Day 48: After PT, chow and quickly changing into battle rattle, we headed to a medical simulation. We got into teams and had to react quickly to care under fire. I was 1 of the 2 medics. My team's situation was dealing with the aftermath of a suicide bomber in a marketplace while dealing with the threat of IED and experiencing direct fire. While my team members pulled security, I had to determine the best methods of quickly caring for the injured within a specific time and evacuate the injured. The wounds were realistic with missing body parts, sounds of live rounds, IED explosions and screams. The instructor was impressed with my team since we evacuated everyone within 4 minutes. It's crazy to think how much you remember & do without thinking while under intense and stressful situations.
After lunch chow, we were told that we couldn't go to the concert unless our weapons were spotless. So, I spent another 2 hours cleaning and already cleaned weapon. The concert was actually a lot of fun. It was nice to eat junk food that we haven't eaten in 8 weeks and cut loose. The concert was just for BCT blue phasers and AIT. I didn't realize that there were so many BCT soldiers here. It was a little strange being at a concert with the DS walking through the crowd. The first guy that sang was a lot better than Kelly Pickler.
Day 49: I was able to go to mass again today. Can't believe that I only have 2 Sundays left. Didn't do much the rest of the day except catch up on laundry and sleep.
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