So last Thursday through Friday we had a 22.5 hour evolution that was easily the hardest thing I have ever done. By the time they secured us I was completely exhausted, had numerous abrasions, blisters, chafing, sore muscles, and bruises. I slept for about 10-12 hours and all day Saturday movement was very difficult. Now, almost a week later, I am mostly healed up, the only medical issue I have lingering is blisters on my hands, and looking back it was a good experience that helps keep things in perspective as far as what to expect from actual SEAL training.
Today we got to do one of my favorite things: shooting. Starting out with M4's I got an M4 with a 10" barrel, 4-position stock, aimpoint red-dot sight and suppressor. Fun stuff. We shot off maybe 100 rounds between zeroing the sights and doing target aquisition drills. Then we moved over to the Sig Sauer p226 pistols and that was a blast. Along with a little familirization fire we went over a number of the basic skills used in the Navy's standard pistol qualifications and then actually shot through the qual course. While I ideally would have liked to have shot expert, I missed the 5-rings a few too many times and had to settle for a score of 216/240, which still qualified me as "sharpshooter." No complaints really since I have never shot a course like that for score.
Thursday we have interviews that will go into our BUD/S application packages and then we are essentially done with our 1/C cruise here in sunny Little Creek. I'll catch those big birds home on Sunday and then it is back to the real world. Wheeeeeeee!
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