AIT - An Update

Blake started his AIT on March 5th. He's studying to be a 21U, Topographic Analyst. As of today, he's about 2 1/2 weeks into the course. So far, he says he's really enjoying it.

The sergeants there are starting to give him some opportunities in supervision. He was made the platoon commander (I'm probably getting this title wrong, but you get the gist of it), which put him over about 40 other guys. He said he would hold on to this for a couple of weeks before it moved to another. He was very proud of himself and knew just how he wanted to start out: by helping the others to pass their PT test.

Blake says that a lot of time is spent in the classroom, but there are still training days where everyone studies red cross or something like that. And, there's always the formations.

Anyway, Blake passed Easter there, all the time assuring us all that he was doing just great! He still loves what he's doing and says to be sure to tell everyone "Hi" for him. Like he says, he'll be finished before any of us know it and he'll get to come home then.

Till there's more to report...