3 weeks and counting...

Hey everyone, sorry it's been a bit since I last posted. Things are actually picking up a bit which is very good.  I think out command team has given 1st Army enough crap that they hadded some thigns to our training schedule so thats very good.  I think the last time I posted was last Thursday so I will try to pick it up from there, the last few days are kind of a blur.

Saturday we had pretty much all day off which was alright.  Me and Locklear went to the PX at Fort Bliss and got some food at Denny's and picked up a few things we "needed" for our bay, mostly things we can eat in between chow times.  We ran into a few other people and decided to see a movie.  We saw Wrath of the Titans in 3D and it was pretty cool.  When we left the movie we discovered that a sandstorm had kicked up.  This things are no joke! My first real sandstorm, this thing was crazy.  You couldnt see 50 feet ahead of you and it dropped the temperature down to about 45, it was crazy.  Heres a picture:

Sunday we woke up early because we had a range scheduled called SRM or Short Range Marksmanship.  Basically the targets are 5m, 10m and 15m away and you have to engage the targets from various angles.  The main point of this is to practice lining up your traget and facing them while shooting.  By doing this, the weak point by your sides in your IOTV (your protective vest) are taken away and if you get shot it would be in your chest where the plates are largest.  It was a pretty easy range altogether.

Yesterday (Monday) we had this range called Gunnery.  That is where you shoot from the mounted position on a vehicle.  In this case it was an M1151 uparmored Humvee.  I was the driver at this range even though overseas I am designated as a gunner.  That doesn;t mean I will be gunning the whole time but it would be my primary job.  Im not allowed to post videos of this on here but I did take a few pictures of it. 

I am scheduled to go to a 4 day MRAP class beginning Friday which is good. I will be licensed on the MATV MRAP  which is pretty cool.  I am excited about it I suppose, people who have already been through the class said it sucked but whatever Im staying positive about it.  There aren't a lot of people who can say they are licensed to drive a vehicle that weighs 16 tons and is capable of killing a whole bunch of bad guys, so suck it naysayers. 

Anyways, as always I miss and love you all! I'll keep updating as long as there are things to update!