Wake-up this AM was at 0400. We were told to clean until 0530 and to be in formation by 0545. I kind of knew this day was going to be an uneventful day because all of the "in-processing" was complete. We went to chow at 0600 and returned around 0630. What do you know, we were told to return to our barracks and clean some more. At 0800 we had a class on several things including: proper bunk making, the Soldiers Creed, The Army Values, and "The Army Song". This lasted until 1200 hours. Chow came after that and it was back to the bunk for more cleaning. The drill sergeant made a really good point about why we clean so much. It is basically to keep everyone from getting sick because if one soldier gets sick you have 300 sick soldiers. Ft. Benning has done a good job installing hand sanitizer dispensers all over the place and we are encouraged to use them often.
At 0400 we were called back to the classroom for what is called a "shake down." This is where we take everything that belongs to us and dump it in a pile in the middle of the floor. We then packed what we would not need for the next couple of days in our duffel bag and placed it in a holding area. The rest of our stuff we placed in our laundry bag and brought it back to the bay. This took until 1700 and then over to dinner we went.
"Lights out" was again at 2100. I volunteered for a "fire-guard" shift from 0200-0300. This is basically where you take a head count in the barracks and check on a list of things such as latrines, showers, etc.
The new few days are going to be similar to today. Our whole company is ready to ship. Everyone is getting restless and sort of "on edge" because the drill sergeants are trying to put the "fear of God" in us about arriving at our Basic Training Company. I personally cannot wait to get this show on the road.
Matthew
No comments:
Post a Comment