The
internet has finally come back up, it's been down for two days. There
are rumors that some people here tried to change some settings on the
router to give themselves more priority. Don't know if they're true or
not, but ever since it came back up it's been slower than ever. I can't
wait until I get my new iPhone, I'll use it to tether and it will be
cheaper and it will not be bogged down with all the people here playing
online games.
I
was surprised to be woken up at 4AM to find out that I had a 4 hour
hall guard shift to do. The schedule has not been up on the wall on our
floor, so I haven't been paying attention. They also changed the hours
to 4 at a time for the weekend because there are less people here. So I
got up, got dressed and guarded the hall. I didn't have to do it for the
entire shift though because all the new people had to get in formation
at 7:00 for a financial briefing that was scheduled for most of the
day.
A
little before 7:30 I ran in and quickly shaved and went down stairs.
Once at the bottom of the stairs they posted the results of the
knowledge test we took last night in order to phase up. I checked and
found that I scored a 33 out of 50. 35 is passing, so I failed. What a
bummer! I really felt confident when I took the test. After speaking
with the guy who graded them, I found out that they were really strict
with a number of the answers. So if they asked a name of the a person in
the chain of command and I only put the name without the rank in front
of it, then it was wrong. I had a number of little things like that. I
guess I'll get a chance to to retake the test next Friday. Turns out
that all 4 of the people in our room who took the test scored a 33, so
nobody will be phasing up in our room. We will next time though for
sure, I'm going to try and get everyone together to study before we take
the test again.
We
headed off to the financial brief. Once there the instructor introduced
himself. He sounded like a guy trying to impersonate Tom Hanks in
Forest Gump. The class went from 8:00 until about 16:00. A long day of
everything from how to maintain good credit to saving for your future
and retirement. I think it's a great idea for the young bucks, but I've
already been around the block a few times and everything he went over I
already either knew or experienced already.
We
then had to go to a baseball game. Yes we had to go, it was an order
from our company commander. Mandatory fun. I thought this was a little
strange that they can force us go to a baseball game. I really didn't
want to go, I have a lot of homework and I'm not the biggest baseball
fan in the world. We left at 17:00 in about 10 or so buses packed with
soldiers from Ft. Gordon.
We
watched the Augusta GreenJackets beat the Kannapolis Intimidators 3-2
at Lake Olmstead Stadium. It turned out to be a little better than I
thought it would be. It was military appreciation night there and it was
cool to be one of the people that were being appreciated for serving my
country. It made me proud to be a soldier. Sometimes that can be
overlooked when I'm dealing with a bunch of crap all the time. It was
also nice to get off base and see actual civilians. We had the illusion
of being free….LOL.
The
ride home was long and I was in a bus full of young guys all jacked up
on Mountain Dew and sugar. By the time we got back to the company area
it was 23:30. I jumped in the shower and crashed.
Overheard Quote: "I
don't remember being this stupid when I was younger" (One of the older
guys talking to me on the way back to the company before getting on the
bus. A number of soldiers were arguing over the stupidest things)
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