off to the desert we go....
hola, and hello for you few english speaking peasants.
Well, I'm done with SOI. I graduate on tuesday. quick recap - I finished at the very top (#1) in my class academically, I'll probably be 3-4th by the time the full results appear. last wednesday I got to fire a TOW missile. Probably one of the cooler things i've done in my life. I ended up completely obliterating a 3 ton truck about 2,000m down range. First confirmed kill ;)
I got my destination (I'll get my orders monday). I'm going to First Tank Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment. They are stationed in 29 palms CA. For all of you who don't know, 29 palms is in the middle of the Mojave desert. about 2 hours south of Las Vegas and 30 minutes north of Palm Springs.... It gets real hot there. No word yet on when I'll be deployed.
on the other front.
I leave for Montana next friday (the 20th) for Micah's wedding. It should be intresting, my entire family is going to be there, mother, father and 5 siblings... I may need my m16 service rifle. BUT in good news Rebekah, my ultra cool beautiful girlfriend will be there. hip hip hooray. I miss her so fucking badly. It'll be awesome to see her. Outside of that my life is in the upside down toggled position still. I have no clue what life in 1st tanks will be like, nor do i know when or where we'll be getting deployed. I hope it's not to Iraq too soon, but there are some rumors it'll be sept.
I'd love to hear from you guys, i should get much more access to the outside world once i graduate SOI on tuesday. comments are always appreciated.
Phil.
Well, I'm done with SOI. I graduate on tuesday. quick recap - I finished at the very top (#1) in my class academically, I'll probably be 3-4th by the time the full results appear. last wednesday I got to fire a TOW missile. Probably one of the cooler things i've done in my life. I ended up completely obliterating a 3 ton truck about 2,000m down range. First confirmed kill ;)
I got my destination (I'll get my orders monday). I'm going to First Tank Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment. They are stationed in 29 palms CA. For all of you who don't know, 29 palms is in the middle of the Mojave desert. about 2 hours south of Las Vegas and 30 minutes north of Palm Springs.... It gets real hot there. No word yet on when I'll be deployed.
on the other front.
I leave for Montana next friday (the 20th) for Micah's wedding. It should be intresting, my entire family is going to be there, mother, father and 5 siblings... I may need my m16 service rifle. BUT in good news Rebekah, my ultra cool beautiful girlfriend will be there. hip hip hooray. I miss her so fucking badly. It'll be awesome to see her. Outside of that my life is in the upside down toggled position still. I have no clue what life in 1st tanks will be like, nor do i know when or where we'll be getting deployed. I hope it's not to Iraq too soon, but there are some rumors it'll be sept.
I'd love to hear from you guys, i should get much more access to the outside world once i graduate SOI on tuesday. comments are always appreciated.
Phil.