Weekend at Drill!

Had drill this weekend and got promoted to Sergeant!!! I just went to the month long training called Basic Leaders Course (BLC) down in Nebraska last month. It was very different than the training I am used to. But I really loved the military-classroom environment.
I am in a new unit and definitely had my reservations, but I am getting to know my fellow Soldiers and learning how their unit runs.

We made a huge Thanksgiving meal for our troops with 7 hot items! There was barely any room in the ovens or stove tops but I was super proud to see my kitchen working together and over coming challenges. As cliche as it sounds, it is true. Yes they came to me with a bunch of questions, but I just told them to be creative and figure it out. Which I hated to hear when I was in their place.

This promotion means a lot to me. I have been working towards it for the past 6 years and am very glad to check it off my list! Being in the leaderships role is way more difficult than I expected being that the good and bad falls on me... but I’ll just have to take the challenges as they come.