Today was a boring day. We had normal small smoke sessions. Towards the end of the night we got hit pretty hard. We were split into groups for cleaning duties and the Drill Sergeant wanted everyone quite. Every time we were given an order we say “Yes Drill Sergeant”. Even after he told us he didn’t want to hear anything at all... Quite a few kept yelling this which in turn meant another set of pushups. This went on about six times (60 pushups). They finally got the point after their life was threatened by about 200 soldiers.
Today was a lot of classroom for First Aid. It’s a small glimpse into what they train the soldiers to do before the medic arrives (what I am training for). Pretty neat stuff.
Our first running PT was today. It should start stepping up now. We did stretches, leg warm ups, hand full of exercises and then jogged 2 laps. Next we did 30-60’s. Sprint for 30 seconds walk for 60 seconds. We managed to get in about 5 cycles of these. Not much but it is a glimpse. The 68W combat medics that taught the First Aid talked with me for a little bit. Explained the reason there are so many open positions. It’s because there is a high turn over due to them moving into other medical fields and when the Army did cutbacks they cut a lot of active Duty Medics down or moved them to different specialties.
The active duty guys here are a little on edge and nervous. We have been told that all actives are pretty much guaranteed to being deployed within six months after finishing AIT. Pretty edgy stuff. Hope all is well.
Keep the faith
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