2-28-10

Only 18 more days and a wake up! We don't have much more to do. About the only training we have left is our final PT test (tomorrow, the 1st), Omaha Beach at some point this week. It's basically where you and a battle buddy run from cover to cover picking off enemies covering each other. Then on either Saturday or Sunday we will be going to Victory Forge. That is the last thing we do in basic. Everything after that is exchanging our issued stuff like clothing, turning in our gear, out processing, etc.

Before I carry on, I'd like to thank Sharon for her letter. If/when you read this be expecting a letter very soon, if you haven't gotten it yet.

Victory Forge is the event where everything you've learned in basic comes together. It's 4 nights and 5 days long and you get called out to do missions. Things like cleaning buildings, firing from moving vehicles, setting up checkpoints, rescuing pinned down squads, etc. Fun stuff, but we'll be tired.

It's also our last march (Yay!!), and we're going to be marching there. It's nice because we'll be fresh, but it sucks because it's mostly uphill. Personally, I'd rather march back. I think we would be a lot more motivated on the way back since we will have just completed the last event and Right of Passage, but hey; I'll do it either way.

Today, being Sunday, all we do is clean. Well, actually, we are on free time until noon, then clean until 15:00 - 16:00 or so. We then get our phones for 30 minutes (unless someone messes up) and we then go to dinner. Then we come back, the Drill Sergeant will talk to us for a bit, then we get another hour of free time. At 20:30 we have hydration formation, and then it's lights our at 21:00. Those are BCT Sundays, they are awesome.