Tough Training

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Originally uploaded by Rob Wooldridge.

I just returned from four days in the Nevada desert training hard with the M9 pistol. I borrowed a Beretta 92F from a friend and put over 600 rounds through it while wearing the body armor that I need to fight with the next time I deploy. The Front Sight instructors were great and I improved my pistol skills dramatically during the challenging course.
Although the weather sucked, including howling winds and 6 hours of firing in snow/slush mix (see the picture), having friends at the course with me helped out a bunch and made it tolerable. Randy, James, Joe, Adam, Tom, and Jim (who i met for the first time on the trip) were a blast to train with. Adam even drove us out there in his palatial RV.
More pictures on my Flickr account (link on the right)
Now it's back to my other job... IT manager.

Gamer

Gamer
Originally uploaded by Rob Wooldridge.

Hunter has become quite the little gamer this past month. He's pretty adept at finding and playing all the games on Sarema's and my iPhones. He and I even played cooperatively on an XboX 360 arcade game tonight. It was really fun to play with him and he even held his own in the game... especially for a three year old!

Promoted

Promoted
Originally uploaded by Rob Wooldridge.

Two months after taking command of the battalion, I got promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on Saturday by the man in the center, Colonel Baldwin, and the man on the right, Command Sergeant Major London.