The 5-mile ruck march this morning was fairly painful – mostly because I was still sore from the AGR on Monday. My quads and hamstrings are really sore from the lunges. Plus, the pace for the ruck this morning was about 15:00, not the promised 17:30 pace. It felt like a power-walk. I sure hope the rest of the marches aren’t that fast, cause we’ll have our ACH (helmet) and IBA (bullet-proof vest) on for those. Boo hooo.
We had classes in reading and military intelligence today. Both were sufficiently boring. Thursday is our military intelligence exam, so I’ll have to spend some time studying tonight during study barracks. We are also doing some WTBD (warrior tasks and battle drills) & IMT (individual movement techniques) tomorrow in the field. Hopefully it’s not too hot. I have a feeling I might be our first heat casualty for this OCS class. I don’t do so well in the heat or humidity.
Tonight we had an extra hour of personal time, so I had a chance to relax and unwind after the long day. I’m praying for some muscle recovery tomorrow, but there are never any guarantees. OCS is probably the hardest thing (physically) I’ve ever done in my life. I’m gonna be one strong mama when I leave here!
