Today we went through the fire and maneuver course. Here is the 17 soldiers I train with before we started crawling.
We first learned how to search a car, how to handle a prisoner and how to run a check point. When we went through the fire and maneuver course the ground was dry dust, but it was afternoon and 90 degrees. By the time I had low crawled (flat on the ground, face in the dirt) and high crawled (head up) through the dust, most of us had mud on the front of our shirts. The sweat soaked through our shirts and made mud.
Days like this clearly show me the difference between being in shape and being a 20 year old. I can run, ride and do the PT test exercises very well because that's what I practice. Fire and maneuver and crawling through the dirt uses different muscles and a lot of sprinting. I was really breathing hard at different points in the exercise. I could tell I would be sore the next day. The 20 year olds, even those in not-so-good shape recover a lot better.
