 week is the fifth week in recruit training. This is where recruits build on their small unit leadership and help each other out. So during team week, recruits have less anxiety and they're more motivated to train. Week one, they don't understand what recruit training really is. They still have that civilian mentality and they're actually transitioning to be recruits. But during team week, a week five, they build on their small unit leadership and they work as a team to get daily tasks done with less supervision from drill instructor. Some of the jobs we were given, some were very important, some were very, you know, medial. Something as simple as sweeping the sidewalk on the recruit highway. But it all made a difference and getting assigned those tasks and getting those tasks done was really the main priority when it came to team week. And that's something this recruit really enjoyed. Their confidence is building pretty high. At this point, the batoon is working as a team and they're actually getting things done a lot quicker with less supervision. For a few weeks and even myself included, you get the hang of it. You anticipate the training. You know what happens. You know that you're going to PT and you know that how the schedule works and you get the hang of it. It gets easier. Recruits will participate in various PT events. One of the main PT events that the recruits will do is log drills. Log drills is imperative in recruit training as it exemplifies the skill of teamwork. Also in team week, the recruits will participate in their first uniform fitting. This is to get a baseline of the recruits' body style. Later on in the cycle, the recruits will go back for a second uniform fitting to finalize the product. At the end of team week, the recruits will participate in a 5K hike. The purpose of the 5K hike is to indoctrinate the recruits in the style of Marine Corps hiking and also instill confidence within the recruits for the long distances of hikes at Camp Elton. This recruit is looking forward to a change of scenery or even just the feel of how up north is going to be compared to how it is down here and some of those things that we're getting ready to do are going to be a little more fun as we've been told and I'm anticipating the change will be good. In the Marine Corps, we train like we fight. Therefore, the Marines put an emphasis on hiking to prepare each and every single Marine for the possibilities of combat.