21 June 2011
Wake up call came at 4:00am so that 1 hour of sleep was just a tease. "Welcome to the Army" the Drill Sergeant said, "Where sleep is not on our priority list." Oh Boy! Jesica and I are use to getting at least 7 hours of sleep each night. Can you say "culture shock"?
The day began at the barracks building as we were put into formation by our roster number. My roster number is 11711 AT 006. This basically means that I am guy #6 in the Alpha Tango Company. There are around 62 guys in Alpha Tango. What is very surprising is that I am not the oldest in the company. The range is 17 to 30. The majority of these guys are either high school juniors or seniors. Several are college students and some are just guys in their mid-20s trying to figure out what they want to do.
Breakfast was at 5:30am and what a working machine this process is. First of all, the whole alpha company (around 350 soldiers) marched to the DFAC (dining facility) and we were all in and out by 6:00am. THE WHOLE COMPANY! Kudos to the DFAC staff!
After chow, we were then marched to the reception building and basically did the following: shots (5 to be exact and one in the butt), gave blood, were issued all of our uniforms/gear, listened to more briefings, and just sat and waited. We went to chow around 12:30pm and went back to reception to finish day 1 of in processing which included vision testing and more briefings. At 5:45pm we went back to chow and marched back to the barracks. After that we were told to start cleaning the barracks from one end to the other. By this time it was 8:00pm, which is our personal time until 9:00pm. I was so busy during my personal time I forgot to take a shower. And there is no showering or being out of the bunk after 9:00pm unless you need to do one of these things: take a leak, take a crap, or drink some water. Day 1 of in-processing down. Not too much action (fun action that is) but a good day overall.
Matthew
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