Well, the past few days have been pretty good around here. On Friday we were out at the M16 range getting qualified on our weapons. After shooting a miserable 20/40 on the practice session (23 is the minimum standard for passing), I followed that up with a 34/40 (two shots shy of expert). It really is all about calming down, slowing down, controlling your breathing, and firing well.
Friday went by really fast, and after a decent night sleep and a good bike ride Saturday morning, I basically spent the rest of the weekend getting ready to go to the field this week. We’ll be doing all kinds of field exercises (land nav, STX lanes, convoy live fires, etc etc etc). It should be a really good week as far as ‘soldiering skills’ go. Here’s hoping the weather cooperates.
Saturday night we had our first class party at the house of one of the classmates. I won’t post any pictures from it, but it was a good time (though I was still in bed by 9).
A lady at church this morning mentioned that in Garden Canyon you can see pictographs, so I think next weekend that’ll be my first destination. I’ve got to get out of Sierra Vista next weekend. I think we may head up to Tucson for the weekend to relax and decompress after a week in the field.
I ran across this cool website if you’re interested on tracking the progress of climbers on Everest: http://www.alanarnette.com/news/ He’s tracking the progress of climbers on Everest this season. (P.S. They’re also considering adding climbing to the Olympics for 2020).
This’ll be my last post for a bit. I’m taking a little disposable camera to the field so hopefully I’ll be able to get some pictures.
See you on the flip side.
