Today
was much the same as yesterday, except I had hall guard duty from 6:00
to 8:00 AM. This meant I was the one who turned on the lights in
everyone's rooms to wake them up at 7:30 for an 8:30 formation. The guy
who was supposed to be doing hall guard with me was not in his bunk this
morning. Who knows where he is. Who cares I guess. Since I didn't have
someone to help me I really didn't do much. I just did my homework for
most of the time. After I was relieved I had just enough time to shave
and get ready for formation.
After
formation we did the usual detail. Clean up our company area and a few
extras thrown in the mix. We are part time students, part time soldiers,
part time janitors, and part time landscapers here at AIT. LOL. We ended up having a
formation at 11:00 and 13:00 as well, I guess just for the heck of it.
PFC Metal's wife came, so he was able to get a pass after the 11:00
formation until our final formation at 18:00, then he left again…lucky
dog.
I
ended up working out a bit in my room, did some homework, wrote out
some more of the policy letter that we have to do before we can phase
up, and also played on my laptop a bit. PFC Metal actually ordered us
some little fold up stools that work out great. They can be stored in
our locker and can be pulled out and sat on next to my bed. Good for
using the laptop. Which I did a lot today as well. It wasn't all
Facebook and Netflix though, I did do some of the Skillport work that we
need to get done for school. Skillport is a distance learning program
we can do on the internet. We have to finish a number of courses on it
before week 12. We will also get promotion points for doing the work as
well, so that is an added bonus. There is a lot to do, so I've been
trying to do some each night.
When
I went to dinner at the DFAC I ended up making my way over there
without a battle buddy. This is a big no no, but there was literally
nobody available to go over there with. This 4 day weekend has everyone
gone. I saw a couple of guys leave for the DFAC about 5 minutes earlier,
so I knew I could walk back with them. It's still crazy that a 36 year
old man can feel so nervous walking a block away by himself. I made it
without getting caught. This DFAC is not our usual DFAC, I guess our
normal one and this one take turns shutting down on the weekends. While
eating at this new DFAC I found myself surrounded by my former Gladiators
from Ft. Benning. PVT Lurch, PVT Skelotor and PVT Cock were all
there. It was like a mini reunion. Good to catch up with them and see
how things are going with people at the same base, but in a different
MOS. Turns out it's pretty much the same.
Hall
guard duty at midnight tonight turned out to be very boring and again I
was the only person to show up for my two man shift. What gives?
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