taped to the bottom of the drawer so it would stay perfect for inspection.
I’ve
heard from a lot of people who have been here a while, that there was a
time with Charlie company when it wasn’t too bad. That all changed when Sgt.
Cujo came into the picture. He started at Charlie about the same time as
I did...lucky me. Sgt. Cujo used to be a drill sergeant and he still
has the drill sergeant mentality of doing things. So we seem to have Sgt
Cujo who likes to make everyone’s lives hell and the rest of the
sergeants who just don’t seem to give a damn about anything.
This
morning we woke up and again were told to wear ACUs, no PT this
morning. After formation we were told to do a little picking up trash
around the company area and then head to the DFAC for breakfast when it
opened in about 20 minutes.
After
breakfast everyone headed upstairs. Most people rested and some
studied. Sgt. Cujo did not like this one bit, he had everyone get out of
the barracks and stand in formation for 30 minutes just so we wouldn’t
be inside the barracks. Then he let us go in the day room only, but we
only had about 10 minutes until the school formation where we got to
stand around again. Sgt. Cujo ended up marching with us over to school
for the first time and when we got there he yelled at Delta company for
using a bad word in a cadence when they were marching over. Someone may
get offended. (The cadences here generally suck compared to basic
because of this)
It just seems like he is always doing something to make the lives of everyone in Charlie company as miserable as possible.
Normal
day after that for a while, school, lunch, school, then dinner. We had
our normal Friday safety briefing (don’t beat your wife or your dog,
don’t do drugs, don’t drink and drive). We then found out at our nightly
formation that all Phase IV soldiers would be given a chance to phase
up. It would be Sgt Cujo doing it tonight at 20:00. My excitement was
dampened a bit, but I figured it’s worth a try no matter what. I turned
in my policy letters that I had copied. A number of us arrived in the
day room at 20:00 only to wait...and wait...and wait. We waited for
about 2 hours until Sgt. Cujo decided to bless us with his presence. He
then did locker inspections, but said they had to be up to standard and
proceeded to hand us the new standards. So everyone ran up and had about
15 minutes to try and rearrange their lockers to the new standard. I
did as best I could, my locker wasn’t too bad, so I was able to get it
done. Sgt. Cujo then came through and did all the inspections. All the
lockers in our room passed, but he did tell everyone he wants them to
make them a little better and in a week or two he’s going to inspect
them again.
We
then took a written test on general knowledge including our policy
letters, the chain of command, The Signal Song, The Soldier’s Creed, and
the general orders. We had to score at least a 70% on it and I think I
did, but I’ll have to wait and see. The whole process took 3 1/2 hours
so it was pushing midnight before I had a chance to go to bed. At least I
get to sleep in tomorrow.
Overheard Quote: “You
always go into battle with a helmet right? Make sure to do the same if
you’re having sex this weekend” (A captain giving us all advice during
the safety briefing)
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