10/25/2014 "Psalm 91"

I stumbled across a book in our bay locker today that caught my attention. “Psalm 91 God’s Shield of Protection.” Something about it caught my interest. (Note from his mom and past teachers- James hates to read, so if he recommends something check it out). I goes though all of Psalm 91 and has personal stories and accounts relating. It has a military theme and references. I just started it but I plan to set aside 10 minutes a day to read another section of it. I’ve become friends with one of the guys here that seems pretty similar to me. 18 years old and fresh out of high school but well grounded. He will also be in San Antonio for AIT when I’m there, so it’s pretty neat. We are church buddies.

Tonight the Company had a Halloween party for the kids and families, so most of the Drill Sergeants were pretty scarce. Made for an easy day, which in Basic means chow three times a day. A lot of cleaning as well. Tomorrow we are getting our lockers checked so everyone had to get them ready. This means clothes folded and rolled the same, accessories and other items all placed and fronted exactly the same. We also did the introduction to close combat training- hand to hand fighting. Lights off 2100 but I have to fireguard at 2200, so no point in sleeping yet. Tomorrow should be a much needed relaxation day. Our first real physical test is Monday; 2-2-2 (2 minute pushups and sit-ups and 2 mile run so they are trying to let us keep it easy so we can recover. We learned the extreme rude DS is leaving for a month to do training so everyone is happy. Lots of free time Sunday so more to come.