Just finished basic

[thebloodsonthewall]

congrats, thanks for the service. Same thing happened when I went to Benning in 04. I was on Sand Hill with Charlie 1-50. Everyone gets the flu or nasty colds, but I think that is the plan. To make you work hard while sick so you can fight in combat even when you have an illness. But lack of sleep, weather and being with a group of guys from different parts on the nation will bring up some nasty flu's.

As for the room where you walk in the assembly line to get all your shots and then the blood test at the end, I about hit the floor. I was sick to my stomach from all that crap.

Yeah, that room sucked. It was not the fun having a person on each side of me stabbing me with needles and joking around while doing it. Glad I am done with that.

CSACANNONEER: Right on!! I'll pm you my address. Thank you.

[Fantasma]

In basic you have to receive all the shots? Can you decline?

[Regulus]

LOL the peanut butter shot!

Haha... that thing hurt for like a week!

[CavTrooper]

In basic you have to receive all the shots? Can you decline?

Yup.

You can also refuse to train.

[cold100onhw1]

Congrats!! I leave for Benning in a week.

[Fantasma]

Yup.

You can also refuse to train.

No I am being serious, Training well i know that's something everyone has to go trough just wondering about the shots if they are mandatory...??

[CavTrooper]

No I am being serious, Training well i know that's something everyone has to go trough just wondering about the shots if they are mandatory...??

Yes they are, how else are they gonna get your RFID tracking chip into you!

What is your concern with the shots?

[johnthomas]

Congratulations on making it thru, even with being sick. Enjoy the time with your wife, thank you and her for your service to our country. When you finish AIT and get stationed permanent, boredom will be your enemy. Stay with your shooting sport, get involved with a shooting team in you Company, Battalion or Brigade. Keep yourself straight and clean and keep your mind on what is important, your family and career. Thank you again for your service.

[thebloodsonthewall]

Congratulations on making it thru, even with being sick. Enjoy the time with your wife, thank you and her for your service to our country. When you finish AIT and get stationed permanent, boredom will be your enemy. Stay with your shooting sport, get involved with a shooting team in you Company, Battalion or Brigade. Keep yourself straight and clean and keep your mind on what is important, your family and career. Thank you again for your service.

Thanks for the kind words.

Boredom is my enemy right now. We have so many hours of free time everyday and we are not allowed to do anything. Sometimes they let me go to the gym and sometimes I just sit on my bunk reading or playing on my laptop. I can't wait to get out of a training environment and start doing something. After AIT I am hopefully going to Airborne. I am taking the physical next week for it. It will probably add another 2- 4 weeks of being a holdover at my AIT but who cares.

[thebloodsonthewall]

No I am being serious, Training well i know that's something everyone has to go trough just wondering about the shots if they are mandatory...??

Some people when I was going though got fast tracked through reception and only got about 1/3 of the shots that I got. They were at reception for 2 days and I was there for 10.

[srslyguyzwtf]

Some people when I was going though got fast tracked through reception and only got about 1/3 of the shots that I got. They were at reception for 2 days and I was there for 10.

18 days of 30th AG. Ugh...

Then about a month of Airborne hold.

What battalion were you at benning?

[johnthomas]

Thanks for the kind words.

Boredom is my enemy right now. We have so many hours of free time everyday and we are not allowed to do anything. Sometimes they let me go to the gym and sometimes I just sit on my bunk reading or playing on my laptop. I can't wait to get out of a training environment and start doing something. After AIT I am hopefully going to Airborne. I am taking the physical next week for it. It will probably add another 2- 4 weeks of being a holdover at my AIT but who cares.

I was always one of those guys that said, why jump out of a good plane, then it happened.......I jumped, forget the plane man, you can't beat the feeling. Granted, jumping into enemy territory isn't as fun as hitting the ground to praise God your alive and going to denny's, but jumping is jumping.
Good luck,, I hope you make it thru. If not, take it up as a hobby.

[thebloodsonthewall]

18 days of 30th AG. Ugh...

Then about a month of Airborne hold.

What battalion were you at benning?

I was A co 2/47.

It sounds like I am going to be held over at Fort Gordon before Airborne and then held over at Airborne until I get stationed.

I was supposed to take my Airborne physical this morning but I had to take a test so I am going to try to make it next week.