Day 70

Day 65 of BCT

The end is so close yet so far away! This morning we had our last official PT session. 0500 wake up with muscle strengthening. I'm not going to lie. For the first time in 10 weeks, I didn't really give my best in PT. I'm exhausted and ready for a break!
After a Hot-A breakfast (blah!) we changed and marched the 2 miles to Hilton Field for graduation practice with the rest of the battalion. Our company did really well with the little bit of practice we did last night, so our 1SG was pleased. After going through the ceremony once, those of us who were split-ops (split training option meaning we go home after BCT) were taken by van to a building on post where they started our out-processing. We got our packets, filled out some forms, went over our financials and how much leave time we would be reimbursed for, and were then taken to the travel office to get our tickets home! We spent a lot of time waiting, but it gave me a chance to visit with some of my fellow Oklahomans who are also doing OCS. We even got to watch one of our DS's struggle to stay awake in while waiting. He wasn't too successful. :-) The best news we got was that we get to fly home Thursday after graduation instead of waiting until Friday. Yay!! My flight leaves around 1600 and I get back to OKC about 2200.
We finally finished and got back to the company about 1500 only to find out we missed lunch and they only left us rice and beans from the Hot-A. Yuck. :-(
After we ate the picture man showed up to deliver our photos. They were expensive and rather disappointing in quality. They photo-shopped us into our dress blues and no one was too pleased with how it turned out. Oh, well. Something to laugh about when I'm old and gray. :-)
We then spent the next several hours working on our weapons and putting away the last of the gear. We went to chow at the DFAC and then spent the rest of the evening right up until Hydration Formation finishing our weapons. I thought mine was spotless, but on my way to formation my PG double checked my barrel and said it wasn't perfect yet. Yikes! After formation I had just enough time to quickly clean the barrel before lights out. Just 3 more days until I'm home!