Coast Guard Recruit Company Delta 186 weekly journal posted Jan 23, 2012

17Jan12

And I was right, today as not the most pleasant day.  Well the morning and night were terrible but the day went well.  Normally if we have interesting class during the day, it comes with one or two that are boring.  Our class on safety could have been boring but our instructor was great.  While telling us about safety he also told us stories from his career, good and bad.  You can tell that some stuff you experience will stay with you forever, even if you don’t want it to.  Now I try not to write from my perspective alone but that is hard when you don’t really talk to anyone because you can’t.  Personally I loved the two classes on Coast Guard history.  I would of loved to have a whole week of them.  So many heroes have come before us.  Hopefully that sinks in with some people.  Like Master Chief Carlson said. “you should shake at the fact you are living in a hall named after Douglas Munro”.  Indeed we should, indeed we should.

 18Jan12

It’s sad when you think it is completely normal to get woken up by a man yelling in a bull horn but we are getting to that point.  Today started off with some nice IT right after morning muster.  Then came some more rack making remedial.  Oddly enough it was linens day so we had to rip all the sheets off once we were done.  After morning chow, guess what,  “Sniper Position, Take”!  Some people need to get with the program.  Classes were good today.  Petty Officer Simcox was qualified for an instructor thing which meant he had people in the room judging him.  Everyone behaved well it seemed.  And like all our other Company Commanders he taught the material very well.  Coast Guard Roles and Missions.  It’s funny how people that constantly yell at you can also get you so pumped up and excited about the future.  The other classes weren’t boring, just dry.  We did have the honor of retired Master Chief teach our class on Advancement in the Coast Guard.  There are mixed emotions on how the night ended.  The good, we made it through another day.  We seem to be growing as a team and working more efficiently.  The bad, we have lost a couple recruits.  The weak ones seem to be getting weaker, regardless of the thought of RAMP or reversion.  The future is unclear for Delta-186.  I believe we have it in us to be the best company here but some can’t yet see what I see.  We are Delta-186!

 19Jan12

What a day!  Minds are now in their racks rebooting from the today.  It started off pretty normal with fire fire fire and some 0530 IT.  A difference was a little extra pep in some peoples step.  We seemed to be making our time objectives, if not we were much closer than normal.  After morning chow was a bike workout.  There was some regrets on the faces of those who loaded up on food prior to.  Later we had class on Code of Conduct and Standards of Conduct.  Both being important things to know.  The pride from those classes was apparent.  High point of the day was marching down to Seamanship.  The bay is beautiful, many of us are wishing for an extended march.  To gain more skill at COD and just see what this place looks like.  Seamanship class was great!  The building and grown are really cool.  Cant wait to spend more time there.  Even though we just learned some terms, it felt like we were really getting started.  After evening chow we ran a boot drill to learn to always square knot our shoes when not in use.  Our RAMPERS came back tonight.  Finally the family is back together again.  We got to learn some more Manual of Arms, God that is some cool stuff.  Tonight was a first we made all of our time objectives.  To end the night we went out for some IT by Petty Officer Bailey.  In a weird way it almost felt like a reward for doing a good job today.  We are either learning what we need to or just losing our mines.  Maybe a little of both!  Delta-186 OUT!

 20Jan12

Today words cant really describe.  Of course we had class which was really fun.  The hours between 2100 and 2200 will be remembered forever.  For some it may of meant nothing, for others it could have been a new thought.  For the rest it made me remember the person I truly am.  It was just forgotten in this new lifestyle but it was always there.  It was repeated in the songs.  As the songs played, the pain from sniper position went away, or at least wasn’t apparent to my brain.  I hope some got the message.  It’s about U.S. not US.

 21Jan12

 What a different kind of day.  I mean different for us.  It started with wonderful sound of the bull horn.  No matter how many times it happens it still is a shock.  It was nice to come in from the rain for muster.  Rack making drills like always took up our pre chow time.  The difference came after chow.  We went straight to Seamanship.  God the things we learn down there are cool.  We were at Seamanship all day.  On the way back from Seamanship, at the end of the day, we dumped our back packs for an inspection.  It was mind blowing that some got in trouble when we just had an inspection the day before.  We then got to work on Manual of Arms on our own.  Then it was time for some performance tracker remedial.