It is currently the end of day 4 of EFMB train up. EFMB is the expert field medical badge. It's a very tedious training event designed for army medical personnel that results in being rewarded a little badge that looks like this:
That may not seem impressive, but that little piece of shiny for my uniform means a lot to me and other Army medical peeps.
This is round 2 for me at EFMB. I attended one at Fort Lewis in 2009 and made it through all the lanes without a hitch and then went ahead and failed the last task: the 20k foot march. Time allotted is 3 hours or less and I finished 6 freaking minutes too late. But I'm not bitter or anything...
Anyhow, I'm out here again trying for this badge at good old Fort Campbell. It's been hot, muggy, humid and stormy-- everything you could ask for in a Kentucky Spring. Another lovely thing about Fort Campbell this time of year is the massive population of ticks living in the woods.
I am also living in the woods.
In the past 4 days I have plucked 25 ticks off my body... that is a conservative guess. Some of these nasty little vectors are so small they make gnats look big. Others are big with flailing little red arms and white dots on their gross little bodies. I find them on my clothes, in my clothes, on my body and attached to my body. I've found so many I feel phantom ticks crawling on me constantly. I see them tactically moving through the grass waiting to hop on board and feast on my blood. I'm tick paranoid and it's all down hill from here seeing as I have 10 more days before EFMB commences.
So WHEN (please Jesus let me get the badge this time so I never have to do this crap again) I earn the EFMB, I think a free dose of Lyme Disease is going to accompany it .
After all, who doesn't like free stuff!?!? Thanks Army!!
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