Nearly done with week three of training! Only one more week in phase 1 of training, the hardest phase in boot camp. (Or so they say.)
From what I understand of the SDI Inspection, the Senior Drill Instructor (SDI) WILL find something wrong. The recruit's boots or rifle may be slightly dirty or perhaps the uniform isn't worn quite right. It's all about the details.
Supposedly it's after this inspection that a platoon may be subject to a "hurricane." The DIs will toss things around in the barracks, even overturning the bunks (racks...whatever they call the "beds"). Hopefully the recruits have used the Ziploc bags their families have sent them to put their letters and pictures in! They could have a really hard time sorting out the letters if they didn't. People end up with different sized boots, or even two boots that belong on the same feet (2 left or 2 right)! This allegedly is to help the platoon become more of a team. If it doesn't happen after the inspection, it could happen after tomorrow's competition.
Tomorrow is the Initial Drill. Jeremiah hopes to win so he can have a phone call home. Another recruit in his platoon wrote home that he thought their platoon had a good chance. Here's hoping he gets to call home and calls MY cell phone this time rather than his! :-)
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