Back from the sticks, and FTX was the BOMBDIZZLE! LOL

Wow, I am amazed on how much I learned about myself on the event of last evening and over the last week of field excersizes! I am tired, beat down, broke off, and loving every minute of it!

Not to mention it is over, and with a twist, we are no longer 91w we are the first class of 68w!  Soon, all branches of the military will be taught here for the same job, so that we are all on the same page.  That is excellent!

Anyway, we are back at the barracks and with graduation only 5 days away, and me having dirty clothes and being tired, I must run.  Hope all is well in the "real world"

-BEAR

WOW, my life is moving on the fast track, and as I ponder back just six months or so, I have changed incredibly.

I wanted to make a differance, and so in 1998 I decided to become a Fire Fighter, and I did that for about 8 years, and something did not seem right, my life just did not feel that it was being totally fullfilled.

So, in June, I decided to join the US Army as a 91w Medical Health Specialist or more commonly known as a Combat Medic.  I had to overcome weight lose and there was the physical agility test that I was certain not to pass, I was not big on working out.

I lost 100 pounds to get into the Army and another 45 in Basic Training, which was 9 weeks of fun hell (hard to explain you just need to experience it and go through it to understand).  Than after my time in Fort Leonard Wood, MO at D2-10 IN, I left on a 22 hour bus trip to Fort Sam Houston, TX C232nd Med BN.  In this phase I took classes that helped me become a medic for the 101st Airborne IN that I am going to join in July.

I have been through a few woman in this time, learning and moving as I went until I came upon the love of my life and the woman of my dreams, my Amanda.  Our relationship has gone through all of this time apart and even some very hard struggles during this time.  We pulled through, but through all of this I thought that maybe I had changed a bit, until I realized how I viewed things around me.

I have grown up and I notice it, I do observe the world differantly, and the word "friend" has taken a turn, and I realize that I have less friends than I thought, and the real friends of friends I call battle buddies, knowing that they will never leave me.

Now, at the end of my classes, and the time that I spent working in the hospital as the medic of the pre-surgical unit and trauma team in the ER, I am really not the man I used to be, and I am closer to being the man I want to be.

As I go through with what I have to Lord, let me continue to be loyal to those that I have given my life, give me guidance to complete my duty, give me the wisdom to place respect upon all, let me have the service that I need allowing it to be truelly selfless, to place my honor above what i want, give me the strength to maintain my integrity, and allow me to have the personal courage to stand up for what is right, and to die the way that brings honor to you!

I have recieved my orders, and I am going Air Assault.  I have been assigned to the 101st in ft. Cambell KY!  I am estatic with this and pray that it does not change. 

101, path on my shoulder, pick up your rope and follow me, Air Assault Infantry!

This is a joke and only a joke!

BLUE FALCON CREED

I am a blue falcon

I am not a warrior but a screwer of a team

I dishonor the people of the United States and dismiss the Army Values

I will always eat first

I will never accept the heat

I will talk s**t

If it saves my own skin, I will leave a fallen comrade

I am undiscipled, physically and mentally weak, trained and proficient in eating longer meals

I will always abuse my porn, my privelages, and my health

I am a pervert and I am unacceptable

I stand ready to avoid, enrage, and destroy the enviroment in which my Battle Buddies train for close combat

I am a believer in treason and my sick call way of life

I am a well paid slacker

BOOYAH!

Here in fort Sam Houston

I can honestly say that I hate the weather here in Fort Sam, it changes alot.  At least in Fort Leonard Wood or even in Antioch, I knew what the weather was going to be like, and if it did change, it was not that much.

I have realized that I was a moroon for not getting married, things are just getting harder and harder on us as time goes on.

I still do not know where my next duty station is and won't util i get everything straightened out with my medical records.

Not a whole lot except to say that I am loving my job!