![]() Our commanders led a “GUNS 101” session, where we learned how to break apart/put together our weapons, and different combat stances you could hold your gun in. Because he’s all about that RAWR when he enters a room. One major highlight of the week was finally receiving our guns! First pic of me and my boiii “Aryeh” (Lion in Hebrew). Like, I could totally join my college’s cross country team now. It was the farthest I’ve pushed myself physically in a long time, and I’m v proud. I reached the finish line like I just won the Nobel Prize for my standards, running 3 KM in under 20 minutes is on the same level. The inner Forrest Gump in me compelled me to keep pushing till the very end, and I miraculously made it with two minutes to spare. I almost died on the run, gasping for air and stopping for several breaks along the way, despite the commanders’ encouragement to keep on going. My original plan was to half-ass the run, but we were told that if we didn’t pass, we would have to run again next week, and there was no way in hell I was gonna allow that to happen. ![]() Scratch that – I didn’t partake in physical activity in college either. These mere 3 kilometers may seem like a joke to many of you, but to give you some context into my sad couch potato life, I haven’t partaken in physical activity since college graduation. ![]() I passed the 11 push-ups with flying colors, alas, the 3 KM almost killed me. In order to pass, girls had to carry out at least 11 push-ups and run 3 KM within 20 minutes. There’s nothing I love more than pushing my body to the limit at 5 AM, so this was obvi going to be a walk in the park for me. The Samelet is basically the president of the Moledet Sorority, the commanders are her minions, and the privates (yours truly) are the pledges at the very bottom of the social caste.Īfter some good, wholesome hazing at the beginning of the week, it was time for the “Bar-Or”, the physical health test! So much yay! I’ve never been more excited for anything in my entire life. At this point, it legit started to feel more like a sisterhood than the military. Somewhere within all her verbal abuse, she also mentioned her the values she holds dear to her heart, and specifically highlighted “friendship” as the most important one. ![]() The Samelet on nights where discipline is at its peak: We also had to respond with “Ken, HaSamelet!”/ “Yes, Sargent!” to every one of her commands, which brought back the “Yes, Daddy!” vibes from the first week. She had us run back and forth over and over again, do push-ups on gravel that fucked up my delicate, upper class hands, and yelled about how shitty we are as soldiers. She’s basically the Head Bitch of Discipline (HOD for short) on the course, so it’s her job to act like a total psycho to get us to do her bidding. However, just like I was capable of getting over the fact that there are no available men in my course, I will persevere through the early AF mornings, the lack of personal time, and being the commander’s bitch for the next month and a half.īecause by the time this is all over, the army’s totally gonna be my bitch, not the other way around.Īt the beginning of Week 2, they whipped out the Samelet (Sargent) on us. Waking up at the ass crack of dawn every morning makes every day blend into the next because I’m never 100% conscious, so I’m still trying to make sense of what the hell happened this week. So I'm sure that was a factor.Guns N’ Roses, Our Jerusalem Tour, and Surviving the Infamous “Bar-Or” I also had the WSM sitting in the sun the whole cook. I think next time I'll just add a some ice to the pan to cool it down faster instead of closing the top vent. And it stayed around 255f the rest of the cook. Then after it got down to the 240s again I opened the top vent back up. Then after replacing the foiled ribs the temp quickly climbed to 275! So I had to close the top vent 3\4 of the way to kill the fire a bit. I did stir the coals and adjust the wood to get it smoking again. I could'nt believe how easy it was to control the temps in this thing.Īlthough when I pulled them at the 3 hour mark and foiled them. Then I closed the bottom vents all the way and it then platued around the middle 240's. Thats when I started measuring grate temps. Let the cooker sit for about 20 minutes then put the ribs on. When I cooked my ribs I used the minion method. Next time I'll find a better rub and BBQ sauce. ![]() And I was pretty stingy when I applied it. I just had a light dusting of some all around rub. Getting two that compliment each other is the trick. But as Jim pointed out to me the rub is the key along with the right BBQ sauce. I did'nt think they had all that much flavor. And it was the first time I've done spare ribs. I to did my first smoke yesterday on my WSM. ![]()
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