Hey everyone,
Well another week down.This past week was Field Week. Monday we hiked up to our campsite and had some classes on IED's (Improvised Explosive Device) and tactical formations. After that we did 3 Assault Courses. Those were CRAZY FUN. They were down in the dirt with a rifle. After we finished the courses, we had dirt everywhere. :) Tuesday we had classes on navigation and did a day land navigation course and a night land course. Wednesday we came back to the squad bay and learned about Table II, the second half of rifle qual. Thursday we shot Table II for practice and Friday was qual. for Table II. Perfect score is 100 I shot a 95. I'm a little frustrated because I couldn't hear one of the shooting drills we were suppose to do so I dropped a couple shots, but all well I still got a better score that like 95% of the platoon and probably the company. :) So over all on rifle I scored a 328, 233 Table I and 95 Table II. Expert (the best qual. you can get) is from 305 to 350, so I'm a rifle expert!! :)
On Friday night, we did a night assault course with flares, barbed wire, obstacles, walls, and bridges. That was the best part of the week! So funny story. On this course when a flare goes off you immediately get down with your weapon up and you don't move at all. You just scan your surroundings with your eyes. Well I was at the end of the course waiting to be cleared out and there was one other recruit ahead of me when a flare when off. So I get down and point my barrel to the left so I wouldn't flag the other recruit. Well this recruit forgot he was suppose to get down until a couple of DI's yelled at him to get down. Guess what he did. Fell down right on top of my barrel. Brilliant man, just brilliant. :) He got yelled at again. LOL.
Saturday we took weapons completely apart and cleaned them. This week was probably my favorite so far. And now I'm in the 3rd Phase! Almost done!
Well I gtg. Thanks for the letters and prayers! See you soon!
-Recruit Chipman
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