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Mt. Scott, Yes There Are Mountains in Oklahoma

Mike — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:25:38 +0000

It turns out, Ft. Sill isn’t so bad. Just north of post there’s the Witchita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. The hurricane strength winds died down enough this weekend that I could go to Mt. Scott, the highest point in the area.

Check out all my pictures from Mt. Scott

If you’re stuck going to BOLC II at Ft. Sill, it’s a good place to check out.

First Two Weeks at Ft. Sill’s BOLC II

Mike — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:52:52 +0000

Two weeks done, five more to go. So far it’s been pretty easy training, it’s relaxed and we get a lot of free time compared to OCS. I’ve already completed most of my requirements to graduate from BOLC II. I’ve passed the initial APFT, I’ve had two leadership positions already and I’ve qualified with my M4 with CCO. We’ll be staying in the field for the next four weeks. It shouldn’t be too bad, the FOB we’re staying at has electricity and running water.

Next week we’re doing land navigation. Hopefully I don’t lose my compass this time.

BOLC II at Ft. Sill

Mike — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:52:22 +0000

Later this week, I’ll be driving to Ft. Sill, OK to attend BOLC II. It’s a seven week, infantry based training where officers from all commissioning sources (ROTC, West Point, and OCS) train together for the first time. I’m way too lazy to update this blog with my fun times at Ft. Sill, but you can assume I’ll be having a great time living in barracks again and wrestling 4 hours a day.

If you want to stay up to date on all my activities while I’m there, follow me on Twitter.

Interested in what I’ll be doing at Ft. Sill, check out the course overview.

New Home Theater System

Mike — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 02:36:19 +0000

FedEx showed up early with my Onkyo HT-S6100.

Check out more pictures.

Everything’s good so far, except for my crappy cable box. A high-def cable box with no HDMI? For Real? Don’t move anywhere that only offers Knology Cable.

Army Update

Mike — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 05:01:09 +0000

Since my last post on my previous blog, a few things have happened. I attended officer candidate school at Ft. Benning, I graduated from officer candidate school, became a second lieutenant and I moved to Ft. Gordon. I’m currently at Ft. Gordon in Augusta, GA waiting for the next phase of officer training to start. I move to Ft. Sill, OK in April for BOLC II and then move back to Ft. Gordon for BOLC III in May.

I received my orders for my first duty station. I’ve been assigned to 1st Brigade, 10th Mountain Division at Ft. Drum, NY. If you’re not familiar with the middle of nowhere, check out this map. I’m looking forward to lots of snow, Canadians and taking multiple trips to the desert.

New Website

Mike — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 04:43:08 +0000

The last blog on votemcconkey.com started gaining more and more traffic right before I left for basic training last July. Unfortunately the blog went down shortly after and I couldn’t do anything about it. My Google rankings dropped and so did my readers, so I let it die.

Here’s my second attempt.

Welcome.