Long weekend

The Iron Badgers are enjoying a long weekend to celebrate Memorial Day. Most of the men are spending time with their families. I hope that the weekend is slow and relaxing for them!

Already I have been getting to know many of the wives and I feel close to them, but nothing can replace our husbands. I'm glad so many are able to enjoy the weekend together.

It's funny how much sweeter time is when you know it is limited.

Brass Burn

Has it really been 10 days since my last post? Yikes!

The first part of May has flown by. Phil has continued with training. This week they had some long days. In 48 hours, the guys had only about six hours of sleep. I haven't had the chance to talk with Phil much because of their crazy schedule.

A few days ago, they were out shooting and Phil got a burn on his neck from a bullet casing. He calls it a brass burn. It sounded painful to me.

This week, one of the guys on the team had a family member pass away. Our thoughts and prayers go to his family. It was a sad reminder that life goes on, even while they train. Even while they are deployed.

Long days, short nights

Phil and the guys have been working some long days. They are really getting into some pretty heavy training. Sharpening their skills.

They've had a few short nights so they can qualify on a number of night exercises. One night it was driving tests. Another night they were on the range working on night shooting (is that the right term? I'm really not sure!).

Mornings they do PT (also known as working out or exercising for those of us who are civilians) and then head off to do work some more.

We are getting closer to sending him off to Afghanistan. By the time our guys leave, they will be ready to step into their positions and get to work!