PFC Metal falling asleep during dinner at the DFAC...
after a long weeekend
after a long weeekend
I
had hall guard Friday night at 10:30 for an hour. It seems like the
shifts keep coming more often lately. The problem is that there have
been a number of people who have left RBK in our company as well as
Bravo and Delta because they have graduated. The companies have not
replaced as many over here as they have left, so there are less people now
more than ever it seems. This causes the hall guard roster to rotate
pretty quickly. The hour shifts aren’t too bad, but I also have a 6 hour
shift coming up as well.
Since
it’s the weekend I slept with earplugs in because I didn’t have to
worry about getting up the next morning. Even though everyone in my room
left for the weekend, I still wore them because you can hear people in
the hall at times and I didn’t want to be woken up in the morning before
my body decided it was time to get up.
Woke
up on Saturday feeling refreshed and headed out to the PX. Once there
we were bombarded by boy scouts and their parents trying to sell us
popcorn. It was like a swarm of bees attacking us, they were everywhere.
I have purchased it in the past at my old job and actually like it, but
since we are not allowed to have food in the barracks I had to pass. I
picked up some supplies and got a haircut, then headed back to the
barracks and ordered some Hungry Howies pizza....mmmmm good stuff.
Saturday
night we took out our old roommate from RBK since this will be his last
weekend here before he heads out to Korea. We went to Hooters and
watched the UFC fight. Everyone had a fun time, he’s a good guy and will
be missed here. We got back around 1:30AM. I took what seemed like a
short nap and then had to wake up at 6:30AM for the other hall guard
shift only this one is 6 hours long. For the most part all we do is sit
in a chair with our laptops the entire time. I watched the latest Robin Hood movie with Russell Crow and was pleasantly surprised by how good it
was. I’ve seen a number of Robin Hood movies, but this is the first one
that has told the story of before he became Robin Hood and what drove
him to it. I was also able to watch some Tosh.O episodes I have on my
laptop....that is a funny show!
After
the hall guard shift I took a nap for a few hours and then got ready
for recall formation. We had to show up in our winter pt uniform so the
sergeants could see that everyone had everything they needed before the
weather starts to get cold. There were new people again this week (I
heard about 16 of them). One of them was next to me in formation with a
look of shock on his face. I asked him which basic he came from and he
said Benning. I told him I remember my first formation here at AIT.
Coming straight from basic where at the position of attention or parade
rest meant there is no moving or talking at all. Here in all the
formations no matter what position people are in there is a lot of
movement and talking. I remember being in shock watching all of it the
first time, but I guess you get used to it pretty quick. I said it’s
hard to keep your military bearing in this kind of environment and he
said he wouldn’t lose his...time will tell.
Now
that I’m out of security+ and do not have mandatory study hall I should
be able to keep up with my blog nightly instead of waiting until the
weekend to update the entire week. I also had some time lately to edit
the video from the DVD I purchased in basic. I’ve put video clips up
from the various parts of basic. There are some in reception such as
when we got hair cuts and shots. There are also some of the main events
in basic such as the confidence course, obstacle course, shooting on the
range and more.
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