Arrived at NIACT - Not quite a vacation spot

Well, if you ever watched the move Private Benjamin where she arrived in the barracks and said "surely there has been a mistake"..... I'm right there feeling the same way. There are about 40 of us in bunk beds connected to another barracks by a laundry and bath room area.





So, keeping in mind that there are potentially up to 80 guys in for training, there are about six showers, toilets and sinks and a few laundry machines. It was hot when we arrived and the temp was turned down and then in the middle of the night someone decided the A/C needed to be turned on,,,,, it's not A/C season in chilly South Carolina.





Needless to say I couldn't sleep on the rock-hard mattress and the pillow I had, and was lucky to find, was like a bag full of shoes it was so lumpy. So as if sleeping with 40 other folks snoring and whatnot in the same room wasn't difficult enough, another group arrived at around 3:00 in the morning. I knew last week the room I had at the BQ with a shared bath would be greatly missed this week.



I have to admit that leaving the cell phone home instead of packing it for the next few weeks was a BIG mistake. The other great discovery today was that for 60 or 70 guys sharing the six toilet stalls,,,, there was no toilet paper to be found and the PX on location didn't have any for sale. Not good when you're 30 miles from Wal Mart with no transportation. Eighteen more days here and then on to somehting different.