2/23/09-2/26/09

2/23/09
More rifle training today. Chuck is enjoying that. Everyone is excited about family day getting closer, but also getting more distracted by it. They were told that they will probably get to make a phone call the week before family day to let us know if they have a weekend pass or not. All he wants to do that weekend is sleep and order food in. Bed time.

2/24/09
More shooting today. Close quarters and night vision. Cool. That's all for today

2/25/09
At the range all day again today. They shot rocket and grenade launchers. Then they shot the machine gun with thermal sights. He said that was the coolest. Everyone was happy today. The are going to be testing for blue phase soon, but the might get put back down to white phase sooner. Bed time.

2/26/09
Today they went and cleaned all the rifles that they had used the last couple of days. Then marched back for lunch, then marched back to finish cleaning. They had some of a combat class. Chuck said he learned some new moves that put him closer to becoming a ninja. He is really missing home. Even the dogs. They were told that on March 14Th they will get an outing. It is sponsored by a local church and they get to listen to some sermon's, eat a home cooked meal and play some games. They might get a phone call. He was going to be doing his IV sticks the next day. He asked how I'm doing because I'm learning IVs at work right now. There was a big empty space at the bottom of the page so he drew me a picture of his special pancakes.
That's it for now.
Nel