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First Annual Training
8 years ago
How was the AT?
I hated the training... wanting to get home before getting there, but it was fun still. Stuffs I hate are lack of sleep and some NCOs that are full of bs. Making us do sh*t that wasn't even related to the training while just sitting inside the tent. And also gears and with even more gears in addition to the first one.
Fun stuff... Doing literally nothing on the warehouse for a day as one of the night shift personnel since the day shift did all the stuff already. And showers, we did showers in a janitorial room and we're not even supposed to do that because we should be showering on field showers (huh, what? ok?!).
What did I do?
Pack and re-pack pallets, some warehouse stuff and pretty much the training is where I have done my assigned MOS. Also I'm making labels to pallets on which FOBs they are going. 3 of the FOBS are named Liberty, Justice, and Freedom. Eventually one of my battles made labels (or protest signs) for Equality, Humanity, Peace, Pizza, Unity and I forgot the other one. My other battle showed them to the NCOIC mentioning that we need these in our unit (yup definitely) and the reply was: "Is there love in there?"
Also this gave me a chance to drive tactical vehicles (Humvee and LMTV) For the Humvee well it feels like driving a car except that the vehicle itself is really wide, and blind spots are wider. I even went against the one way road along the way to the entry point from the tents. For the LMTV or I'll describe it as a big truck, the brakes are too damn sensitive. They're air brakes that's why... In addition, I'm not even certified to drive any tactical vehicles.
On the guard shift part we are sitting in our foxholes eyes peeled open for me while my battle either on the phone or sleeping. Trying not to get kidnapped, and if we did we get sent to another FOB doing nothing but filling up sandbags for a week, and stuck with whatever you have with you.
How we were fed?
MREs, and our cooks. Some are bad, most are ok, few are good. This is why we love going to the warehouse. We get extra servings on whatever the cooks made. Going on guard shift? Too bad just one serving and never enough. I was about to say "Can't you see that I'm already malnourished?" when I got served with 3/4th scoop of scrambled eggs.
I hated the training... wanting to get home before getting there, but it was fun still. Stuffs I hate are lack of sleep and some NCOs that are full of bs. Making us do sh*t that wasn't even related to the training while just sitting inside the tent. And also gears and with even more gears in addition to the first one.
Fun stuff... Doing literally nothing on the warehouse for a day as one of the night shift personnel since the day shift did all the stuff already. And showers, we did showers in a janitorial room and we're not even supposed to do that because we should be showering on field showers (huh, what? ok?!).
What did I do?
Pack and re-pack pallets, some warehouse stuff and pretty much the training is where I have done my assigned MOS. Also I'm making labels to pallets on which FOBs they are going. 3 of the FOBS are named Liberty, Justice, and Freedom. Eventually one of my battles made labels (or protest signs) for Equality, Humanity, Peace, Pizza, Unity and I forgot the other one. My other battle showed them to the NCOIC mentioning that we need these in our unit (yup definitely) and the reply was: "Is there love in there?"
Also this gave me a chance to drive tactical vehicles (Humvee and LMTV) For the Humvee well it feels like driving a car except that the vehicle itself is really wide, and blind spots are wider. I even went against the one way road along the way to the entry point from the tents. For the LMTV or I'll describe it as a big truck, the brakes are too damn sensitive. They're air brakes that's why... In addition, I'm not even certified to drive any tactical vehicles.
On the guard shift part we are sitting in our foxholes eyes peeled open for me while my battle either on the phone or sleeping. Trying not to get kidnapped, and if we did we get sent to another FOB doing nothing but filling up sandbags for a week, and stuck with whatever you have with you.
How we were fed?
MREs, and our cooks. Some are bad, most are ok, few are good. This is why we love going to the warehouse. We get extra servings on whatever the cooks made. Going on guard shift? Too bad just one serving and never enough. I was about to say "Can't you see that I'm already malnourished?" when I got served with 3/4th scoop of scrambled eggs.
