Today, we flew on a helicopter to head to an island for tomorrow's memorial service. We will be honoring two young men who gave the ultimate sacrifice last year. It will be a remembrance memorial service.
I've never flown in a chopper before so I was pretty excited. It makes number two on my list of cool transportation in the military, the first being a B-1 Bomber. Yeah baby! Anyway, so the chaps and I got to ride in the chopper for just about a half hour to forty-five minutes.
The view was really cool. It's not much different from an airplane but it was still so exciting! We got to see little islands. I have to say, the view was quite beautiful.
The camp is very small and very quiet. I actually like it. Not many people, laid back, and you're not surrounded by brass (meaning pretty shiny ranking officers). Everyone here is mission-oriented. Get the job done and relax. Do your work. But you can have a life too. It's not as uptight as my camp. You don't have to look over your shoulder to see who's watching.
I won't talk about it much more than that, but I will say that my first few hours are pretty cool. We'll have the memorial service in the morning. Will talk about that tomorrow.
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