I lack an appropriate title for this...
I went 20 days without drinking and without caffeine. That ended last night. Not a bad run. I was shooting for 30 days. But it was a fun night.
Had a long week in the field. It started Monday at about 3am for me, and I was finally able to get out of uniform around 5pm Friday. It was fun though. I learned nothing new military wise, but about the people I will be with. 2 need a lot of work. 1 needs a lot more experience.
Me and one other were the ones doing the motions correctly. How can it be that 2 of the most seemingly discontent people in the platoon are the 2 that are the most knowledgeable about their job?
I also found that I was more sympathetic towards combat support people who are working with us on things. I was willing to give them tasks that they can perform and still be functioning among us... It's not their job to know combat maneuvers. They only become semi-familiar with them, sometimes at best. A wedge formation is something that they only do once or twice in training... But I am digressing into a rant...
My chain of command seems to lack confidence in their combat Troops. My platoon sergeant was told to change his attack plan because we weren't supposed to win as OpFor. We had about 9 shooters, where they had about 90 people. His plan was superior. My command at times can really amaze me...
I am really starting to rethink my some of my choices. Some, well one at the very least, is starting to rub me raw mentally. I just don't think I am able.
Had a long week in the field. It started Monday at about 3am for me, and I was finally able to get out of uniform around 5pm Friday. It was fun though. I learned nothing new military wise, but about the people I will be with. 2 need a lot of work. 1 needs a lot more experience.
Me and one other were the ones doing the motions correctly. How can it be that 2 of the most seemingly discontent people in the platoon are the 2 that are the most knowledgeable about their job?
I also found that I was more sympathetic towards combat support people who are working with us on things. I was willing to give them tasks that they can perform and still be functioning among us... It's not their job to know combat maneuvers. They only become semi-familiar with them, sometimes at best. A wedge formation is something that they only do once or twice in training... But I am digressing into a rant...
My chain of command seems to lack confidence in their combat Troops. My platoon sergeant was told to change his attack plan because we weren't supposed to win as OpFor. We had about 9 shooters, where they had about 90 people. His plan was superior. My command at times can really amaze me...
I am really starting to rethink my some of my choices. Some, well one at the very least, is starting to rub me raw mentally. I just don't think I am able.