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.
I
had staff duty last night with PFC Metal. It was the 2:00-3:00am
shift. We had one phone call that we took a message and then used the
walkie-talkie to send it to the DS on duty (DS AHOLE). I had a headache
and my knees are a bit sore. I guess I didn’t drink enough water
yesterday. We also had to kneel a lot yesterday during every block of
instructions. We were only allowed to use one knee at a time (because if
we were on both knees that means we’re "sucking dick". We had to repeat
this). Even with my knee pads it still was a painful experience. All this
lack of and interrupted sleep is starting to catch up with me.
I
asked our assistant PG about our PT scores, why they were never posted.
He said the last one wasn’t official PT test and they would not be
posted. I don’t care if it’s official or not, I want to see my progress.
We were all required to weigh ourselves. I am at 182. Eight pounds
lighter then when I started. I feel like I’m eating a ton of food
though. I guess I’m burning a lot of calories.
This
morning we had a surprise group ability run. I was still so sore and
tired I decided to run in the “C” group. I would have ran in the “D”
group if they had one. Hell, I would of went to sick call if I would
have known in advance. Running is the last thing I wanted to do. I did
it...and made it, but it was tough.
After
breakfast we headed off to yet another range. Ft. Benning has so many
ranges it’s mind boggling. Everyday it seems we go to a new range.
Anyway – today we got to shoot some big machine guns. The M249 and the
M240B. It was pretty cool. About every 5th
shot was a tracer round, so we could tell where we were shooting. To be
honest, I suck at hitting targets with these big guns. I was able to hit the closet two, but
after that I was no good. We are suppose to fire in bursts. They would
have us yell “Die Terrorist Die!” and hold the trigger the entire time.
It was a fun time. No qualifications, no pressure, just shooting. The guy
who shot after me (we did it in pairs so one person could feed the ammo)
kept shooting really short bursts. The Cadre said there is no way you
can be saying “Die Terrorist Die”. From now on you have to say, “I’m a
pretty princess” and do not let go of that trigger until you are
finished. Pretty funny…a black dude, firing a big ass machine gun,
saying "I’m a pretty princess" over and over again.
For lunch today we had MREs. We had almost no time to eat them, the DS made
us stop halfway though and then we went off to fire again. When we were
done we saw we had duty food for lunch. So we ended up having two
lunches…odd.
During
one of our formations at the range a guy in our platoon gave the PG a
little attitude. I’m not even sure what he did, but it pissed off the PG
enough to tell the DS. When the DS was addressing it with the guy, he
rolled his eyes. (This is something you should never do in front of a DS). This pissed
the DS off pretty bad. He did some yelling and promised this guy a
negative counseling statement. He also mentioned even more punishment if
he didn’t straighten his attitude out. By this time in the game you
need to really know when to swallow your pride and just do what you’re
told with a smile on your face.
We
did peer evaluation today. We evaluated 5 people (the next five bunks
from us) on a form. Rating them in all the army values and answering if we
want to go to combat with them and why or why not. We also did a
self-evaluation. These will all be tallied and will be used in our white
phase counseling tomorrow. At least that is what’s on the calendar; our
Senior DS is on vacation right now for a couple of days.
Got
mail today! The DSs are a bit inconsistent on when they deliver it, but
when they do its a happy day. I got letters from my wife, my sister,
and my sister-in-law. Very cool.
Some new nicknames – Walmart (a guy who used to work at Walmart), Ballsack (the guys last name rhymes with scrotum)
Overheard quote:
“What’s the ?” (PVT Cock was utilizing the wood-line and he looked
down and saw a big mosquito on the tip of his little unit sucking his
blood.)
mahaffey
Hey DS Ahole aint that bad haha jk and thats funny about Pvt. Cock.
Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 05:12 PM
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Tuesday, June 22, 2010 - 08:06 AM
Hey DS Ahole aint that bad haha jk and thats funny about Pvt. Cock.
Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 05:12 PM
Pvt. Cock
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Tuesday, June 22, 2010 - 08:06 AM
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