I just received this from Cdwdirect. This is a great Jump School report. Keep up the good work and maintain that Warrior spirit. You have the determination...don't let it fade! Good luck, Cdwdirect!
RLTW
EP
Ranger EarthPig,
We spent a week in D. Company doing absolutely nothing except brief details (I rigged chutes with a Ranger Support Platoon) engulfed by empty hours standing on the cables. I PT'd myself and read a book (it was allowed) to keep sane. Empty wasted time is the hardest thing for me to deal with. When people are stressed or bored their personality washes off and their character is exposed. Hold status and getting smoked both act like freaking solvents to squeeze guy's immaturity into the light. It's both funny and dissapointing to observe. I re-memorized and re-re-memorized the Ranger Creed and studied Patrols, Opords, and Warnos.
SO MANY PEOPLE WANT TO QUIT! Ha!!! I say screw 'em, I wont talk 'em out of it. I don't even know if I CAN make it, but geezus, I'm not going to quit. Looking around here, I don't know how there is ANYONE at the Regiment. Of those who are not dropping RIP most say, "I just want to check it out." As if they're going to like RIP, or learn something suprisingly inspirational there. I talked to a soldier who was really wanting to be a Ranger and we went to the liason together and he filled out the form, he's so excited now, looking forward to breathing smoke. Sadly, in all this, my best friend from OSUT, the guy who I flew out to AZ on Christmas Eve to be best man at his wedding... is dropping his RIP contract. New marriage. I told him he needs to put his wife before the Army or anything else, to get THAT right. I just wish that didn't mean losing him now, but I can't be selfish, he could use light duty. He has a sub 10:00 2-mile! What a shame.
We've done the 34' towers and spent the day practicing PLF's. It's physical and engaging training, a lot of fun. We get the piss smoked out of us in D. Company, which is GREAT. We did (no joke) just under 600 4-count flutterkicks in one day. My obliques are DESTROYED. Our PT is pretty aggressive. We do 30 pushups every time we enter/exit the barracks and 10 pull-ups after every meal. 4-mile run tomorrow morning, which is cake. I feel better and stronger after this week of physical strain than I did going into it, I feel like I'm getting ramped up for the challenges ahead. I know I can pass that PT test if it is judged fairly.
I'll keep you posted as things develop...
-CDWDIRECT
Great Airborne SITREP from Cdwdirect
Great Airborne SITREP from Cdwdirect
Always remember: BROS BEFORE HOES.
