Ok this is actually a little bit out dated now, but I wanted to post it anyway- I thought His brothers would get a kick out of the shooting score.
Ok Kelly was able to call last night for about 10 min and he happened to mention that the only people who have written him letters are his mother, myself, and my little brother Bryce, and since he's still a little young to write that basically means that I wrote that letter too. So you should write to him!
Ok Kelly was able to call last night for about 10 min and he happened to mention that the only people who have written him letters are his mother, myself, and my little brother Bryce, and since he's still a little young to write that basically means that I wrote that letter too. So you should write to him!
In other news they have started night shooting which means that Kelly isn't getting back to his bunk until 1-2 a.m. and getting up at 4 a.m. He sounds exhausted. Apparently the scope on an M-16 is different than your average scope and he's had a little bit of trouble getting used to it. When he was first sighting it in he said that he would listen to what the Sergeants were telling him and it would just throw him off even more, so by the second round of shooting he was taking his own advice and just not telling anyone. doing that he ended up shooting 36 out of 40 at 1000 yards. A score like that will qualify him as an expert if he can repeat it on the test.
ok- all of that was written on about the 22nd of last month- as of now he's still tired, and still hoping to get some letters from his family. He says that they go on about a 10 K. march every other day or so, and its usually about 2-5 K. longer than they tell them it actually is. I'm kinda wondering how in the heck am I going to keep up with him when he comes home- It was hard enough before he left and I don't think I stand any sort of a chance now.
Oh Leadership has also been switched around a bit for him- he's no longer the Squad leader, which was actually a little bit of a relief to him, but less than a week later they offered the position back to him. Being Kelly he turned it down this time because he was sick of the drill Srgt.'s messing with everybody and playing games. "Let me take care of my guys, but don't put me in this position only to change it again tomorrow." Was what he told me he'd said, which he got reamed out for by his superior officer, but he didn't really care. Since the leadership was changed his previous position has been tossed around to at least a dozen different people. They said something about trying to give everyone a chance at leadership but I think they must have realized that Kelly was actually the best guy for the job since they offered it back to him.
He sends his love to everyone, and wants you all to know that he's doing well.
-Milinda
ok- all of that was written on about the 22nd of last month- as of now he's still tired, and still hoping to get some letters from his family. He says that they go on about a 10 K. march every other day or so, and its usually about 2-5 K. longer than they tell them it actually is. I'm kinda wondering how in the heck am I going to keep up with him when he comes home- It was hard enough before he left and I don't think I stand any sort of a chance now.
Oh Leadership has also been switched around a bit for him- he's no longer the Squad leader, which was actually a little bit of a relief to him, but less than a week later they offered the position back to him. Being Kelly he turned it down this time because he was sick of the drill Srgt.'s messing with everybody and playing games. "Let me take care of my guys, but don't put me in this position only to change it again tomorrow." Was what he told me he'd said, which he got reamed out for by his superior officer, but he didn't really care. Since the leadership was changed his previous position has been tossed around to at least a dozen different people. They said something about trying to give everyone a chance at leadership but I think they must have realized that Kelly was actually the best guy for the job since they offered it back to him.
He sends his love to everyone, and wants you all to know that he's doing well.
-Milinda
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Thanks for the updates, Milinda...it's so good to hear how he's doing. You'll be SO proud to know that I finished a letter this weekend that I'll be mailing tomorrow :)
Whoo!!! He'll be so excited!
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