Happy Monday All!!!! I hope you enjoyed your extra hour of sleep this weekend! It just happened to be that I was playing army, and you wouldn't believe how much that hour means when you are worn out from a day at the range...
Here's how the weekend went:
Friday- Got to the reserve center and I was assigned my vehicle for the weekend. Check out all of the vitals on it to make sure it wasn't going to die on me half way up through the mountains. I was then issued my weapon and it was time to be on our way. Three and a half hours later we arrived at our destination (Through crazy wind, rain, and snow).
Saturday- Qualification day. Woke up at 0500, ate breakfast, then it was time to march up to the range. It was a nice little march (About 2 miles or so). I was on the first firing line, so my time would come very quickly. Get out there and zero my weapon very quickly (Zeroing is sighting your weapon in to your eye). Then it was time to qualify....
I shot a 27.....
Passing is a 23....
Never in my life have I shot below a 30 (usually I'm up around 35-40). Then I realized, I never named my weapon. My entire Army career I have always named my weapons... They are, in order that they have been named:
- Ginger (Gilligans Island)
- Daphne (Scooby Doo)
- Bertha (She was a big 50 Cal)
- Kelly (Saved by the bell)
Sooooooooo, being the superstitious nut job that I am, after dinner, I was cleaning her and trying to decide a good name. Well after a lot of thought, I ended up with Alice.... Alice is the main character from the Resident Evil movies. She is one Hot, Bad Ass Woman....
After the naming was done, it was time for bed. Thank God for that extra hour.
Sunday- Woke up at 0500 yet again. Cleaned up, packed up, and it was now time for the 3.5 hour drive home. Only it didn't take that long. It took us 2.5 hours.... So, I apologize to everyone who got a fly by from 3 Military Vehicles on 68 and 70 yesterday, we were tired and we had stuff to do when we got back to the drill hall....
When we got back, we cleaned, serviced all of the vehicles in the motor pool, and I took a couple of new soldiers out for drivers training.
Now, i have a bone to pick for the people that call us "only Reservists"...
Yes its true we only get paid for one weekend a month, two weeks a year, but we bust our asses during that time, so that we can be as trained equally as our active duty counterparts. Keep in mind I said get paid for. Even though I only put on camouflage once a month, I still bleed green, brown, and tan. Every day I am doing school work, going to the gym, and contacting soldiers in some way, shape, or form. We deploy just as often as the actives. We are the Army. We may be part time, but how many people that read this can say that they work 2 jobs and one of them they don't get paid for 75% of what they do. Well we do, and we do it proudly. I love every aspect of what I do.
So don't degrade us by saying "oh they are only reservists". We really are much, much more than that.
OK, that's all I have for today all! Have a great week, and don't forget to vote tomorrow!!!
Here's how the weekend went:
Friday- Got to the reserve center and I was assigned my vehicle for the weekend. Check out all of the vitals on it to make sure it wasn't going to die on me half way up through the mountains. I was then issued my weapon and it was time to be on our way. Three and a half hours later we arrived at our destination (Through crazy wind, rain, and snow).
Saturday- Qualification day. Woke up at 0500, ate breakfast, then it was time to march up to the range. It was a nice little march (About 2 miles or so). I was on the first firing line, so my time would come very quickly. Get out there and zero my weapon very quickly (Zeroing is sighting your weapon in to your eye). Then it was time to qualify....
I shot a 27.....
Passing is a 23....
Never in my life have I shot below a 30 (usually I'm up around 35-40). Then I realized, I never named my weapon. My entire Army career I have always named my weapons... They are, in order that they have been named:
- Ginger (Gilligans Island)
- Daphne (Scooby Doo)
- Bertha (She was a big 50 Cal)
- Kelly (Saved by the bell)
Sooooooooo, being the superstitious nut job that I am, after dinner, I was cleaning her and trying to decide a good name. Well after a lot of thought, I ended up with Alice.... Alice is the main character from the Resident Evil movies. She is one Hot, Bad Ass Woman....
After the naming was done, it was time for bed. Thank God for that extra hour.
Sunday- Woke up at 0500 yet again. Cleaned up, packed up, and it was now time for the 3.5 hour drive home. Only it didn't take that long. It took us 2.5 hours.... So, I apologize to everyone who got a fly by from 3 Military Vehicles on 68 and 70 yesterday, we were tired and we had stuff to do when we got back to the drill hall....
When we got back, we cleaned, serviced all of the vehicles in the motor pool, and I took a couple of new soldiers out for drivers training.
Now, i have a bone to pick for the people that call us "only Reservists"...
Yes its true we only get paid for one weekend a month, two weeks a year, but we bust our asses during that time, so that we can be as trained equally as our active duty counterparts. Keep in mind I said get paid for. Even though I only put on camouflage once a month, I still bleed green, brown, and tan. Every day I am doing school work, going to the gym, and contacting soldiers in some way, shape, or form. We deploy just as often as the actives. We are the Army. We may be part time, but how many people that read this can say that they work 2 jobs and one of them they don't get paid for 75% of what they do. Well we do, and we do it proudly. I love every aspect of what I do.
So don't degrade us by saying "oh they are only reservists". We really are much, much more than that.
OK, that's all I have for today all! Have a great week, and don't forget to vote tomorrow!!!
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