Yearling year is now officially over for me. Today I left West Point to come home for CPRC and the first part of my summer leave. Yesterday all of the plebes and the cadre for the summer went out to mini-Buckner. It felt like hardly any time had pasted since I was out there as a yearling, but now I’m out there as a squad leader with 10 people under me. So far I like being a squad leader. It’s stressful and has kept me pretty busy, but I feel like I’m actually doing something and leading. This summer I think that I’ll grow a lot. It’s going to challenge and push me to go past my limits once again, but that’s why I came here. If it was easy then anybody could do it.