From squadmember to squaderleader to finally.. GUIDE!

   Two saturdays ago, the guide was not at the monthly poolee function.  Obviously, the poolees needed some type of leadership so I stepped up, as usual. During the poolee function Sergeant Packard called all the poolees into formation and told them "since Ms. Atas is not here, Mr. Pinilla is now the guide. Give him the respect he deserves as the guide, he has earned it." It was really touching to see what my recruiter thinks of me; however, I was under the impression I was the guide for that day only. When I showed up to PT I was told I was the new guide and needed to make plans for PT that same day. It was bitter-sweet because I'm pretty close with the former guide, Atas, but in the end she was cool about it and agreed that I am better at making hard work outs and better leader than she is. I wouldn't agree with all of that, but it was quite flattering.