Roadguards...Post

Yesterday I became a road guard for the A school morning and afternoon march-outs. It's a short path between where we muster and where we end up, but it is on the street, so traffic must be stopped for safety. So this means I don't have to march anymore, since we get into position before A school even forms up. This happened because as of tomorrow our class will be the senior class, with only 2 weeks left.

And we were hurried into the knowledge test for this week. Already finished, and I scored better than the top three, and tied a few people on this test at a 98%. Very proud of myself, especially with additional questions from last week and week 2. One of the "ace-buster" questions at the end of the test (from week 2) was pretty tricky. I was the only one in class to get it right.

PS... and this afternoon, STG1 decided to give us our practical test as well! We did four, instead of the usual three... and we only had 5 minutes each for the last two! I aced three of them, but on the third cut I totally screwed it up at first and then saved myself by noticing in time. Scored an 88% on that because there were three points I didn't have time to calculate... and I made one silly error because I had to fix it all in about 1 minute. :) I ended up with a 97% overall.

STG1 was generous to go over the cuts again at Open Study. He had intended to count today's test as practice and do a test again tomorrow, but our scores were good enough that he decided no to.

Strange Week

Monday was odd... I had a sea bag inspection out of the blue... and passed it within an hour. Also, I weighed in for the height/weight part of the PRT. Not eating much and going on a long hike Sunday was particularly good for this. :) Tuesday we had a "Sensitivity Training" for preparing for the repeal of "DADT" (don't ask, don't tell). Today was pretty normal, but we have had less than normal the amount of time for preparing for this week's test tomorrow morning. And we just started the practical this afternoon for Friday morning's test. Whew! I'm feeling much better about it though after spending 2+ hours in Open Learning, studying and asking people study questions.

Checking In

I just realized I haven't said much for a couple weeks.
Class has been very busy.

We've moved on from simply memorizing information, to learning the basics of acoustic analysis and memorizing information. :) Week 4 ended with a 96%, week 5 with my second 100%, and then we tested on Wednesday this week for the 6th, and I managed another 96%. At least I remember what I got wrong... I think I remember it now better than what I got right. :)

Because of the upcoming PRT, STG1 has been very busy with the staff... so we've had "free" PT these two last weeks. I ran a mock PRT myself, and did farly well. I've done bits of jogging, but not too much to be proud of. Class has run into overtime with all the stuff we need to do and we have less time at lunch. This last Wednesday though, I went out and played softball with a team who was having practice... that was a ton of fun, since I have not played since 2004!

Inspection!

First real inspection since bootcamp, really. We had a quick one at quarters two Fridays ago, but that was only done by our class advisor. Today it was a formal inspection (with facing movements and proper greetings). The point was to make sure our dress whites were in proper order. I missed an "outstanding" by a few little wrinkles near my shoulders (duly noted). Did a little Jeopardy in class today... will do study tonight, quiz tomorrow, then test on Thursday.

On to the Next!

Here I am starting week 4! Went to open learning again, and stayed the full two hours. Lots of acronyms again, but already I can tell it's easier than last week. Already finished my notes, and rewrote the first topic's highlights on a single sheet.

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My class (# 11085): Baldwin, Bazer, Belici, Brown, Elliot, Ferry, Hollis, Hooten, Miles, Nordegren, Parker, Payne, Persian, Ravo, Rodriguez, Taylor, Terrell, Trimpe, Witte, Woodmanseesabin. What a diverse group! We have 15 six-year contracts, 5 four-year contracts, 11 males, 9 females. We started at a 94% average, but last week it dropped down to 93%.

PS... In the following weeks we lost Persian, and two more four-year contracts have signed on for the advanced electronics extension. And our average has climbed to around 95%... making us the best class in the A school.