Military leave

[Salem]

Well, I am finally now officially not confined to barracks, so maybe a little light can be shed on this since computer access for me is very limited.

One, I did not go bar trolling. Our garrison has it's own bistro/bar that I went to. I was allowed to leave base ONCE since I got here to report with my platoon to QM for kit parade to get my ruck, clothes, uniforms, dress, ffo or full fighting outfit, and gear.

Two, when I said on facebook that I was free for the weekend, I meant that our platoon managed to get through the week without fucking up too badly and we were spared PT, inspections, and drill for that period of time. We are not always so fortunate. Good thing I am great at ironing and hospital corners already.

Three, I do not have to retrain every week thank you muchly. Recruits get recoursed for failing even just a few exams or being swiped for being a kitfuck or forgetting gear for forced marches. We call those people shitpumps. I have busted my balls with PT twice a day, drill classes, which by the way, makes quite a few other armies drill look like sloppy shit, change parades, punishments for other recruits fucked up locker and kit inspections, climbing 12 stories to my bunk six or more times a day for over four weeks now.

I do not party. I take my contract and commitment to my country very seriously. Very soon I will begin working with my platoon with rifles for the first time, and get my beret cap badge. I have already been sick with an eye infection, bronchitis, a knee problem, colds and yet when my Master Corporal or Sergeant gives me shit, I take it like all the rest and persevere.

Our training methods are not as different from yours as you might think. Use the following schedule from a typical day as a guideline.

Wake-up: 0500
Morning Physical Training: 0510 to 0550
Breakfast: 0600 to 0700
Inspection/Training: 0700 to 0740
Training: 0755 to 1110
Lunch   : 1120 to 1200 or 1210 to 1250 or 1300 to 1340
Training: 1350 to 1610 or 13:50 to 1705
Dinner: 1620 to 1705 or 1715 to 1755
Training: 1800 to 2000
Spare time for kit work, boots, ironing, laundry, personal maintenance: 2000 to 2300
Lights out:   2300

Feel free to peruse the official school site for a better understanding on what it is really like to be doing what I am doing.

http://www.cflrs.forces.gc.ca/index-eng.asp

Clarifications aside, I miss my family, and hope to have pictures soon.

Pte. Mitchell
Weapons Technician 00130
R39 Platoon R0218E

[dilshad{property of Tira}]

good to hear from You.. best wishes Master

[RAGNAR]

*Sneaks in while my True is away.... removes all his gear and replaces it with bikinis and buttfloss... batteries and dildos..... joy jelly.... a french maid costume complete with fishnets and heels....Repacks his kit with lipstick and makeup..... remales his rack with frilly girly girl silk sheets and barbie matching pjs.... laces his boots backwards and adds studs for that goth look.... removes all the showerheads and fills them with tempra powdered paint and replaces them.... vaselines all the seats in the head.... removes all the buttons from his uniforms and replaces them with smiley faces..... tailors his pantlegs so they won't blouse.... steams out all the creases and pleats.... fills his matress with rocks.... leaves a stack of elevator passes and some funny money in a cash bix under his matress and an anoymous tip to his corporal.... add a thirty pound lead plate to the bottom of his pack... removes all the springs from his rack except for four.... tapes an 8x10 glossy of Sidona in a cheesecake pose inside his footlocker lid.... *

Great to see you True!!! *G*

*Innocent amgelic look*

 

[Tira]

While reading the posts in this thread I couldn't figure out whether to laugh or get indignant at the comments seeming to be against My Country..I'm Canadian, was raised as an army brat and live in the Airbase town from which some of our guys go out from...and unfortunately all that come back in a casket come in through. It's definately not all that different from what you all went through in basic training, though, and I'm sure Salem is being worked hard as hell.
I wish You all the best, Bro, and am proud as hell of You.


Tira

[Salem]

Tal, Family.

Soooooo...I realize I have not updated in some time. But better late than never I suppose.

During basic training last year, I was injured during field training, and although I did graduate, I was left with a nagging persistent ankle injury that would not heal.

Long and short of it, I had a piece of bone and cartilage lodged in my ankle for a year or so after the original injury before I was able to get the surgery I required in order to fix the problem. I made no mention of this as I had no wish to cause anyone to wonder or worry needlessly. Suffice to say, after a bit of PT and physio, lacking some lost stability and strength, its almost back to 100% again.

In the meantime, I have been over the past eight months hard at work at what we refer to as QL3, or trade qualifications. Very soon, I will be finished with this and be a fully qualified weapons technician. I am sorry that I have not taken the time to keep in better touch, but after stressful weeks of studying, exams, practical work, endless overnight duty shifts, travel between work, taking care of the daily grind in my quarters, kit work, routine, routine, routine, that at the end of the day all I want to do is just bury my face in the pillow so I can get at least 6 hours of sleep and start the day all over again. Fortunately, our country's commitment to Afghanistan is soon to end, and although I had wanted to get a tour of duty, unfortunately this will not happen due to workup training prior to deployment from this time forward overlaps the date in which our troops will be pulled out in 2011.

I miss you all very much, and I would be naive as well as a liar if I had said that thoughts of you all did not get me through some of the rougher patches. Please just bear with me and know that I am still out there and I will be able to return and be a part of a much more regular schedule in the near future. Thank you for any and all thoughts that may have been sent my way in my absence. I will be dropping in very soon so keep an eye out.

Until then, I wish you all well.

[Fishy!]

Im so happy to hear from you!

you have been sorely missed Brother.

[razz|n.o.i.r]

r/t always comes first. Sounds like you have been 'beyond' a busy man. Do not know you very well yet, and it should be interesting once you do return..

[RAGNAR]

Its about time True!!! I was starting to think you were elected to hold the targets on the range.

Good to hear you are nearly back to 100%!!! Ask Raz about painful legs and ankles. He prefers duct tape to treatment. LOL

Looking forward to having you back again and making time for Sid and your family. Hang in there and do what you need to do and before you know it your training will be a memory.

[Raziel]

Its about time True!!! I was starting to think you were elected to hold the targets on the range.

Good to hear you are nearly back to 100%!!! Ask Raz about painful legs and ankles. He prefers duct tape to treatment. LOL

Looking forward to having you back again and making time for Sid and your family. Hang in there and do what you need to do and before you know it your training will be a memory.

Hey now...that duct tape held my broken ankle together long enough to finish the last 6 miles of road march before I was given permission to pass out...LOL.

As Rags said...it's about time!

Raz