Day 7

Day 1 of BCT

      Since the females failed to get to bed by 9 pm with lights out, we ended up having to go to formation at 4:30 am to be chewed out. It didn't help that the female DS didn't leave our bay until after 9 pm that night. I also spent 30 min trying to find a bunk to sleep in since someone else was also assigned to my bunk. It wasn't exactly a great first night, but I kept my chin up.
     After morning chow, they took those of us that wanted to go to church to the battalion chapel.  We missed the first part of the service, though. The chaplain is Anglican, so the service is very formal. It really made me miss my church! I had a horrible time staying awake, so I didn't really gain anything from going. I think next week  I'll use the time, instead, to read my Bible and pray.
     After more briefings with our platoon, we had lunch and then all headed into a large classroom. They gave us more death by Power Point as the DS's covered more of the same- rank structure, uniforms, sexual harassment, etc.. That filled up the day. We had more platoon briefings after dinner and then Hydration Formation. The female DS then reamed us for multiple things wrong in our bay before lights out at 9pm. Not having any time to shower, etc. is difficult, but I know it will eventually get better.