ft. dix

So we finally made it to Ft. Dix. the even more exciting part of that is that our deployment has officially started. 397 days to go! haha yea, things are a good bit different here. Were still trying to figure out exactly how things will be but now that were on active duty things are a lot more strict. hopefully it wont get too bad but I guess Ill find out soon enough.
were in 4 man rooms here, which may be better than the open room from Ft. Mccoy (at Mccoy we had 2 20 man rooms, 1 downstairs and then i was upstairs). its very dorm like, since there are less females we are in 4man rooms but the guys are in 12 man rooms by squad. so everyone in my squad sleeps in the same room but me.. stinks to be a girl sometimes! but our entire company is on one floor plus some from another company.. this floor probably holds 200 of us? something like that. the only problem is that there are 2 female bathrooms, they each have 2 stalls and one shower head so were gonna have to get good at sharing. these girls who want to take 30 or 45 minute showers are going to get a wake up call. actually thy kind of have because the water will only stay warm for like 5 minutes.
the last night in ft. mccoy we got to go to Mccoys, the only bar on post. it was a lot of fun just getting to hang out, we were still in uniform but a lot of people ignored that. the bar had pool tables and a built in bowling alley plus the bar and dance floor, so there was lot for us to do, even those of us not drinking. it was funny watching everyone get out on the dance floor and do the cha cha slide and superman and all those other dumb choreographed dances. good times, its nice getting to make fun memories with these people too, not just training memories.
So i am now officially a probie. im on probation status with the SRT (special response team). its the military's version of SWAT. Ill go through a couple of months of "on the job training" with a good bit of pt and hazing thrown in for good mix. Im excited though because i want to be with the people who care and enjoy this stuff. that and i feel like all the training will give me and everyone around me a better chance of making it through all of this safely! im about to go grab dinner. hope all is well

by the way i apologize for not capitalizeing things and using proper grammar and stuff hope yall will be ok with that!