11 August 2011
Day 54
Wake up at 03:45 today with PT at 06:00. Chow at 07:30 and trans to the range at 08:30. Today, we trained on the concept of Buddy Team Tactics. The objective was to move tactically towards the enemy, while keeping cover behind cars, sandbags, walls, and other objects. The 2nd and 4th platoons participated today. My platoon and the 3rd platoon will go tomorrow. The reason for alternating the days is that the second time through the course, we will be using live rounds shooting at pop-up targets. Therefore, there is a ton of range control and drill sergeants monitoring our every move. I will give a more details brief on this tomorrow.
My platoon and 3rd platoon went through concurrent training today. All we did was practice our "battle drills" for FTX 3 coming up. We were given a position of the enemy and we had to engage him with blank rounds of fire.
Around 01:30 it was 105 degrees at Ft. Benning. We were in the woods most of the time so that provided some good shade. We got a break around 02:45 when a thunderstorm rolled through. It felt pretty good after that. Always nice to have one of those to help fight the heat.
Tonight was low key. Cleaning and more cleaning. We are resting for our final APFT on Saturday. Things are going smooth! Can't wait to see everyone!
Matthew
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