Well I spent just under 4 months at Ft. Benning Georgia becoming an Infantryman in the US Army. Before I left I used the alias known as Snoopfighter2 but I forgot the password... Anyways I am getting stationed in the 101st Airborne in Ft. Campbell Ky. I'm looking forward to completing my 4 years of service. Anyways I lost about 15 pounds in the first month but gained back about 7 of muscle. I went in at 160, got down to malnourished and sleep deprived 145 and now am at around 152 like in this pic. Im Schlachter.

Congratz man. Good to see you again. My Dad was in Vietnam, so we both have a mutual respect for soldiers.

Congrats, Snoop, and welcome back.

Cool!

How was your experience? Daily routine?

Massassi gains another service member.

Congrats on completing boot camp, hope you have a good four years.

well it was 430 wakeup. morning pt from 530-7. then morning chow. then go to a range to learn something from other instructors. MRE for lunch. come back. Dinner chow. CLean rifles polish boots and clean bay. Then Soldier personal time to write. And if we ever messed up during this we paid for it by getting smoked or scuffed (various painful PT exercises).'

I shot expert with my rifle though. I had a 281 PT score in the end out of 300. I did 59 pushups in 2 mins, 77 situps in 2 mins and 12:25 2 mile run.

But can you do 1 pushup in 2 minutes?

(congrats nontheless >.>)

Welcome to the Infantry. 101 is a good unit. 10th Mountain is better though

Uh oh. Inter-division rivalries. I say fight it out!. :p

You know I would win.

Shooting and handling explosives were the nicest things in the army...

The Imperial Army of Banland would destroy your pathetic army

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I'm having my last week of basic training this week. Close-proximity defence soldier, air defence regiment, Sweden.

I was expecting some BASIC action here.

Okay, not.

Good for you, I guess.

fastgamer can i ask why you said you guess?

Cool, dude. Welcome back.

How was Benning? Is good ole Sand Hill still crappy?

I went there back in Feb 03. Dear God it was cold there.

1 PLT, B Co, 2 BN, 47 INF REG, just in case you were wondering what unit I belonged to when I was in basic.

"Morning to all those troops out there that are up at 0430 hours. What does the O stand for - Oh my god it's early."

I watched Goodmorning Vietnam earlier.

Welcome back.

i was in 1st Platoon Delta 1/329.. Sand Hill is still crappy as hell. Red Ants, Sand, Pine Tree Roots to trip over everywhere... man it sucks

When you get to Campbell and find out what unit you're going to let me know. Three of the four infantry brigades are already in Iraq with the forth scheduled to leave next month or so. I'm in 2-502, the 2nd battalion of the 2nd brigade. We're in the Baghdad area.

....threads like this make me wonder why I'm wasting my life at college when I really just want to join the service.

Because having a degree is a requirement for a commission. At least you can keep using it as justification.

What a happy crowd.

As for you, Snoopfighter...

Good...goood...

Soon, we will have a full army for the Massassi Brute Squad. And when we do, the world is ours!

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Congrats SNOOP!

*pulls the broom out and begins sweeping up Wolfy's teeth.

Congrats man.

Hey, maybe I'll see you over there Wookie! My unit is flying out of here (Sill) on the 14th. Half of us are going to Taji, while the rest (including me) are going to Washington Heliport.

wookie, since there were so few of us from my company going to campbell (like 5) as compared to the many that were going 10th mountain and Ft. Lewis that I am a replacement whereas these other guys are part of newly forming units. I am pretty sure the sandbox is in my near future... I haven't told my mom that 3 of the 4 brigades are deployed (giving me a 25% chance of NOT going.) It is ok though this is what I signed up to do. By the way Schming I felt the same way til I did it... but honestly getting a degree is the more secure future thing to do while joining the service is the more fun thing to do.

Actually, your odds of not going are infinitesimal. 3 of the 4 brigades are already here in Iraq. The forth one is leaving within a month or so. Then 4 of 4 will be here. Albeit in different areas. If I were you I would hope to go to one that is already gone because most of us should be going back to Campbell roughly ten months from now as opposed to the forth brigade that will be coming home roughly one year from whenever they leave which, as I said, still hasn't happened yet. If you came to one of ours that is already here in Iraq you would be filling a vacant position. Not necessarily due to a combat loss. Combat losses are not as common as they were in past wars. Most units left for Iraq with some positions still needing to be filled. Of course there are losses due to injured, wounded, and killed (whether due to combat or accident) that occur as well though.

Good luck!



Not familiar with that heliport but this is a big place. Good luck! The leaving home part is always the worst for me. Once I get on the ground it's much better. You can't dread anything at that point. Just look forward to it ending. My wife is due in January so I should be home then. I miss the actual birth but be home shortly thereafter. At least I have a milestone in two months to look forward to!

u are one of my favs on here and i didnt even know u were joining the army. dont worry soon u'll be up to Major like my dad was. that's so crazy that u are in there. just be careful please. i dont know with all these wars, u know army are the first to go in. just be safe *huggles*

lol my mom is gonna freak... anyways Yeah I hope I get attached to a Unit that has some time shaved off already. Ill be sure to let you know all the details when I get assigned to whereever I am going.