June 26 and 28

June 26
I know I wrote you an email earlier but I have a few minutes and have been thinking about you. Right after I wrote that email and said how busy I have even the branch president came up and gave me a calling to be a branch missionary. I wanted to say no but I figured we could use the blessings. Today was really busy even though it was Sunday. We spent all day cleaning and organizing things here at the barracks. The crappy part was the drill sergeant gave me a list of stuff to get done and instead of being able to help do it I had to assign people to do it and make sure it all got done right. It was kind of stressful getting 54 people assigned to difficult tasks but it all got done and worked out ok. One of our drill sergeants who has been gone the whole time we have been here is coming back tomrrow so it will be like starting all over at day one again. I'm sure it'll be a ton of fun.
We are going to the shooting range tomorrow so that should at least be a good time. Although I'm a little nervous about shooting with some of these people because they aren't particularly safe. At least we have that life insurance...
I've got to go to bed. I love you and I love Brooklyn. I hope to hear your voice soon.
Love,
Callen

June 28
Hey baby,
Just to start off I'm going to try to answer some of your questions. The $350 was the money they forwarded me to buy stuff I need. As far as the insurance goes I can take you off and myself off but I have to talk to the drill sergeants and them probably go somewhere else to do it so it may take awhile. I'll also ask about the long pass and everything I just haven't had a chance since I got your letter yesterday. As far as you working it's hard to say without knowing when I'm going to OBC. It'd be nice to have the money but I need you. If you feel good about it I'm sure it's the best thing. I have a copy of my orders that I'm sending. I hope it helps. I really hope it works out. I want as much time with you as I can get.
Now that all that is out of the way I love you! By the time you get this you'll probably be mad because we haven't got to send mail for the last two days. We have been so busy lately. We went to the shooting rage yesterday which was fun, but while we were there it rained like I've never seen before. For a minute it looked like a tornado was going to start up. Today we had a ropes course type thing. It was really fun but I'm pretty sore tonight. We had to climb rope, crawl through culverts filled with water and mud, cross rope bridges etc. It was a lot of fun but it was a hot humid day. A couple of people even passed out. As far as the platoon goes about half the guys are good responsible guys and the other half are young and stupid. They have no sense of obedience and consideration. As far as the women go they cause a lot of drama that spills over. It gets frusterating when people don't listen or don't shut up, but things are getting better and I'm figuring stuff out. We are supposed to move from red to blue phase this Friday so hopefully it comes with more privileges like use thing phone. I miss your voice. I have to get some laundry done before bed so I better go. I love you!
Love,
Me