DS is one year in the Army

[Aglahad]

If I refer to something that has been phased out, doesn't that make me old?

Yes LITS you are ANCIENT! Do you have one of those pill organizers yet?

 

[Aglahad]

Thanks GoArmy and Philmont. Wishes of success for the future. Philmont I met your DS. He is a fine young man who volunteers and participates in all the ROTC orgs at Norwich. He is going do well.

Jcleppe, Best wishes to DS1. Aviation is the hardest branch to get. Congrats. Best wishes to DS1 and good luck to DS2 in CDQC. CDQC slots are very difficult to obtain. I sure DS2 has been in the pool quite a bit preparing.

Best Wishes to the Class of 13 in the future endeavors.

Sounds like your son is on a promising route so far.

It has been 6 months since I commissioned and I am finishing up my GBR duty and reporting to work LDAC (not as a brand new tasking LT, they get treated like crap) as a support platoon OIC by the end of the month. In addition I am currently training up for the EFMB ( 10-15% pass rate ) and getting ready to finish PH 2 of my BOLC in August. I am also currently taking science classes with labs at night which is hell....

 

[Jcleppe]

Sounds like your son is on a promising route so far.

It has been 6 months since I commissioned and I am finishing up my GBR duty and reporting to work LDAC (not as a brand new tasking LT, they get treated like crap) as a support platoon OIC by the end of the month. In addition I am currently training up for the EFMB ( 10-15% pass rate ) and getting ready to finish PH 2 of my BOLC in August. I am also currently taking science classes with labs at night which is hell....

Sounds like your busy, best of luck with your test, at least it's sunny today.

 

[12Parent]

Actually it will be in two weeks. Some journey. It started with IBOLC with the unrelenting heat last summer. The Captain he had was exceptional with the sole focus that his men would pass Ranger School. Pretty much all in his group felt IBOLC was much harder than Ranger School. It was a lesson in hydration and managing heat. Most others in the Infantry would feel differently about that. Ranger school was also unrelenting from the food and sleep deprivation. It seemed to be a measure in having the ability of staying focused. You need to understand and complete your orders despite your own deprivations. As you get in the zombie state and loose focus it is called droning. Saw a friend walk over a large diamond back snake in this state. The diamondback must have been as shocked as they were and did not strike. Had a close call in the mountain phase with a rock ledge. Life can be a matter of inches. It is a dangerous business. At the end of Ranger school he was thirty pounds lighter. We took him out to dinner the night before graduation. He thought about having a beer but realized he was not allowed. Good thing he did not because his SGT came by our table and he would have been recycled into Florida for another 3 weeks. "Dont ever break the rules no matter how small. It just not worth it." Ranger Graduation is an incredible show and go to it if you are ever at Fort Benning. After Ranger School they give them a few weeks of light duty, some moved right to their duty stations. He entered another four week school. At that point they head off for their duty stations but he managed a transfer at the last minute. You start out on staff until they find you a platoon which he got a month ago. He has a seasoned group of sgts and good platoon. They are a great bunch he says. They played a little trick on him. They told him to show up for a meeting in his full dress ASU. A little initiation because all others would be in civilian clothes. A friend tipped him off and he came to their disapointment in civilian clothes. I said he should have played along. No, he said they need to think I know everything even though I dont. Bigger things ahead I cant discuss.

Good Luck to the Class of 2013 and the journeys they will take.

Congrats to you and your DS Norwich. As we discussed a while back, your DS and mine plowed a lot of the same ground at the same time. Seems like VMI graduation was not that long ago. Still, DS is married with a child on the way and he is overseas with the 101st Curahees (2-506). Very busy year for him.

 

[NorwichDad]

Sounds like your son is on a promising route so far.

It has been 6 months since I commissioned and I am finishing up my GBR duty and reporting to work LDAC (not as a brand new tasking LT, they get treated like crap) as a support platoon OIC by the end of the month. In addition I am currently training up for the EFMB ( 10-15% pass rate ) and getting ready to finish PH 2 of my BOLC in August. I am also currently taking science classes with labs at night which is hell....

Best of luck for the Expert Field Medical Badge. You will get it. The pass rate for FY 2008 was 15.3%, making the EFMB one of the most difficult and prestigious Army skill badges to earn.

 

[NorwichDad]

Congrats to you and your DS Norwich. As we discussed a while back, your DS and mine plowed a lot of the same ground at the same time. Seems like VMI graduation was not that long ago. Still, DS is married with a child on the way and he is overseas with the 101st Curahees (2-506). Very busy year for him.

Wow he has been busy. Congrats on the new arrival on the way and a safe return for the soon to be dad.

 

[Aglahad]

Sounds like your busy, best of luck with your test, at least it's sunny today.

Thanks! Have you seen the weather this weekend?! 80s apparently

Best of luck for the Expert Field Medical Badge. You will get it. The pass rate for FY 2008 was 15.3%, making the EFMB one of the most difficult and prestigious Army skill badges to earn.

Thank you, I am gonna give it my best shot, but I hear they fail you for the smallest things. I know an instructor who says a lot of the grades are "badge protectors".

 

[Jcleppe]

Thanks! Have you seen the weather this weekend?! 80s apparently

Just make sure you wear dark glasses, I'll be wearing shorts, don't want to blind you.