Joining the Army HQ

So today we did some PT which wasn’t that bad since most of us really wanted to do some PT since we have just been sitting around for about 2 weeks without any real exercise and eating 3 times a…

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So Sundays are pretty mellow. Right now we are just sitting around watching Black Hawk Down which is appropriate since it has both Army Rangers and Delta Force. Everyone is just sitting back taking naps. Except that the sgt. just…

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So today is the day that I gave you a call. It was really good to hear your voice and to talk to you. I am glad to hear that you are doing well. I am really excited about going…

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So today it is raining pretty hard. They take roll call in the mornings and that meant that more than half of our company had to stand in the rain to get called. Additionally we still had to get chow…

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So today was pretty boring. We just sat around doing basically nothing the whole day. I forgot to tell you that there is health insurance for you that I set up for you. You have to talk to my recruiter…

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Sorry I had to cut it short yesterday. I had to go to sleep and there just is not enough time in the day. So yesterday there was almost a fight in the barracks. One of the guys basically called…

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So today was pretty interesting as well as yesterday. Yesterday we got our ACU’s (camo uniform) which are really nice but are a lot warmer than the PT uniform which basically are shorts and t-shirts.

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So the facilities in reception really aren’t that bad. There is a laundry room where we can wash all our stuff for free except for the detergent, and fairly clean bathrooms. We also get a pretty big locker to put…

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So yesterday we got immunized as well as other medical checks i.e. eye check and hearing tests. The shots were horrible. I guess we got a whole spectrum of immunizations but the penicillin was the worst. It feels like being…

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So today seems like it is much better than yesterday. Even though we did wake up at 3:45 AM it was not so bad. We went to sleep at about 10:30 However the drill sgt. busted into our barracks at…

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