Day 37

Day 32 of BCT

     My day started with an 0300 wake up for Fireguard. I feel like an old lady, it is so hard to move with how stiff and sore I am. I keep hoping it will get better, but it may not be until I get back home and get some rest.
     PT was muscle strengthening with extra push-ups and sit-up work. I actually felt a little less stiff and sore, but my knees still really ache. I'm still really worried about the PT test on Saturday. I just hope I show enough improvement that they don't send me home.
     After PT, we changed, ate Hot-A breakfast, and got ready to head to the range. I was definitely dreading another long day at the range in full battle rattle. The worst part is the concurrent training. I know the exercises are beneficial, but being so uncoordinated and out of shape, I'm slow and awkward at everything and don't enjoy it.
     We shot 3 times. The first was barricade shooting, but we had 3 dummy rounds mixed in to force us to practice dealing with a malfunction. I ended up with a magazine stuck in my rifle and didn't even have time to fire the last 10 rounds. The second time we shot, we shot with the M-4. I did better this time, except I couldn't see all the targets very well, and missed some.  
      The afternoon was spent with concurrent training, filling sandbags on the range (which was nice, because we got to remove our battle rattle!), spending time as a platoon with no DS around (which was a bit weird), eating MRG's for dinner (yum!), and cleaning up the concurrent training aides.
     We then did our 3rd shooting set. It was supposed to be dark enough that we could use the lasers and night vision, but they needed to get us done sooner, so we wore the night vision but couldn't see the laser so we just shot our 20 rounds down range and tried to hit the targets.  
    We then had shakedown, policed the range, and motor movement back to the company. Our bus driver was playing a country radio  station. I zoned out and felt like I was back home for few minutes.
     We had a quick mail call, but none for me. Then personal time and quick showers before HF and bedtime. Luckily, I don't have Fireguard tonight!