Nov. 8, 2011 Day 53

Another rainy day, but it wasn't a bad day. We spent the morning at the post mini-mall for PVTs to buy their HBL tickets. That's their travel for Christmas exodus. While we waited, PVTs from other countries led a culture class, giving us an insider view of their countries.

The rest of the day, we studied battle drills that we will likely use in our fast-approaching FTX3.

One positive, I made it through a full day without being fired from PG or ticking off my battle buddies when I've had to correct them. Today was a lot easier as it wasn't such a new thing anymore.

DS Leahart impacted a lot of us tonight. We were getting ready for lights out when two PVTs ran into the bay saying we needed to change uniforms and be outside in less than 10 minutes. Somehow the platoon pulled off a miracle and made the hit time. But then we stood and waited for DS, wondering if we were getting smoked. But, DS had us out there so we could render salute during Taps. Following, he talked to use for awhile about our improvement in the past week, the meaningfulness of Taps, and was altogether encouraging.

Now time for bed. This PG thing is tiring.