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07/03/2010: "Happy 4th!"
A couple weeks ago my class got told that we had some tasking related to combatives (Army hand-to-hand combat). We didn't really get told what it was for. when it was, what we would really be doing... Just something related to combatives. Okay.
Wednesday we find out that the tasking is on the 2nd of July (which is a holiday for us) which caused problems because most of the people were going out of town for the weekend. Me being car-less, I was still going to be available. Okay. We still didn't know exactly what we were going to be doing until Thursday after class.
So, Friday evening we got to put on a little demonstration during the 4th of July festivities on post (yes, they do their little shindig on the 2nd). And so we stand around waiting for a crowd to gather... we weren't exactly in the best location for a crowd to gather because we were located away from a lot of stuff... except for some random vehicles sitting around and a weapons demonstration. The sound of small arms fire and random explosions was not fun.
So, we're standing around waiting for a crowd to gather... which wasn't happening. Eventually the academy's First Sergeant wanders by, and makes sure that we do at least one demonstration. Well, as soon as we start doing something, audience magically appears. Go figure. We just demonstrated some of the basic fighting positions and some ways to break someone's arm. Then a couple of matches. Being the only female, the combatives instructor (who was running the thing) wouldn't let me roll. :(
Stuck around for fireworks (after getting out of uniform). I now remember why I have never really liked them. *shrug*