Honestly, its not that I'm really that bored its just that I have to stop at the USO to check my e-mail etc so I figure I might as well post on the blog as well every day.
Today was a little slow, but still a lot of fun. PT was a 5 mile run, and the rest of the workday was comprised of PMCS (like half the acronyms we toss around, I don't know what that one stands for either) - basically maintenance and performance checks on the tanks. Of the four tanks in Charlie 3, my LT's is the only one that's broken - figures. So aside from crawling around the tanks some more today I also went elsewhere in the motor pool and bugged the mortar platoon and the Infantry guys. Bascially I had the specialists teach me the basics of the three main vehicles in our unit - the Abrams, the Bradley, and the mortar vehicles (now I've forgotten what they're called, 133s or something to that effect). The Bradleys were of course the coolest, being Infantry, though I thought they might be a little less fun when I was told the troop carrying space (which looked like it could fit maybe 6 or 7 soldiers) could actually hold 15 Infantrymen at one time. No wonder they come running out as soon as the door drops. What I also didn't like was the fact that the PL stays in the Bradley when his squads dismount - and I'd rather be on the ground with my soldiers than sitting back in the track.
So we're supposed to start training with these vehicles soon - and I'll try to find some way to get my pictures uploaded.
Aufwiedersehen!
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