Shaun poses next to our cooking area
Quartermasters delivering breakfast and lunch. The troop and patrol quartermasters have to get up at 5 AM to go get the food
Adult leaders early in the morning
The night before, we had prepared the camp in expectation of severe rainstorms and wind, packing away everything in the dark. The rain never did come, but part of the day was slightly less hot because of sporadic cloud cover
Breakfast of sausage paddies, egg paddies, and bread
We found the cooking aprons!
serving breakfast as the morning fog clears
a US Coast Guard explaining how to use an M16
Zack shooting an M16 in the USCG trailer
Cody firing an M16. The guns were modified to shoot lasers and each of us were given 10 shots
Doug shooting. The course is a copy of the real training course for USCG recruits. The targets are the size of people at 100 meters
Zack again
Doug and Zack posing
Cody had the best score among the four of us at 5/10
David shooting the M16
David posing
Next to the display version of the BSA Monster Truck. We also met one of the best drivers in the world and got his autograph
Using Army Robots
The mission was to recover and deliver and RPG warhead to a depository with three people rotating out after 30 of piloting
The Army, National Guard, Coast Guard, and Navy Seals all have large areas and displays
at Jambo
The US Army supports video games!
Zack participating in an army sit up challenge
David participated. Cody did the best from our troop at 115 continuous sit ups. The winner did 315
soldier posing on a Humvee, one of many vehicles available for display. There was also a Bradley reconnaissance vehicle, but pictures of the interior are illegal as much of the material is classified
Dinner: chicken goolash and corn bread
our server, Nick, a self described "angry lunch lady"
This dinner was cut short as we all frantically hurried to secure the camp and prepare it for an incoming thunderstorm.
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