But the Food's Good...

I just rolled in from Westover a few hours ago, after finishing final processing and swearing in. The oath, interestingly enough, is the same for all branches of the Armed Forces. It was pretty exciting, in a way. The oath, (or Oath, not sure if it's capitalized) is administered in the presence of an officer acting as a witness. But long story short, I'm now officially in the Army, going in as a PFC and hopefully finishing up AIT as a Spec-4, a driver for 88M Motor Transport Company. Here's the breakdown so far-
- July 29, I ship out for Fort Benning in Georgia, for basic training (9 weeks)
- then October 13, I move over to Fort Linwood, Missouri for AIT, (7 weeks)
- after that, I'll be assigned to a duty station, and get a hefty bonus, housing allowance if not living on post, all that good stuff.
I'm going to have to avoid calling it Fort Lost-In-The-Woods, as I heard that name from my recruiting sergeant, and it kind of stuck. Sounds like a nice place, though. The food in basic is supposed to be no great shakes, and I haven't heard one way or the other about Linwood, but Westover has got it going on as far as mess is concerned! Last night was prime rib night- lucky us! The food was good, but that's an Air Force base, not Army. If the Army food is this good, I'm going to have a hard time keeping to weight regulations! At any rate, I'll keep everyone posted when I get an address, and in the meantime, I'll need to start following the pre-training training plan the Army recommends. I'm actually a touch past the weight I should be at, so time to start knuckling down and getting some running in. With all the chasing after paperwork I've had to do, I don't have time to eat on occasion- that's not a good plan to make weight, though. At any rate, I'm kind of looking forward to going into basic, not to mention the hefty E-4 pay scale!