So, it's been a little over four months since I left to join the army and I'm going into the last phase of my advanced training and thought you guys might find it interesting to get a little insight on what I'm preparing to do. First my graduation from advanced training is July 28th so I'll be heading back home that night to drink beer and enjoy freedom again. For now I have one last major battle to go. In a couple of weeks we go off for a four day ftx. Which is basically a huge simulation of war in an extremely hostile enviroment. We spend about a week out there sleeping in tents and running missions and securing perimeters. We're equipped with a laser system on our bodies and M-16's. That way we know if we've been shot or not.
This week we begin planning our attack. I'm a leader of a squad so I lead an eight man team, and get to be called student sergeant. Along with student staff sergeants, first class and first sergeants we have to go over maps of the area and suspected enemy positions and presence. We're given all possible intelligence on the area and have to begin plotting our marching route into the area and our initial attacks to get a foothold on the area. Also planning how our perimeters will be setup when we gain a foothold.
The next few days after that will be pure hell as we try to run missions and defend our base. As a squad leader many missions success of failure will fall directly on my shoulders. Missions will consist of all sorts of things. So far we know there are many hummvs that need to be repaired and brought back. Knowing some are ambushes waiting to happen we have to go in at night and secure a perimeter while a couple of guys try to find the problems and get it running. I'm a lot better of an infantry guy then a mechanic so I'll be out on the perimeter for sure, lol.
Some other known missions that we have to prep for are rescuing of pows. Which will have to be a special forces type of mission due to the large force that's present in that area. Besides that we know we have to take put the enemy on it's heels and gain a large part of the area in a matter of days.
While out there we'll get a max of four hours of sleep and be under constant attack. Some who have been have told us stories of suicide bombers making it into security points and opening their shirts blasting paintball kind of material all over killing everyone. One person said his squad was killed by a car that drove up on them and stuck a 50 cal. machine gun out the window blasting them all away.
It sounds very serious and on a level way above even the training missions I did in boot camp that were like this. I'm looking foward to it because after it's over it's just a 10 mile march back to our company and prepare to graduate and come back home. I've had a lot of experiences since I've been here and don't regret joining the army one bit. But I can't wait to get back home and enjoy life outside of a training base again. Anyway, I'll be sure to write on how the operation goes when I get back and I hope you guys enjoyed the short insight on my final training mission.
See you guys next month!!
This week we begin planning our attack. I'm a leader of a squad so I lead an eight man team, and get to be called student sergeant. Along with student staff sergeants, first class and first sergeants we have to go over maps of the area and suspected enemy positions and presence. We're given all possible intelligence on the area and have to begin plotting our marching route into the area and our initial attacks to get a foothold on the area. Also planning how our perimeters will be setup when we gain a foothold.
The next few days after that will be pure hell as we try to run missions and defend our base. As a squad leader many missions success of failure will fall directly on my shoulders. Missions will consist of all sorts of things. So far we know there are many hummvs that need to be repaired and brought back. Knowing some are ambushes waiting to happen we have to go in at night and secure a perimeter while a couple of guys try to find the problems and get it running. I'm a lot better of an infantry guy then a mechanic so I'll be out on the perimeter for sure, lol.
Some other known missions that we have to prep for are rescuing of pows. Which will have to be a special forces type of mission due to the large force that's present in that area. Besides that we know we have to take put the enemy on it's heels and gain a large part of the area in a matter of days.
While out there we'll get a max of four hours of sleep and be under constant attack. Some who have been have told us stories of suicide bombers making it into security points and opening their shirts blasting paintball kind of material all over killing everyone. One person said his squad was killed by a car that drove up on them and stuck a 50 cal. machine gun out the window blasting them all away.
It sounds very serious and on a level way above even the training missions I did in boot camp that were like this. I'm looking foward to it because after it's over it's just a 10 mile march back to our company and prepare to graduate and come back home. I've had a lot of experiences since I've been here and don't regret joining the army one bit. But I can't wait to get back home and enjoy life outside of a training base again. Anyway, I'll be sure to write on how the operation goes when I get back and I hope you guys enjoyed the short insight on my final training mission.
See you guys next month!!
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