Days 14-29

So...Maryland. I really want to make sure everyone realizes what a paradise Maryland has been compared to South Carolina! SC was a "soldier" type setting. Formations, body armor, lotsa bunk beds in one big room, exercise, hands on Army training, and long power point classes. In Maryland I don't have formation, I live in the "permament party" barracks with my own room, bathroom, and kitchenette, no exercise (which is probably bad), and best of all...it's a college setting! That means just normal Broadcast Journalism classes! It's great, I love it!
I guess I'll go back to my first day here...it was nuts. My two battle buddies and I are the first Broadcast Journalists to ever come through as IRR recalls so they didn't know what to expect. We even thought for a minute we might get stuck in the student/AIT barracks (the same ones we all stayed in 3 years ago when we came thru here the first time). Thankfully someone sent us to the NCO Detachment and they set us up with these very nice, new barracks rooms. Unfortunatley no one had the keys to get us bed linens so our first night here was a bit rough. The school, DINFOS (Defense INFOrmation School) was really on top of our classes. They had to cram a 3 month course into a 14 day refresher, which we then crammed into 8 days to get weekends and Thanksgiving off. That's why I haven't really been in contact with anyone...it's been nuts!! School was fun and I could write a whole blog just on that but no time now. We'll just say the instructors were awesome and really helped us keep our good additudes. We graduated this morning...yayy!!! I finish my Secret security clearance stuff tomorrow then we wait for orders. I'm definitley a bit nervous. Wish me luck!!