Got another letter from my boy today. I can't tell when he wrote it, but it was early this week. He said he had one sleepless night (only four hours was allotted, and he had firewatch, whatever that is), but he'd only screwed up a few times and hadn't yet gotten into any real trouble for it.
He assured us he had made the right decision and that he was fine.
They might just make a Marine out of him yet. ;-)
Those letters are priceless, aren't they?! How are YOU? LOL!
We had a distant relative graduate just yesterday!!! Mine made Cpl. last week, didn't tell us, came home yesterday, met up with us at a social affair, and I wasn't sure what I was looking at on his sleeve. Thought I was seeing double. Kind of a twilight zone thing. LOL!
While the unit is sleeping, there are generally a couple of folks walking firewatch. They roam around the barracks guarding weapons, preventing theft and mischief, and looking out for fire and other emergencies.
It's basically for accountability. If something goes wrong during the night, the drill instructors have someone to blame. :-)
I believe it's generally a one-hour shift.