Monday, July 26, 2004
Question from a Reader - Why does your work schedule change so much - from working 13 hour days to working every other day?
The schedule varies with the supply and demand of personnel. In Falluja, when we had separate incoming and outgoing check points which we were running mostly by ourselves, we needed 1.5 platoons to staff it at all times. We had three platoons available for that mission, so we had to work 13 hour days: 12 at the checkpoint and a half hour on either end for preparation and travel time.
When the checkpoint was combined for both incoming and outgoing traffic and we dropped back to support the ICDC, we only needed one platoon at a time so we could work 9 hour days: 8 hours at the checkpoint and hour for preparation and travel time.
When our mission got switched to patrolling, they needed one squad to patrol a route at all times. We had two squads available for that mission, so we went back to 13 hour days.
I can't go into the details of our current situation here in the International Zone, but it's similar supply and demand sort of stuff.
The schedule varies with the supply and demand of personnel. In Falluja, when we had separate incoming and outgoing check points which we were running mostly by ourselves, we needed 1.5 platoons to staff it at all times. We had three platoons available for that mission, so we had to work 13 hour days: 12 at the checkpoint and a half hour on either end for preparation and travel time.
When the checkpoint was combined for both incoming and outgoing traffic and we dropped back to support the ICDC, we only needed one platoon at a time so we could work 9 hour days: 8 hours at the checkpoint and hour for preparation and travel time.
When our mission got switched to patrolling, they needed one squad to patrol a route at all times. We had two squads available for that mission, so we went back to 13 hour days.
I can't go into the details of our current situation here in the International Zone, but it's similar supply and demand sort of stuff.
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