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Clearly I'm not a dedicated blogger, so I'm going to try and catch you all up to speed with the last few weeks. I'll keep the posts short so you don't get too bored.

A couple of weeks ago, our class got the opportunity to go out to the field with AIT students (Privates). The goal of this exercise was to simulate being on a FOB (Foreign Operating Base) in Afghanistan. We ran convoys, live fire training, urban operations and . haha Basically it was a week of no showers and early mornings and late nights in full battle rattle (helmets, bullet-proof vests, FLCs-to hold all our ammo and canteens, and an M16 rifle).

It was actually a really fun time, but I must say, there were a little too many chiefs and not enough Native Americans...(keeping it PC). For each Platoon of AIT Soldiers, there were 2 or 3 lieutenants. This obviously created communication issues and was kind of irritating at times, but the important thing was the AIT Soldiers got some almost real-life experience and we got to practice our leadership skills.

Oh and just fyi, at the end of the week, the NCOs out there helping us got to choose two AIT Soldiers to be the Log Warriors. Now, I don't really know what that is, but it means something to the Privates, so I'm proud to say that one of the Soldiers from my platoon was chosen as a Log Warrior. I take his success to be a reflection of my leadership during that week...