After our graduation from the Civil Affairs course we had a graduation party at the local chapter of the American Legion. The good people there were more than happy to host us and allow us to celebrate our success.

The party was good and a fun time was had by all, in some ways it struck me as being a bit bitter sweet because I realized that I may not have the privilege of ever getting to work with many of these people again. I already know I will see many of them down range, some will be a part of my unit, but others I may never see again. We did all exchange e-mail addresses, I can only hope that we actually manage to keep in touch. If nothing else I have realized that this tour in the Army, especially in the Civil Affairs / PsyOps Special Operations community, will be a great opportunity to do some networking.