What a whirlwind of a week! Do you ever feel time drag on and yet fly by? That was what happened the last seven days. Our week started off learning concepts that would be implemented a few days later. There was a written test, leadership seminar with a retired Marine, tour of an Osprey, full... Continue Reading →
Week Eight
Another week has passed and we have made it through our time in the field. We are forever grateful as the weather was quite favorable. On Monday we started early and began implementing our orders writing/execution skills. This went on for a couple of days. We made our way to another site where we camped... Continue Reading →
Week Seven
The last few days have been focused on getting ready for week eight (that's the week coming up). We will be going out to the field in order to implement Marine things we have learned so far. From what the instructors have indicated, this will be a full, busy, and important week of evaluation. We... Continue Reading →
Week Six
Have you ever been going through a busy week and found that time flew by? Or maybe you have been so busy it felt like the week would not end. Although this past week was only four work days, it felt like we would never see the end. What a week! It's not that the... Continue Reading →
Week Five
The time between holiday weekends has been five weeks. That is the amount of time I have been attending Warrant Officer Basic Course (WOBC). It is very easy to lose track of time here since we are moving through the course at a rapid rate. Some of us have joked that it feels like we... Continue Reading →
Something Different
It was 12 years ago that I had the "itch" to enlist in the Marine Corps. Honestly, it made the most sense at the time considering circumstances and thought process. You can read all about that here. I re-read that post recently and it's interesting to see the similarities and differences in thinking, career progression... Continue Reading →
‘Tis the Season
Having lived in the south, south for a while (we're talking the humid, swampy lands of Florida and Louisiana), I forgot there is more to the seasons than simply hot and chilly. It gets to be less than 50 degrees on the regular everywhere else! That's the joy of moving further north I suppose. 'Tis... Continue Reading →
Summer of ‘22
Is it just me, or did the summer come and go very quickly? At one moment I am starting a new job, the next moment it’s mid-August. Better watch out! It might be Halloween by the time you’re done reading this. Unfortunately, that might not be far off seeing as I’ve not written in over... Continue Reading →