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I've got my toes in the water, OCPS in the sand

Series: A Little Bit of County | Story 32

This past weekend, I returned to my National Guard unit, prepared for the usual: early mornings, heavy lifting, and perhaps a small existential crisis in the motor pool. But instead, the Army decided to have a little identity crisis of its own and made us... pretend to be Navy.

Yes, you read that right. They threw a bunch of Army National Guard soldiers-arguably the most "cats hate water" branch-straight into the Snake River for water combat survival training. If you've ever wondered what it's like to see 30-something soldiers standing on a public beach, in full uniform, patches removed, bare...

 
 

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