12.03.98

0330 wake up -- 10K, 0445 - 0730.  Unremarkable march really -- Full Moon & Jack Rabbit clouds...ITT training.  Low crawl/High Crawl -> 3-5 second ruch, Learnt how to construct a 2 man Fighting Position (Foxhole).  Practice Live Fire & 3-5 second rush w/ blanks -- lost my battle buddy Wysetta, somehow.  Got lost on the way back after DS Wynder tole me to empty my clip and scat -- burst fire Wahoo what an exhilirating thrillish experience -- wish it was live ammo...like 5 bursts...wandered for a bit on the fire trail lost in thought.  It was fun as hell doing that move & cover.  MRE Breakfast & then lunch was OK -- but SOP army field.  3 round bursts tickle on their kick...

Sometimes I just stop and ponder my equipment -- my TA 50 loaned gear...so much hysteria, um, history I mean, in that gear.  Who knows what kind of soldiers began their career w/ the very same rucksack, parka, etc, that I have...So many ppl go through BCT...

After the course 1/4 of us got singled out, as it began raining, for brass pickup -- Now that's what I love...rained hardcore all the night long.  4K shortcut march home, lighting striking all the time -- brilliant blue flashes.

It was the kind of day I imagined, an adventure, excitement in the infintry...Rain muddy marching through the woods, a stream ford up my mid calves...no blisters, yay!  Foot powdered fresh socks when I got home.  Gunna play Magic w/ Cook now 2050..well ima few more minutes -- 2054.

We wore camoflague today -- I was dying for my camera....Grenades on the morrow