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The Webmaster for the 2nd Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment finally started uploading pictures to the Training Webpage. Been staring at the thumbnailed pictures; hoping to see a pic of my kid, with no luck (I THOUGHT). So, being the dejected Dad; I figured I'd check out fullsize versions of the thumbnails; just to see how the other kids were doing. Guess what I found! The pics are too big to upload here, so I'm posting a link to Week Four:

http://www.wood.army.mil/2-10IN/ECO/week4.htm

Trish is in the second from the right picture in the bottom row (Confidence Course). Hanging upside-down from a monkey bridge is not the most flattering picture, but it looks like she was having fun!

For the last I don't know how many years, I've seen her usually wearing Wranglers - that teeny tiny thumbnail picture with her wearing fatigues threw me :shrug:

My kid lives! :banana:
 
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91T - Animal Care Specialist. She plans (emphasis added because I'm an Army Brat and know how "plans" work :rolleyes: ) to work on into the large animal Veterinary end of things - not the Food inspector :p

Also, I was mistaken. Along with the pic I orignally mentioned, the pic 2nd from the right is also 1/2NK. I opened it because I wanted to see who was practically falling off the monkey bridge, and there's my kid, looking like she's gonna fall off the rope and laughing her a$$ off about something.

Looks like she's having fun?
 
She's on what we call the slide for life. Army didn't used to have that, they copied it from us.

If they do it like we do, then she is over water and the first third of it she slide herself head first on top of the rope. The second third head first below the rope, then finally, feet first below the rope. That final transition is the one that gets most recruits (including myself, though I did eventually nail it.) The first transion yousimply roll over, but on that second (last one) you have to reposition your hands, then let go of the rope with your feet and let the momentum of your feet go all the way over the rope and grab on with your feet. Very few people can get their feet over the rope if they don't get it on that first shot. Their pure body weightmakes it impossible (mixed with the wet, shaking rope) for them to pull their feet up that way. That look you're seeing...probably not "fun" haha If it is then somehting is wrong! (IMO)

However, it looks like she's doing it right.

Except in the other picture. In that one it looks like she let her feet get to close to her hands. It is a recoverable position, but byt he look on her face she thinks she's about to lose it.
 
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skywalker said:
She's on what we call the slide for life. Army didn't used to have that, they copied it from us.
Hate to tell you this, but I first shinnied across one of these in the Boy Scouts back just before the birth of the Mustang II. Don't know when the Army (or the Marines) started using it.

If they do it like we do, then she is over water and the first third of it she slide herself head first on top of the rope. The second third head first below the rope, then finally, feet first below the rope. That final transition is the one that gets most recruits (including myself, though I did eventually nail it.)
Yeah, it took me about 5-6 tries to figure it out. We weren't over water; but fortunately the rope was only about 5-6 feet off the ground. Your mouth barely started going "Ahhhhhhh!" before your body went "THUD". No broken bones, though; and you went to the back of the line and tried again :D

That look you're seeing...probably not "fun" haha If it is then somehting is wrong! (IMO)
Okay, I'll admit she's a little weird that way. We're talking about the kid that was at age 14 kicked off the "Orbiter" carousel ride for figuring out how to make the cars spin backwards. The kid that had 14 grown men (including -especially- her father) scared to death when she was drug (in a belly slide) about 900 feet across the Fairgrounds by her (then young and untrained) FFA show steer. She came up laughing and saying the contestants on Fear Factor were wimps 'cause that was a lot of fun!
If she weren't having fun in those pics, her right eyebrow would have been tucked into the eye socket and the left eyebrow would have been arched up almost into her hairline. That's a hereditary facial expression inherited from my Dad (the most previous Allen in the Army); and it only looks funny if you're not the one she is (or my Dad was) pi$$ed off at! :eek:

However, it looks like she's doing it right.
Except in the other picture. In that one it looks like she let her feet get to close to her hands. It is a recoverable position, but byt he look on her face she thinks she's about to lose it.
If you're talking about the "third from the right" picture; I thought so too. In fact, I clicked on the thumb to see who the poor unlucky sap was the got his/her picture taken just before the "THUD" (or maybe "Splash").
Whaddayaknow, there's 1/2 and that face is producing laughter. The "second from the right" picture looks like she was only giggling a little. If they're in laid out in sequential order; I guess she figured out that she was in trouble and was starting to get a little more serious.
I've only seen her scared maybe 3-4 times since she turned about 15.... usually it involved her expecting that her mother or I was about to kill her for some transgression. :rolleyes:

skywalker said:
Side note, why can't WMs look like your daughter?
'Cause the Marines borrow their Vet's from the Army; so they didn't have anything to offer my daughter! :lol:
 
65stanger said:
marines are such wusses, they need water to catch 'em if they fall!;)

Or maybe it has something to do with our affiliation with the Navy as everything on the confidence course is an obstacle that could potential be found on a ship...they just get creative with how they make you approach them.
 
StangDreamin' said:
Hate to tell you this, but I first shinnied across one of these in the Boy Scouts back just before the birth of the Mustang II. Don't know when the Army (or the Marines) started using it.
I know the marine corps has been using it for several decades.

StangDreamin' said:
Yeah, it took me about 5-6 tries to figure it out. We weren't over water; but fortunately the rope was only about 5-6 feet off the ground. Your mouth barely started going "Ahhhhhhh!" before your body went "THUD". No broken bones, though; and you went to the back of the line and tried again :D

It was well explain to us. WE had to first climb a ladder about 40-50 feet in the air and it starts in a tower their...the first 15 feet or so has a net under you, past that is water. You hit the water from a good 10-30 feet up depending on where you fall off the rope.

The first visit to the confidence course I fell clean off and only got one shot. The second visit I did so ont he first time but we had time for me to get a second go. I nailed it sopping wet as the last guy to make an attempt on my second try. Being the last guy in anything at PI whether it is your choice in the matter or not (It wasn't mine, there was initially a line behind me waiting to go but they said I was the last) is never a good thing. It attracts extra attention that you don't want.

StangDreamin' said:
Okay, I'll admit she's a little weird that way. We're talking about the kid that was at age 14 kicked off the "Orbiter" carousel ride for figuring out how to make the cars spin backwards. The kid that had 14 grown men (including -especially- her father) scared to death when she was drug (in a belly slide) about 900 feet across the Fairgrounds by her (then young and untrained) FFA show steer. She came up laughing and saying the contestants on Fear Factor were wimps 'cause that was a lot of fun!
If she weren't having fun in those pics, her right eyebrow would have been tucked into the eye socket and the left eyebrow would have been arched up almost into her hairline. That's a hereditary facial expression inherited from my Dad (the most previous Allen in the Army); and it only looks funny if you're not the one she is (or my Dad was) pi$$ed off at! :eek:

I make that same facial expression, except I do it when someone is doing something weird, stupid or puzzling.

StangDreamin' said:
If you're talking about the "third from the right" picture; I thought so too. In fact, I clicked on the thumb to see who the poor unlucky sap was the got his/her picture taken just before the "THUD" (or maybe "Splash").
Whaddayaknow, there's 1/2 and that face is producing laughter. The "second from the right" picture looks like she was only giggling a little. If they're in laid out in sequential order; I guess she figured out that she was in trouble and was starting to get a little more serious.
I've only seen her scared maybe 3-4 times since she turned about 15.... usually it involved her expecting that her mother or I was about to kill her for some transgression. :rolleyes:

I made it a rule to never let my parents see me scared. If I screwed up I told them straight out and kept a straight, emotionless face while I took my punishment (or beating.)

StangDreamin' said:
'Cause the Marines borrow their Vet's from the Army; so they didn't have anything to offer my daughter! :lol:

Yep. In fact we had platoon's strength of them in the 22 area at Pendleton (where I am returning on Sunday.) We would always mock them as we ran by them on our runs. :D They were nice folks though, got to talk to a couple while I was there.
 
I also notice another girl in one of those picture making and incredibly dumb mistake...I'd feel bad for her...but them...why?

I also see your daughter has keys on her dog tag chain. That is something they do an air force boot camp too. (A couple friends in the Air Force.) We had combination locks. WE had to be able to recite the combination on command (Also our rifle serial number and in my platoon that names of our rackmate's parents, siblings, best friend, pets and their home address and parent's occupation...I have a funny story about that too.)

The combination locks are supremely annoying. You pull them off and relock them so many times a day, that by the end of bootcamp, you can open them just by giving them a few good yanks! I bought a set of key locks on boot leave that I took with my to SOI and NAMTRAMARUNIT.
 
skywalker said:
I also notice another girl in one of those picture making and incredibly dumb mistake...I'd feel bad for her...but them...why?

Don't know which one you were looking at; but I about crapped a brick when I looked at the center picture in the top row. :eek: Is the Firing Coach trying to feel the effects of (at the very least) close-contact muzzle blast? Or did they fail to teach the shooter to keep her finger off the trigger until she's ready to fire????? :doh:

I also see your daughter has keys on her dog tag chain. That is something they do an air force boot camp too. (A couple friends in the Air Force.)

Yeah, I saw that, too. Looks like two Master padlock keys. If I'm not mistaken, the second one (blue rubber coating on the "fob-end") would be for her tack-boxes here in Yuma. What's up with that? Is she planning on sneaking home to go riding???? :scratch: :shrug:
 
StangDreamin' said:
Don't know which one you were looking at; but I about crapped a brick when I looked at the center picture in the top row. :eek: Is the Firing Coach trying to feel the effects of (at the very least) close-contact muzzle blast? Or did they fail to teach the shooter to keep her finger off the trigger until she's ready to fire????? :doh:



Yeah, I saw that, too. Looks like two Master padlock keys. If I'm not mistaken, the second one (blue rubber coating on the "fob-end") would be for her tack-boxes here in Yuma. What's up with that? Is she planning on sneaking home to go riding???? :scratch: :shrug:

I meant the picture with the girl crying.

The air force uses master padlocks, so that would be consistent.

We had a lock for our foot locker, one for out rifle and one for our seabag (we locked it to the back of the rack locked it closed - that was the fun one too cause every now and then the drill instructors would have us go get things out of the seabag which was consistently crammed full of crap in whatever order we liked...which always seemed to leave whatever we needed int he middle or bottom.)
 
On another side note: my company in boot camp was also echo company. when you hear from her again tell her I gave her a big marine corps ooh rah and semper fi. Tell her to keep her head and motivation up. Do that, and she'll be home in no time.
 
skywalker said:
On another side note: my company in boot camp was also echo company. when you hear from her again tell her I gave her a big marine corps ooh rah and semper fi. Tell her to keep her head and motivation up. Do that, and she'll be home in no time.

I dunno, man. You keep comparing her Army Boot Camp to the Air Farce. Keep that up and somebody around here is gonna remind you why 1 week old puppies are called Marine puppies and 6 week old puppies are called Army puppies. :p
 
StangDreamin' said:
I dunno, man. You keep comparing her Army Boot Camp to the Air Farce. Keep that up and somebody around here is gonna remind you why 1 week old puppies are called Marine puppies and 6 week old puppies are called Army puppies. :p

Haha, well, aside from the absolute pathetic training the air force recruits recieve (okay, what training?) the comparisons I made are pretty valid. :D

Seriously, I think the air force could just send people straight to then tech schools and they'd be just as well.
 
skywalker said:
Seriously, I think the air force could just send people straight to then tech schools and they'd be just as well.

Probably true.
I shouldn't crack on the Air Force too much.....my oldest brother was Air Force, my sister's son is Air Force. At least I think he still is -unless Microsoft talked him out of re-upping to go to work for them (I've been trying to keep him away from the darkside, though. Sent him a full copy of Suse Linux and everything).
 
One more Picture

Well, I'm certainly not paying the proper attention to the thumbnailed pictures on the Web Page for Echo Company, 2nd of the 10th! :doh:

Found another shot of 1/2 NK, still on Week 4 -she is also in the first picture of the bottom row, starting out on the rope bridge. So that makes (left to right) pictures #1, #3 and #4.

BTW skywalker: We talked to Trish today. She made the bridge on the first try :nice:
She did admit, though, that the Horzontal Ladder ("Monkey bars, Dad") did defeat her. :rolleyes: