Rain on the Range

Monday, February 11, 2013- Such. A. Long. Day! Wake up this morning was at 0430 and we got down into formation with our rucksacks packed and loaded up with a third of our respective body weights! It was for Foot March 2, but our company killed two birds with one stone and had us fulfill the requirement on our way to the range for a day. So we're downstairs and ready to get going when DS Action Man had us all get down on the wet and cold concrete and bust out a whole PT session while we laid there and soaked up the rain. We set out for the range and we did pretty good as a platoon as far as staying with the rest of the company for the duration of the march and not falling out. We got to the range and it was cold and still raining. We even ate breakfast in the rain! That really sucked. Around 1700, we got bussed back to the barracks (Yay! No more marching!) and tumbled out of the bus with our rucks front loaded. With our rucks on our bellies we all looked like pregnant women, waddling from the bus stop to the barracks. Lol. Then we cleaned our weapons for a while and got mail. I got a letter from my wife with pictures of her and the kids in it! I was so happy! A long, grueling day came to an end with a big smile on my face after a hot shower, while holding pictures of my favorite people. :)