The flights for the most part went well until Atlanta. The flight to Columbus, that lousy 19 minute flight, was three hours late getting off the ground. I sighed, happy in the fact that I scheduled my return to Columbus for two days before my required reporting time into Ft. Benning. This inconvenience would not affect my return to OCS, just give me a little less free time for today. I have a few things I need to do before I sign in on Sunday. I have to acquire a new pass to get on post, I need some extra OCS rank, I have to acquire a sand table kit for the field, and I have to inventory my gear to make sure I know where everything is.
It was a fantastic Exodus for me. My daughter is now 8 weeks old and she's absolutely beautiful. She looks like my wife with my blue eyes. I had a great time with both my wife and daughter and it was also the first Christmas for us all. I was extremely sad to leave, but I am determined to get OCS done. All I need to do to get my commission is complete OCS. BOLC 2 and MIBOLC is at the very back of my mind. My motivation will be to return to 15th MI on the 23rd of February wearing bars.
OK, check it out. This week will be more physical than anything else. Monday is the Downing Mile. This is a running obstacle course which will require my squad to run up cardiac hill and carry ammo and water cans over walls. Should be a good time. There will be two tests this week: the military intelligence test, and the dreaded History I test. The History test tends to cut 5-10 people from OCS. I don't worry about any test anymore that's in english, especially after 6 years of taking tests in arabic. We will also find out the results of week 5's tests that many people thought were difficult. Oh yeah, more physical stuff. Platoon PT will consist of stairs in a stadium. We will also do an urban land nav run. (Those are fun. Used to do those all the time.) And the week will be finished off with a company run. The big event for this week will be branching. The College Ops will find out what branch of the Army they will serve as officers. That happens Friday. Even though I am branched, I am looking forward to that day because it should be a party. There will be celebration and there will be some long faces. But, it will also give us a sense that the end is near.
So I guess the game is back on for tomorrow. After signing in I expect a urine test and a few inspections. This course seems to follow the same general format as an AIT and that's usually the general thing after an Exodus. For now, I'm going to try and enjoy my Saturday.
BOC Sharp
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