Blue Thunder

Blue Thunder

I spent this past week being mock-"deployed" at a tent city called Blue Thunder. In a few weeks, we will be doing a culminating exercise at another camp called Vigilant Warrior where we will combine all of our skills for some yet-t0-be-known training purpose. Looking back on BT, I'm actually getting excited about going to VW with my flight to see how each of our skills will come together as a team.

My Cot...actually comfier than it looks

Here is a breakdown of the week:
Monday - Intro briefings/met my flight/moved to BT
Tuesday - SABC (Self Aid-Buddy Care, aka first aid)
Wednesday - Land navigation and small unit tactics
Thursday - Integrated base defense
Friday - CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and High-Yield explosives)

It was, in typical Alabama fashion, hot and really humid. We didn't really know each other yet because we all had just met on Monday. Overall, I had a good time but it wasn't fun to feel sweaty and dirty, and eat MREs as your best meal of the day.


~ Stephanie