Saturday, July 02, 2005

I get Crutches...

ouch the pain under my hip is killing me.....damn this sucks....it's Saturday and I'm definitely going to Sick Call...apparently we have the AGRs today...anyways woke up and now I'm limping because it hurts alot now, hygiene and then down for formation....our Platoon Guide would report in and soon the DS Beale would call for the people to Sick Call.....and my name was called and I was told to stand at ease at a certain place in front of the phones to get my sick call slip and while that happened the Company was PTing as usually does in the morning...I thank myself because if I run out there I would seriously hurt myself...anyways a couple of privates and me would go to the Chow hall and marched there accompanied by DS Mckloskey. There was 4 of us and DS Mckloskey told us to eat and get out and go to the CTMC (I think it means Consolidated Troop Medical Clinic if I'm wrong they always called it CTMC) which is just down the street by the Engineers barracks. Well we ate and then I limped all the way...geez...this is fun aint it? Anyways guess what we didn't know where to go..and we ended up back at the company this time DS Hoaglund spotted us and asked why we were so back so early...we explained to him that we were lost and didn't know where the CTMC...I swear he looked at us like we were dumb....he just said down the frickin streets Privates you can't miss it! Well we left again and I'm limpin all the way down the street and this time we actually found it. There's alot of recruits and privates there and when I entered we had to enter a line to the sign in desk where you fill out paperwork on what my injury was or problem was. (Sick Call is not a place to excuse you from training,if you miss the training you have to make it up! only go to Sick Call if it's serious.) Well sat down and finished the paperwork and then I was guided to a station where they take your heart rate and blood pressure it was normal. Then after that I was guided to a waiting area. I saw a sign stating that you cannot sleep, talk or eat. oh well....at least there was TV and CNN was on...anyways I waited there for 15 minutes and then a Specialist called up my name and I went into a room. The Specialist told me to take my pants off and BDU top off and she asked me a few questions about my pain and then she told me to wait for a doctor...the doctor came and analyzed me. I told him about the pain and where it was. He suggested to take an X-ray...well I was guided to the X-ray room and took my xray. Then I went back to room I first came in and then the doctor came in and he wanted to observe the way I walked. I limped so bad because of the pain. Then he made a decision to give me Crutches...this is the first time in my life I have to use crutches...what will DS Hoaglund say? Well The kind specialist showed me how to use crutches and then told me that she'll see me in a week to see if the pain goes away. Then I went outside in a waiting area to get picked up by Senior Drill Sgt. While I was waiting there was some AIT trainees talking and I asked them about BRM and MP AIT and they gave me some advice and told me how fun it was compared to BCT. Then Senior Drill Sgt would come up in the Company Red Truck and he was shocked to see me in crutches and asked me How the heck you get crutches private? Oh well give me the papers and get in the back..." Well SDS is not driving it's Pvt Hurd who I saw on the steering wheel...hm...I hope he drives well. Also he gets to listen to music on the way...damn I'm jealous I haven't heard music for 3 weeks....anyways we were on our way to the STX site. Thing is Pvt Hurd is awful in driving he'd make those Sharp Turns and feels like we're going to flip over...unfortunately we didn't! (I hope he doesn't read this when he gets back from AIT) anyways we arrived at the site and they were already commencing training, they were learning to secure perimeters and I saw 3rd platoon getting intruction from Drill Sgt McKay and I came up and asked DS Mckay where 2nd platoon was and he said go away Private in a funny matter because I was in crutches but he offered his privates to help me locate 2nd platoon....well we I went and crutching along with my crutches to where DS Mckay pointed his finger earlier and as we got down the path I saw DS Hoaglund walking up alone and asked me What the Hell happened and how the hell you get crutches?" I explained to him and I went on my way...and met up with my platoon. DS Johnson was teaching the platoon how to guard a perimeter and she was almost done with it and then she saw me....well she told me to go the back and they were going to the main site area for chow, looks like we're eating MREs today...well My battle buddy Johnson greeted me and asked me How I was and told him about my pain...he had been holding my rifle the whole time (if you go to Sick Call or Self Care you give all your equipment to your battle buddy and they have to carry it...) Well we got our MREs and we sat down....we would chat and stuff and eat our MREs...after that DS Hoaglund would gather up and we would do a checkpoint simuation. Our Squad would be a simulation of a convoy while 3rd Squad would be security at a checkpoint. We would do that and it would teach them how to ask questions and show ID and such....then it was our turn, we would be the security and this time 3rd squad would have an unknown terrorist, we asked for IDs and who is in the vehicle and search all occupants and then found our perp....after that we watched 1st and 2nd squad do their thing....Pvt Green would mess up as usual...after that we would go on Trans back to Company and get back to the barracks and clean up there and ground all our equipment in our lockers and then go to Dinner chow, tonight is something special...there's the Soldier's Show for a celebration of July 4th....well the whole Company would march to Gammon Field to watch but for the injured we got a ride on the Company Truck....Drill Sgt Sanchez would accompany us. He would talk funny and stuff and about me since I and another private had crutches....saying limp limp limp right...oh darn so funny...well we got to Gammon Field and waited for the company to get here and there was alot of people there....Other companies, one was in red phase, alot from Reception, an Infantry Company that was in White Phase, and other companies that were in AIT. Anyways we sat down and watched the show...There were so many Drill Sgts watching the Privates....I mean alot....but anyways there were fireworks at the end of the show and it looked pretty nice....well after the show we got back to the Company by truck while the rest of the Company marched back. After that quick shower and crutching myself to bed....I have fireguard tonite.....Anyways we have pass to around the Brigade area....anyways I heard since I have crutches I'm not allowed to go on pass.... :( anyways gotta do fireguard...

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