Finally! Time to write again! This is my first free time in about four days due to the FTX. It was fun, but pretty tiring. We had a vehicle checkpoint set up that had to be manned twenty-four hours a day and our fighting positions had to be manned as well. So sleep was a pretty limited commodity out there. We learned battle drills which are sort of like plays in sports for specific situations. It's thinks like reacting to an ambush, squad attack, reacting to enemy contact, etc. With all that I've learned, I could train quite the paintball scenario team if I wanted to.
We got back from FTX yesterday a bit before dinner and were still up to midnight cleaning our rifles and gear and such. Wake up was at 0400, so needless to say, we're all pretty tired. This morning we had a practice PT test (the final is coming up on Wednesday) to see where we are at. To pass, I need to be able to do 30 pushups in two minutes, 36 situps, and run two miles is 17:54 or less. Today, even as tired as I was, I did 31 pushups, 28 situps, and ran two miles in 17:09. I should be fine for the test on Wednesday.
After that, we went to one of the ranges and shot at moving targets. That was a bit challenging but fun. There were 50 targets and you were supposed to hit at least 18. I got 31, so I was happy.
We transitioned to Blue Phase today! We really only have two weeks of training left. The last week is little stuff and recovery week.
PFC Sam Jones
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