From journal entry:
Today was the end of our first bivouac. It was three days in the field with my overweight heat-casualty battle buddy, Kelley. How wonderful! At least last night was the Night Infiltration Course, a.k.a "NIC at Nite." NIC is a sort of simulated Normandy beach landing: we were required to low crawl through sand toward a bunker while the bunker was firing a machine gun over our heads. It's very safe as long as you don't stand up. The rounds are probably above head level and we're supposed to crawl with our helmet on the ground. But the sound of bullets overhead was definitely a terrifying experience.
Other than that, most of the time was spent on squad movement drills and heat stand-downs. Digging and filling hasty fighting positions was a pain, but at least they're not full-fledged foxholes.
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