Basic Training 10 Days Deep

I'm in.

I'm in the heart of the country and you know what I feel the love.

The army is going incredible for me.

I wake up a little before 5am everyday when the stars are still shining brightly.
What a sight!

Then half of my unit join together for prayers in the army base's synagogue.

Then the day moves on to all kinds of training. From running, to push ups, and other exercises. Then we get weapon training, and all kinds of classes on all kinds of topics like safety, and history lessons on wars Israel has been through.

My faveorite part of the army are the people I've met.
I share a tent with 11 other incredible guys.


One of the guys is from Harvard, the funniest person ever! He brightens my day dearly!
Another guy, is from Scotland. He's blond with blue eyes, 6 foot something and a convert. He prays 3 times a day, puts on his tefillin, and get this... he's gay!
At least for me, that's an eye opening experience! He's actually one of the coolest people ever!

Im going to hang out with him tonight and a bunch of guys from the base. (We got out early from the army today).

I could go on about all the other guys, but all in time.

It's not all rainbow's and butterfly's.
The army definitely can get challenging.
We sleep in a tent.
We're always on the go, and have NO CONTROL!!
We are always told what to do.
You can't just sit down when you want, you're told what to wear and when to wear it, when to shave, o yeah and I carry an m-16 (a gun) everywhere including to bed! It's literally under my mattress when I sleep! I have to take it to the shower, bathroom, and to lunch, everywhere! It's like being in a serious serious relationship minus the whole going to the washroom together thing, and my gun doesn't speak or listen, and it's not human... ok so it's not like being in a relationship...

It's just always around, and if you get caught without it. BIG TROUBLE.

We don't get too many opportunities to use the phone, we eat good food- buffet style- however it's usually the same stuff (for example lunch alternates from hot dogs or shnitzel with rice, tons of vegetables and salads, white bread, potatoes, pasta, and more).

But hey, it's just a phase in life.

Ultimately I'm happy I signed up.
It's a fun experience and I'm learning a lot.

I would have never met these people otherwise, I'm also learning a lot about managing people by seeing how the army conducts it's enormous self, I'm pushing myself in a totally new direction, and ofcourse I'm serving the mother land.

So far so good!

Time to go out and enjoy myself!

LO
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Adam Ezekiel