FYI- another mail day…no mail for me…like a birthday boy and no one showed up to my party. L Haha.
Anyways, it is always cold here. Early freaking morning fitness was good but oh so brrrrrrr. This week my platoon is first in to chow, which means longer time frame for us. Which is sweet and it must show. I’ve gained 2.1 lbs. since coming here. Poor, single man life over Christmas break will fix that.
Today was range day for advance rifle skills. 15 of the top shooters in each platoon were fitted with CCO (red dot scopes) on our rifles. We then zeroed them in with 30 round clip and let everyone else take target practice after that. It was pretty fun. Due to the weather and Army training standards of safety…a heat tent with a couple of small heaters was set up for the guys to rotate through to thaw out. I’m sure the “older” generation would have loved that back in the day. Before and after chow for the evening we had meetings. Tomorrow we go back to the range for day/night shooting. Going to be a long freaking day. All the expert and sharp shooters were fitted with lasers and NOD (night vision) for tomorrow. Our DS ordered us to use night vision for all of our fireguard duties over night instead of flashlights. This has everyone excited because what gut wouldn’t want to walk around for an hour using only “night vision”. Ummmmm….lame ones, so this will be cool. I for see some sock wars and what not. Today was a good day, be thankful for them all …appreciate. Keep your heart and eyes open to it all. Going to be awake for 24 hours straight tomorrow, so time to pack my gear and go to bed.
Night
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