CH-BOLC Phase 2 Week 2

This was a pretty boring week. We began the week with a day off from PT as the other three platoons had their PT test, which meant I got to sleep in and not show up until 8:20. The rest of the day consisted of boring classes. On Tuesday, my platoon took the PT test. I did better than expected, scoring 237 points, with 62 PUs, 51 SUs, and a 15:45 two mile run. Hopefully I can improve on that a little bit between now and the final PT test which is only two weeks away. Thursday we took a trip to Paris Island, which I felt was pretty pointless. We were given a tour of the depot by the Navy chaplains, but really didn’t get to see any actual training. I had been to Paris Island before so I wasn’t too impressed. We ate in a trainee Mess Hall. Marine Corp chow is about like Army chow when produced in mass quantities, edible but tasteless.  Friday was an easy day, as the class was split up by platoons. Sunday I attended three chapel services, which completes all my chapel visits except for the Muslim service.

First week of CH-BOLC Phase 2

Just finished my first week of CH-BOLC Phase 2 here at Ft. Jackson. It was a long and busy week. I arrived on Sunday at around 12:00 and went directly to the Clothing Sales to get some needed items. After that I went to the Chaplains School, where I spent the next several hours in-processing. After being released from the school at around 17:30, I headed back for the hotel. I hadn’t even gotten settled in before we had a platoon meeting in the hotel conference room, where I was assigned to a squad, and paired up with a battle buddy. The rest of the week was pretty much classes, with the exception of Tuesday which was a trip to Charleston, SC where we had classes on ramp ceremonies, and a ferry boat ride to Fort Sumter.

Next week will probably be more of the same, with a trip to Paris Island on Wednesday. I don’t know what we will actually be doing there, but I am sure it will beat sitting in the classroom. PT has been pretty good so far. Muscle development days really make you work, and on run days we have went between 2 and 3 miles. Nothing too bad. On Tuesday I will take my diagnostic PT test. I am still a little worried about the run, but I think I will be okay.

Looking forward to the rest of training, and can’t wait to get this part of the chaplaincy journey behind me

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