Fort Campbell

Dear Friends,

Since the Army saw fit to send me 3000 miles away from the home I was just starting to really enjoy, I have decided to make the most of the situation. I've been able to use Fort Benning as a staging point to visit friends throughout the MidWest. Last weekend was Fort Rucker, AL. This weekend is Fort Campbell, KY. Next weekend is Chicago. Anyway, this week was pretty busy. My schedule was wake-up, workout, class until 5, lift, Bible reading, studying, and then bed. I thankfully passed this Friday's test which means that I don't have to go to any of the review sessions this weekend. My trip to KY was pretty good motivation to pass it.

I really do miss my friends out in Washington, but I'm staying busy here. The time definitely goes by quickly. Other than that, I am happy to say that all is going pretty well where I am. Until next time!

Hot, hot, hot!

Dear Friends,

Georgia probably has the worst weather on earth during the summers...at least for doing training. It would be great for a day at the pool, but the 90 degree days and 90% humidity have been brutal. Luckily, however, we aren't doing much more out in the heat. For the next 4 weeks we'll be in the classroom. This last week was simply learning how to set up, aim, and shoot mortars. On Friday we shot about 300 live rounds at the range. The huge 120 mm mortars were pretty impressive to fire and watch hit their targets. We got to fire the smaller 60 mm mortars by hand too which was really cool. It was like holding a mini artillery piece.

Anyway, right now I'm in Alabama visiting Josh Bell (helicopter pilot) for the weekend. We went to the shooting range today and will hopefully hit up a movie tonight. I look forward to returning to Washington in July, but I'm taking advantage of being able to visit some friends in the South. Bye!

Back To Benning

Dear Friends,

I am finally doing work...kinda. I'm at least reporting to a "job" everyday. There's not much going on, though, and as a result they want to send me back to Fort Benning, GA for a 6 week school. I'm not too excited about it considering that I am exchanging the 6 greatest weeks of weather in WA for the 6 worst weeks of weather in GA. However, it is a good school that will potentially get me a pretty sweet job in the future. Also, I may be able to see some old friends who I just missed by leaving in April. We will see what happens, though, and I haven't even gotten official orders yet.

In other news, life with the roommates is going well. No one has deployed despite the Army giving us several canceled dates. I think we all realize that God is controlling our ultimate fate of placement and deployments. As a result, we sometimes are frustrated, but we remain positive. I'll keep everyone updated. Bye! (The above pic was taken at the movie theater...it was a good time)