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25 April 2011 For those of you interested in competing for an airborne slot through TJAGLCS in the future, you chances mostly come down to this week. The OML week consists of three graded events, which each net you a certain amount of points toward your total score on the OML. Up to this point, your OML score consists of: (1) Your diagnostic APFT score from Ft. Lee (you get the same number of points as your...read more
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This weekend, I was able to make it to the 6th Annual Military Blogger Conference in Washington, D.C. Like the BlogWorld New Media Expo I attended in October, this was a chance for new/social media folks to get together, talk about the issues that drive us, see what's going on in the world of social media, and (of course) do some networking/hanging-out. This being my first time at MilBlogCon, I didn't know what to expect. It turned out to be a great, interesting, emotional experience....read more
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On FridayI think our joint doctrine instructor reached his breaking point with us and, in desperation, made a play that we all appreciated – Star Wars! And, no this was not a reference to Ronald Reagan's favorite military project, but rather that classic of classic sci-fi movies. I can honestly say I would have never imagined being so interested in “operational design.” Let me prove I learned something... This week we covered “operational...read more
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22 April 2011 No PT today meant a joyous celebration. By celebration, I mean slightly extended sleep. We reported to class to find ourselves locked into a four-hour long block on means and methods. Before you march on TJAGLCS to decry the injustice that is a single four-hour class, I should mention that we did get every standard break. I’m glad I could defuse that situation quickly....read more
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21 April 2011 Student-led PT in the airborne group continued today, and I jumped on the chance to design a session, along with a classmate. He was a football coach before coming here, and had been itching to implement some of them on our group. We modified one of his workouts known as “the compass,” which involved four exercise stations set out like the points of a compass on one of the soccer...read more
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I returned from MilBlogCon today expecting I would just add a few notes to this blog, recapping a few things from ILE last week and start adding some notes from the weekend. Tonight, though is a much bigger night than that -- I just watched the President's address to the nation, announcing the death of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. There is no denying that this is an emotional point in this long war on terror. This nation has worked a long time, and our Soldiers have made...read more
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20 April 2011 Things started bright and early today with the final ruck march of the C-Ville phase. We stepped off at around 0445 on a 6-mile road march, which took us through a large chunk of campus. We went along the air assault ruck march, which went out from TJAGLCS and wrapped around UVA’s John Paul Jones Arena, before extending out past their football stadium. We pushed the pace faster than we...read more
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19 April 2011 Student-led PT rolled on today with a pretty fun workout. Two airborne members teamed up to lead us through a workout that began with burpees, bear crawls, lunges, and a few ab workouts, and then transitioned to a full on sprint workout. The sprint portion pitted chunks of the class together, which always makes things more interesting. (At this point, you've probably completely...read more
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18 April 2011 TJAGLCS took part in a special event today: the Panorama Farms Run. It takes place on a family-owned farm about 10 minutes from the school in a completely picturesque area. The family that owns the farm is kind enough to let our massive group come out, wake them up far before any normal person should be awake, and run all over their property....read more
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15 April 2011 Today is the day I finally give air assault some credit. Don’t get too excited, though. I’ll return to immediately and frequently insulting them soon enough. That insult begins with shoving their praise to the bottom of this post. (Let's not forget a visual insult, either: yes, they're fast roping, but you can't see the bouncie castle and ice cream party...read more
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