Ok so we went to the DMZ right. S*** was cool. So we went up there. Some MP came up and explained the situation. So basically north korea and south korea signed a temporary armistice back in 1953 that has lasted all these years. So under the agreement theres supposed to be a zone that has no military anything, and its like 2.5 miles wide across all of the border. On the South Korean side they have mine fields, and fences, and tank barrier just inside there own territory along the DMZ line. Its hard to explain because im just tryna half ass this and my comp battery is low and i don't see a plug, probably because my glasses are off.

But i digress. Anyway so theres like a line that separates the two nations in the DMZ. Also theres two villages. ON the North korea side they have a fake village with all these villages and a 600foot flag tower, and you know there tryna act like they have a big stick. But on the SOuth korean side theres some farmers who live IN THE DMZ. They just chill there. Now you ask who in the hell would wanna live in the DMZ? those farmers make straight cash. Take it to the bank. They get more land then a typical Korean farmer, and they make around 100,000k(that translates to like a million wun) ballin. Also there children get there college paid for.

yea so anyway like we got to the place were the UN has conference rooms and they are on the border in the DMZ. So you can go in the conference building and ROK(Republic of Korea) soldiers can lock the door and you can technically go into the North korean side. So you know i had to do it. Its like touching the four corners or something. All these ROK soldiers stand like those british dudes. They got on shades to. I got pics on facebook. Pretty cool.

Also outside when i was chillen taken pictures the North Koreans have binos and watch tour groups. They clearly understood the threat i posed with my camera and wallet. But it was kinda funny.

So If you still don't get what the DMZ is look it up, read a book. Its hard to explain when im tryna ya know get out what i was doing.

But anyway for this program (CTLT) we get assigned an officer we follow. So this whole time im anticipating that im gonna be with an infantry officer. The plan was to go out in the field starting today till the 29th. So you know i was anticipating that. They also said we were doing expert infantry badge, which is like course or assessment of different soldiering skills, and if you complete it you get the EIB. I mean that stuffs pretty high speed and pretty cool. Only 10% of people pass it. So all the otehr cadets were like yea were getting weekend passes and im like dyummm ima be getting some very good training buttttt im in Korea. So that was my mentailiy all of this week.

So today happens and we draw all of this gear. So o yea i didn't describe my bag situation. I have one backpack and two alice packs(duffel bags) that weigh about 50 pounds. I draw another Bag and that weighs about 50. So now i have 3 50 pound bags. And we keep moving. SAD. But anyway we have sponsor officers who we are supposed to follow. So today was the day we were supposed to meet them.

So at 1600 we get on a bus and we go to camp casey(camp im at now). We get there. No ones there to get us 3 infantry cadets. Our unit is already in the field. Then i get split off from the other 2 cadets because there with a different company. So im all alone at like 1800. Then an LT comes and gets me because hes an officer in the Unit. turns out hes a field artillery (FA) officer and thats what I wanna do. So it calls the company commander and i get switched to a FA unit instead of infantry. So that means no field for two weeks and where just doing things around the base and that we are going to Seoul tomorrow. So every things worked out.

So sorry about the atrocious quality of this blog but i spent a month getting scrutinized at LDAC and now im just tryna chill with my stream of consciouness and my stream doesn't like grammar and it doesn't like the stream. So just try and deal with it. ok ill try and add more details as i go along because im just tryna get set up ya know