08-25-2008, 12:23
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Jersey Shore.
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SERE Instructor course, OCT '85............
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09-04-2008, 07:22
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#92
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Auxiliary
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: JBLM, WA
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Joint firepower coordination course
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09-07-2008, 05:12
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Quiet Professional
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Clarksville, TN
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SOTIC Level II at 5th Group , Campbell. No offense Longrange1947, I had a blast with you guys too at Bragg. D. Davis and S. Houston are great instructors, plus there were fewer students and all the ammo I could put down range.
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01-02-2009, 19:03
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: VA
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Originally Posted by SF18C
As an Engineering type I loved Sapper School (pre-tab days, you know…when it was hard). I also got to attend a target analysis course that was awesome, but it took some brain power to complete. But the best time ever at a military school – MFF (HALO). First the course is a blast all by itself, but Lake Havasue during Spring Break…you got to be kidding me that I got paid for that trip!
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Agreed, by far MFF is the best or funnest elite school I have had priveldge to attend. But my course was far better than Yuma. I attended the Tac Air course in Otay Lakes/Jamul, CA an Eastern suburb of San Diego. Its kinda like this:
MFF.......................................$6000
Lost Rip Cord..........................$100
Premiun case of beer................$24
Army Airborne Shuffle.....Worthless
Not being trained by the Army.......PRICELESS
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01-02-2009, 19:09
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Originally Posted by kellyeod
Agreed, by far MFF is the best or funnest elite school I have had priveldge to attend. But my course was far better than Yuma. I attended the Tac Air course in Otay Lakes/Jamul, CA an Eastern suburb of San Diego. Its kinda like this:
MFF.......................................$6000
Lost Rip Cord..........................$100
Premiun case of beer................$24
Army Airborne Shuffle.....Worthless
Not being trained by the Army.......PRICELESS
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I wouldn't push that line too hard here.
TR
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01-02-2009, 19:23
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: VA
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I wouldn't push that line too hard here.
TR
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Understood Sir...I will be a polite guest.
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01-11-2009, 10:55
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Asset
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Brandon, MS
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Cool Schools
The Raven-B Operators Course was an interesting and useful school.
White Water Rafting school was fun ....and useful as well. I went through the rafting course with a bunch of PJs.
Gryphon Group was a blast also.
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10-13-2010, 00:15
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Wilson,NC
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EMS Climbing School in North Conway,NH. We went as a team and it was a blast! The only military thing we had to do was make comms every day. The rest was just climb the rocks.
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10-13-2010, 02:51
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MFF was the funnest course I went to. Our class was a riot.
SERE was the best course I went to. I think I learned the most from it. though 2 close friends seemed to give me "extra" attention. especially since I knew all the commands for his dog. The look on his face at one moment was priceless when I spun around and he saw me. "Thank you Dave, may I have another." 
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10-13-2010, 11:52
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SERE was another we (053) attended as a team. We did learn a lot. Only you would have the inside track on the dog commands Stras! During our class, a Rottweiler they had flung a female and another young kid like they were ragdolls!
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11-21-2010, 14:53
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Hard call...
...but MERLIN (now TSOAC) was an incredible course. Run by retired SAS/SBS/SRR SGMs. Literally, every damn one of them...
And there was none of the "normally we would do (insert your expensive activity of choice)." At the time of my attendance, MERLIN was THE top funded course under USASFC. Nikon 300Ds? Check. 30 vehicle fleet for mobile surveillance? Check. Need a helo overflight for Air Recce during CULEX? No worries.
Makes for a damn fine course.
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11-21-2010, 15:32
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RIP Quiet Professional
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SFARTAETC
I'd pay to go back through that school.
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11-25-2010, 14:20
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...but MERLIN (now TSOAC) was an incredible course. Run by retired SAS/SBS/SRR SGMs. Literally, every damn one of them...
And there was none of the "normally we would do (insert your expensive activity of choice)." At the time of my attendance, MERLIN was THE top funded course under USASFC. Nikon 300Ds? Check. 30 vehicle fleet for mobile surveillance? Check. Need a helo overflight for Air Recce during CULEX? No worries.
Makes for a damn fine course.
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I got my wand and pointy hat also!! I went in 2007, great time, one of my instructors was on the SBS raid on the tanker after 9-11.
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11-25-2010, 17:20
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Auxiliary
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Mesquite,TX
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LE School
I can't compete with the mil HSLD schools ya'll have been to. Most fun CIV LE school: DEA Meth Cooking School at Quantico,VA. Fun times and always held out the possibility that if you got your chemistry wrong, you could blow the whole lab up!
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11-25-2010, 23:17
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SERE, for the memories,
O&I, for the obscure reading,
Static Line Jump Master, for the everyday SF stuff we do,
NWTC, which is an absolute gut check,
WIC, for the love of water,
and finally, the most fun anyone could possibly have would be the DOD Defensive Driving Course.
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