Posted on Mar 30, 2014
What is the most challenging course you've ever taken?
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Sapper Leader Course for me. It was hard going in as a young E-5 and being in charge of a 35 man Patrol in the woods and having to tell MSG's and Majors to pull security, or to wake up while they sleep in the Patrol Base. I received my no go for Patrolling but to do it over again.... well lets just say I would be the most loudest and obnoxious guy there. That school is one of the only schools that I know of that can get you a no go and you have no control over it.
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MSG(P) Michael Warrick
For me, it was Battle Staff. Three weeks of hell at Fort McCoy with homework every night ! However, one of the best courses I have ever taken !
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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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1986: The Navy's six-week prep course for the day-long Naval Reactors Nuclear Engineer Qualification exam.
It was challenging enough, but my fiancee and I had also decided to get married four days after the exam. "No pressure"...
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LCDR Doug Nordman
We married for love, but we were dual-military and we needed the marriage license for collocation. BUPERS accelerated our timeline by a few months.
The assignment officer had to scratch my name off his list for instructor at Nuclear Power School and send me to Naval Postgraduate School instead...
Took the exam on Monday, passed on Tuesday, did the marriage license on Wednesday, bought the ring on Thursday, had the wedding on Saturday, and left on Sunday for a 90-day submarine patrol.
We celebrated our 28th anniversary this month.
The assignment officer had to scratch my name off his list for instructor at Nuclear Power School and send me to Naval Postgraduate School instead...
Took the exam on Monday, passed on Tuesday, did the marriage license on Wednesday, bought the ring on Thursday, had the wedding on Saturday, and left on Sunday for a 90-day submarine patrol.
We celebrated our 28th anniversary this month.
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Marine Corps Officer Candidates School. While Recruit Training was tough, OCS brought it to a new level.
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The Joint FirePower Course out of Nellis Air Force Base, Academically it is by far the Hardest I have ever experianced.
I have never taken a course that was to much for me physically
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Aviation Electrician Mate's School. 7 months of electrical theory, math, and schematics to change light bulbs on airplanes. I graduated 3ed in my class. Not bad for a kid who quit high school to join the Navy.
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SHARPS Training 3 drills in a row. All because the soldier our Detachment Sergeant was sleeping with thought she was being harassed. I know...weird!
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In order of challenging:
Bradley Master Gunner Course. 2000 before the laptop era
Pathfinder. 2008. A 3 week flash back from gun school
Light Leaders Course. 1994. The RI's teaching it were just flat out MEAN
MRT. 2013. Don't know what the hell I was thinking of volunteering to go to it....
Air Assault. 1992. Still mad I missed Road March Champ because of a beast from 5th Group I could not catch.
CLS. 1988. WAS scared to death of live sticks on IV.
Bradley Master Gunner Course. 2000 before the laptop era
Pathfinder. 2008. A 3 week flash back from gun school
Light Leaders Course. 1994. The RI's teaching it were just flat out MEAN
MRT. 2013. Don't know what the hell I was thinking of volunteering to go to it....
Air Assault. 1992. Still mad I missed Road March Champ because of a beast from 5th Group I could not catch.
CLS. 1988. WAS scared to death of live sticks on IV.
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We normal Marines never got Jump qual spots. If we did you had to compete for them and I never really wanted to jump out of a plane that bad
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