Great news!!!! Another letter, or so we thought. It was written rather oddly and then as we reviewed it again, we realized that it wasn't a letter....it was a blog post. I had indicated to Warren that we would be posting news from him on a blog page, I guess that he has decided to speak directly to the people (he has a pen.....but no phone). So what is written is from Warren (you'll have to forgive the grammar);
Date: July 5th, 2014
It is lights out at about 8:20 (2020). We just got the word to adjust. So, the 4th sucked down here instead of getting free time to do stuff on our own instead we got to move racks all to the bulkhead (wall) and got buckets (30 gallons or so) full of water dumped on the Drill Instructor Highway. When our Senior Drill Instructor found out he told us to clean it all up with towels and get the house back up. This is the first time the platoon has come together as a team. Fire watch; having fire watch can be easy depending on what time you have it and where your post is. Back to the 4th, the food was great at chow definitely a nice change, able to get like three meats was awesome. The Marines are known for drill and we drill everywhere, even in the squad bay.
Life as a recruit is a style change; stuff face (eat freaking fast), drinking tons of water and making tight racks. I don't think I will ever sleep under the sheets again since we don't get to here at all. We clean the house (squad bay) just about every other hour if not more depending on how much free time we have between activities. Today as my mom has her race; we had our first 5k hike in small pack with sleeves down and boots bloused. Blousing our boots was motivating today. Also, today I got 2 letters, one from my parents and one from Hannah. It was more than that but both of those letters had motivating things in them. Today, during my mom's race she wore my bracelet, that I got for Christmas last year, to keep her motivated while I'm down in the heat and telling her never to give up. Then Hannah had in her letter than anytime she doesn't want to do anything her mom reminds her of all the things that I may not want to do, i.e. scuzzing more than once, run back and forth and yelling things 20 times in a row. This platoon will be strong due to people not opening their mouths. We dropped two, both for medical things. Anytime you need motivation, think about the hot weather I'm in doing run arounds and not wanting to do some of it,
Side note, letters typed unless you don't write in cursive is way easier to read and takes less time to read and attempt to respond to, if I choose to respond to then. If you don't get one (letter) there is much going on and this is mostly when I can write. And attempt not to get caught, shhhh! I am in Company Mike so Wednesdays are pretty interesting and I like to keep people on their toes. This is all I got for now. Hopefully everyone enjoys.
Love,
Rct. Dudley, Warren
From rack mate "being in the place has made me realize what's important in life" - Rct. Hunt
I won't take away from his blog with one or two few notes.
- On the 4th. remember Tropical Storm Arthur moving up the coast, I would assume that is why their racks were placed against the wall but I cannot be 100% certain.
- Drill Instructor Highway is the center of the squad bay where the recruits line up backs to their bunks facing the DI Highway.
- Trouser blousing is using an elastic wrap to fold your pants up so you don't tuck your pants into your boots. The wrap keeps the appearance of tucked boots but they aren't tucked.
Note that he finds letters motivating so please keep writing. I am sure the recruits share notes from their letters so your words can lift the spirits of many of these young men. I am happy to know that they are getting mail and it makes me feel good to know that he is reading it and understands that we think of him often, especially when we have to do something we don't want to do.
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