long day

Today was a long day just got off work.

But this morning we had first formation at 9 30 instead of the usual 6 30 so I got to sleep in. It was great because I could do my laundry at 7 in the morning when nobody was using it and i got caught. Not wet clothes are pretty great to get into. So I got another great breakfast today at the dfac and got to formation... and im like we are totally gonna work plenty today... they said we are having a re fitting day (bascially just a chill day). So I just ran around with my sponsor and when we went to the Kattusa snack bar (plenty good korean food) and went to the library. I had to go to a powerpoint meeting and I was the one who got to click for the next slide. Im very important.

Anyway at like 1 my sponsors like ok go home and i was like yess. So I was just chillen all day on the computer readfing and stuff then i get a call at 5 and my sponsors like we got formation get over here fast.

So I walk up to formation and the first Sargeant( like 20ish plus years in the military. Is the NCO of a company size element. COmpany size is like 120-160ish troops) and hes reading off every name in the company for accountability. Everyone was getting called to this formation. And this was an unplanned formation and stuff and im like what the heck is going on.

So i talk to a lieutenant and hes like some idiot tried to buy drug off base (we were not allowed off base this weekend) from an undercover military policeman. The company commander (company commander is the officer in charge and he is a Captain in rank) plans to search all the rooms in the barracks for contraband and pee test everyone. So i don't need to get pee tested and my stuff searched but the company commander told me to follow him as he searches room.

First couple rooms theres nothing around. We found some embarassing things but nothing big. Some rooms are super messy and some are super clean and all of the people have to be in the room as we search it but ya nothing came up.

So then the Commander leaves to do something and im in the room with my sponsor and a sargeant who is searching a room. So this guy's room we are searching is about to leave in a week and he was telling us how crappy his old job in a mill was, and that in the summer it was 150 degrees and the winter it was 20. So the Sgt is going through his socks and bam there is a marijuana pipe in hidden in a glove. And he remarks "this is the worst part of the job." Then we find some muscle relaxants hidden on top of the bathroom ceiling. We tell the Commander and he gets extremely angry and the MPs (miltiary police) are called to search the room further. The two of the three contraband items were on one side of the room (two people live in the room) and one was in the bathroom. So its pretty obvious whose stuff it is but the guy cries innocence that he never saw the glove with the pipe that smells like its just been used in the middle of his socks before. If he doesn't fess up though he could really screw his buddy. So ya that was fun... not really but after that they told me to go home because we checked all the rooms and i wasn't gonna pee test so i came to the food court and ate.

So i have mixed feelings because it was cool to see how a commander reacts to a problem not talked about in rotc which is drugs and contraband but at the same time I probably saw some guys army career come to an end.

In pretty good news though the sargeant first class was like hmm its your last week we need to get you to go down to seoul withs ome of the guys. So im pretty excited for that. Its looking like we are gonna have friday off so ill be able to go out thursday and friday night! then im getting moved away from my sponsor and camp casey down to yongsan garrison in downtown seoul. So hopefully i can go out saturday sunday and monday night because i wont be flying out till tuesdayyyy. So this could be a great great weekend.