April 25th Take #2

Hey, I had a thought....finally something good to say about the Army. If you read one of my first posts, you saw the bit on the first breakfast they served us here. I was convinced this would be regular practice and I'm really bummed I didn't get a picture of it but I'm very happy to say that despite the jambalaya MRE's and "hot eggs", we never again did receive the boxed breakfasts like to first day that consisted of year old orange juice, corn pops, apple jacks and pop tarts. Thank God for small favors. I also wanted to add in some more pictures. These are also located on Face Book but just in case, I put them here for posterity. Enjoy. This was taken after our Saturday day morning romp through the woods. What a wonderday morning. Crisp and cool spring day. In the picture below, all but three of us were Navy JAGs. They ended up being the best shooters in the group. Ironic. For my own edification and future reference - Left to right back row: LT Johnson, CAPT Welling (ER doc and former A7 driver....cool), LT Tiley (lone USCG representative), LT Robertson, LT Voogd Front Row: CAPT O'Rourke (marathoner extraordinaire), LT Chockley, Me, LT Faust (aka Little Miss Sunshine, there are some people who are just too strinkin' happy), LT Prager I got to be the driver of truck #3 during our practical convoy exercise. It was a blast and thank God it wasn't hotter. We "survived" the IED's and ambushes and had a great time. Video will be posted on Face Book.

Below was M16 qualification day. Me with my two room mates, 2 Navy Captains. Great people and we meshed well making this experience a whole lot more bearable. Left, CAPT Rinda Ranch-Hillis, me, and CAPT Beth Ahern (Bostonian and marathoner extraordinaire). These are some pictures of getting ready for convoy day.