Letters To Home

Our friend Uriel (Losian on IRC) has finally made it into Marine training.  It's going to be an epic experience for him, no doubt.  I'm sure I speak for all of us when I say "We wish you the best".  So, my friends, we've gotten our first letters from him.  They're full of pony drawings!  Transcripts with each page cleaned up a bit  ( I understand his writing well enough to know what he means. )

Week "one"

Well... I am in the second week, Wednesday.  They barely give us time to do anything.  Just today they gave us recruits just an hour to do what we want.  Mostly everything you do is done by the drill instructors.  At least they give you all you need and more.  The gear is epic!  Much stuff happens, every day a new thing.  Sometimes, it's hard to keep up with stuff you are not familiar with.

Story time:  First day was horrible!  They made us wait for 6 more hours 'til they drove us to boot camp.  A lot of processing happened and they kept us awake for all of 42 hours.  So, plain drill and a lot of rules with medical and mental tests.  I failed in one...  The recruits had to pee in a bottle, but I could not hold it in the waiting line and I ended up peeing in my pants, but I stood tall and nothing happened.  Some yelling and drill and the drill instructors spit in your face... The chow is awesome!  You can eat as much as you want. 

The platoons are very competitive.  I am in 1002 - there are like 20 or 30 platoons with at least 70 recruits in them.  One day my platoon fought another with yelling "AYE AYE SIR" the loudest.  We won 'cause we were 126! 

And, WOW... They injected us with viruses.  The ones that got sick are kicked out.  I met stress the second day but it's fine, only lasted one day.  Take showers naked.  ( I'm guessing he was referring to having to take communal showers here.  Welcome to the military, brother. )  A lot of gear - I own my own M-16  can't say that XD.

They have to pull my wisdom teeth.

They divided the platoon to save the good ones.  I ended up in the good one.  Friday, black Friday was horrible drill - yelling, constant marching.

My time is up.  I love you, COFFEE BEAN!
Hello to Ballad, Dreamsweet, Flutters, Choco, and Elzy, Colton, Candice and others!!!

Love ya all!
Alvarez Uriel

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The next day, to my surprise, a SECOND letter showed up!

Week "two"
Well ya all... I got sick, like VERY - a flu epidemic happened in the recruit base.  Like EW!  Almost everyone is sick.  I have had it for 6 days, so they sent me to the healing quarters with some others... GAWD there are so many in the waiting line, but I guess that's good since my instructor told our very sick group to bring our "knowledge" ( The Marine small book ).  So, I have pen and paper to write while I wait to be called.  Time to write the ones I love :P

I can't wait to get a letter from you all!

As I said, it has not been easy, but all the events are possible to complete.  Yesterday, I did an obstacle course.  I failed the first time by not being able to jump a bar.  I tried once more and passed the entire test!  But then, there is one extra test, optional (for now) but crucial for graduation - climb a rope...  I failed, horribly!  I had no idea how to bucking climb a rope but it's okay.  They're going to give classes on how to do it.  Hopefully, I am a fast learner.

Being sick sucks.  Being sick at boot camp sucks more XD.  And, they're going to pull my wisdom teeth this Monday.  I don't want peeps messing with my teeth :(  Oh well...

Can't wait 'til the drilling is done and they send my platoon up north to climb rocky mountains and traverse grasslands.  The first month is all about drill and P.T. (physical training).  My platoon has many tards.  For the mistake of a few, we all get punished.  What mistakes?  Simple things like not talking when the drill instructor tells us to do so, or not paying attention, or talking when our D.I. is talking.  Like... cereal-isly  XP

There was a fight out of stress between our brother recruits.  A guy got his eyebrow blown up by someone else.  Later he got like 6 or 7 stitches to fix it.   OH Guys... Try YouTubing I.T. Marine or I.T. Recruit training or insensetive training marine drill instructor.  There was this black platoon leader that got a seizure in the middle of the night and now he will stay nine months in boot camp.  Sucks for him...  But he is willing to stay the nine months.   For God's sake, I hope nothing crazy happens to me!  I don't want to stay longer XD

I already miss you folks...

Fluttershi!  Save and protect my account.  Give it to Ballad and/or Choco so they can update it too?  Just don't let it expire... plox? :X

And LOL... the graffiti in the bathrooms!!  All full of  I love you babe.  Almost there, I miss [censored] T55 almost out!  God, save us!  Don't worry it gets easy.  And so much other stuff.  It's like playing Dead Space or Doom and you see the walls full of despairing words.  It was a good view.  I'll draw a pony just for the buck of it, I'll do it NOW!  BRB... nvm... bathroom is full >.>  I'll do it one day XD.  I'll draw ya guys some sheds...  Hope ya like it, Ballad.

So... sketchy drawing from me, for you to keep.
Fluttershi, Sibby, Dreamsweet, Candice, Choco, Elzy, Colton, Nightwisp, Gigi... Miss ya all.  :I

(the drawings here)

Hope to get letters, soon!!
Love y'all
Tell Sibby that she is my 'snuggy, wubby, lovely, sugary, sweety, eggnoggy, radical Coffee_Bean