These
entries are from the letters that Brandon has mailed to me. His writing
at times can be a bit difficult to determine his words... bare with me,
I do my best, especially with army terms.
After
breakfast today we (or I should say some of us) had to get more shots.
Not even sure what it was, but I got it. I thought I was immune to all
known diseases, but I guess they found more they had to vaccinate me
for.
We
then went back to reception, (we did half walk, half run at times) to
get fitted for our class A uniforms. It’s amazing how good everyone
looked. When it comes time to wear them for real, everyone is going to
look sharp!
By
the time we got back it was time for lunch. MREs in the CTA. No candy
in mine…bummer. The senior DS then said we were going to get haircuts.
He said while were there we could stop at the PX and also get
milkshakes! Woohoo!
When
we got to the PX it looked like an entire company was in line for
milkshakes, so the DS said no milkshakes today privates…bummer. We got
our hair cuts and I got some detergent, soup & an organizer for my
letters and such. When we got back to the CTA we cleaned our weapons and
we were allowed to purchase Gatorade from the vending machine.
The DS finally posted our PT scores from the last PT test. Our platoon fell to 3rd
place and he wasn’t very happy. Personally, I did as good or better in
each event. 52 push-ups (+2), 42 sit-ups (same), and 15:09 for the 2
mile (10 sec better). My score is 219 and I moved back into 8th best in the platoon.
We
were given a lot of free time after dinner. Time to put away all the
new uniforms and such from reception, clean everything, start laundry,
and read mail. We had some really late nights, so there has been no time
to do much of anything when we got back.
Random DS Quote:
“Step on his dick so he cannot contaminate the gene pool” (Our senior
DS talking to another platoon’s DS about a private of his that wasn’t
listening).
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