Back from Annual Training
It's been awhile since I posted.
I just returned from 2 long weeks at Fort Irwin in the California Desert. My battalion was there for our Annual Training, where we ended our time by firing about 150 live artillery rounds over the heads of infantrymen and tankers. As the second in charge of the battalion, my focus was planning and preparing for the exercise over the last three months and supporting the guns with ammo, fuel, chow, etc. during the execution.
A brigade-level CALFEX or Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise is graduate-level stuff for active duty guys and unheard of for national guardsmen. We were in over our head from the get-go, but we did get a passing grade on the exercise. Although we didn't execute things as fast as i would have liked, we finished the CALFEX with all of our rounds landing in the right spot and no infantry bubbas dead. All in all, it was a successful two weeks.
More pictures from AT are on my flickr account (link is to the right on top)
The picture to the right is from the "stable call" that we attended during the last night of our annual training. Apparently it's a cavalry tradition to get together periodically in your hats and spurs and reflect on a job well done.
On the home front, I returned to see Sarah walking all over the house on her own. I got to see her take 6 steps in a row before I left and she refined her skills while I was playing with guns in the desert.
Now, it's back to work as a computer geek to catch up on what I missed while I was gone.
I just returned from 2 long weeks at Fort Irwin in the California Desert. My battalion was there for our Annual Training, where we ended our time by firing about 150 live artillery rounds over the heads of infantrymen and tankers. As the second in charge of the battalion, my focus was planning and preparing for the exercise over the last three months and supporting the guns with ammo, fuel, chow, etc. during the execution.
A brigade-level CALFEX or Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise is graduate-level stuff for active duty guys and unheard of for national guardsmen. We were in over our head from the get-go, but we did get a passing grade on the exercise. Although we didn't execute things as fast as i would have liked, we finished the CALFEX with all of our rounds landing in the right spot and no infantry bubbas dead. All in all, it was a successful two weeks.
More pictures from AT are on my flickr account (link is to the right on top)
The picture to the right is from the "stable call" that we attended during the last night of our annual training. Apparently it's a cavalry tradition to get together periodically in your hats and spurs and reflect on a job well done.
On the home front, I returned to see Sarah walking all over the house on her own. I got to see her take 6 steps in a row before I left and she refined her skills while I was playing with guns in the desert.
Now, it's back to work as a computer geek to catch up on what I missed while I was gone.
posted at 4/13/2008 07:14:00 PM
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