Sorry for the lack of updates, school is really picking up as the quarter is winding down. Anyway, two weekends ago was our yearly Fall Field Training Excercise. It was heald in southern Ohio near Ohio University. Part of it took place on OU grounds, the other part took place at a farm owned by a Colonel. Perhaps the most exciting part of the FTX was that the MS1s flow down on choppers. My squad was lucky enough to go down on a UH-60, which is a pretty good experience especially for first time bird flyers. Once we landed we started with SMTs in the woods. This was a bit rough. We learned pretty quickly that you dont go around the thorn bushes... you go through them. My legs were pretty torn up when I got back on sunday, even though BDUs do a pretty good job of protecting you. After that we did rapelling. This was also my first time doing this, and it was a lot of fun, I look forward to doing more of it in the future. Next we rucked it a bit to our buses then drove to the farm. Once we got there we set up camp and then did LandNAV. It was well worth practicing espeically in the thick woods. Later that night we did Night LandNAV, which added a whole new element.... not seeing. The next day we packed up and rucked to our final spot where we worked on LDAs and SMTs focusing on squad assault. I would also like to mention that my squad won a competition for LDAs, getting us out of pushups, always a bonus. After we finished up their we took buses back to OSU. After ARR, after action review, the cadre had pizza for us, which was a very nice touch after living off of MREs for the past 2 days. After getting back to my dorm, a nice long shower, and 16 hours of sleep I was ready for class the next day. I will probably update this post as I remember more things about it, so until then...