MONDAY 9 APRIL 2018

Not much happened today.  It was set as a recovery day so we can all catch up on our sleep.  There was only two Army things we had to do.  The first was to get ammo for our weapons.  It was a weird feeling drawing that much ammo.  I've never held on to a full combat load because I am just a POG (Person Other than Grunt).  We will most likely never use this and to show our confidence level we taped over our magazines so we didn't lose any rounds.  Losing a round is the end of the world for one of us and is way more likely then firing a round.  Before we got issued the ammo we were counseled about how not to use this ammo except under certain circumstances like kill'n for defense.  The second Army thing I had to do was a Battalion in-briefing.  We met the entire BN and part of Brigade.  My Motor Sergeant was already at Asad so I stood in for him.  There wasn't much for me to say.  The meeting was pretty short and afterward I headed to the chow tent.  I grabbed a quick bite, headed to the gym, and then spent the last bit of the night packing up my bags.  Tomorrow is going to be an early morning for more movement.  This time northbound!