The Game - Must play the Game

Well, what did we do this week. We had a class on Call for Fire, which is basically the message format and methodology used to direct artillery to a target. Most people took it for granted, but my experience has shown me that this method should be learned. In MI, we are one of the few support elements that can actually call for fire. So I learned it. I don't know what I got on the test, but I'm pretty sure it was high. I found it easy. The rest of our daytimes were spent doing Warrior Tasks and Drills training. I find this type of training tedious and boring. It's written for a monkey and we did like 20 hours of it this week. Being in for 6 years and having this training all the freakin time make it a little difficult to endure as well. But, like a trooper, I got through it.



Today was also the first 5 mile road march. It went well. I have also been XO this week and hand that duty over tomorrow (thank God.) It was demanding and we had to improve on the room SOP submitted by the previous leadership from last week. I sat up under my covers with the laptop until midnight every night getting it done. The final product though is quite impressive, even if I do say so myself. I foresee the commander approving the SOP. In addition to the SOP, my XO duties required me to coordinate chow, coordinate equipment and classes going to the WTBD course, make sure MRE's were available for training, making sure safety points were set, and basically making my CO look good. I think I did a great job.

So, to my surprise they are giving us this weekend off starting at about 1 PM tomorrow. We have to endure the Army tradition of your chain of command serving you food. It's ok, I can't check into my hotel room until about 3 anyway. Yep, that's right, I'm going to chill in a hotel this weekend doing some swimming, watching some movies, and basically just chilling out. I do have a date with some of my fellow officer candidates to see some Thanksgiving football at Buffalo Wild Wings tomorrow night. But, if you can't tell, I plan to vent this weekend. I also need a nice place where I can try and nurse my muscle wounds and maybe try and combat this darn cold. I have marriot points that will allow me to stay three nights free, so it shouldn't be a financial burden. Then again, I may choose to pay for it anyway and use even more points later. I'm all about saving.