11-01-2007, 19:46
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Cross-training is a never ending process
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And that's a fact. Training, be it cross-training, refresher, or new, is a never ending process. There are certain things you just never forget, but then-especially for folks like me- as you move on to other responsibilities requiring new skill sets or different perspectives skill set maintenance training in base knowledge and specific MOS team skills becomes more important to keep your focus on ensuring that what you do will continue to enable the troops to succeed without having to adjust to stupid decisions made echelons above their pay grades. That means that as their skill sets change you need to change with them and upgrade your brain housing group hard drive, after all you are still first and foremost a special forces soldier everything else has to do with position requirements on a TOE document.
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11-01-2007, 20:20
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As a former 18E myself, I never really felt overwhelmed with material at the Q with the exception of Radio wave propogation and antenna theory. Mr. Barrett has forgotten more about that art than I will every know, yet he was convinced he could cram all of that knowledge into our heads in a one or two week time period... painful. I've wondered what it was like back in the day when there was no powerpoint or even overhead projectors. Seems like there would be a lot less "filler" material populating the poi and more down to earth classes that would take less time. Some of you "seasoned" guys could probably pipe in on that one. 
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11-01-2007, 21:40
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No sh!t!
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Originally Posted by LongWire
Myself as a Former 18E, can say that I was never the Test taking kind of guy. I cant say that I was completely overloaded with info, but I never performed at tests as well as I would have liked. Now that being said, hand me a radio and I can make it go. I've known plenty of Echos who could answer all the questions correctly, but given the meat and potatoes (radio etc.) couldn't perform to what I would consider a standard.
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Who ever developed that (18E) SQT when it first came out...needed their a$$ kicked!  I flunked bad... 
Question: First step when conducting PMCS on a 30KW generator?
Me: When the hell, did we get these on an ODA...
Question: Something about a jungle antennae?
Me: I ain't never even seen a jungle...
LOL...stay safe.
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11-01-2007, 21:42
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I attended both the engineer and weapons courses
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Some people just can't make up their minds...
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Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimal food or water, in austere conditions, training day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon and he made his web gear. He doesn't worry about what workout to do - his ruck weighs what it weighs, his runs end when the enemy stops chasing him. This True Believer is not concerned about 'how hard it is;' he knows either he wins or dies. He doesn't go home at 17:00, he is home.
He knows only The Cause.
Still want to quit?
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11-01-2007, 21:54
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LOL...
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Originally Posted by NousDefionsDoc
Some people just can't make up their minds...
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Then I'm truly screwed up....
Stay safe.
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11-02-2007, 13:20
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I am feeling it now. It is called Spanish and the DLPT V.
x/S
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11-02-2007, 14:32
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Originally Posted by NousDefionsDoc
Some people just can't make up their minds...
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you act as if that's a bad thing... 
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""A man must know his destiny. if he does not recognize it, then he is lost. By this I mean, once, twice, or at the very most, three times, fate will reach out and tap a man on the shoulder. if he has the imagination, he will turn around and fate will point out to him what fork in the road he should take, if he has the guts, he will take it.""- GEN George S. Patton
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11-02-2007, 14:48
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It could be if your medic is doing: Bevel up? Bevel down? Bevel up? Bevel down? Bevel up...............................................: D
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