CTI

So I know it has been way too long since my last post.  Corps Training Institute or CTI as we call it has been crazy for everyone.  CMs arrived on August 26 and we have been going strong since then.  TLT ended right before that.  I have had the pleasure of working with some pretty awesome Corps Members since their arrival. 

As I mentioned in my last blog post, I will not have a team throughout the year as I am a Strategic Support Team Leader.  With that, I have had the fortune of interacting with a great number of Corps Members as I am not tied down to just one team (8-10 CMs).  Part of this interaction has been wonderful.  I even have a Team that nicknamed me Poppa Sean.  I have cooked for a few different teams and gotten to really get to know a few of the CMs pretty well.  The staff here at the Southern Region are by far some of the best people I have worked for and with in my entire life.  Being at work each and every day does not really seem like work at all. 

Induction is fast approaching!  This Friday, September 27 all of us will be participating in the induction ceremony.  Prior to that, I will be traveling with my Unit (Summit, where ya at?) down to Baton Rouge, LA to receive my FEMA ID and work out getting all of the CM's their Laptops, RSA Tokens, ID's, and Blackberry Smart Phones.  Its going to be a very long day as I'll be leaving at 5:30 a.m. and returning very late at night. 

Starting next week we will be going through FEMA Academy where we will be all learning about our specific jobs and what we will be doing over the course of the next ten months.  After next week we will be deployed to various locations across the country.  I look forward to discovering where I will be deployed to and the logistics behind Strat deployment.  I will gladly update everyone when I learn more info.  I will make a much better attempt at updating this on a weekly basis from now on.