White flags now fly from our quidons instead of the red. Has our end of phase testing and inspection today and officially transitioned into White Phase.
Right now it's 15:50 (3:50 pm) and our Drill Sergeants have already gone home for the day, leaving us alone. We have a Platoon Guide (PG) Big Tex is ours and squad leaders. The PG marches us to chow now instead of a DS, and we no longer form up afterwards, just head back to the bay in buddy teams. We are also allowed to choose what we eat from the menu instead of taking the first tray that comes to us. We also walk ourselves to church now.
One of our civilian training aides will be coming by at either 1800 or 1830 selling power bars and Gatorade.
Apparently the DS are staying gone through tomorrow, save DS V who is on CQ. We should at least get our phones, if not our 4 hour pass. Speaking of DS V, he's going hunting tonight, actually just walked in wearing civilian clothes to grab a map.
Our inspection this morning was by the 1SG instead of the CO, and our platoon was the best, earning us a streamer.
During the ceremony, the quidon flags were changed, the 1SG spoke to us, then presented teh streamers each platoon earned. Combatives for 1st platoon, APFT scores for 2nd platoon, obstacle course time for 3rd platoon and our streamer for inspection. When the streamers were presented the 1SG called for a round of applause, but when he got to our platoon, he personally told us that we were the best platoon he inspected "by far", earning us praise for our DS.
Things are already improving among our platoon, lots of fighting with everyone trying to be in charge, but that has almost disappeared with our new clear cut leadership.
We'll be doing a LOT more running now, which is good because I need it, but also sucks because I hate running.
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