Ft. Hood

Ft. Hood

My first and only duty station, at the time I arrived I had no idea it would be my last duty station. It was definitely not in my career pathway. I was excited to arrive and I had left all of my basic training problems behind me, they were all in the past, it could...
The End of OSUT

The End of OSUT

In case you didn’t know, OSUT stands for One station unit training, it is where soldiers do their basic and AIT in one location. Throughout AIT I was more recognized than I was during basic, by everyone! In basic I was trying to be the tuna, the invisible soldier, the...
The middle of basic:

The middle of basic:

It wasn’t long before the drill sergeants learned my real age. By then all was lost. I had one drill sergeant making me say “Drill sergeant, specialist Ray, 32, requesting to speak, Drill sergeant.” He would specifically call me out every time he saw me just to have...