Well even though training is over, it doesn’t mean the DS’s
control our lives any less. We’re still waking up at 0500 and doing PT, then we
spend the rest of the day cleaning, getting smoked, cleaning, eating chow… you
get the idea. The day after the ruck march we got our first decent meal at the
DFAC- I got to eat BBQ ribs, warm dinner rolls, a loaded baked potato, an ice
cream sundae and the best piece of German chocolate cake I’ve had in 10 weeks. Then
we got smoked. Should’ve seen that one coming…
The next night we got about 3 hours of sleep because the DS
on night duty kept us up past 0130 cleaning our rifles and then we got to wake
up at 0445. Outstanding. The other days are more or less a blur, more of the
same- late nights cleaning everything from our bays, to our gear, and more
weapons cleaning. We had an inspection where we laid out all our gear, broke
down our weapons and our Sergeant Major came by to inspect it. We got all
dressed up in our Class B ASU uniforms and the inspection really wasn’t as bad
as the DS’s made us believe it would be.
I guess I haven’t commented on being Student First Sergeant
yet. It’s a lot of extra responsibility without any benefits (except I get to
pick which MRE I get when we eat MRE’s). I’m learning a lot about what it takes
to manage a group of 160 soldiers- its definitely not anything I’ve had similar
experience with before. I think I’m the only student leader in the company that
hasn’t been fired yet- most days I wish they’d just do it so I don’t have to be
the center of attention for the DS’s. It will earn me an Army Achievement Medal
when this is all over, so I guess it’s worth it.
We got to make a phone call home to tell our families that
we graduated, but for some reason my wife’s phone number wasn’t working each
time I got to try so that was pretty frustrating, but the night before family
night we got our personal bags and cell phones back so hopefully I’ll have
better luck then. Just a few more days and I’ll be out of here!
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