These
entries are from the remaining letters that Brandon has mailed to me -
the next several days up until Day 62 are letters that didn’t make it to
me before I left to Georgia. His writing at times can be a bit
difficult to determine his words... bare with me, I do my best,
especially with army terms.
This
morning after getting ready for the day, I could see Alpha Company out
my window doing last minute PT test. Today is their family day and they
still have people that haven’t passed yet… what a horrible situation to
be in.
In formation, the 3rd
platoon (terminators) DS was yelling at all of them. They seem to
always be getting in some sort of trouble. PFC Metal has a buddy in 3rd
platoon so he got the scoop. Someone in his platoon stole a guys cell
phone from CQ desk and took it to their bay. The guy at the CQ desk
reported it and then DS on duty went up at midnight and got them all out
of bed, then took them all down stairs to the CTA. They were going to
bring in the MPs and do a locker search, but one of the guys said they
saw a cell phone up there and knew where it was (without claiming
responsibility). Their DS this morning was threatening article 15 and
saying someone would definitely not graduate & used the dreaded “recycle”
word. What a dumb ass to something so stupid… so close to graduation.
We
did our basic PT (stretches and a few push-ups & sit-ups) and then
did 30/60s, which got a good sweat going. After breakfast we started
cleaning our rifles yet again. It amazes me how dirty these things can
get. Since we are turning them back in, they have to be spotless.
Alpha
company started their Family Day ceremony. Half of our bay has windows
that overlook Alpha Company. So everyone was very interested in seeing
what was going on and also checking out to see if there were any hot
chicks. When you have a bunch of young guys who haven’t been near a
female in weeks they can get pretty excited over the prospect of seeing a
woman. Our DS had to tell everyone to get away from the window. LOL!
We
cleaned weapons non-stop until lunch. After lunch we started cleaning
weapons again until about 16:30. At that time we had a company
formation. The senior DS of the company then told everyone they were
going to do a survey soon. He said it’s to make the next cycle better
and the DSs do not see them… only company commander will see them. He
also went on to tell us all to behave like soldiers on family and
graduation day when we are out of town.
Later
we found out that we are going back to reception tomorrow to exchange
any damaged or worn uniforms. We were told that this was our one and
only chance this will happen in our army career, unless you get blood
stains while deployed in Iraq or Afghanistan. I have grass stains &
dirt stains on some of mine so hopefully they will take them. We’ll see.
Before our cool DS left he gave us our cell phones, which was very awesome surprise. We also found out the guy in 3rd
platoon who got in trouble with the cell phone is most likely going to
get an article 15 and a day 1 restart in another company. That has to be
the worst punishment possible!
Random DS Quote: “It’s
like when you fuck your sister… it doesn’t feel right at first, but
after a while it seems normal.” (I heard this from a DS talking to a
private in front of me at the salad bar. I have no idea what the heck he
was talking about, but when I heard it I was like WTF????
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