JOPD

My first week of classes is over. JOPD! I have no idea what it stands for so don't ask. Pretty much it consisted of welcome classes that I got it WOCS, oh yes, and the infamous STD class complete with pictures. I definitely am not the same after that class. The highlight was Dunker training. I got to spend a day in the pool training to get out of a helicopter that had crashed into the water. Unfortunately the training got canceled midway through due to a thunderstorm. I've never been in an indoor pool that gets closed due to lightning. Unfortunately the designers of this place decided not to ground the pool and to place it in a metal building. The class was good. We had classes on water survival in the morning and after lunch we got into the pool and started off in a contraption that they strap you into a seat and put blacked out goggles on your. Then they turn you upside down and make you get out of the seat, work your way down the tunnel and work the latch open to get out. It was tons of fun. Unfortunately due to the weather we didn't get to get into the mock helicopter that they turn upside down. I will have to wait till after SERE school to finish Dunker training. Things are going smooth now and I'm glad to have started school.

The Bubble

I'm officially out of my first "bubble. We arrived around the middle of February to beautiful Fort Rucker, Alabama and I haven't had a thing to do up until last week. My schedule included waking up at 5:15 am so I could be at PT (Morning Workout) by 5:45. We either run a couple of miles or play Ultimate Frisbee. After PT I would go home for a couple of hours and return for morning formation at 10:00 am for about a half an hour. Once that was over I was all done for the day. Life was rough. Let me tell you. Oh yes, I was getting paid also. We got the house put together, kind of. and got our garden and flowers put in (I hope they survive). Mostly it was sitting around getting used to the new environment. So far I am loving Active Duty.