It has been entirely too long since I have last been lurking around this website, and I have the feeling I will probably fall off the face of the map once more in the coming days, but for the few free moments I have I wanted to give a little update.
I graduated Ranger School today with class 03-12. Wow, was that a ballbuster... You realize you have reached new lows when you check your watch in the patrol base and say "oh hell yeah, I get an hour and a half of sleep tonight, this is awesome!"
As I gear up for my second deployment in the next few months I look back over my short career so far and am amazed by everything I have been afforded the opportunity to do. Regiment has given me so much.
I also believe I am the first RASP graduate on the site to graduate Ranger School as well. The program has been going on for 2 years now. I don't say this to brag, just to drive home the harsh reality that it really is so much easier to get to battalion than stay there.
I look over the leaders I have had so far and try and pull bits and pieces from each as I prepare to mentor privates as a brand new tab spec4. There is a loneliness to leadership at any level. Former peers are now subordinates.
All in all its a great time to be young and alive and in batt. Now I get it why all you old fogey's get all nostalgic. We are so busy now a days that it will probably be a hot minute before I stop by again, so let me leave all with a little parting gift...
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Roster number 317
Class 03-12
