For most of the month of July, I will be conducting training with my unit. It is going to be miserable, hot, and exhausting. I am not looking forward to it at all. Ever had to lug around a flak jacket with SAPI plates around? It is not fun, especially in 120 degrees heat.
Below are photographs from the first week of that month-long training:
“Unusually Cheerful.” For someone who is miserably hot, possibly dehydrated, and dirty, I am unusually cheerful.
“In the Radar Scattering Net II.” It is hot underneath the net, but without it, we would bake from the unrelenting sun.
“Gunner with Horns.” With grease pencils, actually. You have got to admit, that is a handy place to keep it.
“Passed the @#$% Out.” I now understand why lions sleep as much as they do.
“Marine and the Half-Blood Prince.” Ryan reading the sixth volume of the Harry Potter series.
“Trans Fat Meals.” Each one comes with at least 10 grams of delicious Trans Fat.
“Ernest’s Close-Up.” He tells me of his plans to become an architect and to study art at Cooper.
“Ryan Reading.” Ryan held captive by a book.
“Ernest Smiling.” A romantic, he has a fondness for Oriental girls, especially Filipinas.
“Dinner Chow.” From the left: Justin, Travis, and Ernest.
“Michael Waits to Eat.” It is a tradition in the Marine Corps for Marines of lesser ranks to eat first before their seniors.
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