: 318-443-7326