Hello everybody! Tomorrow, I will fly down Fort Polk, Louisiana for roughly 3 weeks of high-quality, faux-Iraqi training. One thing I know: it will be hot. And humid...it will definitely be humid. Of course, the training would not be realistic without the wear of the 28-pound IBA vest and the mich helmet. Needless to say, I will sweat. "Hydrate or die!" as they say.
This is my first trip to the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) and my first trip to Louisiana. Sadly, there will be no Bourbon Street parousing or Louisiana Delta swamp boat touring. It will be all business. I will get back to Ft. Drum roughly at the end of July. The battalion will work for a few more weeks, and then at the end of August, there will be a 17-day period of block leave. Which reminds me - I still need to get a plane ticket...where to, I'm still not sure. Then I will work most of September and part of October, then it's off to Iraq.
I'll try to put up some pictures of the non-classified happenings. I'll try not to pull a Geraldo. Later!
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sweat for me while you're there. hope you hydrate and not die, cause that would suck. keep me up to date of where you go for your block leave. take care matt. peace.
Hi Matt...
We just had a couple of scorchers here at the old homestead...in the 90,s. We hope your training is thorough and successful, it sounds very rigorous...we're with you!
Our love is with you always.
Your Fam...July 18 at noon.
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