Another Sunday, another week down, and four days away from getting out of New Mexico. From here, I go to Arizona for my AIT… big improvement, huh?

The past week has been occupied with rifle ranges, assault courses (low crawl under barbed wire… fun, fun, fun) a 5km road march with rucksack, and lots of practice at houseclearing. All this stuff is old hat for the infantry types here, but after ten years of not using it, it DOES get a bit rusty.

The range roads here at White Sands are lined with old telephone poles, glass insulators, and the copper wires are long since gone, salvaged for their metal, and replaced with underground fibre optics. A lot of the post is like this… relics of the past that sit, slowly decaying, remnants of the cold war. It’s a bit spooky at times.

Had my first encounter with a rattlesnake, the other day. Didn’t see him, just heard him. Not much else happening, and I’m just counting down the days. Hope y’all are doing well, and I’ll post again when I get the chance.

Salut!