Civil Affairs School

So the Navy finally figured out where to put me (two days late). But not too late! I started the Army's Civil Affairs Officer training course today. The class is still in the "death by power point" phase so I didn't miss anything really important. The class will get physical, though. We will be marching (in full gear) for sequentially longer "humps" culminating in a 20-26 mile march sometime around eight weeks from now. Anyway, its not that bad. I have a little anxiety for tomorrow, though. I have to run an Army PFT tomorrow; the standards are similar to the Navy's, but the run is two miles instead of one and a half. I am more concerned about the heat than anything.

Someone offered me some savvy advice about my blog. The spirit of what he told me was to keep a positive outlook... and let that be my message to you all. It is to be expected that I will have rough times and there will be growing pains as I adjust to being "in the Army," and I guess I had been used to a relative comfort zone in my career for the last few years. His words couldn't have come at a more perfect time, because I was feeling pretty discouraged and felt a great cynicism setting in. So for all of you that offered me words of encouragement and advice, I thank you. I will do my best to shine the best light on those around me, while protecting my own character and attitude.

Well, the E-4 monitoring the computer lab is bugging me for being on the computer for 20 minutes now, so I will have to cut this short. Family and friends, thanks again for the prayer and support!

Later,
Jonathan