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this morning was OK, for some reason my throat is starting to get sore.
I thought I was over being sick, but it is trying to make a comeback.
Grrrrr. We did 60/120’s today...sprint for 60 seconds then walk for 120
seconds. I just didn’t have it in me to give 100%, so I put in about
75%. I’m hoping resting up this weekend that I’ll feel better by Monday.
We
went over to Charlie and did duties for about a half hour, then I was
PFC Metal’s battle buddy for an appointment at the dental clinic. We
took off and I waited in the waiting room watching the news. Strange how
little I watch TV now. I used to watch it daily before joining. I can
now probably count the number of hours I’ve watched TV on one hand.
After
the appointment we headed back just in time to head to class, guess
we’ll eat a snack during the break for our lunch. We are in a new class
room with a new teacher. CLI class today turned out to be basic Unix
commands. I already knew everything the instructor went over because
I’ve been used to working on Macs which are Unix based machines. I just
went around the class helping out anyone who was stuck or needed help on
the practical exercises we did.
After
class and dinner we had our normal Friday safety briefing. The safety
briefing was short, but then one of the NCOs got up and just started
talking and talking to the formation. I swear they all love to hear the
sound of their own voice. It started to rain, that had no affect on
him...he just kept going and going. Finally it was time for RBK to form
up and march over, so he had everyone fall out.
Everyone
at RBK has been required to pack their wet weather gear, but so far we
haven’t had to use it. I still can’t get over the weather here in
Georgia. It will be hot as hell and sunny as can be, then before you
know it rain clouds come in and it dumps rain like crazy. This doesn’t
usually last too long, then it’s back to being sunny again. So far we’ve
been pretty lucky, the rain has always come down while we’ve been in
class or eating. Today we were not so lucky, but I was able to use my
wet weather gear for the first time.
We
formed up for the RBK formation and what do you know...the NCO that is
marching us over had to give us a little speech about something. He went
on and on while the rain poured down and we just stood there. This was a
sergeant from Delta company and he was complaining about the state of our
rooms over at RBK. Strange because all we ever get is complements from
upper command about how our barracks are so much cleaner and better than
everyone else. I think this sergeant was just a little jealous, because
he went through each of the rooms earlier in the day and made sure to
find something wrong with all of them. I’m sure if you spend enough time
you’ll find something wrong with even the most squared away soldier
here.
So
when we got back to our barracks we had to wait outside our rooms until
the sergeant came and told us our deficiencies. If we had a problem we
were not allowed to leave anywhere tonight. My hospital corners were not
45 degrees. What’s funny is that since I don’t sleep in my bed it has
been this way since I’ve moved in, but no other inspections have turned
this up. I didn’t really care though because I wasn’t planning on going
anywhere anyways. There will be a re-inspection tomorrow to make sure
everyone has fixed their “problems”.
NCOs
wonder why the moral is so low here and it’s because of stupid stuff
like this. There was a guy who had family fly in from California and he
wasn’t allowed to leave to visit with them. Oh well...tomorrow will
bring me one day closer to the 4 day weekend and I’ll be off base
hanging out with my wife!
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