SITREP from Ft. Sill IET

[DirtyBlackSocks]

Tomorrow's graduation, I'm on a family day pass today. Forgive the briefness of the update but my time's limited and I have A LOT to do.

Training was a lot easier then I thought it would be, outside of having a broken ankle since Treadwell Tower I've had little to no problems with accomplishing my missions.

Leaving for AIT the day after graduation, things are moving fast and I'm excited to get out of here. I've definately learned a lot through my stay in Ft. Sill and can honestly say this site's information helped me to become a better soldier in my basic training.

Thank you Rangers and soldiers, I'll post more lengthy updates when I get more spare time.

[JMK SF G-2]

outside of having a broken ankle since Treadwell Tower I've had little to no problems with accomplishing my missions.

That requires MUCH MORE information. Did you get a broken ankle?

[DirtyBlackSocks]

Sorry for the brief post, I probably should have just waited until today after graduation to set somthing up worth while.

We ended up staying at Reception for 3 weeks because MEPS screwed up and didn't cancel our cycle of IET, so they had to pull a lot of Drill SGT's out of their First SGT. school or somthing along those lines, it lead to subpar training as we had a total of about 8 Drill SGT.'s by the end of the cycle, but things worked out none the less.

During the first week of training at Treadwell Tower I rolled my ankle really bad on a rope swing that had a cargo net underneath, it lead to stress fractures in my ankle.

The TMC wanted me to stop training and go to PTRP/FTU for 4 weeks to let things heal but I didn't want to delay my training as I'd already been stuck here for a month, the weather in OK flat out sucks, especially during the winter to spring change. 100 degree's one minute then pouring rain 30 minutes later.

On the 5k a few soldiers started falling out so I picked up their rucks for them as well. At around the 4k mark somthing in my ankle popped and I lost any ability to push off with my foot, it took me nearly 45 minutes to complete the final 1k of the road march but I made it through.

After that I wasn't able to march in formation, spent most of Basic limping around, I've got a high pain tolerance so I pretty much went back and forth to the TMC for motrin refills and Tylox during road marches to dull out the pain. My ankle would heal considerably fast, or I'd adjust to the pain, I'm not sure which, until the road marches.

I went back to the TMC and saw a Major instead of one of the PFC's about the problem, it turns out I have "collapsing arches" which means the arches in my feet disappear when I have weight on my back, causing flat feet, which make my ankles swell up in my boots and lead to stress fractures ect.

X-Ray's didn't show any problems and I refused a bone scan as my XO and BC told me if I got on a profile they'd have to recycle me. Basically the BC, XO and Drill SGT.s knew I was genuinely hurt for the duration of BASIC and took it somewhat easy on me when it came to D and C and marching in formation.

The CS Chamber sucked and BRM seemed lack luster. Waiting in line 4 hours to shoot for 15 minutes didn't make much sense to me and it seems like they're cramming a lot of advanced training into basic training which leads to poor soldiering skills. Most of the guys here are at graduation and still don't know how to execute on the pivot points of marching or have the ability to hit a target repeatedly at 200 yards.

Anyway to give me motivation the BC and First SGT. decided that on road marches I'd be carrying the Battery Banner, I didn't fall out of a single road march although the 15k was MURDER, I've never dealt with that much pain in my life.

All in all BASIC was fun, but I think they need to cut a lot of the training such as US weapons ect. and save it for permanent duty stations or AIT in order to give us more confidence in that we're able to hit targets at 300 yards ect.

Final PT scores were good, although I only ran the two mile in 15 minutes because of my ankle, maxed push ups and sit ups. CD3 is challenging if I double the reps that the Drill SGT.'s currently use, but CD1 and CD2 were too easy.

Looking forward to some rest in AIT and getting my ankle healed up, a bone scan a week ago revealed multiple stress fractures, torn muscles and torn ligaments. I'm going straight to the TMC at Ft. Sam Houston when I arrive tomorrow morning to see what they'd like to do with me.

I'll be going Airborne regardless and look forward to signing up for RIP, training's too much fun to let an injury stop me from achieving my goals!

[Jim]

Good SITREP. Never, never quit!

[DirtyBlackSocks]

Quick update on where I am. We're on hold at reception for two weeks in Ft. Sam Houston, skipped out on orders from a Drill SGT. back at Ft. Sill and partied for two days in town then reported in on Sunday when my orders stated (per a Captain's orders who was on the plane with me just back from Iraq.) Great town.

Beleive it or not AIT is MURDER compared to basic training. The first day we were here PT was a frigg'n holocaust, 600 somthing push ups, 300 somthing cobra push ups, a 12 mile run and muscle failure exercises we'd never even heard of!

Our bodies are adjusting now and I'm glad that they work us so hard, the cadre here do more in an hour then the cadre at Ft. Sill did in 3 months, it's fantastic to finally have somone to look up to that actually seems to care about the soldiers under them.

A bone scan revealed I have an acute fracture to my left calcanus (heel bone), the Cpt. working on me at PT said it looks like somone took a steel toe boot and kicked it to snap it. I also have stress fractures to the femoral neck of my right hip as a result of having a broken calcanus for so long.

They wanted to send me to Golf company for PTRP but I have no pain and my bones are almost healed, I had to prove it to the senior Drill SGT. by jumping around before she was convinced I'm healing at a quick rate and my Physical Therpist thinks I'll be fine in two weeks, only profile I'd accept is a no impact exercises and no running profile, they wanted me on crutches at first.

Anyway, things are good here, the PT is awesome and we're getting a head start on classes because of how long we're being held at Reception, we'll be shipping on Sunday, can't wait! I've heard the company we're in is hardcore, most of the soldiers I've talked to who are graduating from it went into extended scale PT!

Post more when they allow it.

[ManchuLeg]

Beleive it or not AIT is MURDER compared to basic training. The first day we were here PT was a frigg'n holocaust, 600 somthing push ups, 300 somthing cobra push ups, a 12 mile run and muscle failure exercises we'd never even heard of!

12 miles, are you sure that's correct? The farthest I ever ran in the Army was 10 miles and that certainly wasn't in AIT, that was once I arrived at my unit.

I suppose it's possible, just seems unlikey? :?

[Nomad]

Beleive it or not AIT is MURDER compared to basic training. The first day we were here PT was a frigg'n holocaust, 600 somthing push ups, 300 somthing cobra push ups, a 12 mile run and muscle failure exercises we'd never even heard of!

12 miles, are you sure that's correct? The farthest I ever ran in the Army was 10 miles and that certainly wasn't in AIT, that was once I arrived at my unit.

I suppose it's possible, just seems unlikey? :?

I'm calling Bullshit. The furthest I ever ran in Battalion was 12 miles and that was for a change of command ceremony at Solo Point.

BTW, it is "something" not anything else. Check your spelling before you post next time.

[DirtyBlackSocks]

Alright, things have eased up now that we're out of reception. The run was 12 miles at a snails pace. Once we arrived at the actual company we're training in we got a shark attack with massive PT for 5 hours or so.

I wasn't aware that 91W training is one of the hardest courses the army has to offer, everything's a big challenge but I'm enjoying it, the PT's gotten easier with basic remedial PT all over again, I'm eager to move into the 21:20 exercises.

Our company got phase priveledges a week early because we're so motivated or somthing along those lines, the Drill SGT. has commented on us being one of the best company's he's ever dealt with.

Was assigned PG for a while but the position's been passed onto a specialist, the reason I was given was that they'll be up for promotion to NCO sooner and need to learn to be leaders. I'm pretty releived to be honest, it takes up a lot of personal time.

Been scoring in the higher GPA range for the company, tests haven't been anything hard but our next one is over 10 chapters of material in a week so we'll see how it goes.

The running is still pretty intense, 3-5 miles a day at a decent pace if you run with A-Group. I found out I've got fractures to the right femoral neck of my hip and an acute fracture to the left calcanus, but I can't feel the pain, my bones just don't move how they should when I run.

Passed my PT test with a 243 and now I'm on a preventative profile for a month to let the bones heal, hopefully it doesn't eat into my goals too hard but can't be a good soldier if you're broken. The Drill SGT's still let me do whatever I feel like PT wise...spend a lot of my spare time working out in the bay.

Only 3 to 4 hours sleep a night if that for a month now, absolutely exhausted but driving on...not much else to report. Eager to get into the whiskey phase of training and out of the classroom, wanting more PT then what we're getting and driving on to get into RIP.

[DirtyBlackSocks]

Short update on how things went this week:

The Drill SGT's are definately trying to weed out the weak, this last test (MOD 4) is over 10 chapters of pretty intricate subject matter and we had a total of about 30 minutes to study for it this entire week. I think close to 30% of the company failed.

I seem to catch on fast, never cracked the book to study and was half asleep for most of the classes, still managed a 96%. Not letting it get to my head, though, so long as I have free time I'll be studying.

A lot of people have gone AWOL, I think getting a taste of the civvie life back softened them up. Not that I'm complaining, drinking a beer while I read over the subject matter is a hell of a lot better then listening to 17 year olds talk to their girlfriends back home who're fucking Jody about how much they love em'.

Not much else too exciting to report, treatment here is horrible and strict, which is good. It'll all be worth it when I get that Soldier Medic identifier. Hip's healing considerably fast, there's no more noticeable pain and my limps gone although it's still tender to palpation. Some pretty terrible shin splits right below my knee caps which are literally visible bumps but that's normal, I don't feel em'. Drink water drive on.

Lots of fights going on in the bays, all the guys from Ft. Sill are in way better shape then anyone else, when we get smoked we'll count off ZERO and we purposely do things to get us dropped. The rest of the company hates us but whatever, they need the PT. I invented a cadence call to go with the 1,2,3,4 that pretty much drowns out them even calling the cadence...I guess they stopped at around 50 with the push ups this morning but we ended up going to 180 before everyone was beyond burnt.

Drill SGT's have gone as far as to fight with the First SGT. for our pass, so I know we're a good group of soldiers. They said they've only had one cycle as disciplined and motivated as us which gives me some pride. The First SGT. found alcohol in Charlie Bay and was going to revoke our pass for three weeks, Drill SGT's stuck up for us and got that idea scratched. (although it probably has a lot to do with them wanting to go out on the weekends rather then babysit us as well, hehe).

Hard week but not so bad at the end of everything, I'm off for a beer! Thanks for reading and any and all advice is appreciated.

Peace.

[Earthpig]

Peace.

Groovy.
RLTW
EP

PS: You were doing fine up to that point. Carry on.

[cams]

Short update on how things went this week:

The Drill SGT's are definately trying to weed out the weak, this last test (MOD 4) is over 10 chapters of pretty intricate subject matter and we had a total of about 30 minutes to study for it this entire week. I think close to 30% of the company failed.

I seem to catch on fast, never cracked the book to study and was half asleep for most of the classes, still managed a 96%. Not letting it get to my head, though, so long as I have free time I'll be studying.

A lot of people have gone AWOL, I think getting a taste of the civvie life back softened them up. Not that I'm complaining, drinking a beer while I read over the subject matter is a hell of a lot better then listening to 17 year olds talk to their girlfriends back home who're fucking Jody about how much they love em'.

Not much else too exciting to report, treatment here is horrible and strict, which is good. It'll all be worth it when I get that Soldier Medic identifier. Hip's healing considerably fast, there's no more noticeable pain and my limps gone although it's still tender to palpation. Some pretty terrible shin splits right below my knee caps which are literally visible bumps but that's normal, I don't feel em'. Drink water drive on.

Lots of fights going on in the bays, all the guys from Ft. Sill are in way better shape then anyone else, when we get smoked we'll count off ZERO and we purposely do things to get us dropped. The rest of the company hates us but whatever, they need the PT. I invented a cadence call to go with the 1,2,3,4 that pretty much drowns out them even calling the cadence...I guess they stopped at around 50 with the push ups this morning but we ended up going to 180 before everyone was beyond burnt.

Drill SGT's have gone as far as to fight with the First SGT. for our pass, so I know we're a good group of soldiers. They said they've only had one cycle as disciplined and motivated as us which gives me some pride. The First SGT. found alcohol in Charlie Bay and was going to revoke our pass for three weeks, Drill SGT's stuck up for us and got that idea scratched. (although it probably has a lot to do with them wanting to go out on the weekends rather then babysit us as well, hehe).

Hard week but not so bad at the end of everything, I'm off for a beer! Thanks for reading and any and all advice is appreciated.

Peace.

First off, make up your mind, and stop bullshitting like you're the cool kid.

Did you study or did you not study? If not, then why not? First you say you didn't, but then say you did.

Yo say you had 'pretty terrible' shinsplints, then in the same sentence say you can't feel them. How can they be that terrible then?

On the 180 push-ups I'm just caslling straight out bullshit. You are fucking full of shit and you talk to much.

Ya know, with all the floundering back and forth, saying this then saying the opposite, you remind me of one John Kerry, who is a piece of shit.

Make up your mind, and don't talk to us like you think you're one of us, or that you think we won't know when you're bullshitting.

Don't ever write 'peace' here again you fucking hippie.

[DirtyBlackSocks]

Short update on how things went this week:

The Drill SGT's are definately trying to weed out the weak, this last test (MOD 4) is over 10 chapters of pretty intricate subject matter and we had a total of about 30 minutes to study for it this entire week. I think close to 30% of the company failed.

I seem to catch on fast, never cracked the book to study and was half asleep for most of the classes, still managed a 96%. Not letting it get to my head, though, so long as I have free time I'll be studying.

A lot of people have gone AWOL, I think getting a taste of the civvie life back softened them up. Not that I'm complaining, drinking a beer while I read over the subject matter is a hell of a lot better then listening to 17 year olds talk to their girlfriends back home who're fucking Jody about how much they love em'.

Not much else too exciting to report, treatment here is horrible and strict, which is good. It'll all be worth it when I get that Soldier Medic identifier. Hip's healing considerably fast, there's no more noticeable pain and my limps gone although it's still tender to palpation. Some pretty terrible shin splits right below my knee caps which are literally visible bumps but that's normal, I don't feel em'. Drink water drive on.

Lots of fights going on in the bays, all the guys from Ft. Sill are in way better shape then anyone else, when we get smoked we'll count off ZERO and we purposely do things to get us dropped. The rest of the company hates us but whatever, they need the PT. I invented a cadence call to go with the 1,2,3,4 that pretty much drowns out them even calling the cadence...I guess they stopped at around 50 with the push ups this morning but we ended up going to 180 before everyone was beyond burnt.

Drill SGT's have gone as far as to fight with the First SGT. for our pass, so I know we're a good group of soldiers. They said they've only had one cycle as disciplined and motivated as us which gives me some pride. The First SGT. found alcohol in Charlie Bay and was going to revoke our pass for three weeks, Drill SGT's stuck up for us and got that idea scratched. (although it probably has a lot to do with them wanting to go out on the weekends rather then babysit us as well, hehe).

Hard week but not so bad at the end of everything, I'm off for a beer! Thanks for reading and any and all advice is appreciated.

Peace.[/quote]


First off, make up your mind, and stop bullshitting like you're the cool kid.

Did you study or did you not study? If not, then why not? First you say you didn't, but then say you did.

Yo say you had 'pretty terrible' shinsplints, then in the same sentence say you can't feel them. How can they be that terrible then?

On the 180 push-ups I'm just caslling straight out bullshit. You are fucking full of shit and you talk to much.

Ya know, with all the floundering back and forth, saying this then saying the opposite, you remind me of one John Kerry, who is a piece of shit.

Make up your mind, and don't talk to us like you think you're one of us, or that you think we won't know when you're bullshitting.

Don't ever write 'peace' here again you fucking hippie.

Ranger Cams,

I guess I wasn't as clear as I should have been in my SITREP, so I'll clarify what you've addressed.

When I said I never cracked the book to study I was referring to this specific MOD, in the past I have studied and I plan to do so again when I get free time. The Drill SGT's are trying to cull the heard and giving us little to no free time during the week, so it's hard to get to. When I mentioned drinking a beer it was just thinking outloud, drinking a beer while I study my books will be a lot better then sitting in the bay doing it.

My shin splits look and feel horrible to the touch, I don't feel them, but I've had other people run their hands over my shins to gross them out and the bumps and grooves are noticeable when you look at my legs. So they're pretty horrible.

As far as the cadence count, we've got about 20 guys in the company that are in amazing shape and did stick with the count up to that, the rest of us were either on our knee's doing them still or taking breaks for 5 counts then going on. The cadence count went to 180 before EVERYONE was on their stomach not able to lift their bodies anymore.

Sorry that the post was FUBAR, I should be more clear next time and take a little bit longer to post my SITREPS instead of jotting one out in 5 minutes and taking off.

[ANGRYCivilian]

Just go to the Golden Dragon (or Red Dragon, I can't remember) and get a massage. You'll be OK.

[DJB]

Jason,
SHUT THE FUCK UP
You are full of shit and you have nothing to brag about at this point in your military career.
I fucking hate medics.

[DirtyBlackSocks]

Just go to the Golden Dragon (or Red Dragon, I can't remember) and get a massage. You'll be OK.

Never heard of it ANGRYcivilian but there's plenty of females here :)