I
finally have access to my computer for a few days, so I thought I would
give my wife a break and add some updates myself. Until she gets back
home and receives some of my previous posts there may be a few days
missing
My
last day in basic training....seems like I’ve been here for so long. We
woke up and assembled downstairs. The senior DS was calling guys names
from the entire company to come up and get in a line next to him. I’m
not sure what was up with everyone, but nobody was sounding off letting
the DS know they were coming. Everyone was warned a few times. When the
next person didn’t sound off, the entire company ended up having to do
push-ups. Our last little smoke before leaving.
The
guys called up were all promoted either from E-1 to E-2 or E-2 to E-3
because of their hard work during this cycle. There were about 10 of
them total.
After
this we all boarded a bus and headed out to the field where we were
graduating. We were given MREs for breakfast (oh yum), so I just ate a
muffin and some raisins out of it. Everyone just picked one of two
things just to tide them over until after graduation. We then rehearsed
the ceremony again and then waited an hour out of sight in some
bleachers until it was time to start.
The
graduation ceremony was pretty cool. It was hot and I had sweat
dripping down my face and chest, but the excitement overwhelmed me. The
whole thing was over before I knew it. My wife came out onto the field
and I picked her up and gave her a big hug. I said goodbye to a few guys
and then we were out of there. We had exactly one hour to check out
back at the bay, or else we would have to wait until 22:00 until we
could leave.
We
got a little lost on the way back. I was starting to get a little
nervous, but we made it back with about 15 minutes to spare. After we
left I felt a big relief. This chapter is now done.
We
celebrated and went out to eat. I had some great blueberry french toast
for brunch, then came back to the hotel room to relax and make a number
of calls to family. My awesome mother in law had my wife pack some of
her lemon cake on the plane with her and brought it all the way here. So
I ate that and relaxed some more.
Dinner
was all you can eat pizza and dessert was a brownie sunday. I think I
may explode! I’m going to have to do some push-ups in the morning. LOL
Random DS Quote
“Good job this cycle privates” (Our senior DS right before we headed
out to perform the graduation ceremony...one of the few positive remarks
ever given to us)
A picture my wife took of the entire company (along with the band) in formation
for the graduation ceremony.
A picture my wife took of our platoon as we were marching past the bleachers
during the graduation ceremony
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