I GOT MY BERET!

Blogger Peoples- 05 Aug 2010

Oh my gosh. I have so much to write about. I haven't written to y'all in awhile cuz I have been sick so I go to bed really early. But I am feeling better. I quit throwing up and I no longer have a fever. Didn't have to go to sick call either. (thank God)

Ok, so we got our Class A's! The pants, skirt, and jacket are being taylored right now. But we should be getting them back next week sometime. We got our ugly a**, shiny, black, dress shoes and we got our Berets!! It was an exciting moment. ;o) Gilchrist(m) (our recycle) showed me how to shave my Beret. It took me 30 min. and I'm still not done with it. I gotta do it 2 more times. Blah. We did U.S. weapons today. That was so much fun and we have COC tomorrow and phase change into blue on Saturday!

We are almost done. 21 more days till graduation...If I make it that far =/ We have our last PT test next Wednesday. I have been working out every night cuz our morning PT is a joke. I only need to cut off 28 seconds off of my run, 3 more push ups, and IDK how many more sit ups. Not very many though. PT tests are horrible. Especially when you get smoked for two hours the night before. Gah. I'm kinda nervous for it. But it's all good. I'm confident.

The FAB is starting on Thursday, that should be interesting. We are spending the night out in the field Thursday night and then we come back Friday evening. Drill and ceremony competition on Saturday, church on Sunday, FAB again Sunday afternoon until Tuesday. We have our 12k to the FAB and then 16k on the way back. It should be horrible.

I wish we were allowed to listen to music or at least sing cadence or something. All we do is march and yell "vehicle from the front/rear!!!" and drink water...it sucks like a Popsicle. Lol. Speaking of popsicle's...I might be eating a ice cream sandwich and Taco Bell on Sunday. We get a 5hr on base pass since we are phasing. :o)
But I don't know if I'm gonna eat Taco Bell cuz I have a PT test on Wednesday...=/ I dunno. I'll think about it.

Oh My Gosh!!!
16 days till my B-day!!

I'm excited. And I got my chapstick from my momma today. :o) That pretty much made my day. I can't believe basic is almost over. The next two weeks are gonna go by so fast cuz we have a frick ton of stuff to do. Our last week is going to be out processing and family day/graduation ceremony and drill practice. Pretty laid back. I'm pretty chill right now...'cept for my PT test. Not to excited about that. But, it will be chill. No worries. I am going to drink my Gatorade and go to bed...crap. I have to make my bed. We had linens today (we do every Thursday). Blah. I'll just do it in the morning. Ha ha. I haven't changed as much as I thought. I miss you all like crazy. I love you all and can't wait until family day when I get to see my Momma and my Daddy and get Chinese food and have a BBQ. Oh yeah. Lol. Love and kisses.

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Dear Blog Readers,
I gotta make this short and sweet cuz we gotta go to bed an hour early cuz we got a PT test tomorrow.

I cut off all of my hair. I mean all of it. I will send a picture of it to my madre when I get my phone and she (with the help of the kids) can put it on here for y'all to see. It's super cute" Ha ha. We actually had fun today at the salon with DS Thigpen. She is pretty chill when she is not angry. Lol.

Night fire again tomorrow! I'm excited! Maybe I will get to see fire flies again! I am in love with them. They make me happy. Ha ha. Lights out. I'm going to bed. Miss you all like crazy.

Love, Victoria

WHITE PHASE baby.

Oh yeah, I could get used to this...

Love, Victoria

BRM Today!!

BRM = Basic Rifle Marksmanship 13 July 10

BRM WAS AWESOME today! I was one of the first people to qualify (and I was also the first female soldier). Hehe. I'm so proud of myself. :o) We had to qualify in groupings before we could do anything else for BRM. It was fun. Things are pretty crazy here. It's hot. Like 110 degrees outside today. We had two people pass out from heat exhaustion. Me and Aston(m) took care of them though. We had to wrap them in ice sheets and keep an ice pack on their necks and wrists. I felt like a doctor. Lol.

We had some crazy drama going on in our bay tonight. Brew(f) and Dailey(f) (f stands for female and m stands for male) cuz when I'm telling stories it's hard to tell if they are male or female based on their last name. But anyways, they pretty much hate each other so they are always talking s*** to each other. So Dailey(f) decides to "confront" Brew(f). "Confront" in Dailey's language means "kick some a**". It was lovely. DS Vaughn came in screaming and broke the fight up. Oh the things that go on in the female bay.

But other than that, It's been a pretty good day. I started my laundry today. I hate doing laundry. Especially here. Imagine 200 dirty stinky privates fighting over 8 washing machines and 10 dryers. Yeah it's scary. OK I have now fallen asleep 4 times now while writing this. So I'm going to bed. I love you all and miss you like crazy.

Love,
Victoria

From the Mom

Just so you know the last three posts were one letter. I had to break it up because it was so long. You need to start with the one that says Ice Cream Sandwiches part one. Then Ice cream sandwiches continued. And lastly, Ice cream sandwiches the end. Also, Victoria does not have internet access! She sends me the letters and posts them. She wants you all to be able to know what she is doing while there.
:o) RaGayla

Ice Cream Sandwiches the End

I MISS MY SWEEDISH FISH!
Everyone thinks that I am addicted to them (I told them that I was and they said that I have a serious problem). My DS said that it is very likely that I am addicted to the Red40 in them. I think I'm just addicted cuz they taste good.

I MISS MY LATE NIGHT ADVENTURES!

This portion of my blog letter is dedicated to my late night adventure friends, including but not limited to:
Kelsi (Dear Lovely)
Chelsea
John
matt
Keith
and whoever else had late night adventures with us.

This, here at basic, is an adventure, but it's not as fun cuz y'all aren't here with me. :o(

I miss everyone like crazy. I love getting letters and our DS doesn't make us do push ups for them cuz they don't like to sit there and wait while we do them. SO SEND ME LOTS OF LETTERS! I love getting them. It always puts me in such a good mood. When I got my three part letter from my Dear Lovely I was in a super good mood so my DS gave me a nick name. Can anyone possibly guess what that nick name was? That's right. She called me BUBBLES! I could have hugged her right then and there. But my life and health are too important to me. Lol. But anyways, like I said, write me letters. And send me pictures. I feel like I am missing out on a lot of stuff. So send me some pictures and it will make me feel less out of the loop. :o)

I know some of y'all already have my address but for those of you who don't:

PVT Arbogast, Victoria
G 1/19 FA 1st PLT
5970 S. Boundary Rd.
Ft. Sill, Ok 73503

My DS kindly asks that we inform everyone that I am to receive NO:
Naked pictures
Edible items
Bombs/weapons
Reading materials/books
otherwise I get in trouble do a frick ton of push ups and get a counseling statement. Which by the way I am starting a "counseling statement collection" with all the ones I have so far. It's stupid. I get them for dumb stuff. Like my hair was too stylish and my shirt wasn't tucked in. It's Ruh-tarted, but whatever.

I really am going to bed now. I am tired. We had an 8k Ruck march to the gas chamber today, then we took a little trip through the chamber and back. Pretty laid back day but I'm still exhausted.

But I love y'all and miss you like crazy. Don't miss me too much K?

XOXOXOXOXO
Victoria

GOOD NIGHT :O)

Ice Cream Sandwiches Continued

I FREAKIN' MISS YOU ALL!!! But I'm having fun. I am going to church tomorrow. It is so awesome. It's like our youth group but triple the size. We sing all the songs we do at home and the Pastor is awesome. It's awesome. I've been saying awesome a lot. You know why? Because here at basic the only words you are allowed to use are:
"yes/no DS"
"at ease!"
"permission to pass formation DS"
"In cadence!"
"Ah-ooh ah-ooh. SPARTANS prepare for glory!"
(and my personal favorite)
DS: "Arbogast, what the h*** are you doing?"
Me: "Standing at attention DS"
DS: "Oh really?"
Me: "Yes DS"
DS: "that's funny because to me it looks like your'e just being a dumb a**."
Me: "That's because I am a dumb a** DS"
DS: "Good job Arbogast. I'm proud to know that the dumb a** is at least smart enough to know it is a dumb a**."
Me: "Thank you DS."
DS: "That was not a compliment and quit thanking your DS Privates! Hey dumb a**?"
Me: "yes DS?"
DS: "Front leaning rest position, MOVE. In cadence."
Me: "In cadence."
DS: "Exercise. 1-2-3-..."
And that's all the talking that we are allowed to do. So with the lack of talking that I am doing my vocabulary is diminishing. So now the only word that I have left to us is "awesome". Lol. Well I'm gonna go to sleep now. Fire guard just came by and got mad cuz I'm still awake. But what ever. I don't like her any way. She is one of those hypocritical drill privates that talk their little booty's off in formation but then the second anyone else starts talking, turns around and tells you to "lock it up". I want to punch her. But whatever. DS doesn't like her either. She is rude. But Jesus loves her. So maybe I'll be nice to her. Maybe. Lol. But for reals, I got to go to bed. I have fire guard for the last shift which means I will be up an hour before everyone else. Blah. =/ To be continued tomorrow...