Day 3 Update

Good afternoon all,

Today was a good day so far. We went and got the dental exams done, then I went to get the decals for my car (thanks mom and dad) and the paperwork went fine and I was done in about 15 minutes.

Then I talked to the transportation office, and they said that they would have a meeting with all of us later in the class, so that was quick.

Then I went back to my room and met up with a friend here and we went to the US Patriot store off base and were able to get the rest of the gear I needed, including a much cheaper backpack.

I was finally able to get to Wal-Mart and buy some milk and other items, and even have time for a video call with my family.

There has been some homesickness due to the unfamiliarity of it all, but it seems to be getting better.

Please continue praying for us. Thanks,
Corey

CH-BOLC Dozier Lodging

This is just a quick update with a short video of what my room looks like. Here is a picture of my view. It is a basement unit.

It really is very nice.

I will try to post more tomorrow, but right now I need to get to bed.

Settling into Ft. Jackson

Well, we made it to Ft. Jackson!

Of course, my internet was not working when I first arrived, which was last night.

I was able to get it working earlier today, but we had our first session today as well, so this is the first opportunity that I have had to put up an update.

We made it through Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, and into South Carolina.

We ran into some pretty good rain, which cleaned the cars off, and then we made it into the base at about 8pm.

The lodging turned out to be very nice, but I am still thankful to my folks for all the stuff they picked up for me. The only thing I have needed to purchase thus far has been milk and air freshener (the rooms are nice, but show a little wear).

The first session was mostly introductions, finding the room, and beginning the mountains of paperwork that I am sure we will be doing. In many ways, the finding the room part was easy. All we had to do was follow the guys without hair.