What an eventful week! The new junior class started, so J said they haven't seen AS MUCH of the staff officers as usual. Monday they had classes (report writing & PMA) in their classroom all day BUT had night range at 7pm. They were tested on night pistol shooting, without a flashlight, with their targets ranging from 2-10 yards away. J hit the target 30/33 times and had 3 head shots! He said it was so dark out that they could barely make out the silhouettes of the targets! I always tell him, but it's so crazy how proud of him I am. I know he's working hard and learning lots, and I know that he wants to earn that badge come June 16th!
Tuesday was a rough day for the seniors. They had a PT session after lunch at the drill pad because they were late to class. J said it would've been impossible to be on time, but sometimes they just have to suck it up and deal with it. After the PT session, the instructors decided to do a uniform inspection and practically everyone got gigged for something. J said the officer circled him twice, looked at his shirt, brass and boots then said "misaligned name tag. Gig!" 😂 J & I laughed so hard when he told me that. Sometimes you just have to laugh at the reasons and let it go. Tuesday night they had their monthly stress resiliency class and J said it was a real emotional one. They read the letters that they wrote to themselves during week 1 of the academy, and some cadets even shared theirs.
Today J said was probably one of the most fun days at the academy they've had. They had PT in the morning, then range for 4 hours! He said they treated it like a stress class where they practiced shooting drills and baton drills as the instructors were yelling them out. J went first because he wanted to help load shot guns for the rest of the company and ended up being the Guinea pig. He even said some of the instructors were having fun with this drill. One instructor asked J "what's rule 41 of zombie land?!". They even made some cadets run up to the other instructors and say I love you or give them hugs. J said it was pretty entertaining and I'm glad it sounded like they all had a good time. They don't get too many of those at the academy! We talked about some other things on the phone and J told me that tomorrow they get to wear their tan uniforms to be fitted in! He FaceTimed me a couple hours later AND HE WAS WEARING IT! They got a message to go pick them up and J and his roommates all tried them on! I was overcome with emotion (but I didn't cry!). I know now that since J was able to put his tans on, he's going to work his ass off to make sure he gets that badge pinned on in June! Just 68 academy days to go y'all!!
101 days down.. 93 to go!
💚 AJ
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