-Name: SSG Erickson
-Attended BCT: January 2000
-BCT Location: Ft Leonard Wood, MO
-MOS: 91S/68S - Preventive Medicine
-AIT Location: Ft Sam Houston, TX
-Deployments: Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo - 2005
-Current Duty: Drill Sergeant
-Current Location: Washington State
-Support Locations: Fort Knox
Fort Jackson

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So, I've noticed that a lot of people have been linking to my Milblog that I have been content to neglecting not so much for information about Kosovo, but rather information about Basic Combat Training that I attended over 5 years ago.

Its the section in the sidebar that spells out Basic Combat Training.

That thing has been a work in progress for the last 5 years, when I started it. I get a lot of compliments for it as people seem to find it a valuable source of information about Basic Training (at least the pre 9/11 era of BCT, but then again, some things never change).

I've also noted a few people mention how they wish I would finish it.

Ah, how I wish I would finish it too. So I'm going to start posting more to it. I added a couple of posts to it as well, an Intro page as well as a page on the US Weapons Range. Because that one sounded fun to write about.

So I'm going to work on that. I also wanted to work on the reason why this site is called Foxholes and Dogtags (because, well, medical people don't deal a whole lot with Foxholes and things, except for qualifying, and I do happen to be very good at hitting targets in the foxhole position).

Did I ever mention why I called this site Foxholes and Dogtags? Er, its because I had plans for it before it just settled on being a blog. It is part of my geeky artistic side too. See, being an artist that likes animals, and one that owns a webcomic and is a lot better at drawing animals then people, I wanted to make a comic about the army and it was going to be anthropormorphic, meaning, everyone and everything was going to be depicted as animals. I had a few sketches of it too.

I don't know if it would have worked. But anyway, one of these days, maybe I'll actually do a couple comics about it?

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