Today was one of the best Saturdays we have had in terms of being busy. With some of our biggest tests coming up they are trying to throttle down for a couple of days. We were supposed to have our combatics competitions today, first aid drags, and prepare for our final fitness test on Monday. They changed our fitness test to Tuesday and moved combatics to the following week to give everybody the best chance at a full recovery prior to the test. The last 4 days we have been in full battle rattle so an extra 40ish pound wears on the legs.
After chow we hit the rock pit PT fields. We had to successfully complete a series of carries/ drags. I won’t lie; in the soft rocks it adds a little higher level of toughness. One of the kids I have mentioned before is the small one that has heart but lacks physical abilities. A DS from another company made fun/ picked on/ bullied him pretty hard for a solid 5 minutes while we were in formation after chow. He is a Drill for an infantry platoon so naturally he didn’t respect our support squad. He went on about how our small kid couldn’t drag or save one of his big guys out of the field during a battle. In the Drill’s defense, he’s probably right but in our defense his platoon looked like crap for infantry. Out of shape, not in matching uniformity, not covering right while in formation and just sloppy. Anyways, I partnered up with the little guy and we carried a kid that was probably 180 lbs. little man struggled big time which moved the bulk of the load to me. I hated doing it but I told him he better start working his butt off because that bully Drill was right. If he is ever put in the position to have to drag someone to safety he is going to need to buckle down on a strength program. Anyways rant over, the rest of the caries were pretty cool.
On another note. One of my Drill Sarges returned from being gone due to training for the last 4 weeks. He is tough, demands perfection, but is extremely detailed oriented and explains and helps us with everything. He is what out platoon needs at this time to straighten up. He gave us an hour before evening chow and the time after chow up till free time at 2000 to clean weapons, clean the bay, and get a “sweat session” in. everyone needed to conduct one last workout session in our own bay to prepare for the test.
It is 2100 and almost lights out. It is Sunday tomorrow so excited buzz is all around. We get relaxation, Sunday services and a phone call. Happy freaking weekend everyone.
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