Of real (handwritten!) news

Hey all - this is Carmen, Kyle's girl friend. A letter arrived today, and he wanted part of it posted.

"It is amazing how much has changed even in just a couple weeks. I don't have much time to write because the senior DI has me doing work for him all the time. The platoon has most of the guys from the Sacramento MEPS, which is nice. I was a squad leader in the Receiving Company, but have been changed to the Head Scribe in the Training Platoon. It's a good job. I get out of being IT'd (getting "smoked" as some people term it) because the head scribe is like the "teacher's pet" position. Not that I haven't been IT'd, course I have, just not as much as others. Today is T-7 out of 70. A long ways to go, but we've come a long ways too. The platoon is starting to come together as nrothers. It's really nice to see and be part of. Things are always on a "hurry up and wait" routine so there is lots of time to think but little time to actually do anything. Hopefully we'll be getting some free time soon, and I can write more. For now, I need to get back to my assigned mission."