This Week's Update!

Well, I got some very discouraging letters yesterday! Some guys in his room of barracks hid candy, sodas and food in the air vents (which is contraband). Anyway, there was a guy in the next room playing around with a laser pointer, contraband also, shining it outside the window and the Drill Sergeant noticed it. So they went searching ALL the rooms and found the food hidden in Chris' room by the other guys. SO, they are no longer allowed to sleep in their room. They sleep on the floor of the classroom until Feb. 10th. Also, they don't get hardly any personal time, have to get up at 4:00am every morning, no matter how late the wake up call is and more than likely will not call me until the 10th. If he earns a call. It will be limited to 2 whole minutes! Well, after the initial punishment was dealt, the stupid idiots (Not Chris) Did it again, two more days in a row. SO, now they will have these Red Phase "priviledges" until graduation in March. It is horrible for the innocent guys that are being affected by this.

Good news, he passed his PT test with flying colors! Ran his 2 miles in 15:38 seconds, completed 63 push ups, and 51 sit ups. He was only required to complete 39 push ups and 45 sit ups and had to run 2 miles in 17 minutes. He has one more final PT test to pass, towards the end.

His spirits were back up and high after a bad letter yesterday.... He is still doing great with the M-16's. He has been qualifying all week with his gun, at 75m, 175m and 300m and hit 41 out of 44 targets. He is striving to earn the Expert metal which is hitting 36-40 targets but said he's not going to plan on it, but plan on Sharp Shooter at 30-35 because he knows he will be nervous when he is actually doing the actual qualifying. I think he will get Expert, thats just how he is! lol

Anyway, thats really all for now. I will update with any new information I get as soon as I can! Thank you all for all your kind words of encouragement and support!