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14 Nov 21:39
We did our first long run today - I'm in D group, no surprise there, but I managed to hang in there and ended up in the middle of the group. I started in the rear, but people fell back and I had to move into their place. A good portion of it was really at a fast walk, not even a jog - more like hard-core mall walkers. I'll get better.
We were briefed by a pair of 68x's [Sam's job choice] today -- It was way cool to see someone of my MOS. The first one rev'd Appropriate Beh., A& D treatment, values, etc. The second one gave more info about the kind of stuff he's done -- his topic was Rape and Sexual Assault. ... He's done counseling for victims, then turned around and spent 2 years working w/sex offenders at Ft. Leavenworth -- he had plenty of stories from that. He's been deployed to Korea, went to Egypt 3 days after 9-11, and is waiting on orders to go to Iraq in Feb. As a staff sgt, he said he'd be in charge of a Platoon and would stay in the rear, while people like me would go into the field to handle Critical Instance Debriefings (for deaths in units) or deal w/battle fatigue in the field hospitals. It sounds like I'll eventually really get to work doing what I want to do, and not just administrative paperwork and taking vitals, which I was afraid of being stuck with.
Samantha
We did our first long run today - I'm in D group, no surprise there, but I managed to hang in there and ended up in the middle of the group. I started in the rear, but people fell back and I had to move into their place. A good portion of it was really at a fast walk, not even a jog - more like hard-core mall walkers. I'll get better.
We were briefed by a pair of 68x's [Sam's job choice] today -- It was way cool to see someone of my MOS. The first one rev'd Appropriate Beh., A& D treatment, values, etc. The second one gave more info about the kind of stuff he's done -- his topic was Rape and Sexual Assault. ... He's done counseling for victims, then turned around and spent 2 years working w/sex offenders at Ft. Leavenworth -- he had plenty of stories from that. He's been deployed to Korea, went to Egypt 3 days after 9-11, and is waiting on orders to go to Iraq in Feb. As a staff sgt, he said he'd be in charge of a Platoon and would stay in the rear, while people like me would go into the field to handle Critical Instance Debriefings (for deaths in units) or deal w/battle fatigue in the field hospitals. It sounds like I'll eventually really get to work doing what I want to do, and not just administrative paperwork and taking vitals, which I was afraid of being stuck with.
Samantha
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