Kyle at Parris Island

Here's a couple of pictures we found on the Parris Island ezboard site yesterday. The man who took the pictures was nice enough to e-mail them to me because you couldn't just right click and save them to your computer. Anyway, Kyle has been at Marine Corps. boot camp in Parris Island, South Carolina since May 31st. He actually left our house on May 29th, so that is the last time we saw him. So, this is the first glimpse we've gotten of him since he left. (Kyle is the recruit in the middle on the picture with only three recruits visible.) There are 70 training days in boot camp, and today is Kyle's 48th training day, so he's over half-way thru. We also found out that Kyle is the best shooter in Alpha Co. There are six platoons in Alpha Co. so there are over 300 recruits total, and Kyle shot the best out of all of them. He will be getting a special award at his graduation on August 25th. Now he is concentrating on his Physical Fitness Test. He has to do 20 pull-ups, 100 sit ups (in 2 minutes) and run three miles in 18 minutes in order to receive a perfect physical fitness score of 300. He has the pull-ups and sit-ups down, it's the three miles that will be hard for him. Last week they all had to do pull-ups with a 50 lb. pack on their back. Kyle beat them all in that, also. He could do 10 of those. He can do about 23 pull-ups. He's always been in pretty good shape physically. Oh well, enough about Kyle - I'm just so excited for him so I thought I would share in my excitement! See ya all later. Barb