Monday, August 8, 2011

I am now a (sort of) free woman

So, I'm back. I am no longer in basic military training, and I now have access to a computer with internet. Special thanks goes to Balgram for updating my blog for me. I'm glad I didn't have to worry about it, because I had enough to worry about while I was in Texas.
As Balgram said, I did get Korean. Yeah! And, I started class last Thursday, so I'm kind of on the fast track. My projected graduation date is late October 2012. I have a long ways to go, but since I learned the alphabet and pronounciation before even leaving home, I'm a bit ahead of everyone else. I mean, there are some people who know words and can speak a little bit, but most of the 30 people in my class can't pronounce worth beans. Reading the alphabet is pretty easy, since it's an alphabet and not a ton of characters, but most of the other students don't know all the special little rules that make 'thank you' gamsahamnida and not gamsahabnida.
Anyway, this is just a quick note to let you know I'm all alive and well in overcast California. I'll post a more detailed post about how BMT went in the next week or so, once I've had a chance to sit down and write about what I experienced.

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

SHE'S BACK!

Lizzy has two pieces of wonderful news, that I will now summarize without any aplomb at all.

1. She got Korean! She will be studying the Korean language at the language school. I wish her well because that won't be easy, but it's what she wants so huzzah!

2. She has electronics again! She has her phone and hopefully will have access to her computer by the time I write this blog. She won't have access very often, mind you, but texting her and e-mailing her is fair game again. Those of you who felt guilty about not writing as often as you'd have liked, feel free to make it up to her right now! For starters, feel free to comment on this blog to let her know you're glad she's graduated and moving up in life!

Monday, July 25, 2011

Noble passed her Final Fitness Evaluation!

Great news from Noble: she passed her fitness evaluation! She completed the requisite with 18 push-ups, 45 sit-ups, and 13:26 runtime for the mile and a half. She completed her written exam with an amazing 99% as well. She's all set to graduate and make her way to Language School!

No word on what language she'll study yet, but she's still gunning for Korean.

Her birthday is in a few days (July 28th) so if you have a second please drop a line and wish her a happy birthday!

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

The (slightly stale, sorry) latest from Noble

Last I heard from Noble, after she was recycled she passed the follow-up tests and is on schedule, except 2 weeks behind these blog updates. Her flight is being very kind to her and things are stressful, but not terrible. She could still use your support, so please drop her a line and let her know you are thinking of her!

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Week Eight - Graduation

--Airmanship and core values
--Formal retreat/Airman's coin ceremony
--Haircuts (for those men again)
--Technical school briefing (or Language school, in my case)
--Commander's departure briefing
--Town pass briefing
--Graduation

This week is also the week I'll be learning what language I'll be studying. I really hope I don't have to pick for myself, otherwise I will be in trouble, because I want to learn so many different languages. (May 1st Edit: I am now desperately hoping that I get assigned Korean. If I get assigned anything else I will be very unhappy.)

This has been a scheduled post.

Now, on with Language school!

Saturday, July 9, 2011

Week Seven - Airmanship

--Air Force history (because everyone should know their history)
--Combat stress recovery
--Sexual assault prevention and reporting
--Suicide awareness and prevention
--Financial management (because the US people tend to wallow in debt more often than not)
--Sexually transmitted diseases (really? It's the wicked world's fault I will have to sit through this.)
--Ethics
--Evaluation of drill, reporting, and courtesies
--PT (physical training) evaluation
--Written test

This has been a scheduled post.

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Week Six - The BEAST

--SERE (Survival Evasion Resistance Escape) (sounds like I'm training for an apocalypse/invasion/dystopia novel)
--Deployment briefing
--Basic Expeditionary Airman Skills Training (BEAST) (A week of essentially LARPing)

This has been a scheduled post.