First Week of Basic

Patrick called me tonight at 7:30!  He said that the first week of Basic Training has "been a blast."    (He would say that!)  They've been doing a lot of physical training because some of the privates were not in proper shape.  Patrick says that they will get to the "soldiering" soon.  They were issued their M-4s yesterday, and he really liked that!  He also likes his drill sergeant, who was a special forces candidate.

They have been given an entire extra minute to eat now. :)  They now average about three minutes of actual eating time.  Patrick said that the other day he only had about thirty seconds.  Of course, he sees this like a game, so it's lots of fun for him. The food is really good, which I was glad to hear!

He's getting about six hours of sleep per night, so that's pretty good.  Now that does not count the nights that they wake them up with a bull horn for a midnight run.

I'm getting his address in the next day or so.  I'm not going to post in on the blog, so if you want it, let me know.  He said he would love to get letters from everyone.  He would especially like some motivational quotes and encouraging verses.