These entries have been sent via email from Brandon. (Yay!)
It's
now been an actual full week since I arrived and stayed here at Ft.
Gordon. I guess you could say some of my expectations were met (being
able to use a cell phone and laptop every night) and others were not (no
communication).
I
woke up about 6:30 to get ready for breakfast which I thought was at
7:00, but the DFAC didn't open until 7:30 on Sundays...D'oh! So me and
PFC Metal hung out in front of the DFAC for a few extra minutes before
getting a bite to eat. I had thrown my laundry in the washer before
breakfast, so afterwards I went up and moved it to the dryer. It's not a
good thing to leave your laundry in the washer or dryer for too long,
you never know what will happen to it. That is why I was a little upset
to find out in our morning formation that I was volunteered to do duty
at brigade. 10 of us went over there and cleaned from about 8:45 to
9:30. We finished everything (sweep, mop, clean everything metal, and
wipe down the baseboards). After that we just had to sit in a room until
about 11:15. The sergeant said we could watch TV, but there was no TV
in the room LOL. So after that we were allowed to leave back to our
company area. I wanted to get over there as soon as possible because I
wanted to check on my clothes in the dryer. Right before we were out of
there the sergeant said we needed to prop the women's rest room door
open. A guy went to get a couple of buckets and when he came back he was
waiting for a guy in front of him to move so he could place the buckets
in front of the door. I tapped the guy on the shoulder and said "watch
out buddy"....turns out that guy I tapped was the sergeant! I was behind
him and he looked just like one of the privates in our group. Luckily
he didn't say anything, I thought for sure I was going to be doing some
push-ups. All the other guys were laughing and couldn't believe that
just happened.
So
back at our barracks my dryer had been turned off at some point...the
clothes were not dry grrrrrrrr. So I started it up again and went to my
room for a bit before heading to lunch. For the most part the weekends
are pretty relaxed. After the morning formation and detail that we are
assigned we have the rest of the day off.
I
was able to video chat with my mom, my nieces and my wife later in the
afternoon. After getting off the video chat I was a little overwhelmed
by how long I have to be here before I'll be able to see any of them. It
can get depressing when I think I have 19 weeks before I will be able
to see my family again. I can't wait to get out of AIT and get in the
regular army so I'll be able to see my wife each night at least. I can't
imagine getting deployed right after AIT, that would be super tough.
All this was a little easier on paper when I was planning it all out
with my wife. In reality it can be heartbreaking at times. Especially
when I know she needs me back at home and I'm stuck here in AIT with a
bunch of clowns.
Watched
a documentary on Netflix. That is about the only video I can watch here
with the wireless network. All the other TV websites have issues
because the bandwidth here gets choked up with all the people playing
World of Warcraft all the time. Every once in a while the Netflix movie
will pause and buffer, but nothing like any of the other websites I've
tried. Hulu did good for about 1/2 of the show and then it just stopped.
That is frustrating.
The
evening formation was just an attendance call. Last Sunday the sergeant
walked through the ranks and during attendance he checked each person's
hair cut and facial hair. I shaved this time right before formation
just to make sure I was good to go...and no check at all this time. I
did find out after dinner that we can change into our PT uniform right
after we are dismissed from detail in the morning. That would have been
good to know earlier, but I guess it's better to know now than 5 weeks
from now. Like everything else here the communication sucks. The best
way to find out stuff is to ask others who have been here a while.
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