Week in Review

It has been a pretty eventful week for me. I guess you could say I have been a little busier than normal though. Between being in a softball league, basketball league, and not to mention the Soldier of the Quarter Board, my schedule is pretty full. We just started the softball league, but have only had a couple of practices. Games should start here in a week or so. As for the basketball league, we have already played one game in the tournament. We ended up losing, but there is the regular season to look forward to. I have also been playing my usual games with the "Midnight Ballers" a lot lately, due to some of the guys getting ready to go back home. I figured I'd play basketball with them as much as possible because I probably will never see them again. You never know though. In the Army, you run into people you know quite often. I have already seen 3 guys from basic training and talked to a few more from AIT.
The Soldier of the Quarter board was a little rough this time around. There were harder questions, and when it was all said and done, I was sure I wasn't going to win it. Not to mention my weapon wasn't cleaned and the 1SG inspected it. We had our usual presentation of the winners in our little break area outside our building. The 1SG had a few things to say before he announced the winners. Basically, the soldier I was going up against had accepted a STPA offer for an E-5 slot in a Transportation Unit, so he could only compete for the NCO of the Quarter. So that only left me. I had no competition, and I was announced as the Soldier of the Quarter, and the guy I was supposed to go up against ended up getting NCO of the Quarter. Like I said, it was pretty rough, but it was nice to have SGT Hanseling in there with me. He is my team leader, so he sat in on both Soldier of the Month and Soldier of the Quarter Boards. All the guys in my section were pulling for me, so it was good to have a little support from them as well. Now SGT Hanseling and I have to put together a packet for the Squadron Level Board. The members of this board will include the 1SG's, as well as the CSM. That one should be little tougher, but I have plenty of time to prepare myself.
My room-mate made it back from leave earlier in the week. It is nice to have him back. I'm pretty sure he had a blast just by hearing all the stories he had to tell. Now we are making some final preparations before we start to get drilled with "Holiday Mail". Not much else to report. I'm not sure how many of you have checked out some of the links I have on here, but I just want to point out that I have a link to SSG Johnson's, SGT Hanseling's, and SGT Kane's blogs. They are all really good writers, and they always have good topics to write about. So check 'em out. Until next time, PEACE.