3 week AAR.
My strengths: My ability to pass tests with 90% or higher without actually paying attention to this damn school. My strange ability to swallow my anger and contempt for E7 instructors that have never deployed in their careers.
My weaknesses: Inability to keep my cool and my mouth shout during a barrage of “what if the applicant has a genital wart and two traffic tickets” type questions. My lack of ability to smile and nod when I’m continually greeted by the scores of people who pass me in the hallways that I don’t know, have no desire to know, and out rank me by tax brackets worth of pay grades.
Seriously, though. I am *really* trying to keep a positive attitude about this school. It is difficult, though, because 1) I have no desire to be a recruiter, and 2) this school causes me to mix with people of other MOSs and *gasp*, genders. I’m not used to working around females. It isn’t that I don’t like females, or don’t think they belong in my Army. But, I’m a grunt. I *never* work with females. *Never*. So, keeping my mouth shut with the normal foul language that pours out of my mind is one of the biggest challenges of this school.
I’ve got a month to go, and we’re breaking down into our “small groups” on Monday so as to start training on how to make phone calls, approach people, and do the real meat n’ taters part of this job. My small group has the ONE instructor that has deployed, so I might keep may sanity. I’m honestly just wanting to get this damn school over with so I can get back home to the ol’ lady. Between schools and field time, I’ve spent almost half of this year away from home, with little to show for it.