Today an amazing thing happened. Logic prevailed after all. The evil bureaucrats consented to allow us to not wear our body army at the training site since we would just drop it off to sit in a classroom. I know this sounds silly, but commands this logical are few and far between.
However, there is one illogical thing that I'm trying to comprehend. The army recently revised its PT uniform. Earlier, it was just flat gray shirt and shorts. But, since there was a chance of soldiers getting hit by cars while running in their non-reflective gear, the army created a highly reflective uniform. While the new uniforms were still being invented, soldiers had to wear these gay reflective bands with the old gray one. Once the new, reflective uniform was issued, however, the army failed to rescind the order concerning the wear of the reflective band. So, soldiers run around with this practically glow-in-the dark PT uniform as well as a reflective band. A bit of overkill, I'd say.
Training is going pretty well all-in-all. I'm learning a lot, and feel more prepared for the upcoming deployment every day. I really miss my wife, though. I get more and more excited for my upcoming leave. I find myself getting a little cranky from time to time. I think the fact that I'm away from wife and home has something to do with it.
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