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Hello all you John Fans,
Here's the latest.
Dear Mom and everyone else who checks the blog,
Let me start by telling you how frustrated I am. We were supposed to switch to white phase early (last Saturday), but another platoon in the company couldn't get their act together so First Sergeant, the sergeant in charge of the whole company, said no. Then we were supposed to switch over on Wednesday, but the night before two people decided to get into a fight. This again caused us not to phase. Then we were supposed to phase on Thursday but two soldiers (a male and a female) were caught kissing in the stairwell. I figured we would all get smoked for this but instead, drill sergeants took away about 1 hour of personal time. Not just once, but every single day. This sucks because this is my time to wind down. We now have only about 20 minutes of personal time a day. Lame! If we can get our act together things will get better, if not, First Sergeant has promised that we will be in Red Phase the entire cycle. AAAAHH! (LOL)
In other news, this week we started BRM, Basic Rifle Marksmanship. I finally got to do something with my M16 other than carry it around. This weapon is pretty freakin' cool. Let me tell you... when the bullet leaves the barrel it is traveling at about 2/3 of a mile per second! I can hit a target from 300 meters 8 out of 10 times. Usually pretty close to dead center. If I can improve by 5 targets out of 40, I'll be an expert! (That's the best marksman rank in the army)
Well I had to write this whole thing after lights out since we lost our personal time so I'm going to bed.
Love you,
John