Ok I finally remembered I promised pictures:
First day we got lined up and we had to sound of our name, rank and line number(I think) for the first sergeant.
ClickThen we got transported to our barracks, the entire time the drill sergeants yelling at us about how we are about to be broken. Then when the buses stopped we had to haul ass with like 60-70 pounds of crap on us. I actually tripped while running, I landed on my wrist and it hurt for 2 weeks.
ClickWe did like 80 push ups. Then we had to secure our gear and run into our platoon meeting area. First day was scary as hell. Towards the end of my cycle we got to see another company do the first day scare. It's always hilarious when its not you.
ClickWe got did bayonet training on a FREEZING day, at least now I know what makes the grass grow.
ClickRifle stuff:
Well we
zeroed in our weapons. Then we got had to
qualify with them a few weeks later. My score sucked that day, not being able to see from snow glare and numb hands don't help anyone shoot. Later on in boot we got to do other stuff like play with
CCOs(Close combat Optics) and a
convoy live fire exercise. We also got go use stuff like night vision/lasers, 50 cal., M240B, M249, and I got to handle but not fire a MK19
Some of you that are around military people may have heard about the gas chamber. This is one day that is fun as hell but hurts like hell as well. They get about 12 privates in a small room that is just filled with CS gas(tear gas) then they make you take off your gas mask. They keep you in there for about 2-4 minutes The first 15 seconds of breathing the gas I couldn't inhale which scared the hell out of me. Then I just sat there and coughed my brains out as I felt all my exposed skin and my lungs burn like the towns senior hooker. As we walked out of the chamber my drill sergeant pushed me into a wall for fun. They like to get throws and shoves in on "hands on" training days.
ClickWe now have to get taught how to give people an IV. So we got to stick needles in each other, that was a good day.
ClickOn Thanksgiving we got served by all the higher ups. The Command Sergeant Major gave me potatoes and my First Sergeant gave me corn. :3 <3
ClickWe had a few courses we got to run through, fun as hell. I wish I had pictures of us repelling off the "Warrior Tower" but I guess they forgot the camera that day.
ClickClickClick] (To the right the only two good looking chicks in my entire company. Seriously Army women will make you hate anything with a gash, ugly dikes with chips on their shoulder.)
My platoon in a Drill and Ceremony competition. We didn't practice it that much because according to my drill sergeant "That s**t is gay as hell."
ClickIn case of a crash I can use my pants as a flotation device.
ClickThat day we just swam around with dummy rifles and LBVs. It was fun stuff.
If you know any military person you know someone that can eat an entire meal in less than 2 minutes.
Check out the
chow hall, besides your bunk the only thing you have to look forward to in basic.
One of my drill sergeant,
DS Ingram. An infantry man with alot of combat experience. Funny as hell as well, everyone he smoked us(Dropped us for push-ups, pulled us out the barracks to do whatever crazy exercise he could think of) he would always yell stuff that just cracked me the hell up. Him pissed off was scary though, very scary. He was a great DS though. Also he is holding my rifle in that picture, I was asking him something and he told me to give him my rifle then he gave us a very long talk about all sorts of cool stuff and stories.
Another thing you learn in basic is how to
wait and
wait some more. Seriously I think you have to have so many days logged waiting in line to pass boot.
Random pics of me:
Helping out on the Teamwork building courseDry run on the convoy live fire.Fixing a malfunction in my rifle, blank rounds jam up almost every shot... I hate blanks.Getting back on a truck after expending all my rounds, my companies commander just tossed up the camera, took the picture and gave me a little nod and a smirk. That kind of stuff messing with your mind in basic. Because they make you scared to look at COs and NCOs as anything less than a demigod you can't even look at.
Tons more I did but don't have pictures, I got stories and crap like that. Just ask what you want to know. But if you really want to know what basic is about only the shower walls could tell you.
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Oh and also I went to basic with a porn "star" Jolie Rain. I helped her zero in her rifle actually. When we found out she did porn we got on some guys phone that he snuck and looked it up. It was her and we laughed nonstop at her. Guys would even yell out "Jolie Rain" in formation with drill sergeants around.
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