Aerobab Chronicles: Week 1

by Aerobab on Jun 29, 2008 6:17 PM EDT Comment 4 comments

First things first...I am alive! Not sure how, but I am!

Week 1 is complete and boy, was it a rollercoaster! The "indoctrination to the military" week here at OTS would straight up kill the common man. Wake up at 0445 (yes, I've learned the 24-hr clock now), get yelled at, eat a sub 3-min. breakfast, get yelled at, march around, get yelled at, sit through numerous 'welcome' lectures, forced to memorize numerous tidbits of info, get yelled at for not remembering the tidbits, ... well, you get the idea. Oh, did I mention that lights-out is at 2300 and then having another 2 hours of work to do? Yep...so sleep from 0100 to 0445. You do the math...my brain is shot.

As odd as it sounds, I'm loving every minute of it. No, seriously, I am. Even the yelling part. It's amazing to think that less than 700 of America's finest graduate from this program annually....and I'm one of them. Right now, I'm working side by side with 1/7 of them. Each, with very unique stories about how they got here.

Anyways, I'm tired, loopy and ready for dinner. "That will be all, Sir."

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Shoot

If I’d have known that all it took to make you tick was yell at you 24-7, I would have been a lot meaner at the Orange and White Game.

Good to hear from you. Idiot!

(Sorry!) (I’m not good at mean.)

Go Vols!

by Joel on Jun 30, 2008 6:48 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

And the best part is that he loves it!

If I had known there were potential employees out there who’d work 21-hour days and love it, I’d have started some kind of a business a long time ago.

;)

Good to hear you’re enjoying it, though.

by Hooper on Jun 30, 2008 10:06 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Remembering....

Reading your post reminds me of my OTS days, sleeping on my bed covers in my sweats to avoid having to make the bed, saluting with my left hand ‘cause it wasn’t second nature yet, and earning demerits from virtually any breathing source. As I recall, the situation improved once you became an upperclassman. Hang in there, it’ll all be worth it.

by volinal on Jun 30, 2008 11:02 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs