It was a great day to be an Army Football fan. They won! It was close, but they squeaked through the bye weekend without losing.
Saturday was interesting – if not exciting. One of my soldiers joined the ranks of Noncommissioned Officers. He was promoted from Specialist to Sergeant. We held a promotion ceremony for him. In the old days a soldier couldn’t be promoted to Sergeant unless he/she had completed Primary Leadership Development Course (PLDC). About three years ago the Army waived that requirement due to a shortage of junior NCOs. I don’t agree with that decision. I believe soldiers should still have to complete PLDC before being promoted to SGT. Oh well…
During the afternoon the unit we’re OPCON to had a cookout. It was a decent event. We could play horseshoes, volleyball, and football. I partnered with the same soldier who’d been promoted to SGT for horseshoes. He flat out sucked. We were eliminated in the first round. It was probably the worst round of horseshoes I’ve ever been involved with. We lost 21-10. All of our points came from my tosses. We would have had more but one of my ringers was cancelled out by the other team.
The real world was evident though. The entire time the cookout was going on I had soldiers leaving to travel to missions. Everyone got something to eat before leaving though. I left the cookout in time to workout prior to supper. Then I retired to my hooch to watch college football. As always, I was at the mercy of AFN. Fortunately, a good game was on. I watched UCONN defeat USF.
What a day, huh? You’d think I was back in the States. However, did I mention that there was no beer? That puts it back in perspective.
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