Day 25

Day 20 of BCT

     The day started with everyone getting up early to try and get our bay ready for inspection. On fireguard, my battle buddy and I had scrubbed the corners of the floor in the bathroom. Then we had PT. Today was a run day. We always do our warm up drill, hip stability drill, movement drill, and then the run. We ran 2 miles in 20:23 in "C" group. I was super proud of myself because that is the fastest I've ever ran and I didn't fall behind the group. I just kept pushing to stay with the group. Our  DS said it was still too slow, which I know it is, but it was fast enough to pass the run on my PT test. So I have confidence now that I can pass my run. We then had chow, changed into ACU's, and finished detailing our bay for inspection.
     Then it was off to the range again. We went to Range 18 today. It is supposed to be similar to what it will be like when we qualify, so it will give us some practice. We were shooting at the 75 m, 175 m and 300 m targets in the prone supported, prone unsupported, and kneeling positions. I was in the later group to go, so we ended up having some counter training while we waited. It was pretty boring. More kneeling in the gravel to practice our kneeling position. I went to shoot right before lunch. I shot 23 out of 40 rounds. I did really well at the 75 m and 175 m targets, but I struggled to clearly see the 300 m target and missed all of those. I'm mot sure if the prescription for my inserts in my eye pro is correct? Hopefully, I'll figure out the 300 m quickly! I really want to shoot expert, which is 38 our of 40 shots.
     After lunch, I was stuck in the counter training again.After practicing transversing again, we sat and cleaned our rifles. We then policed brass on the range and got ready for motor movement back to the company area. The buses were late so we got to stand for a while. When we got back, we cleaned our rifles again before chow. After chow, we had platoon time and cleaned on our rifles some more. I think they're trying to make sure we get them plenty clean!
     We got mail call tonight. I got two letters from my mom and one from my Grandma. Mail call is definitely the highlight of the day. Even if it's just random new from home. The day ended as usual with HF and off to bed at 2100.