The first of, hopefully, many letters!

I received my fist letter from Nick yesterday so I figured I would put some of it up for everyone to read.
First thing though, I have his entire address, so this will get the letters to him faster.

Pvt Nickolas Pullan R
E CO, 701 st Military Police Battalion 3rd PLT
BLDG 840-C Colorado Ave.
Ft. Leonard Wood, MO 65473

Please be sure to write "3rd PLT" on the back of the letter as well.

I know he would love to get a letter from everyone. Getting words of encouragement, and hearing how much they are missed is exactly what gets the soldiers through their Basic Training. He can't receive photos yet, but once he does, I know he would love to get a picture from the family.

Now to the letter!
This one was writing on July 1st.
"It's about one o'clock and I'm on duty so we are finally about to write a letter. My platoon is full of seventeen and eighteen year olds who cannot seem to get it together. We have the hardest Drill Sergeants out of all three platoons, and we seem to be way ahead of the other two. We haven't really gotten any free time, I'm not sure how the next couple weeks will be but I'm sure I'll be able to start sending letters.
They try extremely hard to break you here. The mental part of it all is ten times worse than the physical part. I was allowed to rest while exercising because I refused to quit and three f the Drill Sergeants said I'm a great warrior. I'm doing fine, the food here is great."

This second part was written on July 3rd.
"It's Sunday and I'm at church. We have had a rough first week here and I'm hopin it will get better in the next few days. We aren't allowed to pass information on what we've been learning or what is coming so don't expect to hear a lot about that.
The Drill Sergeants in charge of our platoon are running us ragged because people in the platoon can't even stand still while in formation. There is a huge difference between the younger people and those of us in our twenties. Then the people who left people behind make a huge difference in the way we act. Many of the young people seem to think this is a game. They don't understand that what we are learning might save their lives someday. A few of the trainees have been counseled on their behavior and if they it up will be sent to military prison. Maybe, then they will grow up. As you may be able to tell, I'm learning patients the hard way. It has been one of the hardest lessons I've had to learn.
Sometimes at night I feel like life is leaving those of us here behind. Most days I don't know what day of the week it is, let alone the day of the month. I've learned a lot so far and I understand why people change when they go through this. I've been able to lay low and will continue for the next two weeks, until it starts to get fun. My family is always the first though in my head."