jrtc adventure day 2

I am exhausted.  Today was  long day of meetings and briefings, the majority of which, I admittedly did not understand.  Lots of piloty lingo and jargon, I'm sure that my facial expression was somewhat like a curious dog's when they hear something strange...you know, cocked to the side quizzically.  But I made it.  And even managed to glean some useful information from it.  Next time, I'll find a Military Jargon-to-English dictionary, or maybe hire an interpreter.  In the meantime, my brain is oozing out of my left ear.

I did get the opportunity to meet a handful of the awesome aircrew members, they all seem to really enjoy what they do.  I can't say that I saw anyone that seemed like they didn't want to be there, which is remarkable considering they had a 4+ hours-long series of briefings. Tomorrow kicks off the actual flying portion of the exercise and it seems like they have a very busy several days in store.  More to come on all of that tomorrow when we get to the flying.

In other news, I came to the sad realization this morning that I brought my iPod, but no headphones.  And with tomorrow's super early show time for the flight, and my unwillingness to make the trek back to Wal-mart tonight after I already went to purchase what ending up being a dissapointing frozen lasagna, I can't say that I'll be remedying that problem anytime in the next 24 hours.

Well it's time for me to pack my stuff so I can head to Fort Polk tomorrow, eat the Ben & Jerry's (which I'm sure won't be as disappointing as the lasagna), and then head to bed.

However, as promised, here's the flight sim photo from yesterday's post:

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="658" caption="Here's the photo of the KC-135 simulator flight I posted about yesterday. The man on the right is Bill, a flight sim instructor at Scott AFB. He was very patient with me and my flying inexperience. Thanks, Bill!"][/caption]