Today we were introduced to Care Under Fire. Everything you learned in Self-Aid and Buddy Care: forget it. OK, maybe not all of it. In a nutshell we learned that you don't stop fighting just because someone is wounded. And when you do render aid, the menu of care options is very short. Of course, in order to do anything, you need to get the casualty to cover, and dragging seems to be the most expedient method. So that's what we practiced...dragging. One man drag, two man drag, low crawl drag. We had big people dragging little people, little people trying to drag big people, big people dra....you get the idea. And to make it all more fun, we were doing all this dragging on gravel. Thank goodness for knee pads!
We have a somewhat small class, and I think it's better that way. Like any training environment, the class members can make it or break it. So far, we all seem to be getting along, and I've enjoyed the mixture of officer and enlisted, junior and senior, with a wide variety of career fields represented. For me--and probably for others as well--I've really appreciated the insights I've gotten from those here who've deployed before. It helps to kinda know what to expect.
One other topic of conversation keeps recurring...when are we all leaving. Seems a lot of us are having to wait a while for transportation to the AOR. I still don't have my itinerary, so I don't even know which city I'll be waiting in, much less for how long. In the end, I guess it doesn't matter that much, but I'd rather stay here in San Antonio rather than fly somewhere else to wait. At least if I stay here I can go to the best hamburger joint in the world, Chester's.Wild horses couldn't drag me away!
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