Well it’s Thanksgiving here. Can’t wait for tonight because we get a
Thanksgiving meal in the chow hall. I hope they have pie. We practiced
drill today and got to go to the real PX to get new drill belts for
our initial drill (first of 2 competitions we have where we march,
handle rifles, and look good). It was so good to be able to go to the
PX. They had their Christmas stuff out and were playing Christmas
music. Made me sad that I’m missing the whole holiday season.
Swim week went well. It only ended up being one day. Once we
qualified then we were done with swim week. Very easy. It’s a lot
different swimming with cammies and boots on. Another company
graduated yesterday (Alpha) which means my graduation is getting
closer! I can’t wait to get out. We test for MCMAP (martial arts) on
Saturday, enter phase 2 next week, and apparently doing the repel wall
on Monday. We have an academic test on Tuesday and initial drill
Monday. We got name tapes yesterday for our desserts.That’s exciting!
As far as I know we also get to blouse our boots next week. A lot
going on and time is flying.
Funny story: We were on the parade deck practicing drill and I had looked over for no reason (checking my
alignment/got confused) so the SDI (senior drill instructor) told me
to run in the direction I was looking. So I ran completely across the
parade deck passing platoons and everything and made it to the end and
wasn’t sure what to do, so I stood there for like 5 minutes. Then I
ran back and the SDI was like, ” did I tell you to come back?”. I said
no and he told me to run again. HAHA, it was funny. So I get all the
way across to the bleachers and stand at attention for like 15-20
minutes and another platoon’s DI asked where I was from and told me to
fall into his platoon. So I practiced drill with 1006 and went to chow
with them. Once we got in the chow hall SDI asked where the recruit
they picked up was. (that’s me) I spoke up and he was like, “why are
you with this platoon?” I told him that I was instructed to. He then
asked why I was standing at the end of the parade deck. “This recruit
was told to run.” So he asked, “well why didn’t you come back?” So I
said, ” this recruit was not instructed to return sir.” One of those
things you had to be there for. It was so funny though.
The Wild Ride 
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