- Attended & graduated from DOD Pesticide Certification Course at Ft Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX
- Visited SeaWorld, the Alamo, & the Riverwalk (San Antonio, TX), WDW, Universal Studios (Orlando), & Universal Islands of Adventure
- Unit reflagged to 299th BSB, 1st Infantry Division
- Promoted to First Lieutenant (O2) 8 October
- Deployed to Camp Liberty, Baghdad, Iraq on 8 October
- Awarded Combat Patch (1st ID) for deployment to Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)
- Visited WDW
