Snippets from our latest letter (today) from Michael:
"Great news! I shot sharpshooter (211 points--out of 250 possible) on the range. Only 9 points from expert. Oh well...."
"This coming week is Team Week, and I'm celebrating by going to medical for my knee and back to dental for my fillings....Yeah, I forgot to tell you I got fillings a couple weeks back. Lovely. It was actually pretty funny. The young dentist I had was crackin' jokes and telling funny stories the whole time. Next week is A-Line/Basic Warrior Training. A-Line is where we shoot at moving targets, and the score we get could affect our range score. But I'm confident."
(He goes on here to describe what they are doing for the next couple of weeks.)
"I'm almost out. And that's the most exciting news. I know why they call it three months of hell now. It's not the physical. It's the mental. As in, all these kids can't get over their own pride or egos to just get 'the job' done, 'the job' being ANYTHING the DIs tell you to do, nothing more, nothing less!!! Can you tell I'm agitated?"
"Anyway, I'm out. Love you, Michael"
"P.S. Can't wait to see everyone."
"P.P.S. We took range for the series, not the company, but we were so close. The one thing this platoon as done right!"
Sounds like he's hanging in there. I'll let you know if we hear more this week. A couple of people have wondered if there might be kids in his platoon who get no letters. I've written and asked Michael to let me know and send me names!
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