Reed's Team Week

Monday begins Reed's eighth week of recruit training. At this point he is over half-way through his training and in the last week of Phase 2 (there are 3 phases so he's on the downhill side). By this point, Reed has completed weapons training and has a thorough understanding of weapons safety rules and deadly force (eek!), and this week he'll be on guard duty around the barracks as part of his Interior Guard training. I'm not sure what that means but it sounds important. This is also the week where the recruits get to prove to the drill instructors that they are worthy of becoming Marines. On Saturday he will complete a 7.5 mile conditioning march dressed out in full gear and toting equipment. This march is one of the last conditioning marches he will have to go through prior to the Crucible (more on that to come!).