11 April 2011

(Rule 1 of the airborne physical: NO TOUCHING.)

            With a few of us scheduled to take the second portion of the Airborne physical early this morning at Ft. Lee, it meant another partial day.  The airborne group didn’t go as a whole this time, but was instead scheduled in groups of 3 and 4.  We were able to take one of the school’s government vehicles, which was nice as it helped offset the fact that we were leaving C-Ville before 0500.

            For those in future airborne groups, don’t waste any time worrying about either portion of the physical, unless you’re legitimately broken.  The second portion was nothing more than a nurse taking your blood pressure, and then a doctor coming in to question you on a few basic things, and listen to your breathing and heartbeat.  The entire process only took about 20 minutes per person (aside from waiting in between).

(Sorry, Humpty Dumpty, your broken head unfortunately disqualifies you from airborne school.  Even without that, you may want to get a doctor to check out the fact that your entire body appears to be a head.)

            By the time we got back it was too late to catch the last class of the morning, so we all went ahead to lunch and made it back to school for the start of the afternoon block.  Class meant more legal assistance, and brought along an hour of child custody to start with.  The family law blocks have definitely felt the most like bar review.  A huge portion of it overlaps with state law (at least North Carolina’s law), and that’s made it easier to follow along.  This makes perfect sense, since so most of this area of law involves a heavy interaction with state law (in terms of support orders, divorce actions, etc).

            The short day ended with a final class on the Uniform Former Spouses Protection Act.  This Act was another that took me by surprise initially in terms of the protections it offers spouses.  The big focal point here was on the Act’s treatment of military retirement pay as divisible property.  Without diverting into the fire swamp that is family law, this is a pretty big deal for both parties.

            Tomorrow brings a second APFT (the final one for most of the class), and we all know how much I’m looking forward to that one.

(This represents my approximate excitement for tomorrow morning.)