http://armystrongstories.com Army Strong Stories is an official U.S. Army blog portal created to share personal Soldier stories. Its purpose is to promote discussion surrounding life in the military, communicate the impact of day-to-day military life and follow the paths of Soldiers enlisted in different areas of the U.S. Army as they experience new opportunities. Fri, 25 May 2012 04:05:41 GMT Fri, 25 May 2012 04:05:41 GMT http://armystrongstories.com/blogger/lukas-montion/recon-platoon-ftx-1/ By: <a href='http://armystrongstories.com/blogger/lukas-montion/'>Lukas Montion</a><br /> In my ROTC program at the University of Toledo we have a special volunteer training platoon. We call ourselves Recon Platoon. We study patrolling specializing in reconnaissance missions. A few weeks ago we finished our semi annual FTX. It consists of 72 hours of training in the field. Its is as close to realistic as we can get it for an ROTC venture in a metro park. Thought the training even we not only learn aspects of leading a platoon on missions but we also get a chance to develop on an...<a href="http://armystrongstories.com/blogger/lukas-montion/recon-platoon-ftx-1/">read more</a> Sun, 05 Dec 2010 22:34:00 GMT Lukas Montion http://armystrongstories.com/blogger/lukas-montion/recon-platoon-ftx-1/