I nailed the medical lane and it felt great!  A lot of studying and a lot of help.  As I was reading my last post I realized I left out SGT Thomas from Ft. Belvoir.  He has been a great help ever since we began our preliminary training in March.  I owe him a debt of gratitude also.

We lost 4 more of our platoon today in this lane.  When I walked up, one of the guys just held up his hands.  You could see the simulated blood all over his hands – he had forgotten to put on his gloves.  That is the one thing that gives you almost an automatic failure.  Even though all the tasks were done correctly, without gloves you fail each thing.  So we are down to 9.

With today behind us, the only thing left is the ruck march tomorrow.  We will leave at 6 am.  We have been told the course is 6 miles up a hill, and 6 miles back down.  Doesn’t sound like fun, but I’ll get it done!