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Slept
in today until 7:00AM when all the new people were woke up to go to a
financial brief that we were just informed about. We heard it takes the
better part of the day. So I got up and got ready. Formation for this
was at 7:45 and everyone except most of the girls were there...nobody
woke them up...LOL!
I
found out a guy from Ft. Benning who sleeps above PFC Metal fell off
his bed in the middle of the night last night. It's a pretty long fall
and it's a very hard floor. PFC Metal said it woke him up and he even
had headphones in playing music. Luckily he wasn't seriously hurt, just a
little sore.
We
were marched to the classroom and waited...and waited. I guess nobody
told the briefers that they were supposed to to be there briefing. So we
were eventually all marched back to the company area where we joined
the main formation. I've said this before, but let me say it again...the
formations here suck! The soldiers wander into the formations well past
the time they are supposed to. I can see why though, the sergeants are
never there on time. The sergeants always end up in front of the
formation anywhere from 10 to 20 minutes after the formation is supposed
to be ready to go.
Each
squad in the morning formation was given a task to clean up around the
company area. My squad had to walk around and pick up any trash we saw.
We did this for an hour or so and by then everyone was done with all the
tasks. We were released until 18:00. So me and PFC Metal ate lunch and
then headed to the PX to get some supplies. After that it was just a
lazy day. I got caught up to date with Facebook LOL and also watched a
documentary through my Netflix account. I love Netflix!! It really works
out great now that I'm away because I can now watch movies on my laptop
for a little entertainment.
After
dinner we made it to the 16:00 formation. Same as before people were
all over the board. There are wrestling matches while we are in
formation. People in the barracks hanging out their windows talking with
people in formation. One guy was even playing street fighter with a
wireless controller looking through the window to the day room TV. We
waited only until 16:10 this time until the sergeant came out and did
roll call. People are talking during roll call, people are answering in
funny voices making it hard for the sergeant to know if they even
answered or not. It's frustrating for me and I'm not even the one doing
the roll call. We were then released for the night.
There
is a phase system here kind of like basic. Here it is an individual
process. You start out as a phase IV. You can move up to phase V if you
pass your PT test, memorize The Soldier's Creed, The Army Song, The
Signal Song, have a locker and class A inspection. When you are phase V
you can wear civilian clothes after hours and on weekends. You also
don't have to come to a lot of the formations on the weekends which
would be nice. Phase V soldiers can also go off base. Phase V+ soldiers
get even more benefits and can even live off base. It really isn't a
huge priority to phase up for me. I don't have anyone to visit outside
of the base. The nice thing would be wearing shorts and a t-shirt on the
weekends in this heat.
Overheard Quote: "Why
are you in that damn fucking shit?" (The sergeant taking roll during
the last formation saw a guy in his PT uniform instead of ACUs like
everyone else. The funny thing is that he didn't get into any trouble.
No push-ups....nothing, just the comment)
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