20 February 2009
The Wall
On a more serious note, there was something at the unit HQ that caught my eye when I visited on Wednesday, a wall with several plaques and photographs of soldiers who died on the last tour in Iraq in 2004. It's not all fun and games in the Army Reserve, this is serious business. I've heard about people who've been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan and come back changed, and I wonder how much I would get changed if I went overseas.
19 February 2009
One thing about the Army
You have to keep your hair length to within acceptable standards, which is kind of too bad because I can grow a lot of hair on my head real fast! This will be sacrificed for the next six years, who knows how my hair will grow when I'm older? haha!
06 February 2009
Pre-Basic Basic!
It definitely makes sense, but it's kind of amusing to me that the Army has a checklist of information that Future Soldiers need to know, as well as physical fitness tests, like a pre-Basic Training Basic Training of sorts. I'm already starting to operate on military time, just working on the warrior values and whatnot at the moment.
I will always place the mission first.
I will never accept defeat.
I will never quit.
I will never leave a fallen comrade.
Hooah!
I will always place the mission first.
I will never accept defeat.
I will never quit.
I will never leave a fallen comrade.
Hooah!
05 February 2009
MEPS
"Hurry up and wait." - Popular Expression
I wasn't really surprised, but not really happy either, at how long processing at MEPS took. Wakeup time was at 0430, and I proceeded to check out of the hotel and eat crappy hotel food from 0500 to 0530.
Highlights:
Urine testing - the wait was so long that I went to the bathroom twice before they finally got to me, one of the last people to take it. Imagine 10 or so guys who drank plenty of water, sitting on the edge of their seats on the verge of losing it while waiting for the five guys ahead of them to finish the testing, and you'll know how it is.
Paperwork - I finished all my medical stuff at about 1200-1230, and went to the Army office, where I was told to eat lunch and wait. I finish that... and wait until about 1400, when they produce a contract, except it's active duty and I'm supposed to be in the Reserves. The error is finally fixed in the system around 1700, and I finally swear in the Army Reserve at about 1725.
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Oh snap! What have I gotten myself into? haha, I know things will be alright, but it will be a totally different world/environment when I ship to basic. I guess I'm having a hard time shedding the last vestiges of being a civvie, but I think it'll be a good change.
I wasn't really surprised, but not really happy either, at how long processing at MEPS took. Wakeup time was at 0430, and I proceeded to check out of the hotel and eat crappy hotel food from 0500 to 0530.
Highlights:
Urine testing - the wait was so long that I went to the bathroom twice before they finally got to me, one of the last people to take it. Imagine 10 or so guys who drank plenty of water, sitting on the edge of their seats on the verge of losing it while waiting for the five guys ahead of them to finish the testing, and you'll know how it is.
Paperwork - I finished all my medical stuff at about 1200-1230, and went to the Army office, where I was told to eat lunch and wait. I finish that... and wait until about 1400, when they produce a contract, except it's active duty and I'm supposed to be in the Reserves. The error is finally fixed in the system around 1700, and I finally swear in the Army Reserve at about 1725.
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Oh snap! What have I gotten myself into? haha, I know things will be alright, but it will be a totally different world/environment when I ship to basic. I guess I'm having a hard time shedding the last vestiges of being a civvie, but I think it'll be a good change.
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