April 23rd Letter

I found out this week that we will (most likely) have a pass for mid cycle. The company commander (CO) told me that "individuals who are doing the right thing" will have thier pass. I fall into that category. :) I had a personal conversation with the CO because I was student company commander in the field. I was the "top dog" in the chain of command. I relieved another candidate who was fired after only a day. I really had a good time and learned a lot from personal briefings with different TAC's. It added additional duties but I think I managed my time well. I also got a lot of compliments from prior service people in class. They were impressed at how well I was doing for such little experience. Then, after a couple days I got fired becaus I failed daytime land nav. The CO said I failed to lead by example because I didn't pass. I tried hard and ran a lot of the course, encouraged people along the way. I think I set a good example; I just forgot to write down one of the points and I ran out of time to go back and get it, so I failed by missing only one point. You needed a 5/9 and I got a 4/9 eithout the point. It's okay, I retested the next day and found 7/9. So I passed. I learned the most from those two days.
Well, everything is going well here. I love the field, no matter what we are doing. So, last week was a good week for me. I was disapointed to have not passed Day the first time, but I did pass night the first try (and it is much harder).
We have classes this week and then 4 tests on Friday. The following Monday we will go back to the field for more training.

-Dale

Posted by Shalene