Dear Mom and Dad,
It's been a loooonnnnng week. We had Monday off, Tuesday we went and re-qualified at the range and I finally broke 30! Officially a sharpshooter! Cool, huh? Wednesday we did our 'Combat Confidence Course" and that sucked because our Platoon sucks wind 24/7. We just suck at working together. Too many chiefs, not enough Indians. We're having a hard time fining a PG (Platoon Guide) that is assertive, knows how to keep step and know what is going on. It's a process. Today we've done nothing but run, land NAV, and go to the PX (Post exchange) to get stuff. The week has dragged.
I really want to go ice skating. It's getting too hot here in Oklahoma. VA is going to be a scenic change.
We saw an all male Battery this morning and some Private in 1st Platoon was saying how much better the Military would be without females. I almost flipped out on him. But this isn't the place for that so I kept my cool.
Your letters make me so happy. I'm happy to hear about ya'lls health. Mom, when I get back, we can go running every morning at like 6. And do PT. It burns after awhile when you do it right/long enough. Dad, do they make carb-free Mexican food? If so, we can eat that. Not that the food we get is bad (besides the MRE's)...but I miss real Mexican food.
Hopefully I get my phone again on Sunday! It's a privilege for good behavior. So if you get a call, please answer. 35 days until I'm out here!
Thank you for all the NHL updates. They give me life! Any world/local/hockey/US news is hughly appreciated because I know nothing that goes on outside of Bravo Battery.
Thank you for everything! Love ya'll! See ya soon!
Love, Chloe
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Mom and Dad!
Thank goodness it's Saturday...We've been out in the field for the past couple of days. So we packed everything up and went to the range to practice RM (rifle Marksmanship) and were there forever. I got to lay down 90 rounds of amo. So I'm cool with it.
But then we hiked out, set up our tents, and got ambushed like 2 min after
getting in bed. Blanks going off, smoke bombs, flash-bangs, other loud crap and Drill Sgts. running everywhere yelling. I put my head down and knocked out. lol. I slept through a "Fire fight". But the tent had to fit me, my weapon, all of my gear, and the extra sleeping stuff. It wasn't too comfortable. But I slept and then we worked on tactical crap the next day.
Part of the tactical training was clearing a room/building. My squad was on point with that the first run! BUT I was the only one who actually killed the Drill Sgts. I'm so proud of beating an Infantry man to the shot. Because he did shoot me~ I just pulled the trigger first.
But coming back and showering felt amazing. I've considered changing my MOS to a combat MOS but then I remember that I need to finish school and then go active if I want then.
My next Pt test is next week and my run time is better and so are my push ups. I haven't worked on my sit ups though I should keep working on those even though I'm passing with those.
Some days are rougher than others. But 34 days left!
Love y'all! Stay strong and healthy! See ya soon!
Hand Granade throwing!
Sound like you are enjoying yourself reading you letter makes me remember basic and battle school. Good luck with the rest of your training
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