The passage of time

If it seems like things are starting to repeat themselves, I think that's because they are.

I suppose if you want to be all technical about it I've only been at this Army 2.0 stuff for a little more than 10 months, and we won't get to the real, actual repetition until the end of June...but at the same time, some things are beginning to cycle.

For instance--I just finished my (presumably final) Army Physical Fitness Test. You're supposed to take one every 6 months (I hadn't since July, at the beginning of the CAQC) so assuming I'm all wrapped up with my war-fighting by the end of October, I should be in the clear.

I celebrated this last-ever event by performing at a level that far exceeds previously probed depths of mediocrity. I did the whole "do 10 repetitions above the minimum and stand up" routine on push ups and sit ups, and I paced a slower co-worker on the run. All told, I scored an epicly average 230 on the test--if e'er there were a fitting end to my army fitness career, this was most certainly it.

I'm continuing the celebration now by taking advantage of my earlier than usual wake up time (did I mention we started this thing at 0500!!!???) by catching up on a little much needed blogging.

Now, if I can only avoid going to the M16 qualification range for the next 5+ months all be set...

Fun with Search Engines

As I reported last week, this blog is the number one result on Google when you search for "Army 2.0"

Well, after analyzing the traffic on my site, I've turned up a couple of other interesting results.

First, this site is the number 2 result when you search for "Civil Affairs Qualification Course". Nice. Unfortunately, searching for the acronym CAQC doesn't work as well thanks to the jerks over at the Campus Alberta Quality Council. Thanks a lot, Alberta...but still, this is good news. People who want to learn about the Civil Affairs Course will be able to on this site.

On the other hand, this is troubling news. Should an upstart blog be the best source of information on the web about an official Army course?

Second, Army 2.0 is the 10th best result for folks searching for the "Army Physical Fitness Test". This one isn't quite as happy. I feel bad for anyone who stumbles upon this site looking for meaningful info about the APFT, as my post basically just tells the world that I passed one. Hopefully such visitors will come for the APFT, and stay to learn about Heidi from the Hills and/or what I did with my wife this weekend.

Any other interesting search terms that lead to the Army 2.0? Let me know if you find them! And keep the FAQ suggestions coming...I've got a lot of great ones so far, and I look forward to launching that feature soon.

**The beautiful image featured in this post is the top Google Images result for "Civil Affairs Qualification Course"