ALFA 181 WEEKLY JOURNAL
Graduation 3/13/2009
Alfa-181 week 04
We had a very busy week! We're now in week 05, more than halfway done! This week flew by; we learned how to use firearms and earned a pennant for 84% of us passing our qualifications. It's a hard pennant to earn and we're proud it's going on our colors. Two of my shipmates, Arenivar and Mcnash, shot an expert course, a very hard task to accomplish.
This week we also got to use computers and research some of the stations and cutters we're interested in. Shortly after that, we got to fill out our assignment data cards, aka dream sheets. The dream sheets let us tell the coast guard where we would like to be stationed. It was very exciting to fill them out, and we had plenty of time to look and carefully choose the stations we thought would fit our wants and needs.
This week we also took our physical fitness test and very few of us failed. The shipmates, who did fail, only are required to attend an extra workout in the morning before reveille. Shortly after our physical fitness test, we got the privilege of the confidence course indoctrination. We got to climb the standing rope, and were even allowed to cheer on our struggling shipmates. It brought us closer together than we have been until now. This week we also got our individual pictures taken, selected the packages we want, and some even ordered rings.
On Friday, we had our company blood drive, and every member of Alfa volunteered to give blood. We earned a special pennant for our colors for that, but it's more a reward to give to what we can than to carry the pennant. After we got our blood, the males got their haircuts, because they looked very straggly. Then we took our midterms, and got an average score of 95%. We earned a pennant for that as well, the more we come together, the more we seem to earn. On Sunday afternoon, Chief Hampton, our section commander, took us to the beach, where 04 of my shipmates had never seen the actual ocean. It was quite emotional for them.
This week we're looking forward to our pugil stick tournament, dress uniform issue, unit assignments and our phone calls home.
Coming along nicely.
Graduation 3/13/2009
Alfa-181 week 04
We had a very busy week! We're now in week 05, more than halfway done! This week flew by; we learned how to use firearms and earned a pennant for 84% of us passing our qualifications. It's a hard pennant to earn and we're proud it's going on our colors. Two of my shipmates, Arenivar and Mcnash, shot an expert course, a very hard task to accomplish.
This week we also got to use computers and research some of the stations and cutters we're interested in. Shortly after that, we got to fill out our assignment data cards, aka dream sheets. The dream sheets let us tell the coast guard where we would like to be stationed. It was very exciting to fill them out, and we had plenty of time to look and carefully choose the stations we thought would fit our wants and needs.
This week we also took our physical fitness test and very few of us failed. The shipmates, who did fail, only are required to attend an extra workout in the morning before reveille. Shortly after our physical fitness test, we got the privilege of the confidence course indoctrination. We got to climb the standing rope, and were even allowed to cheer on our struggling shipmates. It brought us closer together than we have been until now. This week we also got our individual pictures taken, selected the packages we want, and some even ordered rings.
On Friday, we had our company blood drive, and every member of Alfa volunteered to give blood. We earned a special pennant for our colors for that, but it's more a reward to give to what we can than to carry the pennant. After we got our blood, the males got their haircuts, because they looked very straggly. Then we took our midterms, and got an average score of 95%. We earned a pennant for that as well, the more we come together, the more we seem to earn. On Sunday afternoon, Chief Hampton, our section commander, took us to the beach, where 04 of my shipmates had never seen the actual ocean. It was quite emotional for them.
This week we're looking forward to our pugil stick tournament, dress uniform issue, unit assignments and our phone calls home.
Coming along nicely.
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