today i graduated from the school of infantry's fresher course! we even got certificates explaining all that i had accomplished in the past 5 days. first aid courses, m16 and machine gun fires, and on and on. i'm very glad for it to be over.
i'm still looking forward to either friday or possibly as late as monday that i will get dropped to my unit. that's when i'll meet the marines i'll be going to iraq with and learn what my job will be and even exactly when i'll be leaving for iraq. these have been the main questions i've had since i found out that i would be getting recalled.
another thing that happened today is that major general (two stars) stone spoke to us today for quite a long speech, and there are only 67 of us. he's actually getting promoted to lieutenant general (three stars) in a couple weeks at which time he will be the commanding general of the entire marine corps reserves. he told us that this small group of marines is the closest thing the united states has to a draft right now. i agree.
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If you've not been to Iraq before you simply cannot believe how cold it is in the winter. It is brutal. If you have to buy them yourself get the best gloves, socks and headgear you can find.
ReplyDeleteThat's cool he talked to such a small group like that. I'm definitely gonna start following your posts.
ReplyDelete-Drymon