Michael Dunn's Blog

Didn’t get around to writing yesterday.  I went and donated blood and that is about it.  Today has been pretty miserable.   I’m sure you are getting tired of hearing me say that but the weather here is just awful.  Today it has been pouring almost constantly and we have been outside in it all day.  There is literally standing water covering the entire area behind the barracks.  It’s like a river.  The training today was a blast though.  We fired our M16’s on burst (pull the trigger once, 3 rounds come out), and lay down suppresive fire from a bunker.  Then, when night set in, we got to use M4’s.  They are a smaller, light weight version of the M16.  Used more for tactical situations but are becoming the standard as far as issued rifles.  They are pretty cool.  The ones we used tonight had night vision hooked up to them.  We got to fire using the night vision and tracer rounds.  It was quite an experience.  Twenty or so M4’s being fired on burst, all with tracer rounds, flares going off.  All this in the pitch black.  It was like the 4th of July on steroids.  It somewhat made up for the horrible weather.  I wish I could write more but it’s really late, all my gear is soaked, and I have to get ready for training tomorrow.  Talk to ya’ll soon.