Summer on an army base

A Summer Spent On An Army Base.





































The grade I turned sixteen, I spent the summer at Fort Campbell in Kentucky. The Army had my uncle Christopher, whom I call Bubby, stationed there. He enlisted in the army over 20 years ago. timid of how the summer would go, I could not help but love what would happen. The prototypal day that I arrived I had to go to the innovation office and get a picture ID pass, so that I could go to and from the base.

I spent the first week sightedness and visiting places outside of the base. We went to this farmers market and right by the gateway was a cow. The cow stood about 15 ft elevated and as long as a semi truck trailer. The cow, white in color with patches of black had a stab of pale pink. A black collar with a ecesis bell hung from its neck. I had never seen a cow this double before. We visited many Army stores and flea markets. The flea markets there have a wholly different set up and different merchandise whence around here. I could find just about anything I wanted there. The one vender that I clearly remember, an previous(a) lady who had a small terrier mixed dog had a missing leg selling handmade quilts and knick-knacks.



One quilt about the size of a twin blanket and pattern with squares of red, white, green, blue and yellow caught my eye. That quilt is the only thing that I bought down there that I still have. The rest of the summer I spent with my uncle on the base, learning with him and the men on a lower floor his command.

At 5:30 a.m. every morning I would get up and start the day. We would go to the barracks and get everyone up. The first thing we did was run five to ten miles on an uphill, descending(prenominal) course. After the run we would go into a different training area. One of the training exercises consisted of propelling out of a helicopter. The men have to propel down a line that dangled xv to twenty feet from the ground. All I could hear was the blades making a swishing...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com



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