Day 9: We had our first road march this morning. We started off at 0500 and marched 2.5 miles with about 50 bs of equipment. I have never sweated so much; it was extremely hot. I got an extra workout this morning since I was stuck being a road guard. After a hot breakfast, we began land navigation exercise where we had to find plotted points in the woods by using a compass, map and protractor. It took my group an hour to find all 4 plots. We waited 3 hours for the other groups to finish the exercise. I took a good nap in the woods. I have gotten used to sleeping wherever I can because 0400 comes way too early. After being out in the heat for 8 hours, the white buses were a sign of relief since we didn't have to march back.
We hung out in the classroom in the afternoon. I finally got the hang of taking the weapon apart and putting it back together. Thank goodness most of the guys are very familiar with rifles or I would be totally lost!
Day 10: After PT & chow this morning, we marched to the CS gas chamber. (We got extra time at chow and other platoons received ice cream. I didn't eat much breakfast because I didn't want to get sick!) I realized last minute that I did not have a seal on the gas mask. The gas caused our skin to burn and it basically collapsed our lungs. We were told to keep our eyes closed the entire time but a female behind started freaking out so I was trying to calm her down. We only stayed in the chamber for about 2 minutes. When we were released outside, everybody was coughing, gasping for air with snot running down our faces. We were told to flap our arms and not touch our faces. After 10 minutes, the effects subsided. Looking back, the gas chamber was not that bad but when you are actually inside, it was miserable.
We are heading to the field tomorrow to camp out. First, we have to march to a fit-to-win obstacle course where we compete against other platoons in our company.
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