Real Re-Entry
Where do I begin.... how about I'm in the Army now!!!
I would like to say it was a great experience and it was if you don't mind sleep deprivation and starvation. The training was great and could have been better if we could have gotten enough sleep to learn more.
I now know I should have come in as a sergeant instead of a staff sergeant. I was out too long for that pay grade to really be valid. As First Sergeant Torres said "you're fast trackin now"
I really appreciated his confidence in me. That experience should help me prepare for my new position with the 974th.
"Fort Sill sucked" there is no other way explain it. Knowing that I would have to go there and the experience I had I would never have gone in, period.
Sante Fe was OK but just not enough sleep to focus on the lessons and trying to stay awake and not disrespect the cadre was a major issue in itself. The food sucked but that was to be expected.
The training was good and the cadre were knowledgeable and for the most part very respectable.
Camp Stallion began my undoing, there wasn't enough time to handle all the responsibilities that were demanded of the student first sergeant. Motivation is one of the major issues I had, as time went on and the lack of sleep and food built up, I was physically dragging. It seemed that some instructors enjoyed forcing the last group out of the d-fac early. If I wasn't at the end of the line every time this wouldn't have added up on me as it did. The last 2 weeks I was starving at chow time, I walked out of chow hungry 3 times a day.
White Sands was OK if not for the issues above which again contributed to not being able to motivate everyone else especially on the field exercises. I feel someone else younger may have handled it a little better but that is all behind me now. I am definitely glad to be home 20 pounds lighter than when I left. Now on to the rest of my training.
I would like to say it was a great experience and it was if you don't mind sleep deprivation and starvation. The training was great and could have been better if we could have gotten enough sleep to learn more.
I now know I should have come in as a sergeant instead of a staff sergeant. I was out too long for that pay grade to really be valid. As First Sergeant Torres said "you're fast trackin now"
I really appreciated his confidence in me. That experience should help me prepare for my new position with the 974th.
"Fort Sill sucked" there is no other way explain it. Knowing that I would have to go there and the experience I had I would never have gone in, period.
Sante Fe was OK but just not enough sleep to focus on the lessons and trying to stay awake and not disrespect the cadre was a major issue in itself. The food sucked but that was to be expected.
The training was good and the cadre were knowledgeable and for the most part very respectable.
Camp Stallion began my undoing, there wasn't enough time to handle all the responsibilities that were demanded of the student first sergeant. Motivation is one of the major issues I had, as time went on and the lack of sleep and food built up, I was physically dragging. It seemed that some instructors enjoyed forcing the last group out of the d-fac early. If I wasn't at the end of the line every time this wouldn't have added up on me as it did. The last 2 weeks I was starving at chow time, I walked out of chow hungry 3 times a day.
White Sands was OK if not for the issues above which again contributed to not being able to motivate everyone else especially on the field exercises. I feel someone else younger may have handled it a little better but that is all behind me now. I am definitely glad to be home 20 pounds lighter than when I left. Now on to the rest of my training.
posted by Prairie Doug at 10:13 PM
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