November 2015....all about Will

Will:

Will has been very busy this month so busy in fact that I've decided to give him his own post.

ILEAS has been one of the main things he's been up to this month.  In fact he has spend 2 weeks doing ILEAS stuff and 2 working.  He's really liking being a part time Cop and a part time SWAT operator.  First he went to Urbana for a week long WMD basic equipment coarse.  (WMD = weapons of mass destruction) Then later in the month he had his regular 2 day team training.  But the day before his training he got a call out for the team to do a search warrant in Alton.  Then the next day when his training was supposed to start they had another search warrant call out and as a result of that in the evening they used the leads they got there and did another search warrant hit on a house.  All the Ops (thats me being cool and using the lingo Ops=operations) went well and they arrested several people and got some drugs and thieves off the streets.   Here are a few pics of his training and an article from the Alton Newspaper about one of their raids.

Will's Hazmat Suit he spend a lot of time in over the course of the week

Technical Decon training (aka they sprayed each other with hoses and used giant brushed on each other)

Alton News Article:
http://thetelegraph.com/news/74031/drug-raid-leads-to-arrests

here is another link to the Belleville News Democrate write up of the 2nd set of Search Warrants they carried out:

http://www.bnd.com/news/local/crime/article45539349.html


Will also sprained his ankle pretty badly playing indoor the night before he was supposed to leave for his training.  He was limping, bruised, and in a lot of pain.  Luckily the training wasn't too physical so he was able go and take it easy and he was getting around pretty good by the end of the week.  No running or soccer for a while but we feel pretty blessed it wasn't worse.

the view at the stadium, it set a attendance record for men's national team game in the state of MO

After Will got home from his training he was able to go to a Team USA world cup qualifier game at Busch Stadium.  He'd been watching the tickets for a while and wanting to go, the ticket prices came down a lot the last week before the game but we couldn't quite figure out how he and I could both go since our babysitter was out of town (gma) So I suggested he ask his brother to go.  So Will texted him and in about 5 minutes it was all set Will and Jason were going to the game.  (I love how easily guys do things sometimes)  So Will and Jason had a great time at the game 6-1 victory over St. Vincent and the Grenadines.  Then the rest of us got to have some fun Uncle Jason time on Saturday.  The boys LOVED hanging out with Uncle Jason.

Grant showing off his toys, Rex showing off Minecraft

Will had to work Thanksgiving weekend but we were thankful to have him home with us on Thanksgiving Day.  We should find out in the next week or 2 what shift Will is assigned for next year.  At this point I really am fine with day shift or night shift.  So we'll see.