BCT...check! On the road to AIT!

Josh was on a five hour pass today, he had his buddy Joel take this really great photo...he is smiling and looking very fit. I am so proud!

This past week he officially finished BCT when he successfully competed the PT requirement test. He treated himself to a generous breakfast with biscuits, gravy and a healthy portion of bacon. He definitely earned it!

On Friday they started the black phase of AIT with some training exercises and Saturday they hit the firing range for qualifications on their M9 pistols. A good majority of MP School is classroom activities, it has been dubbed "Death by Powerpoint" AIT will be a total of nine weeks.

I'm keeping this post short today, but stay tuned in the weeks to come and I'll post the highlights of MP School and any other Army facts that he provides...

In the meantime, have you ever wondered why the American flag is "backwards" on service uniforms? The flag is worn with the "appearance" of being backwards on soldiers right arm to symbolize early American armies which had a flag carrier holding our flag high The "backwards" flag signifies this and gives the perception that every soldier is carrying a flag. It is worn backwards to make it look like a soldier is marching into the wind carrying a flag and the wind is blowing into the flag.