Airman Graham Update 4 :)

Hi everyone, well its 12:45 here on a Saturday and I got a call from Adam about an hour ago, while I was watching New Moon :)

He said he is doing fine, but anxious about BEAST week, which is Week 6, it starts tomorrow. BEAST Week, or Warrior Week, is when Adam's flight and 7 other flights go into actual combat situations. They get tested on all the skills that they have acquired over the past 6-ish weeks. So its basically simulated combat, they do all sorts of things, they live in tents, use their M-16's. From what Adam has told me, none of his TI's are with them, yes, they watch them in a tower, but this whole week is on them, the recruits. So I guess, all of the workers on Lackland act as "bad guys," where they are either terrorists or bombers, and the boys have to figure out how to combat against them, which sounds pretty cool in a way lol. Adam is excited to eat MRE's which are Meals, Ready to Eat, you pretty much just add water and it somehow heats up and makes food. He says the ones he has tasted are pretty good....lol silly boy. Anyway, I guess it's going to be a crazy week, but Adam just wants to get it over with.

Well, I FINALLY got my base ID this Thursday and I'm so happy! And I got signed up for TRIcare, which is medical insurance, and thank goodness that is done.

Earlier this week, I received a call from Adam saying that everyone on our "graduation list" got denied access to base for graduation. We were all devastated. Adam told us to call Security Forces and they will tell us why we got denied, mind you, I didn't have my base ID at the time so we were all freaking out. Anyway, we finally get a hold of someone at Security Forces and this guy was a TOTAL jerk, and refused to help us. He said the only thing we can hope to do is go to the visitors center when we arrived in San Antonio and hope to get a visitors pass. So my mom in law called the visitors center and they said that since we were denied, there is no way for us to get on base. So after all of this happened, Adam's mom, Cindy, was able to get a hold of the supervisor of that Security Forces jerk, thanks to her retired AF guy at work, and the supervisor found our paperwork and said that we filled it out wrong and that is why we got denied. UGH!!! Thankfully, Adam overnighted my Social Security Card and I received it on Thursday and Sandra and I booked it to the base to get my ID. I asked they guy there helping me, and he said that as long as I have my ID and I am driving the car I can get my family on base with no problem. So that is all worked out! but Whew, its been a crazy week!!!

Adam said they did the gas chamber in Week 4, which was the week before last and said it was hard but he got through it. He said he was happy he did it, but NEVER wants to do it again lol. And I guess they did the obstacle course too that week and he said it was crazy and very physical but he finished and was proud of himself.

So now they are finishing up Week 5 today, and he said it was mostly classroom work, which is hard because its very easy to want to sleep lol. He said he doesn't get much sleep because he is and EC (Entry Control) and has to watch over the dorms for 2 hours a night while everyone else sleeps, but he says he plans on sleeping as much as he can when he gets home. :)

So that's that! I'll give you guys and update when I have one. Week 6 starts tomorrow and I doubt I will get much mail lol, but Adam did say that he will write during his down time, if he can! so lets hope!

Have a good week everyone, and stay safe!

Airman Graham Updade 3-ish....lol

Hi everyone, I know its been a long time since I have posted, I have just had so much going on.

I have got a few letters in the mail in the past couple of weeks, so here is a little update.

Well last week was the official Week 3, also called "hell week" and man, they mean that literally. The entire had a hard week. Everyone got in trouble. Adam says that randomly throughout the 8 and a half weeks, during "chow time" they get called to the "snake pit. " The snake pit is where all the TI's sit when everyone eats. Anyway, Adam got called to the snake pit and had to answer questions, but he forgot to say his reporting statement (Sir/Maam, Trainee Graham, reports as ordered) so he got in big trouble. But it turned out that almost all the guys forgot to say the reporting statement, so they lost their phone calls for the week. :( So last Sunday, no call. But it happens, and we all are able to get through it. Adam did have his dorm inspections and PASSED! but he got in trouble for not putting his socks in the laundry bag and got a 341 pulled ( a 341 is a detention slip basically, and its inputted into the AF database) so Adam says if anyone wants to know his character as an Airman, they will see that he tends to forget about his socks. LOL that made me laugh.

I guess there is a lot of class time this week, and he says that the hardest thing is staying awake. Because he is an EC (which is where he has to watch over his flight for 2 hours while everyone sleeps) and he is an Academic advisor, or something to that effect lol, and he has to help all the other guys study. So needless to say, he doesn't get much sleep.

Also this week, he had to do "details" which is when they have to go somewhere and do grunt work. He was supposedly lucky to get the warehouse, but it turned out to be a horrible, they got in trouble the whole time and he said he never wants to do that again. Poor guys.

AND, I guess some guys from his flight was being stupid and were being loud so they lost their phone calls for this week too. So lame!

Oh and I guess a woman TI came up to him one day while he was standing in the line to get lunch and asks if he shaved, and he did, so he said yes, and then she said that he was calling her a liar, so he had to go and shave AGAIN! lol so I guess now he shaves twice a day. He says he tries his hardest to not get in trouble, but he keeps getting yelled at for small silly things. :( lol

Another thing we found out during Week 3 is that we won't know what his official job is till Week 8, which sucks, but we can't do anything about it. So lets just hope for the best!

I guess that Adam is kind of known as the positive guy in the Flight. He says at night he goes and shakes hands with most of the guys and tells them goodnight, and calls everyone buddy. He also says that he constantly tries to encourage everyone, and they all really appreciate it. LOL yep that sounds like my hubby!

Adam said that Texas is actually really pretty but BMT has ruined it for him, so he is anxious and happy about going to Mississippi for Tech School. But on the plus side, my best friend's boyfriend (soon-to-be husband :) ) Steven is going there also, so he is happy he has a friend going with him.

OH and a good bit of news!!! Adam was able to go to processing last Friday and was able to get all of our information sorted out, so thats great news!!! I'll finally be able to have insurance and get my base ID. But as the moto goes, Im sure we hurried up, just to sit and wait. So I'm not stressing it.

Well, its Friday of the official Week 4 now, and he said that Week 4 was supposed to be pretty easy, and nothing like Week 3, so he is excited. After this week, on Sunday, he will enter Week 5 and only 3 weeks to go till graduation!!! We are both soooo ready!!!

He says he misses everyone, he said to tell everyone hi and that he will be home soon! Please keep praying for him.