Interesting things going on ( Read more... )

PT on Thursday was fun but painful. We usually do combatives (Army hand to hand combat taining) on Thursdays and this time we did arena. Everyone stands in a circle and two people go at it in the middle. The winner stays, the looser leaves. So the new challenger has teh advantage, they haven't just fought a match. When I got in the circle, I won ( Read more... )

Of popping the FNG's cherry.


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More work and fun ( Read more... )

Work is getting busier, almost hectic, but I'll take that over being bored. I have 13 other joes in my section, and with 10 of them being privates that's a lot of shit to keep track of. Well, 9 privates now that one is being sent to work at battalion ( Read more... )

was back at work today and quite enjoyed it. I ended up running PT for my section and made a guy puke from running (well, dry heaves really) so apparently I'm not as out of shape as I thought I was. Then we spent the morning emptying and reloading a connex (shipping container) that was hot and sweaty work and I enjoyed it ( Read more... )

Was in the midst of a tickle fight with my daughter the other day, both of us going at it like crazy and I was convincing her that she really was getting the best of me. At some point she got up and ran into the kitchen to get ice to put down my shirt, I ran after her. As she went out the other end of the room I turned around to catch her in the ( Read more... )

I'm in Quwait now, I have a few days to kill here before we actually fly home ( Read more... )

I got so cheated. Been doing all these inspections of the shipping containers going back to the states. Which involes me nosing through every one's personal stuff that gets packed up ( Read more... )

I got an unpleasent surprise this morning. The physical fitness test, which I thought was going to be this evening, was acutualy this morning. So instead of getting a day's sleep then doing it, I got to tackle it half way through my shift. I did fine, better then average, but am not happy about the timing. But after a deep breath or two, I focus on ( Read more... )