Day 11-14

OK, sorry I kinda fell off the face of the Earth. I'll try to go back and tell what happened.

South Carolina-
My last day or two we did that Convoy and Urban Ops training I was talking about. It was okay, even though we were in all our gear including the body armor. Just a little heavy. I hurt my ankle running the day before so the Drill SGT's put me on the Humvee instead of the big 5 ton. They didn't want me jumping off that far with my ankle hurting. It turned out to be awesome luck! My buddy SGT Pierce was our SAW gunner. That's a big truck mounted machine gun. Since I was sitting next to him I got to be his battle buddy. I was supposed to give him any help he needed with the SAW. We're cruising along, not knowing what to expect. We've got our rifles locked and loaded. By the way, we use blanks, no worries Mom! We were supposed to watch for anything suspicious. After a somewhat eventful ride we get to the "village" a little city of trailers that "insurgents" and "civilians" were in. As soon as we pulled up we were being shot at. Everyone but SGT Pierce and I jumped out and scattered like we were taught. We had to stay with the SAW while he laid down suppressive fire. Not even 5 minutes into it, he got shot down. (We had on Miles gear that beeps when we get shot so we know we're dead) He told me I had to take over the SAW! That was so freaking cool!!! I was spraying rounds into every "bad guy" that peeked around the corner and it was great!! I never want to do that for real but I'd do it with blanks and fake bad guys anytime!

Whoa, this is getting long so I'll go faster. We came back sweaty but done...yayy!! The female Majors and I finally went to the day spa and got the works! I blew so much money, but it was sooo worth it. We got manicures, pedicures, facials, and full body massages. Ahhh...good stuff! Rachel came into town again, we had a great time, AGAIN. We had a great time, of course. Such a good time I missed my flight to Maryland and had to catch a later one, I'm such a dork, I know!

My flight from Maryland was so late there wasn't a connecting flight till the next morning so I had to sleep in the New York Airport. That sucked horribly! At least now I can say I've been to New York!? That's all for now, I'll get to the Maryland stuff later...hugs and kisses!