Well folks, I'm back...for a few days. I have to report to Camp Delmar (part of Camp Pendleton, CA) on 5 AUG 2003 for Marine Combat Training. That lasts for 3 weeks. I will then have 3 days of nothing before I must report for my MOS school at Camp Pendleton for 15 weeks. After that, I might be coming home, or I might be staying there until 28 FEB 2004. I honestly don't know! Hopefully I'll come home immediately.
As far as Boot Camp goes. It's hell. Imagine being told how to put soap on your body during a shower. Imagine being counted down while you do this. Imagine doing this with 49 other men in a shower that has 10 shower heads.
Sound fun?
Drilling...for hours. I actually liked that, but at first, it wears your sorry butt out! No joke, drilling for 2 or 3 hrs at a time, just short water breaks. If we were sucking, then it was time for a visit to the pit. Haha! The pit, that's another story all-together.
You get pitted...you jump into a sand pit and are told to push, you sound off "PUSH AYE SIR!" Then they might say push again, or side straddle hops, so on, so forth. You have to sound off with "
Getting dressed is fun...10 secs to get your trousers on, 10 seconds per boot, and 10 seconds for your blouse.
I could go on for hours with this stuff and stories of stuff that happened, but I've things to do, so I'll write more later!
Posted by at July 27, 2003 08:18 AM | TrackBackWelcome back brother!
Good to hear news from the front, well, the training front that is.
I want to fire the M240 Gulf, lemme know when you can sneak me in for a few rounds :-)
You kidding, I won't get to fire it for a couple weeks yet!
Posted by: skywalker at July 28, 2003 01:14 AM