Posted on Mar 30, 2014
What is the most challenging course you've ever taken?
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Brain work was being an Infantry Officer sent to Field Artillery Advance Course (especially after spending most of 67'-70' in VN and getting rounds on target ASAP-----no bracketing necessary).
Physically - Ranger School & OCS.
Physically - Ranger School & OCS.
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Physically and Intellectually:
Undersea (Dive) Medical Officer (UMO/DMO), 9 weeks of mental and physical bliss...
also the best taught and most interesting damn course I ever had in the military
Undersea (Dive) Medical Officer (UMO/DMO), 9 weeks of mental and physical bliss...
also the best taught and most interesting damn course I ever had in the military
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Harvey Point Defense Testing Activity Facility, Perquimans County, NC . . .
Work out and swim for upper body strength several times a day for as long as possible. Bring Waterproof Watch, Personal Compass, Kid Gloves, Earplugs, Surf Booties, and EOD Multitool.
Work out and swim for upper body strength several times a day for as long as possible. Bring Waterproof Watch, Personal Compass, Kid Gloves, Earplugs, Surf Booties, and EOD Multitool.
SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
By Far Drill Sergeant School, I over came my fears, to having Soldiers fear me and call me Hurricane Davis, when I came thru the barracks. It was a sight to see. DS School challenged me back in 2005 at Fort Leonardwood, MO.
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SFC Joe Davis I agree! Drill Sergeant school was a challenge for myself as well. I was told to go as an E-5, I felt not yet ready to serve in that capacity. It made me a sharper NCO and and after completing my time served I honestly felt more prepared for levels of responsibility then that of my peers.
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SFC John Gates. Apologies for misreading. At first it sounded like you were referring security personnel with barrel chest (in my experience a major symptom of pulmonary disease) and freedom fighters (in my experience usually mini-war lords more interested in killing civilians for fun and profit . . . rarely interested in securing freedom for anyone). I'd rather have a chat in the evening over a decent aged smoky single malt. Warmest Regards, Sandy
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EOD <br>Made it half way through and failed due to a small literally 1/8" mistake.
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I feel your pain SFC (Join to see) - I "bombed" out due to a last second adjustment on the .50 cal de-armer test - then sub sequentially failed the re-test due to nerves (I had never failed a test in my life up to that point). Definitely a grueling course mentally.
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Lean Six Sigma Black Belt - I was the only enlisted in the course. It was like a degree in statistics in 4 weeks.
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Probably learning Persian-Farsi at the Language Institute followed up by either a tie or close second of the Advanced Source Operations Course (now titled Defense Advanced Tradecraft Course).
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Air Assualt school. While only 10 days long, we had people dropping out everyday. It was not just the mental or physical, it stressed you on both all day, every day.
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It was a 10 day vacation with a few "tests" mixed in...sorry MSG but I have to STRONGLY disagree. AAS was like airborne with written tests...as long as you are physically fit and can regurgitate info it is a breeze. Hardest part is the 12 mile road march but if you are an old school FORSCOM soldier or have ever served with or been in the infantry that is nothing more than a quarterly training event!!!!
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MSG Brad Sand
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Maybe today it is a 10 day vacation, or when you went through the course, but I attended before you were in the Army. I can tell you, without qualification, that in 1991 Airborne and Light Leaders were a vacations compared to AAS...or at least the one I went through. I was physically fit and infantry at the time, and so were many of those doing the dufflebag drag after failing out of the course. Thank you for your input and vote down.
Maybe today it is a 10 day vacation, or when you went through the course, but I attended before you were in the Army. I can tell you, without qualification, that in 1991 Airborne and Light Leaders were a vacations compared to AAS...or at least the one I went through. I was physically fit and infantry at the time, and so were many of those doing the dufflebag drag after failing out of the course. Thank you for your input and vote down.
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Overall academic school, the 18D Course circa 1990. Physically challenging course, the SFQC circa 1987-88.
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In our weather training at least for forecasters we had a 55% drop out rate. They were trying to figure out if we can handle stress because tornadoes or severe icing is never a good thing. lol
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SFC Mark Merino
SSgt (Join to see) You guys led to the success of the WWII D-Day landings. REPRESENT!!!
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#1 for me would be Pathfinder with Jumpmaster as a VERY close second. PF class started with 78 and graduated 12.
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Err, i did complete a correspondance course right before my jump master course. Does that count?
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SFC Aaron Calmes
Of course it counts I had more problems with those than resident courses because they were so boring. I think I still have some on my record that were incomplete back from when I was a specialist.
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