Monday Nov.1st 2010

6Am..Im out at the Range, freezing my butt off, making 4 dollars an hr. Why did I sign up for this??..LOL..I was woke up at 4am and told I had duty squad at the Range. So I didnt have to go to PT. Me George,Killebrew and DS Reidel drove all the way to the range and set up equipment, in full battle rattle! So now we are handing out Ammo all day. So boring. At least its a pretty day out. The sun is just rising! We have 2 more hrs before anyone gets here, so we are just talking Story.
3PM..We are finally back. Today was boring but I got to pretty much have the day off from training. So Im not going to complain. When we have a lot of down time, I think alot and my mind wanders. I think about my past, my future and what Im doing at that exact moment. It sucks being so lost and having no one toturn to for help. This whole experience has really changed my attitude towards life in general. There are a lot of things I have taken for granted, including my friends and family. This whole thing has made me a better man and as much as I wish I wasnt here...Im glad I am! I hope that makes some sense. What Ive realized from this blog, what started as a Basic Training Journal of a Soldiers day to day, has turned into a place where I can vent and pour my entire heart into, for the whole world to see. Its weird but it has become very therapeutic. .....Im gonna go try and clean my rifle and get ready for chow. Write more later.
8PM..I just got 3 letters from Mom. Since Killebrew has been messing up bad, the stupid team leaders have assigned me to be his Babysitter..UGH! Im gonna close early. I love you Guys..Good Night:)........Thomas Fonville

Sunday Oct. 31st 2010-Happy Halloween!!

Sunday is finally here! These weeks are beginning to fly by! Im gonna try and make this a long update. We are now starting week 5. This is my 9th week away from home. Its been a long way and a lot has changed. But Im here, alive and better than Ive ever been! It was scary being on my own at first, but I quickly learned to adapt. After losing the reason I joined in the first place I wanted to quit! Then I realized Im here for a different reason. Im here so I can better myself in everyway. Im here so I can grow up, Im here because I didnt wanna end up doing the same stuff Ive been doing for yrs. Ill be home soon and going straight into school, and bettering myself even further! Maybe me and Kaili didnt work out because God is leading me to make another girls life better. I try and look at the positive side of things. I miss her, I miss my old friends, I miss my old life but things are going to be better, I know it! AHHH!!  We just got Smoked for laying across our bed! ...Anyway Happy Halloween!! Really wish I could be with my friends! Last Halloween I was downtown in Waikiki, Having The Time Of  My Life!!! Now Im hoping to at least get a phone call:) I cant wait til Family Day and cant wait to get back home. Im still  unsure of what to expect. I dont know if I have any friends left, I dont know where Im going to be staying,..But I pray everyday that I'll be just fine and make everyone proud!
 I love you Mom. Thank you for updating all of this for me. Your letters make this a little easier and I save every one and I read them over.
8PM
 Well I got to talk to Mom and Dad. Even if its only for a few mins. It still made my day!:) Someone rear ended my car, luckily it was their fault, so no worries. Its funny, my plates are still Washington plates. Im still unsure if I'll even be going to Washington. I really want to be attending Everett still, but I cant do it without Kaili. ..Who knows..maybe I'll find a new roomate. ..Well Im feeling pretty sick right now and have a 30 min AGR run tomorrow morning. I didnt fill out a sick call slip, so hopefully they let me go. I Cant Stop Coughing!!! This place sux! Its literally like a prison! Some of our guys say they had it better at County Lock-Up...Why did we volunteer for this??? LOL...Well Im gonna try and get to bed early. Please write me if you read this.:)
Love All Very Much.. Pray For Me
PV2 Fonville

Saturday Oct. 30th 2010

Right now we are relaxing on the Bay after a great day yesterday. No fire guard last night and got my locker cleaned. We went to the LOMAH range (location of misses and hits). We shot at targets, 175 to 300 meters away.They try and get us good at shooting over 200 meters away.In Afghanistan most of our targets will be around 300 m away or more. Yesterday I impressed the hell out of DS Hunter and Hall.Today Ds Liliy was watching me shoot the whole time. He said Im a great shot and that I have potential to shoot Expert:) He even yelled to DS Reidel, "Farmville may qualify expert!" Out of 40 rounds shots, I made 37. I hit all of my 175 m. targetsat center mass and missed 3 on the 300. 300 Meters you can barely see the target..lol..We go to the PX tomorrow. Gotta get stamps. Im completely out. Anyway Im gonna close early. I have all day to write tomorrow. Love You All, Pv2 Fonville

Friday Oct. 29th 2010

Today has been a great day! I found out I'm a fairly good shooter. I impressed the hell out of my Sr DS I grouped and zeroed in 10 rounds. I really had no idea what I was doing. I just did what they said. I aimed my red dot at the center of the white and all of rounds landed in the black:) He put his hand on my shoulder and ask If I had fired M4 before? I said, Ive never fired a rifle in my life! He said hes gonna keep his eye on me and to keep doing what Im doing. I was really happy! Firing those rifles is fun. They're super loud and jerky..not a bad kick but it jerks. If you look at the pic of me and Geary doing push ups you can see my M4 rifle. After the range we had the Pugil competition, we got 2nd place. Oh I almost forgot we had a huge run for PT this morning. We ran 4 miles in 32 mins. I didnt have much faith in myself, but I did so well! I stayed within the first 4 ranks the entire time and it was a breeze. The constant training is actually working. Anyway I got my mail today from Brenda and Dad & Mom. Mom sent some pics and Dad got my ticket home.It topped a great day! While we were at the range we got to buy a gatorade and power bars from the "gut truck". So effin delicious! Oh and since that whole DS A-hole incident, everyone from our Company calls me "funny man"..lol...Well Im gonna close. I'll write personal letters on Sunday. Hope this holds you guys over until then. Thank you for all the support. It really helps. Good night:)

Thursday Oct. 28th 2010

Yesterday I didnt get to finish writing. Some terrible stuff happened last night. We were in final CQ formation. The A-hole DS that got in my face on that first day, was CQ for the night. Out of nowhere he looks at me and says, "whats effin funny pvt"? I thought he was talking to someone behind me cause I definitely wasnt laughing! But he was talking to me. He said come stand in front and tell everyone whats so damned funny, "Funny Man"!!!  I stood there in front of the whole Company and told him I wasnt laughing! He said if I dont tell him a joke he would Smoke my platoon for 45 mins. til lights out!! I was shaking but I told him a joke and everyone laughed but him. He said I was a Retard and I wouldnt amount to anything in the military. He ask my whole Company, "who thinks I should punch this Retard in the throat so he cant spread his seed and disease to the rest of the world"? NO one said a word! Everyone knew that I had did nothing wrong. They all know how disciplined I am. Oh and just so you know..during CQ, its just the one DS. Everyone else goes home. If my DS were there they would have stopped him. He got in my face and screamed at me to tell him a joke. But at that point I was so enraged that I couldnt. His breath smelled of chewing tobacco and he sprayed me with his spit. He then made me watch as my platoon did push ups for 15 mins! He yelled and ask if I was really that useless!!Our PG then yelled out"ask him the Infantrymans creed"!! Hicks, our PG,knows that I know my stuff when it comes to things weve learned. DS A-Hole said, if I could sound off with the Soldiers creed, Infantrymans creed and Army Song perfectly, he would let my platoon go!! I immediately did all 3 perfectly and I screamed it at the top of my lungs!!! After 45 mins of standing there shaking in anger he let us go!! My entire Platoon supported me and helped calm me down. They knew I didnt do anything..What made me so upset, was the fact that he wouldnt let my platoon go. Even after I pleaded with him to let them go and make me pay!! I cried my eyes out when I got upstairs, but Hernandez helped me understand that he is an Ass and hes not targeting me..hes mad at our platoon because we are always at the top of our game!

Wednesday Oct. 27th 2010

Today we had Combatives for PT. As I was laying there, I realized that the moon was still out, when most of you were still sound asleep in your beds, Im doing PT under the stars..LOL..Ridiculous! After PT we spent 3 hrs marching and doing D&C  at our graduation field. Its been ridiculously hot here, 95 degrees with crazy humidity. Agter the D&C we do Pugil competition to decide who from our platoon would be fighting the other platoons. Geary made it all the way to the finals but ended up losing to Hillman. Its 5PM and we are cleaning the Bay and waiting to go to Chow. We have the Eagle tower tomorrow, the big tower you repel down. I wont be going to range til Friday. Im sorry my updates are so bland. I dont find much time to write.when I do everyone bugs me..lol..Im gonna relax a bit and finish updating later.....................Anyway today we had a 5 mile Ruck March. It started to pour rain.It was crazy pretty! They made me wear a red chem light because Ive lost over 15 lbs in 2 mos. Its an excessive amount in a short amount of time. Well Ive got to close, lights out in a few. Love you guys got rifle range all day. I'll try to write a lot tomorrow.

Tuesday Oct. 26th 2010

Im sitting in the Dentist office right now. I waited outside of our Company for 3 hrs, while the rest of the Company was out at the shooting range. Its nice here in the dentist office.Me. Renteria, Tako form Hawaii, Wahiawa, Mililani and Johnson are here together. We even get to watch Tv here. Its ESPN. I dont care too much for Sports but its better than nothing! I guess I have a tiny cavity they want to fill. Might as well!

9PM Sorry that last part got cut off, they called me in. It was really relaxing. This sweet young girl (the dental asst.) was talking to me for awhile. She was 21 and just graduated 6 mos. ago. She was a bit flirty..lol..But it was nice. I listened to Fallout Boy and she rubbed my hand til I fell asleep. I got like 6 shots in my gums. Im still super numb! Turns out I have 2 cavities.One that is too tiny to worry about now. They said get it taken care of when I get home. The other one got filled. Now we are super bored waiting for our Company to get back. Crappy part is we cant go in our Bay. Well Im gonna walk around a bit. Hopefully they come back soon.
8PM....Well they got back 2 hrs ago. Geary zeroed in 15 shots and thats good. Garcia has to go back tomorrow so he will be with me. My teeth hurt:( Im in a pretty good mood today and dont feel down anymore. I think getting out and talking to civilians reminded me that there is a whole other world outside of these walls. It felt good to be noticed, even when it was only slightly. I just did PT, we did legs today. Fickling scored 300 on Pt test=perfect and is training Geary and I.Hes helping Geary bulk up and helping me get cut. I really need to shower..lol..I love you all..Mom, Dad, Nick, Cindy, Brenda, Amber and Mike and Mandy..And anyone else taht reads this. More tomorrow. Shower time..Meoww