Letters from Home

2 Weeks Down, 8 To Go!

We got home from a trip to Raleigh to not one, but TWO letters from Carey! I had been writing since left but had never mailed them because I was waiting to get his address.

He reports that he is doing well but not getting much sleep. Welcome to my world! Although sleeping in a large room with 59 other guys is probably just as hard or harder than sleeping with a 2 month old.

Most of the guys he is training with are much younger than he is and he says that they sort of see him as an uncle. He was even mistaken as a sergeant by a staff sergeant who thought he was in the wrong place. There are 9 other OCS candidates in his platoon so at least he does have some guys who will have things in common with him.

He's requested a lot more pictures so I am going to have to be good about taking more pictures of Sawyer and hopefully that will give me more fodder for the blog as well!

I am sure that he would love more letters. If you want to write him, the address is:

SPC. CASE, THOMAS
D CO. 1ST BN, 13TH INF. REGT.
2ND PLT
193RD BRIGADE
BUILDING 11,000 DIXIE ROAD
FORT JACKSON, SC 29207-5021

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