Posted on Mar 30, 2014
What is the most challenging course you've ever taken?
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"Grief and Loss" a psych class that I needed 2 extensions on just to get through it. It was too soon after losing some great friends. The "give us personal examples" portion sent me into hell.
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1SG David Niles
Learn and study the formula's, if you follow the formula's you will not have a problem. It is not the math, you get to use the calculator, it is the formula's. I was terrible with math, but I made it through. Take your time and be meticulous in your measurements and your formulas. Remember once you break down your formula, your accident scene is guided by the formula. Take your time with your sketches and get drafting pencils to take with you and good erasures. Enjoy the course and don't go out drinking and partying until the last day. Good luck.
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SGT William Howell
I did it in the civilian world. We would have classes on Tues and Thurs. It took 2 months, but I had time to study between classes. I can't imagine doing it every day strait. The good news is you can do side jobs for insurance companies now.
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SAPPER AGAIN! I went in October so for me there at the end of patrolling I was freezing. You walk all day and sweat and do missions, then for that 1 hour of downtime when your priorities of work are security, clean weapons, maybe eat, and then sleep.. all you can think about is why and the hell did you even come here :)
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Any and every school at Bridgeport, Ca. I love physical training, but during certain times of the year in that place truly had me recalibrate my "suck factor" meter.
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Cpl Clinton Britt
Fort Sherman was a challenging course for me. Sometimes the only way to get down a hill was to slide down it. Learned how to.spread your fingers.and space them for the black palms. Hated those plants
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The Coast Guard's Tactical Coxwain's Course. Middle of the 100 degree summer in the sunny south with four of us packaged inside that little go fast boat dressed out in SAR vests and helmets. No A/C.
I don't know what was worse; yanking and banking on the helm and throttles non stop to interdict the immediate threat, or sitting in the navigator's seat calling target bearings and distances knowing that the coxswain was going to jerk the boat onto a new target everytime you said something.
It was even worse during night exercises because the horizon and the water merged in the darkness, and then I truly didn't know which way was up. Always had the sensation of spinning out of control and not being able to stop.
Either way, my middle ear didn't know which way was up because we were turning so often, so hard, and so fast. Every day when we got back to the dock, I wanted to hurl. I'm 6'1'' and only weigh 165, but lost almost 15 pounds in two weeks because after the first day I didn't want to eat before class and couldn't eat after class. Was really glad to earn my Tactical Coxswain's Certification, but was even happier about the course being over.
I don't know what was worse; yanking and banking on the helm and throttles non stop to interdict the immediate threat, or sitting in the navigator's seat calling target bearings and distances knowing that the coxswain was going to jerk the boat onto a new target everytime you said something.
It was even worse during night exercises because the horizon and the water merged in the darkness, and then I truly didn't know which way was up. Always had the sensation of spinning out of control and not being able to stop.
Either way, my middle ear didn't know which way was up because we were turning so often, so hard, and so fast. Every day when we got back to the dock, I wanted to hurl. I'm 6'1'' and only weigh 165, but lost almost 15 pounds in two weeks because after the first day I didn't want to eat before class and couldn't eat after class. Was really glad to earn my Tactical Coxswain's Certification, but was even happier about the course being over.
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I can't remember which C school it was, but I had a week long class in Yorktown, VA about boxes, packaging, bracing, and dunnage. Who knew there was so much to learn about cardboard boxes? It was challenging because it was so arcane and boring. I know a lot about cardboard though.
The most challenging was AMSEA instructor school in Sitka. I flew into Sitka from the East Coast dropped my bags in the hotel and immediately went to the pool and did survival swim training until about 3 AM Eastern time. The training ended with building a shelter in the woods in the pouring rain and sleeping in it with nothing but what we had on. Another really hard part was just sitting in a survival raft for several hours with what seemed like 50 other people. Everyone wanted to kill everyone else after about an hour.
The most challenging was AMSEA instructor school in Sitka. I flew into Sitka from the East Coast dropped my bags in the hotel and immediately went to the pool and did survival swim training until about 3 AM Eastern time. The training ended with building a shelter in the woods in the pouring rain and sleeping in it with nothing but what we had on. Another really hard part was just sitting in a survival raft for several hours with what seemed like 50 other people. Everyone wanted to kill everyone else after about an hour.
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CMC Robert Young
I remember that school; the Port Safety and Security Enlisted Course. The longest two weeks of my life.....and you're right, I know much more about cardboard than I want to.
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PO1 John Pokrzywa
Aviation/avionics corrosion control school is like that. They literally teach you about paint drying and how things corrode under it. No way to make that an awesome class.
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