Fort Jackson South Carolina

Well, I am now in South Carolina at a small camp near Fort Jackson Army Base (near Columbia). I do infact have internet and will keep up on my blog as much as I can given the limited free time we have here. Today we were issued our body armor (pictures at a later date) and our weapons. I have both a 9mm pistol and M16 rifle while I am here, but will only deploy with the pistol. We will be doing quite a bit of shooting here over the next couple of weeks, so I will hopefully get to be a good shot. I will try to keep up on the blog here, but really, we are only doing training and it is not very exciting, although it is very tiring! The temperature is around 98 with high humidity and we will soon be starting to wear the body armor everywhere which weighs around 65 pounds so I am sure the days will be even more tiring as time goes on. Love to all!

Done with Norfolk

I am completed here in Norfolk and will be headed to Fort Jackson South Carolina in the morning for 3 weeks of learning how to do things the Army way. While at Fort Jackson I may not have good connectivity so I may not be updating my blog much over the next 3 weeks. Here are some pictures of me in my Army Combat Uniform which is what I will be wearing daily for the next 7 months or so...
Love to all!

In Florida and on my way to Norfolk

Well we made it to Florida and have spent much of the last two weeks unpacking and trying to get settled before I fly off to Norfolk this afternoon. We had some fun along the way visiting family in Orlando and going to Gatorland.








We have also been doing some looking for a car for our newest driver. It was a big surprise to us that Heindrek was given a drivers license instead of them renewing his permit. He got a 1997 Geo Prism (same care as a Toyota Corolla) and we spent some time doing all of the preventive maintenance on it. It is not in the best condition, but will be a good teen car for him and he has already gone solo in it.







We have also been doing some fishing from our deck. Jen has caught the most with 3, Shorty has 2, Jason has 1, and Heindrek is still trying. Shorty is the only one to have caught a keeper thus far though...















For those wondering, I did not make O-4, but am hoping the trip to Afghanistan will solidify my chances next year.

I will start writing more now that I will actually begin my training for Afghanistan and will have some time to keep this up.

Love to all!
Jason