Where I stand with the Army

To make a long story short, I have been back in Israel since April 1. On Thursday, while at the Lishkat Giyus, I was told my profile is a 64. Aaron, from the Lone Soldier Center, thinks that the army is making a mistake. The soldiers at the Lishkat Giyus are extremely incompetent, as shown thus far. They have given me false information through this process and whatever else. Originally, Aaron thought I had a good chance of having my profile changed, but on Thursday a doctor told him they would not change my profile. Now, I have to start the appeal process. I will go see an Israeli doctor and Michelle’s aunt is helping me write letters and such to the army. I can only hope that it all works out.

This has been the most frustrating process of my life, hands down. I’m frustrated, annoyed, and just flat out uncertain about what the hell is going to happen with me. To put it bluntly, I feel like the army has shoved a rifle up my ass and pulled the trigger. I came to do combat, not sit behind a desk. I don’t even want to think about sitting behind a desk for the next year and a half. Hopefully I will be able to opt out of my contract because I was told that people going through Mahal do combat. Even if I can opt out, it’s not what I want to do, I want to fight. It’s all I’ve thought about the last few years. I see soldiers walking down the street and it just makes me want to be in the army already.

I’ve been an athlete my whole life, I’ve played baseball. I’ve hit against pitchers who throw 90 mph, I think my eyes are just fine for combat. Someone else who has better eyes, but still wears contacts is just as screwed as me if they fall out. The army’s logic just sucks. I also now probably won’t be going into the army in May, so I’ll have to wait until August. What the hell am I supposed to do for 3.5 months? My visa doesn’t allow me to work, so that’s more or less off the table. I’ll look into taking hebrew classes, since my hebrew still sucks. So I guess that’s what I’ll do.

This is where I currently stand with the army and to be honest, it sucks the big one!