Thursday, April 9, 2009

Marching right along

Phil is getting along well at training. He has been issued a lot of his gear and has spent some time putting it all together this week.

The guys went on a road march with their vests with the armored plates in them this week. The vests weigh about 40 pounds with the Sappi (that's what the plates are called). That 40 pounds is for the plates alone. They didn't even have to wear rucks or any additional gear attached to the vests this time around!

I imagine it made for a good workout. At least it would have for me.

I now have an address for Phil for the next couple months until they head to Afghanistan. If you'd like it, let me a comment with your contact info and I'd be happy to send it your way!

Pic of the guys at training, courtesy of one of the guys Phil is with!


2 comments:

  1. Hi Phillip & Jolene! I hope you had a great weekend together! We made it back to Wyoming Monday morning about 8:30.

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  2. Hey! Glad to hear you made it back a-okay. It was great to spend time with Phil and to see Sissy, Mike, Mandy and Austin!

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