The beginning of the "penguin formation". By the time it was complete
there were a number of soldiers crowded around in a big circle waiting
until they actually had to fall into the actual formation.
until they actually had to fall into the actual formation.
This
morning when everyone formed up for PT it was pretty cold. A lot of the
guys ended up in a “penguin formation” where they were all huddled
together to keep warm. Today also turned out to be a weapons PT day.
There were racks of dummy M-16s that each soldier had to pick up on the
way out to the PT formation. What a bummer, I thought I left weapons PT
behind when I left basic. Luckily I’m getting a pass today because I
need to battle buddy PFC Metal to the hospital today so he can pick up
his glasses. (He made sure to make an appointment at 7:00AM so we would
not have to do what we thought was going to be an AGR for PT). When we
arrived back to class we heard that there was indeed a run this morning
and everyone had to carry their M-16 occasionally raising it above their
head (military press style) when Sergeant Kent called it out. I heard there
were a number of people throwing up after this session. Turned out to
be an excellent day for an appointment. Too bad we don’t have one all
week because I think we’ll be having weapons PT all week.
PFC
Metal and I walked to the hospital which is where the optometry office
is located. Once there we had to wait for the office to open, so we
watched the news on TV for a while until I noticed that there was a
Starbucks inside the hospital. We headed up and ate breakfast first at
the cafeteria, then went to Starbucks and enjoyed some coffee. I’m from
Seattle, so this was a little taste of home for me. I ended up waiting
in Starbucks while PFC Metal went to his appointment and I was able to
watch an entire episode of NCIS using a program on my iPhone called
tv.com. It was the first time I used it and I was pleasantly surprised
how easy and how well it worked. Very cool! Check out the link below if
you’re interested:
After
his appointment we walked back to class where we did troubleshooting in
the lab for most of the day. The instructors would mess something up in
the CPN case and then give us a scenario. We would then have to
troubleshoot the problem and show him what we found and how to fix it.
The last part of the day we were given another practice test. I scored a
76% this time (vs. the 56% last time), so I guess the studying has paid
off a little. I am still planning on studying tonight and tomorrow
before our test.
After
school we did our usual...go to the IET center and take a nap, go to
the RFAC and eat some good food, then go to the library and wait for the
RBK formation to arrive. We were in for a little surprise though when
we arrived back to RBK. When coming down the hall to our room the hall
was filled with IBAs (Interceptor Body Armor). These are the same things
I hated wearing in basic and now it looks like we’ll be doing PT in
them tomorrow morning. To top it off I also found out that PFC Metal and
I have the last hall guard shift as well (this shift entails a lot more
duties than the rest). FML!! Charlie company barracks are starting to
look a lot better now.
this morning all spread out on the chairs in the waiting room.
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