Bolc 2.
So far its been a busy day, a busy couple of days. I haven't made a post in a while because I haven't just haven't had time to even hit the on button to my computer. Bolc 2 is going great, I just finished basic rifle marksmanship with my m4 with the close quarters optic (red dot sight), peq-15 (visible and infrared laser), and night vision. Today I got to wear my full kit around (helmet, body armor, loading bearing equipment, rifle, pack), I really felt like a real soldier. We have done all sorts of m4 marksmanship this week which included some day-time and night-time shooting. All really great. I can't believe I get paid to do this.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
land nav
Howdy,
What a week(end)! Two weddings (3 if you count the one on the office), a trip to tennessee, and a membership to gold's gym. That has been my weekend, a lot of fun, a lot of driving (mostly on my roommate, mark), and equipment prep for tomorrow. I have to go to bed,...like an hour ago because I have to wake up at 1am to go into work and do duty, then its out to the land navigation course no later than 3 am and I should get home wednesday night or so.
Hope everyone is doing well.
-Ben
What a week(end)! Two weddings (3 if you count the one on the office), a trip to tennessee, and a membership to gold's gym. That has been my weekend, a lot of fun, a lot of driving (mostly on my roommate, mark), and equipment prep for tomorrow. I have to go to bed,...like an hour ago because I have to wake up at 1am to go into work and do duty, then its out to the land navigation course no later than 3 am and I should get home wednesday night or so.
Hope everyone is doing well.
-Ben
Friday, October 9, 2009
more training
So I thought I'd have some time off from training but boy was I wrong. Monday rolls around and I walked on to my next mandatory school. What fun, right? Week one is about over, I got some time off today to go see my buddy get married. Tomorrow I'm planning on driving up to cincinnati to see another one of my buddies get married.
The school I am in is bolc 2, stands for basic officer leadership course 2 (bolc 1 = rotc). It is a course designed to teach war fighting skills (warrior skills) to those leaders not in a combat arms branch, but just the same they send us combat guys too. It is seven weeks long, two of which are in the field. We get most nights off and weekends. Some tasks we will accomplish are land navigation, combat life saver certification, platoon patrolling, and m4 qualification (rifle) with a red dot sight.
We went to the central issuing facility on wednesday. I received all my equipment for my training here at ft. benning (finally!). I even got my own body armor with sapi plates (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAPI_plates) and mich (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MICH_TC-2000_Combat_Helmet). Very expensive stuff.
Time to go back to work.
The school I am in is bolc 2, stands for basic officer leadership course 2 (bolc 1 = rotc). It is a course designed to teach war fighting skills (warrior skills) to those leaders not in a combat arms branch, but just the same they send us combat guys too. It is seven weeks long, two of which are in the field. We get most nights off and weekends. Some tasks we will accomplish are land navigation, combat life saver certification, platoon patrolling, and m4 qualification (rifle) with a red dot sight.
We went to the central issuing facility on wednesday. I received all my equipment for my training here at ft. benning (finally!). I even got my own body armor with sapi plates (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAPI_plates) and mich (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MICH_TC-2000_Combat_Helmet). Very expensive stuff.
Time to go back to work.
Friday, October 2, 2009
End of mech leader
I graduated Mechanized Leader today. It was a really good six weeks and I learned a whole lot about the Bradley fighting vehicle.
I should be getting my new graphics card today, it should be sweet!
Got a phone call from my holding company, I am going to try and walk onto the BOLC2 class a month early, cross my fingers and hope so. I will try and report in this monday at 0545.
My favorite show The Office has started their new season. It is quite hiliarious if I do say so.
Lunch time! (more to follow later)
I should be getting my new graphics card today, it should be sweet!
Got a phone call from my holding company, I am going to try and walk onto the BOLC2 class a month early, cross my fingers and hope so. I will try and report in this monday at 0545.
My favorite show The Office has started their new season. It is quite hiliarious if I do say so.
Lunch time! (more to follow later)
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