One Week

Made it through the first week. I'm not one for countdowns or anything like that, but just ask Jillian about her Miserable Donut App? Glad I got a chance to Skype with her tonight and my four-legged son.

Been a busy couple of days. Some of it has been enjoyable. Other parts of it, not so much.

Yesterday:

I love to shoot. It's the reason I have a few firearms at home. It's really a skill that's only perfected by doing it. And sadly, I don't think we do it enough in my profession, which is why people do so poorly at ranges when we have to go. One of the requirements when we get here is to confirm our zero on our assigned weapons. So that's what we did (or some of us did and others tried to do).

The weather was less than ideal. Overcast, windy, and a bit chilly, but I still managed to confirm my weapons zero with the 10 rounds allotted to me. As the unit Small Arms Master Gunner, I take lots of pride in my ability to consistently hit my targets.

By far not my best grouping, but I really didn't want to stay down on the cold ground longer than I had to. Overall, not bad though, considering all are touching or inside center mass.

 



That's where the fun ended yesterday. I went back to work and went to a meeting.
Then another meeting.
Then another meeting, only this time the dreaded online PowerPoint presentation.
And you guessed it, another meeting.

Yes. About SEVEN hours worth of meetings. I've had my fill of them already.

Today was slightly more productive. More mandatory training in the morning. Very informative stuff, but doesn't really apply much to a desk jockey such as myself. But I enjoyed it nonetheless, even if it did start at 6 a.m.

Thankfully, no more meetings today. But I did get a chance to sit down with my counterpart to start learning about my job a bit more. Mainly focusing on daily tasks and other things that need to be done weekly. Next week it'll be my turn to get in the driver's seat and take on these new things and have him watch over me. I don't feel like this will be overly taxing job, but I can tell the boss already has new things on the horizon for us...

I'm happy to have some down time tonight after working late last night. Feels good to be a lazy bum for a little while and having a chance to see Jillian on Skype. Once I'm in a routine, I'm looking forward to getting to the gym most days and get into better shape. I'm especially looking forward to not being at 6000+ feet in elevation like back home.

And as promised, some pictures of my living quarters. Not much I'm afraid but still a very comfortable living arrangement compared to what others have to deal with in other parts of this country.