Posted on Mar 18, 2015
Motorcycle Mentors or unit Motorcycle POC's Come check in please
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Motorcycle Mentors or unit POC's
How is your program going?
If you will, tell us if you're a Mentor or Unit POC, Co, BN, BDE level? Are you a rider? Are you a MSF Rider coach or other training program instructor (Lee Parks or ??)
What is your unit support like at the CO, BN, BDE?
Does your unit program still require SM's to wear the High Viz vest even though DOD and the Army has removed the requirement?
If you are able to, lets see your unit policy.. be it CORPS, DIV, BDE, BN or separate unit.
I am a former Motorcycle Mentor at the Division and BN level.
I currently teach MSF basic and advanced rider education to include license waiver courses for Texas. I also teach on Fort hood for Cape Fox.
If you're a Army Member in Texas and would like to know what the current policies are, I can speak to some of them in the third party and put you in touch with the folks that are the proponent at hood if needed.
If you can speak on behalf of your post / unit (CORPS, DIV, BDE, or BN level).. please put that up at the top of you post so RP members in your area can contact you and get the REAL deal, and not so much of the BS I hear my mil students attending my civilian course tell me (Sir I had to take this course and not the free one on post, my commander said the on post one was not good for a license) ..arrrrrggggg NO......
I detest commanders (or NCO's)
that intentionally make false statements or otherwise add complexity or obstructions just in the hope the SM will choose its not worth the effort..
They WILL RIDE ANYWAY .. so lets get them trained and aware of the risks, knowledge and experience to make informed , adult, educated decisions.
How is your program going?
If you will, tell us if you're a Mentor or Unit POC, Co, BN, BDE level? Are you a rider? Are you a MSF Rider coach or other training program instructor (Lee Parks or ??)
What is your unit support like at the CO, BN, BDE?
Does your unit program still require SM's to wear the High Viz vest even though DOD and the Army has removed the requirement?
If you are able to, lets see your unit policy.. be it CORPS, DIV, BDE, BN or separate unit.
I am a former Motorcycle Mentor at the Division and BN level.
I currently teach MSF basic and advanced rider education to include license waiver courses for Texas. I also teach on Fort hood for Cape Fox.
If you're a Army Member in Texas and would like to know what the current policies are, I can speak to some of them in the third party and put you in touch with the folks that are the proponent at hood if needed.
If you can speak on behalf of your post / unit (CORPS, DIV, BDE, or BN level).. please put that up at the top of you post so RP members in your area can contact you and get the REAL deal, and not so much of the BS I hear my mil students attending my civilian course tell me (Sir I had to take this course and not the free one on post, my commander said the on post one was not good for a license) ..arrrrrggggg NO......
I detest commanders (or NCO's)
that intentionally make false statements or otherwise add complexity or obstructions just in the hope the SM will choose its not worth the effort..
They WILL RIDE ANYWAY .. so lets get them trained and aware of the risks, knowledge and experience to make informed , adult, educated decisions.
Motorcycle Safety Foundation Rider Coach
Mentor
Safety
Motorcycles
Edited 9 y ago
Posted 9 y ago
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For my unit, after we got back from the last two deployments, we had a refresher course within a few day of our redeployments, before we could ride our motorcycles. A lot of the guys were mad, but I got a lot out of it, and was happy to get the practice before I took my wife out on the back. The morning of the training was all classroom, BRC refresher type information, and the afternoon was all lanes to practice corning, and things like that. It was really good to get the refresher training, and I was very thankful for it. Plus, it's easy to get up for work, when you are going to ride all day. I greatly encourage any redeploying unit to mandate the refresher training. It's a fun, and safe way to reintroduce Service Members back into riding after being away for so long.
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SGM Erik Marquez
WO1 (Join to see) Army wide most motorcycle safety policies I have reviewed (only 6 so far include something along the lines of "Motorcycle Refresher Training (MRT)
All redeployed (six months and greater deployments) military motorcycle riders will attend MRT or the next uncompleted phase of training (as determined by the commander with the recommendation of the unit . Motorcycle safety program coordinator (MSPC) prior to operating a motorcycle. The service member is authorized to ride their motorcycle to the training site. This training will be conducted by the unit MSPC "
Great news that 18th Airborne Corps is one of them..
All redeployed (six months and greater deployments) military motorcycle riders will attend MRT or the next uncompleted phase of training (as determined by the commander with the recommendation of the unit . Motorcycle safety program coordinator (MSPC) prior to operating a motorcycle. The service member is authorized to ride their motorcycle to the training site. This training will be conducted by the unit MSPC "
Great news that 18th Airborne Corps is one of them..
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I don't ride currently. My bike was totalled when a civilian rear-ended me at a red light on Ft Belvoir when I "stopped suddenly."
The amount of bum scoop going around was insane. The amount of plain idiocy going around was insane.
I got turned away from the gate once, because I didn't have a vest on. Below is my race gear (which is reflective). Draped over the left shoulder (right side of picture) is the reflective vest I was required to buy so I could go on base. They didn't care about the reflective strips... just that it was Yellow or Orange.... They also would have accepted ANY colored PT Belt.
The amount of bum scoop going around was insane. The amount of plain idiocy going around was insane.
I got turned away from the gate once, because I didn't have a vest on. Below is my race gear (which is reflective). Draped over the left shoulder (right side of picture) is the reflective vest I was required to buy so I could go on base. They didn't care about the reflective strips... just that it was Yellow or Orange.... They also would have accepted ANY colored PT Belt.
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SGM Erik Marquez
Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS well the good news is, once you're back on a bike,, no more silly vest
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I'm currently inactive in the Motorcycle arena - Retired last year, and my MSF certification is expired. I do ride - though, in the last year, I've been much more focused on retirement, job hunt, etc., plus my bike needs new tires, so she's garaged for now (new tires will be on the way by mid-April at the latest and I'll be riding again then).
PREVIOUSLY, I was a Battalion Safety Officer, and the Motorcycle Mentor/Safety Manager. I taught BRC I, BRC II (ERC), and I was trained by Puget Sound Safety in Advanced Street Skills and as a mentor. I also established what I believe was one of the best Battalion Level Motorcycle Safety programs for my Group in USASOC. I reduced major injury motorcycle accidents 4-fold - me myself having the most significant injury during my tenure after wiping out at 55MPH (not entirely my fault either) in a sharp left hand turn due to a cage driver. While it was embarrassing that I as the Motorcycle Safety had a motorcycle accident, I was also real-life living proof that the right gear COULD save your life. I still have the helmet (it's carbon fiber and I don't use it because it did take a beating - but it protected my egg) and the vest (which took the majority of the road friction keeping it off me - and which I still wear).
Message me if you have any questions.
PREVIOUSLY, I was a Battalion Safety Officer, and the Motorcycle Mentor/Safety Manager. I taught BRC I, BRC II (ERC), and I was trained by Puget Sound Safety in Advanced Street Skills and as a mentor. I also established what I believe was one of the best Battalion Level Motorcycle Safety programs for my Group in USASOC. I reduced major injury motorcycle accidents 4-fold - me myself having the most significant injury during my tenure after wiping out at 55MPH (not entirely my fault either) in a sharp left hand turn due to a cage driver. While it was embarrassing that I as the Motorcycle Safety had a motorcycle accident, I was also real-life living proof that the right gear COULD save your life. I still have the helmet (it's carbon fiber and I don't use it because it did take a beating - but it protected my egg) and the vest (which took the majority of the road friction keeping it off me - and which I still wear).
Message me if you have any questions.
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SGM Erik Marquez
SFC (Join to see) Thanks for the response.
May I ask, what kind of helmet were you wearing?
Do you plan on joining the rider coach ranks?
If you add MSF Cert to your profile certs, you will be added to the MSF Rider Coach page https://www.rallypoint.com/certificates/motorcycle-safety-foundation-rider-coach
May I ask, what kind of helmet were you wearing?
Do you plan on joining the rider coach ranks?
If you add MSF Cert to your profile certs, you will be added to the MSF Rider Coach page https://www.rallypoint.com/certificates/motorcycle-safety-foundation-rider-coach
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SFC (Join to see)
SGM Erik Marquez: I was a Rider-Coach until last year just before I retired. As my RC Certification is expired, I can't teach at the moment, however, that being said, I plan to be teaching again this summer with any luck. I'm waiting for something to "break my way" at my old Group and I should be back as a full time Safety Manager and RC.
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