Like any other military school there is in processing and the formation game is on at full force. Be ready for 0500 formations and not being dismissed until 2000.
Monday- First thing was height and weight. To my surprise there were a handful of people that showed up overweight, and after being taped there were 5 that were sent home, they don’t play around here. The rest of the morning was filled with filling out forms and getting short briefs from civilians in the administrative fields.
We did not get much of a break for lunch so make sure that you bring food to eat and always a water source. In the late afternoon we were split into our platoons and were introduced to our cadre. Our cadre briefed us on the course and their standards and then volunteers were selected for staff positions. When the BC and SGM arrived we stopped and received a detailed brief on the course from them. Our class is the first class to begin a new training model; I will have more to follow on that later. We were finally released at 2000.
Tuesday- Combatives intro for PT, nothing to sweat over its just the very basics and you really don’t get to roll. After that we were released to go and change for the days medical exams. You need to have a lot of paper work and I will list all the forms at the end so that you can be prepared. If you are already on tricare it wouldn’t be a bad idea to get a full physical, eye exam, and dental exam, because if you have those you don’t have to wait in the office for hours on end with the rest of your class. Although it is good bonding time with your classmates, I could have taken care of other paperwork during that time.
Wednesday- APFT. The APFT is held at the track next to Smith gym, it’s a 1 mile loop on gravel, but don’t worry there are no hills. Much like LDAC the standard is very hard on pushups, so make sure you work on your form. Preparation for the APFT will show and it is a good way to show your peers and cadre that you are one of the best. If you train in the upcoming months the pushups, sit-ups and run will take care of them selves, with some help from adrenaline. I missed the opportunity to train the last couple weeks but I had the drive to push out a 332, and as of right now I am 99% sure it was the top APFT in the class (our cadre have not let us know yet, but that’s the word on the street). The rest of the day was spent taking care of medical examinations again.
Thursday- Our Company Commander is a Crossfitter to the core and because our platoon TAC is injured, he had us do a modified Murph. Our modification was 50 dead hang pull-ups, 150 pushups, 200 body weight squats. The other platoon TAC’s have different work out philosophies, but training Crossfit before you get here is a great idea. The afternoon was devoted to a few people getting dental work done and the rest of waiting until we could be release for the weekend. The First Sergeant gave a stellar safety brief and we were off for the weekend.
How many 2nd Lts did you initially begin with??
ReplyDeleteAbout 160, it was mostly National Guard guys who didnt pass tape. My class is made up of mostly OCS, a lot of prior service.
ReplyDeleteAwesome blog man, thank you!
ReplyDeleteDid they make you redo your push-ups ?
ReplyDeleteNo Stephen. They were not easy graders, I did 95 but got almost 10 counted off. Nothing to worry about, by the time you graduate we won't be doing the APFT.
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