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I just got a really nice letter from Gavin at boot camp.
His platoon won the phase one march off between all the platoons in the company and he is really proud. Earlier that day (May 3) he had passesd all the exercises on the physical training test by a very good percentage and just has to maintain his level of fitness to pass boot camp. At 5:15 am he did 46 push-ups, 51 sit-ups and a two mile run and was done at 5:29.
He has great fun on the obstacle course (not sarcasm - he loves the rope climb, hurdles, fence jumps, barbed wire crawls, etc...)
His drill sarge is even proud of them, and said they were the fastest platoon to learn the phase one march, and did it the best he had seen since he had been a drill sarge. This experience is very good for Gavin - and I knew he was ready for it.
He attributes the success to the great teamwork within his platoon - how they all pull together and support each other without putting anyone down when they mess up.

I just got a really nice letter from Gavin at boot camp. His platoon won the phase one march off between all the platoons in the company and he is really proud.

Thats great Valerie! You should be really proud as well. Gavin just might make Special Forces after all!