A gym friend of mine from West Grove was thrilled and relieved to receive a letter from her son, who just started Army basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
He said he's meeting nice people from all over the country, he finds the mental rigor harder than the physical challenges so far, and he misses his family. He also said he has two nice drill sergeants.
"I was like, WHAT?!" said my friend. "They must have been standing over him making him write that."
I looked at Fort Jackson's website to learn about the lad's experiences, and the person who wrote the copy clearly is a master of understatement: "The Army trains for about 12-14 hours a day, Monday through Saturday. We try to avoid too much sitting in a classroom...but it does happen. We also spend a little bit of time outside; getting some fresh air and, when the opportunity presents itself, a little exercise."
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