This week has been a busy week for the postman. 3 letters and graduation information, a whole lot of new reading material for the Dudley family. I'll dispense with the formalities and get right into the matter.
Letter #1: One of the SASE (self addressed stamped enevlopes) we sent him. One thing that has changed with the past couple of letters is that he has started to print everything and given up on the attempts at cursive writing. This makes it much more likely that we can read the letter or at least only miss one or two words. He wrote two pages but one was written to his brother. Not a lot of information in the letter but I'll sum it up from his brother's letter.
"I have yet to barf and have always finished food" [Ahh, the words you long to hear to know that things are going well]
Letter #2: This was a quick answer letter from a questionnaire we sent to him. Here goes;
- 6 recruits have dropped out but they have picked up 3 so the platoon is 74 recruits.
- 14 recruits have had their wisdom teeth pulled (ouch!).
- He can do 10 pullups (the correct way)
- Every recruit has a watch (no excuse to be late)
- What food does he miss the most? Chik-Fil-A, Five Guys, Mom's food
- His locker has not been tornadoed
- He has not gotten sunburned
- The most exciting thing at the MCX - Boot insoles
- He has received letters from 8 different people
- Initial drill, they passed but came in last
Letter #3 : This was a form letter from his new SDI. No explanation as to why they have changed DIs in the middle of camp. The letter is slightly different because he provides contact information (not that we would ever use it). Warren made a note that he wanted to know what was in this letter. I am certain that the recruits all want to know why the change and there's probably a lot of scuttlebut happening but I responded to him in my letter to focus on what he has to do and don't get caught up in the change. He has a new slate with new leadership so he should show the new SDI what he can do. Speculating about the DI situation does nothing for anyone so they need to continue to focus on training. Rifle Week is next week so they need to focus on learning how to fire properly and let the other stuff go.
The last thing we received was our MCRD Parris Island Official Graduation Guide. This lists the activities available for Family Day and Graduation. We've had information on this but now we have the official info as we plan to attend many of the events. We're looking forward to it. It's only about 6 weeks away so it's never too early to start planning.
They have almost reached the halfway point, it has become more routine and normal but we'll continue to send the letters and encouragement. His platoon will still be challenged over the remaining weeks so he'll need the support.
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