Update: Where I was the Past Month
It has been a while since I have posted on here, and for that I have been sorry. However, I thought I would give everyone an update on what I have been doing the past month or so.
I just recently spent a month at Ft. Lewis Washington at the Leadership Development and Assessment Course (LDAC). This is the course all Cadets must go to before being comissioned as officers in the United States Army. The course evaluates a 
cadet’s potential as an Army Officer, during a simulated “deployment.” While the evaluation can be a tad subjective, and requires grading something intangible such as leadership, each cadet leaves with a ranking. I received the highest of the three rankings: E (Exceeds the Standard), and was in the top 5 for both my Platoon and Company. I also received “go’s” on all the other tested events (Land Nav: Day, Night, Written Tests, PT Test, etc.)
One day of the course was devoted as what I can only describe as the Army’s version of a career fair. Basically all the branches (read jobs) the Army has set up tents and we could walk around to view the presentations from the branches we were interested in. I went to the Infantry, Armor, Engineer, and Quartermaster Tent (for my mom and Liza). This day only made me more certain that I wish to be an Infantry Officer. I will know this news sometime in late October or early November.
After I came back from LDAC, I spent a few days down in Bloomington starting to get my stuff ready to move to an apartment in Mid-August. Then it was off to the Coke Lot, for my friend Jeff’s Bachelor Party. My cousin Mike came with us, and I have reblogged one story from that weekend earlier. It was great to hang out with Jeff again, and the weekend was just like one we would have had in Bloomington had he never left.
Now I’m getting ready for another trip. When I was in the field at LDAC I received a letter from Liza (my girlfriend) that said her mom had booked me a ticket to Cancun with them. They left on Sunday, but since her and her mom knew I had the Bachlor Party, and would need a recovery day, I fly out tomorrow. We will get back late Saturday night. I’m looking forward to this trip, and am sure to have many stories.
