by Jessica Scott | Sep 26, 2011 | army mom, army officers, company command, deployment, mommy fail, moms at war, Uncategorized, women at war, working mom
I’m sitting here tonight in a crappy hotel room in Sierra Vista Arizona. I’m away from my kids. I’m alone but for the bright white screen of my computer and I’m thinking. It’s never a good sign when I start getting introspective but sitting here tonight, I am, so here...
by Jessica Scott | Aug 23, 2011 | army officers, company command, deployment, Fort Hood, leadership, Uncategorized
There are literally dozens of jobs that one takes on when one takes the guidon. I’m writing a book about company command when I’m done with this whole experience and it’s going to talk about all the bat shit crazy things you will see or hear while in command. I’ll...
by Jessica Scott | Aug 15, 2011 | deployment, Iraq, Uncategorized, women at war
One of the things I love about my husband is his ability to make me laugh. Over the years, the cards he’s sent with flowers for our anniversary or my birthday have made me laugh more than anything. They’re sarcastic. They’re crude humor that make me laugh. He’s the...
by Jessica Scott | Aug 6, 2011 | army officers, deployment, leadership, Predeployment, redeployment, Uncategorized
So if you’ve been paying attention lately, you may have seen that starting in 2012, deployments are going to shift to 9 months for Army units. Which is great right? That’s what we’ve been trying to get to for years since the wars started. Finally, the senior leaders...
by Jessica Scott | Jul 20, 2011 | army officers, company command, deployment, Fort Hood, leadership, Uncategorized, women at war
I’m struggling tonight. I’m struggling to take almost 4 years as an officer and 12 years as a NCO and merge the two. My life in the army is divided into 3 parts: Junior enlisted Jess (less than 2 years), Sergeant Jess (over 10) and Officer Jess. I would argue that...
by Jessica Scott | Jul 9, 2011 | books, deployment, publishing, RWA Nationals, social networking, Uncategorized, women at war, writer's ruck sack, Writing
So I was holding off on blogging any more until after Sherry’s backlist giveaway was complete. So this was the year of Twitter. Everywhere I turned, people were talking to me and the introduction went something like this: “I’m so and so, from twitter.” And yes, names...