After Ranger school I did mechanized leader's course.  I was assigned to a mech unit but found out last week I am being diverted to a stryker unit, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment in Vilseck Germany.  Mechanized means it sports the M2 Bradley armored personnel carrier.  At Mech Leader's we gained some basic familiarization with it.  We learned basic maintenance, how to assemble and disassemble the 25 mm main gun, some basic tactics and gunnery.  The coolest thing we did was this simulator where we simulated actual battles that were very realistic.  THe simulator looked a lot like the inside of Bradley and it was tons of fun when we did a force on force. 

The course was relaxed and chill, which I definitely needed.  I still feel much lazier than I did before Ranger school.  Additionally, my body doesn't recover nearly as well yet.  I will lift one day, rest three days, but still suck the next time I go to lift and not be able to do as much weight or as many reps.  I am starting to get back into the swing of things though.  I have gotten in some solid runs and feel strong again rather than the puny chubby Ranger student I was.

Here is a picture from the Bradley Range.  Firing the main gun was pretty sweet.  You can engage targets as much as 2 kilometers away effectively and it shoots a big round.