The 5am siren went off and the drill sergeant turn on the light. He had Scott with him. He said, today we will be eating a special made protein bar and drinking a juice drink before getting ready. Everyone passed Scott, which handed the drink and bar as they headed to the latrine. Scott told the drill instructor he would have everything supplied at night so they would have the protein bars next to their bed in the morning. He also said everyone would get weighted, pee in a bottle and get a blood test on Sunday including the drill sergeant.
Out at the track Scott came running on one side of the group and Katarina the other. The two looked at the group. Scott went on. Katarina yelled, move it I don’t want to wait all day. She was gone. The group thought how do they do that. Scott and Katarina were there to meet Conner’s two boys. Conner was Matthew’s high school buddy. He had been in the Military since high school. Matthew put Conner in charge of training. Conner’s boys which were in high school were trained in all forms of military combat. They were with the drill instructor. When the men came around the corner the party was waiting. They stopped and lined up. The drill instructor walked in front of they and said, this is sad. I have never seen a group so slow. We thought you had decided not to show up. We have some people for you to meet. Conner stepped forward with his two son’s. He said, you all know me so I don’t need to introduce myself. He pointed to the older boy and said, this is Jack, he is 16. This is Shawn and he is 14. They have just moved here to live and work with me. They are trained in all and I do mean all forms of military combat on any terrain. They can take you out in a blink of an eye and you will not know what happened. But they are your new brothers and will not know what you. They have many awards in shooting, archery, knife throwing and other things. They have many and I did say many certs. on all kinds of equipment. They can take you out in all kinds of ways. And god forbid they go after you together as a team. So don’t piss them off. Instead use them for training. They are really good at that also. You will not see them much at boot camp except to demo, but will in the future. Matthew thought if only his dad had been like Conner when he was a kid, he would be so much better at this right now. Maybe the best. The older son stepped over to his dad and whispered. Then Conner stepped over to the drill instructor and said something to him. Then Conner stepped back to address the group. He said, My boy have just asked to join you in your training. That means you should see another bunk bed show up. Thankyou and see you later. The drill instructor took charge of the group. Scott, Conner and the 2 boys went off. Katarina stayed with the group.
I woke at 5am. Cindy was in a lounge chair reading. I felt really good and decided to go to the bathroom. I start getting ready for the day. When I came out Cindy went to her room to get ready and I took care of the twins. When mom came we were half ready. The day was good and swimming was great. The kids that were in school had graduation tonight and would be joining us tomorrow. Mom was having a big graduation party Friday for all the school kids.
THURSDAY MAY 23 Today was pretty quite except for some planning for the kids party tomorrow by mom. Mom and I are continuing to teach the kids to swimming. When Matthew comes back they should be good at it.
When all the men woke this morning they had Conner’s boys in their room. Conner’s boys knew what to do and you didn’t even notice they had just showed. They spent a lot of time watching the men.
FRIDAY MAY 24 Everything was great and Mom had assigned 4 mothers and 4 helpers for the graduation party. The party started at 2pm. There were lots of kids I had not seen before. I didn’t know about putting candy in the piñata. Next party were are going to look into something other than candy. It was great to see all the laughing kids. When we went in at night everyone was really happy.
SATURDAY MAY 25 Everything was going well until they got to the wall. Cole couldn’t get over. After 3 tries Katarina said to Cole, Here wrap the rope around you this way. She yelled at Carter and Dan to get up top. She then instructed Cole how to climb the wall. She took the rope under him and said, I am under you. You fall on me and I will kick you ass. Now go. Cole started going until he got to the part he had stopped before. He said, I can’t do it. The drill instructor came around the corner and yelled at him. You can do it. You are a marine now, move it. Conner’s two boys were behind Katarina yelling. Move it, move it, move it. Katarina pushed with her back just enough for him to keep going and the two guys pulled from the top while yelling pull. Suddenly he found the strength and made it to the top. When everyone was over the wall the drill instructor yelled at Cole. Give me 100. Cole hit the ground. The drill instructor looked at them thinking Matthew said, they will never leave anyone behind. So he had to get Cole up to speed. He yell, I need to volunteers for tonight. Cole needs to go over the wall 30 times every night for a week. Carter and Dan stepped forward. Dan finished and stepped back in line. With everyone inline everyone moved on.
Before bed the men were told not to eat their protein bars and drink their juice until after their blood test in the morning. The drill instructor was happy with the group support he had seen during the day.
Saturday was just another quite day. I was starting to miss Matthew.