Alfa- 181
Week 07
08mar09
Great day in the morning this week went by fast! It seems like we just got over the sugar high of last weeks on base liberty and they're kicking us off the base for liberty! We're now in week 08 of our 08 week training program, time has flown by and we are now the most senior (and badass) company on the regiment.
This past week, we've bee setting up our housing, moving arrangements and travel plans. We took our final exams and have an average score of 97%, which earned us the Final pennant. Also this week, we earned the close order drill pennant, physical fitness pennant, section commander and company commander pennant. The company commander pennant is held closest to our hearts, because it means that our company commanders are confident that we're ready to be guardians.
This week we were certified in CPR and first aid, requirements to join the fleet. We also had our last seamanship class, where we learned how to cast, heave and tie spring and mooring lines. A local Girl Scout Troop came to Seamanship and we had the opportunity to teach knot tying to them, we had as much fun as the Scouts. We were privileged with the obstacle course once more, with our primary focus being on the rope climb, and having almost the entire company make it to the top successfully. Our swim class was way more intense then last weeks, and we enjoyed the challenge very much. DCC Garry and MST1 Leathers even decided to join us for our swim circuit, and we attempted to meet their challenging pace, not very successfully however. Another great moment of the week was turning in our pieces, which we've grown attached too, but not enough to want to keep.
Saturday was a fantastic day, and as always the jersey weather was unpredictable. With snow still on the ground from our 14 inch mini-blizzard, it was 75 degrees and sunny at the jersey shore for our off base liberty. There was Coast Guard blue from Rio Grande to Ocean City, and everywhere in between! Many of us rented hotel rooms and took a much needed nap. The interaction with the civilians stunned us all and the level of respect they showed us, made us prouder than we thought we could be to wear the uniform of something so great. Some of us went to the boardwalk, others camped in front of Wal-Mart all day and ate junk food, talked on the phone and just relaxed.
This approaching week, we have our evaluation, turn in our PQS (personal qualifications standards booklet), sign our official orders, attended another swim class, have our company pizza party and GRADUATE! Our graduation ceremony will be Friday, March 13th 2009 at the base Cape May. The ceremony will start at 1100 sharp, so please don't be late! After graduation, you'll be shown around the regiment and shown where they make the guardians of the sea. We hope you're as proud of us as we are of ourselves, because we've come a long way, and nothing can take away the sense of accomplishment we have a whole.
Awaiting what the future holds,
The one and only,
Alfa- 181
Week 07
08mar09
Great day in the morning this week went by fast! It seems like we just got over the sugar high of last weeks on base liberty and they're kicking us off the base for liberty! We're now in week 08 of our 08 week training program, time has flown by and we are now the most senior (and badass) company on the regiment.
This past week, we've bee setting up our housing, moving arrangements and travel plans. We took our final exams and have an average score of 97%, which earned us the Final pennant. Also this week, we earned the close order drill pennant, physical fitness pennant, section commander and company commander pennant. The company commander pennant is held closest to our hearts, because it means that our company commanders are confident that we're ready to be guardians.
This week we were certified in CPR and first aid, requirements to join the fleet. We also had our last seamanship class, where we learned how to cast, heave and tie spring and mooring lines. A local Girl Scout Troop came to Seamanship and we had the opportunity to teach knot tying to them, we had as much fun as the Scouts. We were privileged with the obstacle course once more, with our primary focus being on the rope climb, and having almost the entire company make it to the top successfully. Our swim class was way more intense then last weeks, and we enjoyed the challenge very much. DCC Garry and MST1 Leathers even decided to join us for our swim circuit, and we attempted to meet their challenging pace, not very successfully however. Another great moment of the week was turning in our pieces, which we've grown attached too, but not enough to want to keep.
Saturday was a fantastic day, and as always the jersey weather was unpredictable. With snow still on the ground from our 14 inch mini-blizzard, it was 75 degrees and sunny at the jersey shore for our off base liberty. There was Coast Guard blue from Rio Grande to Ocean City, and everywhere in between! Many of us rented hotel rooms and took a much needed nap. The interaction with the civilians stunned us all and the level of respect they showed us, made us prouder than we thought we could be to wear the uniform of something so great. Some of us went to the boardwalk, others camped in front of Wal-Mart all day and ate junk food, talked on the phone and just relaxed.
This approaching week, we have our evaluation, turn in our PQS (personal qualifications standards booklet), sign our official orders, attended another swim class, have our company pizza party and GRADUATE! Our graduation ceremony will be Friday, March 13th 2009 at the base Cape May. The ceremony will start at 1100 sharp, so please don't be late! After graduation, you'll be shown around the regiment and shown where they make the guardians of the sea. We hope you're as proud of us as we are of ourselves, because we've come a long way, and nothing can take away the sense of accomplishment we have a whole.
Awaiting what the future holds,
The one and only,
Alfa- 181
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