Well, graduation is over and Chris has started AIT at Fort Sill. He said he is training to be a forward scout (officially "forward observer") as part of a 3-man team. The "family day activities" included demonstrating some of the training they had received (exercises, unarmed combat, attacking an armed enemy's post, etc.) It was all very educational and, after seeing the changes in my son, I feel a whole lot better about this whole thing! I met several of his platoon-mates and can tell immediately that there is a brotherhood bond among these men.
His AIT is 6 weeks and, assuming he graduates from that, he has requested (in order) Germany, France, Italy, Ft. Carson for his "permanent" posting. We'll see what happens.
Here's some pics!
