You can't spell "Disgruntled" without "Grunt"

I hate having all of these really awesome ideas in my head for movies and scenes that are fully fleshed out and ready to go, but not having the ability to put things in motion. I really want to go to school, I want to learn the art of character animation and realize everything I've been going through this shit-storm for. Of course, I doubt when I get my degree I'll be able to create everything I want right away, I'll probably be stuck working at Disney animation studios doing whatever new straight-to-DVD-animated-sequel-to-a-beloved-classic they're deciding to flood the market with at the time.

Regardless, I'm really excited to get out of this organization already.

I won't lie, I don't hate the Marine Corps. I think most Marines' anger and hatred is better aimed at their specific chain of command than the Corps itself. There's been a lot of that going on around here lately. While I will agree that most Marines would complain regardless of how good or bad things are--I do think that lately things have been even more ridiculous and fucked than they usually are. That's saying a lot.

Either the command doesn't know, or they don't care that every Marine under them has reached a point of complete ambivalence. No one has any confidence or trust in this chain of command, they're convinced that most of the staff is out to get them as well. While one would expect this from a few disheartened individuals, it's not something that you would typically see on the company level. While I can understand that the commands decisions will not appeal to everyone, it's somewhat expected that they have the responsibility to make the decisions appeal to someone.

When I asked the question, "What is the point of switching two companies in a battlespace when both of them are already set-in, and more than willing to finish the remainder of the deployment at their current locations?" The reply I received was, "It's political."

Political for who? The Battalion staff? Spending thousands of government dollars doing something that absolutely doesn't have to be done is downright irresponsible, not to mention a waste of everyone's time. On paper, playing the infantry company shuffle may work. Shit, it may even work logistically. What the battalion doesn't realize however is that acts like these, with no explanation, leaves the people that it actually affects in complete anger and discontent. No one wants to have to pack everything they have, tell their families they have a different address, move to some place they've never been, all for political reasons. Things like this are what destroy the "Marine Corps" for those on the fence about re-enlisting. Things like this are what keep Marines performing poorly. When there's no purpose behind action, what's the point?

Blah, I'm just ranting now. Anyway, I'm getting tired. My sleep schedule is still messed up from my all-nighters in Ramadi.