Update trooper at benning

[TEB]

I ran into his mom this morning walking the boys to bus stop. She invited me to stop on way home troops mom and I had a coffee. I read his letters he has written his mom and he is doing well. She asked me to read letters, he is well osut infantry by my count probably next week they will be heading to range. for BRM not sure been thirty years on my part. I think we went to qualify with m-16 week 4 it has been decades. Brm basic rifle marksmanship, so reading troops letters he has gotten his head around the hey I have to do this and make it. I was same back in 84 he will be fine, Just update take care all.

[samnsara]

1. his mom must be so worried.. i know I would be. Its good you reassured her.

[TEB]

2. He will be ok

I was infantry in 84 to 87 I worry with North Korea and how it could go sideways with this young man.

[Aristus]

3. I did BRM in 1986, not long before the introduction of the M-16A2.

So long ago...

[TEB]

4. Got it

I think 84 we just had m-16 5.56 been decades

[roscoeroscoe]

5. Warn him not to hide out behind the troop clinic

and take an unofficial break. And, good luck from Benning D 1-19, 2010.

[TEB]

6. A 10-2 84

He will find his way then as young troop across post to jump school then go permanent party.

[TEB]

7. And thank you for serving troop

[DashOneBravo]

9. Welcome

E-7-1 Sand Hill 86

Just FYI TEB is from Harmony Church. Back in the olden days we would send all the losers over there to train.




(Just to everyone reading, this is common joke)

[TEB]

11. Asshole

😁

[DashOneBravo]

8. Im glad hes doing well

If I remember correctly we had to hump to the range and stay 4 days. Just look at the positive, no heat casualties or prickly heat.

Now mail him a uniform top that has master blaster wings, CIB and a Ranger tab. With a note that says here’s the one you wore at the mall.

[TEB]

10. Your wright

We did hump to range i forgot that I think only time I ever used shelter half. After that it was always poncho liner or sleeping bag. No master blaster and chances are he will get CIB it’s just coming hard in frightening way.

[Victor_c3]

14. I only ever used a shelter half in basic too

I found that if I was creative with a poncho, some 5-50 cord, and a little trench to make sure water would flow around me, I slept great.

I grew up in the adirondacks, about an hour North-East of Fort Drum. I’ve dealt with a lot of cold in my life, but the coldest I’ve ever been was when I was at Ranger school in January of 2003 at Fort Benning. We were doing some sort of obstacle course over the water and the RIs had to break the ice up so that when we fell we wouldn’t get hurt. It was about 30 outside and all we had was our poly-pro On underneath our BDUs. I was wet, cold, and very miserable. Ranger school sucked.

[DashOneBravo]

15. RIs suck lol

I have a similar story. I was in an Infantry Scout platoon and one of our E-8’s had been a LRRP in Nam and a RI. So we had to run patrols just like the ones in Ranger School.

We were going to do a night water crossing in February. So the day before we got two RB-15’s delivered. They built two huge fires on the bank and a Coast Guard small boat was also present. So we had to do capsize drills out in the cove. He went with us and as the boat was being flipped over he would scamper over the side and stay in the boat. He do the same when the boat was righted and he never got wet. There was ice on the edge of the shore, we’d paddle in and warm up by the fire and then go back out.

We didn’t flip the boat that night.

[TEB]

12. I told his mom

No care packages cuz our drills made us pay. But I told my friend sgt major I just hope troop stays off VD DRIVE in Columbus jack shack no STD’s

[DashOneBravo]

13. Well I dont think they allow it

Until he gets to Jump School. The only guys I saw screw it up where fresh 11B’s. They got wild running around Victroy Drive, 18 years old and no adult supervision at nights. I personally was helping build a shelter for stray squirrels.