In the field

We are in the field for the next three weeks. We've been out here since Monday. Our week started with a 5 mile ruck march. It was at a turtles pace, I was one of the pacers in the front. We were told to speed up, then slow down, then speed up again.

Our ruck march ended at the US weapons range. We fired the MK19, 50 cal, M240B, M249, M203. I've previously fired all weapons besides the 50 cal. After the weapons range, we moved out to the FOB.

Tuesday, my platoon was in charge of ready up drills range. First they fired blanks from different positions, turning right, left, rear, moving forward and target discrimination. I was the Safety OIC for the live fire range.

Wednesday we spent our morning at the FOB doing MOUT training (urban operations). In the afternoon, we conducted more MOUT training at a mock villiage and IMT lanes.

Today, we woke up to a wind strom. I was in charge of PT this morning. I made it quick, and simple because we were about to blow away. 15 minutes later, we were off to change. We rode out to our training area on the other side of post, took about 30 minutes to get there. We continued to practice the MOUT tactics within the squad. Tonight we are off to a night course.