11 Nov 2005
Freckles,
I know you probably hate that name, but I kindagot attached to it. Anyways I heard through the grapevine thaty'all lost your first buddy. It's hard and it sucks but keep onsoldiering on. Don't let that get you down, otherwise you could benext.
Drill Sergeant Grabowski.
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15 Nov 2005
Drill Sergeant Grabowski,
Thanks for the note. It actually helped out alot and I hate to have to admit that.
Freckles or as I like to be addressed now,
Sgt. Ryan Gracin.
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25 Nov 2005
SGT Freckles,
I like Freckles. It has a nice ring to it.
DRILL Sergeant Grabowski. (Or as I'm called now“the fuck up who is now an E5 again.”)
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26 Nov 2005
“The Fuck Up”
Dude! How did you lose a rank in five years?Aren't you supposed to gain rank?
SGT Gracin.
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11 Dec 2005
Sgt. Freckles Gracin
Fucking pogue, just out of ROTC snot-nosedlittle fuck of an officer tried to make my men leave the chow hallafter a twenty-four hour QRF. It was a bad day. I didn't reactwell.
Forever YOUR Drill Sergeant Grabowski
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24 Dec 2005
Phillip (we're the same rank get over it.)
Did you clock the bastard good? I fucking hatethose butterbars. They piss me the fuck off. They should havepinned a fucking medal on your chest. I bet the bastard got apurple heart for the ass-kicking he got.
Sgt. Gracin
