I met members of 3rd GRP yesterday.

[Casper]

The members of my gun truck crew and I were giving a range the other day and the members of one of the ODA's came out to host a range of their own. We got to talking with some of them and (no shock!) they were very courteous and we got to just talking back and forth about some of their duties here and the OIC let the man in charge (rank unknown, but I have a name) know I was interested. He gave me some good information and even offered to teach a few things about our weapon systems we might not have known.

We were invited to hit them up at anytime for any additional training we might want as they were always up for helping fellow soldiers improve.

I know it should have come as no surprise, but it's refreshing to see soldiers who are actually concerned for others as much as these guys are. Helps keep my motivation up!

The kind of odd thing was to see young kids in there with them. I can assume these were products of the 18X program, but it was cool to see them in there, doing their thing. And that young attitude you see so much of in the regular Army wasn't there with these guys; real professionals.

Well, it wasn't a terribly exciting story, but I wanted to share.