Ok so Yesterday was sunday here of course. What did i do you ask? I managed to sleep a whopping 12 hours. Crazy i woke up at 10. i Musta been pretty tired from walking round seoul. I hopped down to the Dfac and ate some brunch and then i decided to go into the ville area ( i found out i could go there but not at night) and check things out. It was cool, saw a lot of counterfeit stuff but there was some legit places. I think im bout to get a tailored suit for like a hundred over there. Also i talked to a private and he said that theres a legit shoe store that you could get shoes for like 40 over there so I think i will buy some.
But anyway the town outside of Camp Casey is called Dongducheon I walked out of there. Basically to leave base you just gotta make sure you have an ID card to get back in. Let me tell you the security is on locked down they got barbed wire and high fences and crap so if you lose that crap ouch. So anyway I was in the ville. Part of it is sketchy to they got clubs and barber shops and "barbershops."Now the rule is that one barber pole outside of an establishment means you can go in as an American service member. But if the establishment has 2 or 3 barber poles stay AWAY! Like yea they might cut your hair but ya know i don't gotta spell out what they do. Also places with 2 or 3 bareber poles are really low key and you can't see inside of them, there like in the basement or upstairs or with really dark windows.
Anyway i went downtown and right next to the downtown area was some of the high rise apartments i talked about. And there was a park there too. It was a nice park too. That was cool and all the kids were playing and then there was randomely a black kid so it was kinda funny and i mean i know that she was probably a daughter of a service member but it was just funny ok. After that i figured it was time to go back to base. i traveled so far that i figured i should take the train back. Well i overshot the station i was supposed to go to so i had to walk what i woulda had to walk from the other station ironically. So i got on base went to the dfac then crashed.
So what did i do today? Today was my first work day type thang. So woke up did some PT with everyone. It was too easy, espcially because its all hilly and stuff and im pretty good at dem dere hills. Anyway i swear pt is probably the easiest way to legitimize yourself with the guys. Cuz after taht there like damn hes high speed hes smokin us. So that was fun. Then after that we had to go to the motorpool. My sponsor has a bradley tank, its like a light tank. Its old and stuff and there getting new ones so in the morning all we did was strip some of the stuff. When your up in high positions you have to sign for all this equipment, and my sponsor signed for this million dollar bradley and some of the stuff was missing so he has to pay it. The stuff was only like 180 but that sucks. Apparently the company commander has to pay 6,000 dollars for stuff that went missing ouch.
Anyway we were there for a minute but then like the rest of the day we spent trying to square away my housing situation. Ok so cuz i came to Camp Casey on friday night housing was closed so they threw me in the barracks with some of the joes when me being my high status cadet self needs the officer housing. But ya so im in the barrack right since friday. And this barracks is actually not a barracks its like a dorm. Two beds per room and share a bathroom with 4 people. My "roommates" though is out in the field for two weeks so im just chillen by myself.
But ya my sponsor wants to get me in officer housing which would be a room by self and a lot of other goodies. So we spent all day trying to do this. It was like a rat race because battalion didn't send my orders to housing but then it was brigades fault but no then it was a specific person at battalion but then it was somebody else at battalion blah blah beaucracy blah blah. Yea I think we almost got to the end of it though. So we spent all day doing that and were not done yet but im hoping by tomorrow i can get moved to the officer housing.
O let me out line what a typicaly day looks like
0630-0730: PT
0930-1130: work
1130-1300: lunch
1300-1600: work
1700-1800: PT
So after trying to square away housing we did some pt at the pool. Man i hate the stupid pool but it was a good workout and unlike on land im not a stud in the water so it was tough. But it was good training and i surprised myself with how i did so im happy.
Personally i really like this. Im learning a ridiculous amount. All the people are great. You know its weird from NCOs who have almost 20 years of service call me sir and all this stuff. Its just nuts because i think like its just like almost wrong that a guy who has multiple deployments should be given a college kid this level of respect. its just nuts.
What im really paying attention to is that relationship between officers and NCO (non commisioned officers). So basically when i get out of my intialy officer training ill probably be a platoon leader and i get paired with an NCO. Jointly we will lead the platoon, i mean i technically get the final say but hes the one with the experience (probably like 15 years or so) so its joint. But ya the thing is you can't come into a platoon right out of officer training and try to run it yourself or you will no longer be in the army. You gotta respect and use your NCOs so im just tryna see how the relationship works and stuff. yup
So manana im gonna go work with the air force and practice some calling airstrikes or someting ya know. Just a regular 9 to 5. And on Wednesday im having lunch with a general. I feel like its some sort of date or something cuz im gonna get a haircut(and no not at the places with 2 or 3 barber poles) or make sure i got my best acus on hahaha.
ok im sleepin peace
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