"Army Training"

To all,

The first week of Army training is completed. We spent a great deal of time at the rifle and pistol range and learning how to wear body armour. (We call it battle rattle).

As all of you know, the have not posted any pictures on the blog because I do not have a camera. I will be a cheap digital this weekend and begin posting the shoots. Lots of interesting this going on here.

First of all our main drill instructor is a is a huge black man named 1st Sargent Shepperson from the beautiful town of West Patterson, NJ. I think the most recent mayor there has been imprisoned form corruption. He is the epitome of a drill instructor. Very knowledgeable, a believer in the Army mission, and high a great motivator. Also, he is very funny and remains me of the black comedian on the Drew Carey show "Whose Line is It Anyway?" Dude is funny, serious, perceptive and a great instructor.

What he has taught me: I am actually a much better shot with the M-16 and M9 pistol than a week ago. I was hitting 4/5 shots at a target 300 meters away consistently. Wow! Anything within 200 meters I will be able to hit. This provides me a great deal of relief before going over there.

So, this Army training essentially boils down to a mini boot camp for people to learn basic soldiers skills. We have renamed our military department the Narmy........Navy and Army. Because as drill sergeant Shepperson is fond of saying,"You never know where your Uncle is going to send you...so you have to do your best to be as prepared as possible."

Truer words could not be spoken.

On a family note...Nat I watched "A day in the life" again today. The kids have grown a lot since Dec 08. Made me miss you guys more. Love you all.....

Brain Jamison, Best wishes with your transition. The Jamison's are in our prayers.

Love to all..........