| | It's amazing the changes six months can bring. In 18 days, I will be a second lieutenant in the United States Army. I've lost almost 30 pounds in body weight (and I certainly wasn't fat to begin with), hardened my feet with an endless onslaught of timed runs and foot marches, learned land navigation, the basics of squad infantry tactics, and most importantly, to shoot straight and true. Now that I've been branched Infantry, upon graduation from Officer Candidate School I'll be attending the Infantry Officer Basic Course to further refine my skill in tactics and maneuver and learn what it takes to lead a platoon into combat. Then it'll be time to take to the sky and earn my wings with the Airborne and Air Assault schools before I finally push my body to its breaking point at Ranger School a year from now. When all of this is said and done, I will finally report to a unit after nearly 2 years in training.
From faded jeans to a butter bar in Army greens in six months. Hooah. |
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