It has been about a month since I last wrote... a whole lot has happened in what feels like a short time.
Not sure if anyone is really reading this anymore but I needed to do a little release writing. I am currently studying Gynecology Emergencies.. gross. haha. This far into it we have taken 8 MOD tests in class totaling 33 chapters and 800 pages of material. High Speed. I currently am the Team Leader in my class and have the highest average with a 89.2 I am not ok with being anything less than an A so that will come up. Overall out of 240 or so soldiers it is probably top 20.. again.. not good enough. We also took our first Fitness Test this past Monday. I totaled 81 push ups in 2 minutes.. 74 sit-ups in 2 minutes.. and a 12:32 2 mile run. Good enough for 291 of a total 300 points. My best score so far but once I can get those final 8 situps I will hit perfect score as well as get extra points for doing extra in the pushups and 2 mile run. I have exactly 3 weeks until the next Fitness test so that will be accomplished.
This past week was the hardest test in my life this far. My grandma DD had a small accident and was not able to recover from it and passed away. She was being stubborn trying to walk around instead of running everything over in her scooter. She was by far my main woman in my life. My mom is great but whats better than her mom right?? She taught me the importance of family.. accepting everyone.. being generous.. loving life.. and so many more lessons that I can wait to live and pass on. I can only hope that as she looks down on me from Heaven that I continue to make her happy with how I live. After going through the Red Cross I was able to go home for the weekend to attend her funeral. It was crushing but pleasing at the same time. Getting to see the whole family and enjoying her life made up for it. Makes me want to work even harder here as well as finish up to get back home to life.
AIT transition... life here at Fort Sam continues to get a little better. Falling into a good pattern.. getting to know these younger kids and new group of brothers/sisters/soldiers. We have about 1 more week of class left for the "civilian medic" training. We have 2 more tests.. Skills testing for real medical and trauma scenarios as well as taking our National EMT cert test. Busy busy week ahead for us. Time management is not an easy task here.. its bed or sacrifice sleep to study and maybe luck out 4-5 hours of sleep if that. I just have to remember its a temporary step in the long run.
Once again.. short but hopefully after this week I can start adding more details once we start doing the Whisky "combat medic" training because I am sure that will be more interested to read about.
Hope everyone is doing great--- SMILE
Friday, February 13, 2015
Saturday, January 17, 2015
1/17/2015 Fort Sam Houston.. AIT- 68W Combat Medic
Wow.. it has been a change for sure so it has taken me some time to get back to this. AIT is a total flip from basic. We are called "Soldier Medic" instead of countless trash names and almost treated with a sort of respect. The atmosphere is a lot more relaxed while at the same time stressing how important it is for us to dedicate. Medics are life changers... team member.. an essential part of any group in the Army. High Speed is the only way to describe how this next 16 weeks is going to be.
-Original thoughts.. Fort Benning basic training is still strict and on point. No horsing around or anything close to the sort. All males and so on. Different kind of attitude. Here at Ft Sam we of course have a mixed company. Fox company is about 240 strong.. males.. females..and came from about 4 different basic training locations. All of the Benning guys are thrown off to say the least. In formation there is a lot of messing around... cadence calling has songs and clapping and the sort that we would have never even thought about pulling off in Benning or it would have been a 2 hour smoke session.
- We have to certify as an EMT Basic and pass the National EMT exam to become certified. The catch is that we are doing this in 6 weeks. Accelerated classes in civilian life may do it in 10 weeks but normal classes go for 4-6 months. The normal day starts at 4:50 formation for PT. Then chow.. quick time back to the barracks to shower and form up and start classes at 8:30. Lunch chow is at 11:20 then back in classes until 17:20. Dinner chow then finally back "home" to the barracks again. Usually we get about an hour of free time before final formation. Typical day to a T.
-PT will be a notch up. We split into groups of course based on speed. Alpha group is led by the Senior Sarge. He is on the 10 miler team for Ft Sam so the guy can run. He wants us to average no more than a 7 minute mile pace while running and nothing under 3 miles. Working up to 6 miles at under 7 min miles.... GEEZE... talk about tough but will be an awesome challenge. On weekends we are allowed to use the gym so I can actually get a good weight workout in. Huge bonus. The barracks have a real track going all the way around which is just a hair over half a mile. PX store is right across the street so its nice also.
-Chow- No set real times like it use to be in Basic. We also get 15-30 minutes from the time we sit down to eat.. just weird. They have a main line which is your cafeteria choices and healthier.. or the fast food which is burgers, fries, hotdogs and such. I weight in at the most I've ever weighed just at about 170 lbs so I am opting to hit the main line and get a spinach salad as much as I can.. unless I'm hungry and want to catch the short fast line. We also are mixed with navy and air force so we see everyone. Pretty sweet I think.... and not too shabby seeing some of the Air Force and Navy girls. Good change of scenery.
-Barracks are 2 guys per room.. share a bathroom but get 2 sinks, 2 closest, 2 desks and so on so its nice. We have day room we can use during free time to watch TV or meet up so we were able to catch last weekends football playoff games.
It is a 3 day weekend but we still have formation every 2 hours for now. The plan is a ton of studying. we did 170 pages and 7 chapters in 2.5 days of class.. and first MOD test on Tuesday so school will be the main focus. Gym and a little free time of course worked in.
I will try and get back to this with more details and life but wanted to drop a quick fill in
HI everyone... happy weekend
-Original thoughts.. Fort Benning basic training is still strict and on point. No horsing around or anything close to the sort. All males and so on. Different kind of attitude. Here at Ft Sam we of course have a mixed company. Fox company is about 240 strong.. males.. females..and came from about 4 different basic training locations. All of the Benning guys are thrown off to say the least. In formation there is a lot of messing around... cadence calling has songs and clapping and the sort that we would have never even thought about pulling off in Benning or it would have been a 2 hour smoke session.
- We have to certify as an EMT Basic and pass the National EMT exam to become certified. The catch is that we are doing this in 6 weeks. Accelerated classes in civilian life may do it in 10 weeks but normal classes go for 4-6 months. The normal day starts at 4:50 formation for PT. Then chow.. quick time back to the barracks to shower and form up and start classes at 8:30. Lunch chow is at 11:20 then back in classes until 17:20. Dinner chow then finally back "home" to the barracks again. Usually we get about an hour of free time before final formation. Typical day to a T.
-PT will be a notch up. We split into groups of course based on speed. Alpha group is led by the Senior Sarge. He is on the 10 miler team for Ft Sam so the guy can run. He wants us to average no more than a 7 minute mile pace while running and nothing under 3 miles. Working up to 6 miles at under 7 min miles.... GEEZE... talk about tough but will be an awesome challenge. On weekends we are allowed to use the gym so I can actually get a good weight workout in. Huge bonus. The barracks have a real track going all the way around which is just a hair over half a mile. PX store is right across the street so its nice also.
-Chow- No set real times like it use to be in Basic. We also get 15-30 minutes from the time we sit down to eat.. just weird. They have a main line which is your cafeteria choices and healthier.. or the fast food which is burgers, fries, hotdogs and such. I weight in at the most I've ever weighed just at about 170 lbs so I am opting to hit the main line and get a spinach salad as much as I can.. unless I'm hungry and want to catch the short fast line. We also are mixed with navy and air force so we see everyone. Pretty sweet I think.... and not too shabby seeing some of the Air Force and Navy girls. Good change of scenery.
-Barracks are 2 guys per room.. share a bathroom but get 2 sinks, 2 closest, 2 desks and so on so its nice. We have day room we can use during free time to watch TV or meet up so we were able to catch last weekends football playoff games.
It is a 3 day weekend but we still have formation every 2 hours for now. The plan is a ton of studying. we did 170 pages and 7 chapters in 2.5 days of class.. and first MOD test on Tuesday so school will be the main focus. Gym and a little free time of course worked in.
I will try and get back to this with more details and life but wanted to drop a quick fill in
HI everyone... happy weekend
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