27FEB12 Monday Week 06
The tempo of recruit training has changed in Munro Hall since we started receiving letters from our sponsors. Our company commanders are giving us more freedom and time to call our units for the first time. We really feel like Week 06 recruits but know that if we lose our military bearing and get big-headed our company commanders will bring us back to Earth and reintroduce us to what it was like Indoctrination Weekend.
28FEB12 Tuesday Week 06
Today was one Foxtrot company will remember for years to come. We had both out manual arms test and our operational dress uniform inspection and received exceptional scores. Chief Wadley even allowed us to give ourselves one single handclap for a job well done. The highlight of the day was receiving our company colors. It was truly a special moment and some recruits had tears in their eyes. While we are very proud of our accomplishments we know that we must never stop improving ourselves.
29FEB12 Wednesday Week 06
Today the company was split into two groups, half of us went to Golf Hall for firefighting and the other half had their military ID cards made in the Administration building. We also got to check out the location of our graduation while performing a Field Day on Training Center Cape May’s new gymnasium.
01MAR12 Thursday Week 06
Today Foxtrot Company experienced the Confidence Course for the very first time. Many of us were very excited, but then again many of us took one look at all the obstacles and became very intimidated. We pushed ourselves and cheered each other on. Many obstacles that we felt we could not do turned out not to be that bad. The Leap of Faith-to conquer any obstacle in life all you have to do is jump. It’s called the Confidence Course for a reason. If you give 100%, you’ll make it through.
02MAR12 Friday Week 06
Today Echo Company graduated and Foxtrot became the senior company on the regiment. It is still hard to believe we’ve made it this far. We cheered on our Coast Guard family during the first ever basketball game in the new gymnasium, prayed for those grieving the loss of loved ones in Mobile, AL and received mail from parents of previous recruits who’ve entered the fleet and accomplished great things. Tomorrow we have on base liberty and we are determined to make sure everyone is squared away so we don’t disappoint our Coast Guard family.
03MAR12 Saturday Week 06
Today seemed to come and go so quickly. After getting into inspection ready uniforms and making sure the squad bays were spotless Foxtrot was granted their on base liberty. Once it started everyone bought phone cards and the booths started filling up fast. There was laughter and plenty of tears as our shipmates heard the voices of their loved ones over the phone. We also went to the exchange to stock up on supplies such as shirt stays and toothpaste. We also pigged out on candy and sodas just because we could. We ended the evening at the Harborview for dinner were we played pool, listened to music, and just enjoyed being around each other.
I forgot to post these photos that I got on the Foxtrot Facebook Page. Foxtrot 186 were lucky enough to get some time off on Friday to go to a basketball game in the newly renovated gymnasium at Cape May Training Center. The article here explains more about the game :)
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