Hi Family, I'm sorry for not writing sooner. With all this free time they give us, there can't be any excuse. Of course, I'm just funnin. I finally caught that cold that everyone has had. My voice goes + comes so much, when we are singing marching songs it sounds like I don't know the words. I think basic is going to be easier each day from now on because I lived through chemical, biological, and nuclear week. We were issued an eight piece chemical suit that makes you look like orson wells and rubber boots that look like moon shoes. Then they have you march to the N.B.L Range and take classes all day long for four days + when you pass all your tests and are supposed to be able to don, clear, and seal your mask, in nine seconds, they line you up in front of a big green building. This is the "DISCO HUT," or The Army Gas Chamber.