Leaving/Won't Be On As Much

[Filatus]

Way heavier than I would have thought.

By the way, you don't get trained for eating donuts or do you have to pass your exam before they start working on those skills?

[Fista]

:S funny to read this thread, first the "Have fun, good luck" posts... then comes the "this is hell" posts.

[Gilrod]

Well, sounds familar.

If you want to be a police officer, that is pretty much how the academy goes.  The academy is just more intense and way longer.  My police academy was seven months of 12-16 hour days (we went 10 hours of instruction and then 2-6 hours of PT per day).  Granted it was rated the 3rd most difficult academy in the country, but I heard the basic idea is the same.

Good luck on what you decide to do.  Keep your chin-up and remeber, this is still the "romantic" phase.  

[dfiremann]

A couple of life experience points for you to ponder and experiment on...

1)  Nothing worthwhile is easy.  Nothing you're going to be proud of yourself for is easy.  Easy is for...well... can't use a word or somebody will chose to be offended.  ("Sissies" came to mind, but somebody will probably not like that)

2)  The mind gives up LONG before the body gives out.

3)  True wisdom almost always comes through pain.

4)  Things almost always turn out to be not as hard as you thought it was going to be.

Head up....back straight....

[Gunther]

In the same line, the first day of basic training in the army, our drill sergeant said that we had to keep the reason why we were there foremost in our minds, otherwise we wouldnt make it.  You concentrate on why you're there and you'll be fine.

[ZeroVega]

Day #4
  Today we rotated between five stations.
  Station #1: Traffic stops. The first stop my partner and I successfully arested a man for driving drunk and carrying a concealed weapon. My second stop, my partner and I were both shot and killed by drug dealers.
  Station #2: F.A.T.S. Fire Arms Training Simulation. We went through one simulation with a pistol and one with a shot gun. With the pistol I scored 4 critical hits out of ten shots, and all ten hit the target that was "firing" at me. (Didn't get to use the shotgun)
  Station #3: Random Disputes. My group (of paired off into 2s and went in to a dark room to the unkown scenario. It was anything from a domestic dispute, to a stroke victem, to a bank robbery.  During this excercise my partner and I went last, however during the drill of the two who went before us we were called in early because both of them were killed (officer down, bank robbery in progress). I was killed with a sucking chest wound and the robber killed seven people total before it was over. So that was a bust...
  Station #4: JRPAT. Sorta like a physical evaluation.
  Run 200 yards
  20 Step-ups
  15 Pushups
  15 Situps
  20 Step-ups
  15 Pushups
  15 Situps
  Run 200 more yards.... have to finish with a time of 6:18 or better, I was happy with my time of 3:49.
  Station #5: Building Searches.... weeeee!
  We were given rubber guns and flashlights and sent into a building that was reported to have a break in. My partner and I (not to be cocky or anything) did a great job. We "cut the pie," kept our guns in close.... he being right handed and I left we searched around the appropriate corners....
  We found our first suspect to be drunk and while my partner was cuffing him we were jumped by someone with a gun.... course I was waiting and keeping an eye out while my partner took care of suspect #1 so we downed the second and secured the building (first team to do so without dying).
  This all took about six hours, we had one hour of lunch then on to PT.... we did a stupid amount of pushups, crunces, and stretching excercises, then went for a run.... first down to the fire tower where we climbed stairs then (and keep in mind we ran in formation) we ran down to Bubba, the big hill.... we ran down Bubba, then back up, then back down, then back up.... then we did more pushups.... Five for our mothers. Five for each instructer present (3), five for each grandmother (according to the instructors everyone had two), five for the armed forces, and five for world peace.
  So our day ended and tomorrow it'll all be over. *cries* We get to do a man-hunt in the morning with our entire class of 40, then a small graduation cerimony, then we'll be told about the explorer police programs (which I intend to join). All in all it's been fun and I'll be back this weekend for some Layo Fun!

[RouterBlade]

woohoo!

[Gunther]

Good job.  When you fire the hand gun, squeeze the trigger, it should almost come as a surprise when it fires.  Master doing that and you'll find that youre excelling at target practice.

[General_Ski]

Target practice yeah.. It becomes rather problematic, when targets shoot back.

[RouterBlade]

Gunther - 7/21/2005  8:55 PM

Good job.  When you fire the hand gun, squeeze the trigger, it should almost come as a surprise when it fires.  Master doing that and you'll find that youre excelling at target practice.

yea, you better be surprised when you fire a firearm and not nervous
nervous=hitting everything but the target lol

[Gunther]

Actually what will also help a bit is after you squeeze the trigger, hold it back for a second and then let it go forward.  And work on your breath control as well.  Learn what your dominant eye is.  Lots of little things add up.  Squeeze that trigger though, dont pull it.  Doing well with a handgun is tough at first.  Get good at it and you wont have to worry quite so much about getting hit first.

Shotgun is easy.  Even when they give you three seconds to hit three targets, its still easy.

[General_Ski]

Hey as long as it ain't raining.. Now try hitting a target 500 yards away in a downpour... That's when you are talking skill:P.

[Gunther]

huh army only has you hit the three hundred meter target.  Thats the farthest one out.  And with the bad eyesight I had at the time, I could barely tell when the little #$*#$ popped up.

[General_Ski]

Well. Next time out try the Marines:)

[Gunther]

Thanks anyway.  I'm a bit too old and have been out way too long to try the military again.  Nine years was enough for me.  Besides you know why the Navy has Marines on board their ships.  Sheep would be too obvious.

Just kiddin man, I have a world of respect for anybody that served, whatever the branch.  Except maybe air force.  I just feel beholden to give a marine a hard time.

[General_Ski]

Well those pararescuers/PJs who jump after downed pilots have to have a pair of brass ones... So not all airforce is that bad. Plus 9 out of 10 times I hear you have to max their physical fitness test just to get in: http://www.military.com/NewContent/0,13190,Smith_111303,00.html

The run is ain't that hard, neither are pullups, push-ups and flutter kicks, but man a 1000 yard swim, can be a pain. And then the MOS schools they have to go through after that initial training aren't the easiest in the military. Basically they get brought up to speed with the rest of the armed forces:P.