We live on an Army post where we see all kinds of things that would make the general public stop and stare. It is a training post. Basic training roadside marches with soldiers in full regalia are not unusual. In fact where we live, it can actually sound like a war zone. The house shook most of last night as tanks worked their target practice and the thunderous impact made the windows rattle. And the sound of basic trainees early in the morning and evening is like the dull roar of a sports stadium filled to capacity.
But something yesterday even made me take a second look. There is a field house just a couple of hundred yards out our back door and up a small hill. A small unit of a hundred or so soldiers were in their standard gray PT uniforms, you know gray shorts and T-shirt with the black ARMY across the front. They had formed lines, which is also Army standard. A Sergeant at the front of this huge line was handing out, as each soldier stepped forward one at a time, rifles!
That I had never seen before! Were they going to do a three-miler while lugging their guns? The usual procedure for getting equipment is quite different. You get your Kevlar (helmet), your rucksack, boots and other standard Army issue together. I will have to ask the next drill sergeant I see about this unusual drill.
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