This morning was mostly barracks maintenance and some classes from Drill Sergeant Smithling to help get us ready for the first FTX (Field Training Exercise) which is coming up Tuesday. There is also a lot of information that we need to retain since there is a mid-cycle written test that you must get at least a 70 on. Week 7 will be the final PT test, so please pray that I pass it.
In addition to the upcoming FTX, we also have BRM (Basic Rifle Marksmanship) coming up this week. It should get much more fun from here on, especially if the platoon can learn to start working together.
I had CQ duty night before last. That means that one of our platoon's drill sergeants has charge of quarters duty for the night and so two of us have to man the CQ desk in hourly shifts to answer the phones and refer any situations that come up to the drill sergeant. Well, that night I was at the desk when someone from 1st platoon ran down looking for Drill Sergeant Slade. As it turned out, someone in that platoon tried to kill themselves by swallowing two entire bottles of pills. They took him to the hospital and that's the last I heard about it. Never a dull moment around here!
I have made a couple good friends. There's Derek Kassman who is in the bunk on one side of me, and Heath Jones who is in the bunk on the other side. Both are pretty nice.
PFC Sam Jones
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