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Random Happenings in the Lee Family
Friday, April 15, 2011
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Friday, June 5, 2009
HOOAH!
Thanks to everyone for supporting me through basic and AIT. training.
It was an awesome experience, and met a lot of really good men.
I came home for a short leave, before heading on to my duty station, which is Ft. Carson in Colorado Springs, Co. I don't had an address yet, but will post it as soon as i can.
meanwhile, I'm on facebook, or you can email me now, or text me. 816-522-5439
Life is GOOD. HOOAH!
It was an awesome experience, and met a lot of really good men.
I came home for a short leave, before heading on to my duty station, which is Ft. Carson in Colorado Springs, Co. I don't had an address yet, but will post it as soon as i can.
meanwhile, I'm on facebook, or you can email me now, or text me. 816-522-5439
Life is GOOD. HOOAH!
Friday, May 8, 2009
April 29, 2009
They released me from the infermary this morning. Feeling better then I have been, so thats good. The Dr has me on PT profile until Monday. Working at my own pace. I will take it easy today, then kick it into gear tomorrow. Talk to you guys later.
PS. don't write me past May 20th. I won't get the letters.
PS. don't write me past May 20th. I won't get the letters.
April 28, 2009
Hey There!
Last week I was feeling ill. Well sure enough Monday morning I am running a temp of 102.5. and vomiting. Lucky me tho, that didn't happen until after the horrible hydration and PT they made us do for a urine test for drug usage from our weekend pass. I guess the only way to ensure that someone will piss on demand in the army is drinking a gallon of water in 30 minutes then doing crunches and jumping jacks for 1 hour. Not EVEN joking.
The drill Sargents normally love doing stuff like that but i could tell even they thought it was a little stupid. Anyways, after that, we went out to a field with no trees and started practicing marching for a drill ceremony competition. That's when i started getting dizzy and had to leave cause of my temp. I guess anything over 101 they take you right to the hospital.
So they sent me right away and saw how swollen my tonsils were, yep. you guess it. Strep throat. AGAIN!. God only knows how I catch this crap so easy. I wish I could just get my tonsils yanked out already. I mean I get this a few times a year every year, which is a few times to many ya know.
Also, whenever you have a temp over 100 or if you have something contagious you have to stay in the infermary for at LEAST 48 hours. This place is strange. It sucks that it's just full of sick people hacking up thier lungs continously. But I get to sleep, eat, and watch movies all i want while I'm here. I guess that makes up for it. They got a laundry room with a radio in it, so that's nice and turns out the building right next door is where they keep the people on Airborne hold. It's not far from where I am staying now so I at least know wherei will be for a week or two after I graduate.
Oh yea, I forgot to mention while I'm in the infermary I have to wear a mask the whole time, which i will not complain about. There are a couple guys here with mono, don't know how that works, but i sure as hell don't want it.
How about a subject that's a little more upbeat.
I heard my platoon won the drill ceremony compitition yesterday. So as a reward we get a 6 hour pass on Sandhill this Sunday. Hooah!!
Last week I was feeling ill. Well sure enough Monday morning I am running a temp of 102.5. and vomiting. Lucky me tho, that didn't happen until after the horrible hydration and PT they made us do for a urine test for drug usage from our weekend pass. I guess the only way to ensure that someone will piss on demand in the army is drinking a gallon of water in 30 minutes then doing crunches and jumping jacks for 1 hour. Not EVEN joking.
The drill Sargents normally love doing stuff like that but i could tell even they thought it was a little stupid. Anyways, after that, we went out to a field with no trees and started practicing marching for a drill ceremony competition. That's when i started getting dizzy and had to leave cause of my temp. I guess anything over 101 they take you right to the hospital.
So they sent me right away and saw how swollen my tonsils were, yep. you guess it. Strep throat. AGAIN!. God only knows how I catch this crap so easy. I wish I could just get my tonsils yanked out already. I mean I get this a few times a year every year, which is a few times to many ya know.
Also, whenever you have a temp over 100 or if you have something contagious you have to stay in the infermary for at LEAST 48 hours. This place is strange. It sucks that it's just full of sick people hacking up thier lungs continously. But I get to sleep, eat, and watch movies all i want while I'm here. I guess that makes up for it. They got a laundry room with a radio in it, so that's nice and turns out the building right next door is where they keep the people on Airborne hold. It's not far from where I am staying now so I at least know wherei will be for a week or two after I graduate.
Oh yea, I forgot to mention while I'm in the infermary I have to wear a mask the whole time, which i will not complain about. There are a couple guys here with mono, don't know how that works, but i sure as hell don't want it.
How about a subject that's a little more upbeat.
I heard my platoon won the drill ceremony compitition yesterday. So as a reward we get a 6 hour pass on Sandhill this Sunday. Hooah!!
Thursday, April 23, 2009
March 18, 2009
First off, I would like to say congrats to my sister Amanda and Gary on finding out they are having a boy! That makes me very excited!
My dad sent me some pictures of scout camp, the view of Cedar Bluff calms me down a lot. And the view from the point has always been one of my favorites.
So it's been a long week for me. Started out kind of rough. Wednesday or Thurs. I don't remember, we ran 3.5 miles on the road. Remember, this place has nothing but steep uphill slopes in every direction. I'm sure I've mentioned it. Then we put on all of our body armor, and marched 2.5 miles. When we got to this field, they started throwing fake mortar rounds and flash bang grenades right next to us. So we have to fall down scream "Enemy contact, 200 meters at 12:00" then we run 200 meters towards where the mortar landed.(12:00 straight) and repeat that all day with periods of firing from behind barriers and walls from a kneeling position. All in all a stressful day. I pinched some nerves in my knee. Which put me on sick call Thursday morning. The medic didn't find anything wrong that he could tell in the joint so they put me on profile until Sunday to be safe. Which I thought was a good idea, because we have a very important PT test on Monday. You must score at least a 60% in each event or you get restarted or sent home. My scores on my last test was 82% on pushups and 85 on situps and 70 on my run. So I am not wanting to risk my scores.
I did still get to sleep with everyone out in the field. No tents, just sleeping bags. and the stars just how I like it. they woke us up a few times in the night creeping around then throwing fake grenades into the camp site, which are loud as hell just to kep us on our toes.
So after comeing back from in the field for a couple of days, we were expecting mail, but they never picked it up.
I did get a card from J.E.Dunn, and that was a very good surprise. that was awesome. Thank you!!
well thats all for now. will keep you posted.
keep the letters coming. I really do enjoy hearing from you
My dad sent me some pictures of scout camp, the view of Cedar Bluff calms me down a lot. And the view from the point has always been one of my favorites.
So it's been a long week for me. Started out kind of rough. Wednesday or Thurs. I don't remember, we ran 3.5 miles on the road. Remember, this place has nothing but steep uphill slopes in every direction. I'm sure I've mentioned it. Then we put on all of our body armor, and marched 2.5 miles. When we got to this field, they started throwing fake mortar rounds and flash bang grenades right next to us. So we have to fall down scream "Enemy contact, 200 meters at 12:00" then we run 200 meters towards where the mortar landed.(12:00 straight) and repeat that all day with periods of firing from behind barriers and walls from a kneeling position. All in all a stressful day. I pinched some nerves in my knee. Which put me on sick call Thursday morning. The medic didn't find anything wrong that he could tell in the joint so they put me on profile until Sunday to be safe. Which I thought was a good idea, because we have a very important PT test on Monday. You must score at least a 60% in each event or you get restarted or sent home. My scores on my last test was 82% on pushups and 85 on situps and 70 on my run. So I am not wanting to risk my scores.
I did still get to sleep with everyone out in the field. No tents, just sleeping bags. and the stars just how I like it. they woke us up a few times in the night creeping around then throwing fake grenades into the camp site, which are loud as hell just to kep us on our toes.
So after comeing back from in the field for a couple of days, we were expecting mail, but they never picked it up.
I did get a card from J.E.Dunn, and that was a very good surprise. that was awesome. Thank you!!
well thats all for now. will keep you posted.
keep the letters coming. I really do enjoy hearing from you
Saturday, April 4, 2009
March 25, 2009
Hey Guys,
Had an exciting day today. I went to the dentist. had an appointment with an oral surgeon. he was a nice colonel. A full bird Col. ha ha . Anyway, he pulled my top two and bottom right wisdom teeth. The whole thing took like 15 minutes. It's kinf of nice cause I'm on bed rest for 24 hours and do PT for another 48. I'm taking 800mg of vicodin, every 4 hours. So I'm not hurting to bed. eating sucks tho.
cause of the stitches in my mouth for the bottom one cause it had to be cut out. he said i could get the other out when i get to my duty station, but then i told him i am going ranger, and he told me i better do it before i graduate. So i have to talk to drill sargent to see how to fit that in without missing to much training.
So the DS picked platoon leadership, one platoon guide, which is Perez. great guy so everybody is happy he he is in charge. Theres a squad leader for each squad and 2 team leaders per squad. I didn't get picked for any positions just yet but thats just fine by me at this point. Jones is my team leader and McMillon is my squad leader. So I'm happy with all my leadership appointed above me.
The ds found a list of where everyone is getting stationed already. Technically we aren't supposed to know yet but oh well. it looks like most regular infantry in C Co. are getting placed into mechanized striker units. (tanks). either in Hawaii or Ft Polk Louisiana. Anyone with airborne in thier contract are going to either 82nd airborne Ft Bragg NC. or 503 airborne i think in Italy. Lucky bastards. I get to stay here in GA for ranger training however. There are 3 ranger battalions, and after training in like August, I get to choose which one i get stationed at. Either here at Ft Benning, or Ft. Lewis in Washington which would be beautiful, or Ft Stewart which i think is in GA also.
We've been shooting at range all week, and we can see people doing airborne jumps in the background. they do jumps of like 30 people every 10 minutes. it looks like way to much fun. oh, and the range is like right next to sniper school. how cool is that!!
didn't noticed much about st patricks day. we kind of all wear green anyways so when you think about it, we wouldn't be able to notice much different. i think ds said something about it when he cme in hung over.
getting my class A uniforms tomorrow!
thats all for now.
miss everyone. keep writing me please. thanks
corey
Had an exciting day today. I went to the dentist. had an appointment with an oral surgeon. he was a nice colonel. A full bird Col. ha ha . Anyway, he pulled my top two and bottom right wisdom teeth. The whole thing took like 15 minutes. It's kinf of nice cause I'm on bed rest for 24 hours and do PT for another 48. I'm taking 800mg of vicodin, every 4 hours. So I'm not hurting to bed. eating sucks tho.
cause of the stitches in my mouth for the bottom one cause it had to be cut out. he said i could get the other out when i get to my duty station, but then i told him i am going ranger, and he told me i better do it before i graduate. So i have to talk to drill sargent to see how to fit that in without missing to much training.
So the DS picked platoon leadership, one platoon guide, which is Perez. great guy so everybody is happy he he is in charge. Theres a squad leader for each squad and 2 team leaders per squad. I didn't get picked for any positions just yet but thats just fine by me at this point. Jones is my team leader and McMillon is my squad leader. So I'm happy with all my leadership appointed above me.
The ds found a list of where everyone is getting stationed already. Technically we aren't supposed to know yet but oh well. it looks like most regular infantry in C Co. are getting placed into mechanized striker units. (tanks). either in Hawaii or Ft Polk Louisiana. Anyone with airborne in thier contract are going to either 82nd airborne Ft Bragg NC. or 503 airborne i think in Italy. Lucky bastards. I get to stay here in GA for ranger training however. There are 3 ranger battalions, and after training in like August, I get to choose which one i get stationed at. Either here at Ft Benning, or Ft. Lewis in Washington which would be beautiful, or Ft Stewart which i think is in GA also.
We've been shooting at range all week, and we can see people doing airborne jumps in the background. they do jumps of like 30 people every 10 minutes. it looks like way to much fun. oh, and the range is like right next to sniper school. how cool is that!!
didn't noticed much about st patricks day. we kind of all wear green anyways so when you think about it, we wouldn't be able to notice much different. i think ds said something about it when he cme in hung over.
getting my class A uniforms tomorrow!
thats all for now.
miss everyone. keep writing me please. thanks
corey
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