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there were times i ran slower when during formation pt but even as a petite female, the sad thing is that the other branches still couldn't ever match our speed or distance, even when i was on light duty!
when i was at ft leonardwood MO, the army used to try and run with us. are usual PT was at 0430 anywhere from 6-10 miles. i was sick with a chest cold when i was there, but even when i fell out of the run, i stayed with everyone to the finish, but the army.... the army only stayed with us for the first 2 miles. and once past that, they would fall back and back. and if we hit a hill, it was over for them! LOL! they would just disappear back there! i felt bad for the times i fell back when i was sick, but still the army was back there even way slower. how is it that they can't catch up to a sick person?? and they are healthy! you know of all the runs we did while at ft lost-in-the-woods, i don't think the army EVER finished with us or even made it to the finish line! that should say something about their training (or lack there of) ha ha ha!!!!
so what's everyone else stories about other branches?
when i was at ft leonardwood MO, the army used to try and run with us. are usual PT was at 0430 anywhere from 6-10 miles. i was sick with a chest cold when i was there, but even when i fell out of the run, i stayed with everyone to the finish, but the army.... the army only stayed with us for the first 2 miles. and once past that, they would fall back and back. and if we hit a hill, it was over for them! LOL! they would just disappear back there! i felt bad for the times i fell back when i was sick, but still the army was back there even way slower. how is it that they can't catch up to a sick person?? and they are healthy! you know of all the runs we did while at ft lost-in-the-woods, i don't think the army EVER finished with us or even made it to the finish line! that should say something about their training (or lack there of) ha ha ha!!!!
so what's everyone else stories about other branches?
so eventually i will go back to college and maybe get a degree in business or languages (since i grew up multi-lingual). i plan on owning my own business one day and possibly several. but right now, i got too much on my plate to go back to school yet.
an0ther funny story...
my youngest bro is in the Air Force now and when he got done with his 6 WEEK basic training, he told me he had a couple of days of combat training. i was like, "oh, ya?? what you do? throw water balloons at each other in the back yard?! ha ha ha!!" i especially cracked up when i read in the news paper a few years ago that the air force is now required to run 1 mile!!!!! HA HA HA HA HA HA AHA AHAAAAA... and back in 2001 when i had pneumonia and 1 collapsed lung, i ran 5 miles one day and 6 miles the next day, all with one lung!!! it hurt like hell, but i finished. but the down side to that is i now have permanent scar tissue in my lungs and moderate asthma. i was naive back then and didn't take my health serious enough. and just so everyone knows, i'm not making any of this stuff up. i don't lie.
but anyway, i'm just goofin around and tellin some true stories for fun. if anyone else got some, please share. :)