[DEVILsSON]

thanks guys.

felt like shit today but friend asked me to go lift with him so i went...but i knew right of the bad i was severely overtrained..

Squats:
135-10 reps
+knee wraps...
225-10 reps
+belt...
315-10 reps
365-3 rep
385-1 rep
405-1 rep...
-every set felt like a ton...

OHP:
135-10 reps
185-4+0 reps with pretty sizable layback...got quite weak in Ohp..

-my cns was dead so i called it a day and got a jumbo burrito.....meh

[DEVILsSON]

-today was apparently the stress day so we got shit for messing up during flaf ceremony and I got crap for not putting my 'secret' number next to my name for last weeks test(basically it keeps us anonymous when test scores are posted...eventho pretty much we know who got what)....oh well...another memo to write...

practiced prone and kneeling weapon removal , prone cuffing, refreshed 4 count kneeling cuffing, and prone searches.

-did 50 hip thrusts(burpee without the jump) at the end of class then another 15....they tried to say it was for something some1 did but it was obvious that they just wanted us to do some conditioning....it was pretty easy...never thought i'd say that...haha...

-after class had an hour to kill before optional DT practice so went and did some light conditioning

-1 min DB snatch: 45 DB 26 reps total...could have done 30 if some called out time..
-1 min of 2 DB Clean/Press: 40s for 15 reps...

-showed a classmate DB burpees with 15s...i liked them enough to do them this weekend..
-talked to an upper class person who was there about what to expect in the upcoming tests..

[DEVILsSON]

-Yesterday had shotgun training....passed it....hit a nice grouping from 40 yards with the berreta shotgun using 12 guage slugs. Funny part was when during training i shot at the wrong target. I was in lane 7 shooting at target 6 but I shot at target 7....meh...so instructor put 666 across the target....very appropriate I thought....shot my best grouping after that proned out at 40 yards with left arm...(they told us we had to switch to either left arm if we're left eye dominant or use right eye shooting with right arm)
-yesterday's evoc driving practice went horrible I drove the PMC course even worse....the instructor was screaming at me...my mind was blank...after 14 hours I couldnt think at all...retest is saturday...with 3 practice laps and 3 test laps...if i dont pass the course in 1 of 3 test laps, I am out of the academy. So this is very very stressful to say the least. 3:15 min or less qualifier...will be very hard....

-today we had driving sims...essentially it's a car seat with a wheel/dashboard/etc and 3 computer screens...so were driving various scenarios...very similar to driving games for playstation...
-practiced bean gun today...pretty cool...

[ThinkGreen]

Shotgun training? Nice

[DEVILsSON]

Yep shotgun training was cool and the recoil wasnt as bad as everyone told me....I felt very little recoil from the berreta with a handgun grip.....we shot buckshot from 5 yards at hip and then 10 at shoulder weakside , 15 at the shoulder standing strongside then 40 yards prone with slugs.....slugs were supposed to be more recoil but i couldnt really feel all that much...shooting at the hip numbed the webbing between thumb and index finger....probably because i didnt sue strap at the front and wasnt holding front of the shotgun as hard as I should have..

-went for mile run at 6:25...nice cool weather/sunny...flat streets, little/no wind...
-100 sit ups in 5:10 min
-3x20 twists per side
-2x10 leg raises on incline board
-10 sit ups on incline board

-150 hindu squats(100 in 3 min) in 4:53
-several sets of two hand chin up and 1 hand slow negs with 1 arm...
-set of 10 chins with two arms through top 1/2 with 5 chins leaning to each side...

-walk home..

-have academy at 1 today and mock court at 6.....
-will go an hour early to academy and practice driving my classmates truck.....wanted to do it yesterday but when i got home and decided to take a short nap....it turned into a 14 hour sleep...meh :/

[DEVILsSON]

err....i was going to do some driving on my own yesterday...as the range is on the lake with a parking lot where i normally practice anyway....

[younggunz]

ahh. I remember the days of weapons training. I hated standing drills. things don't get fun until you start working cqc. any idea if they train you guys in breaching/clearing? we had about 3 weeks a year of glorified team paintball where the OPFOR was signifigantly larger than the Assault team. It was the most fun I've ever had with a gun.

[DEVILsSON]

yea we have about week and half of 'officer su.rvival week' where a week of it is basically paintballing..except we shoot with real bullets with paint capsule instead of lead....ie similar but not quite...shooting on the move..etc...

Had mock court today and it went pretty smoothly despite my report having a few mistakes....they said i made a very credible witness and appeared very likable on the stand....they said the fact that I acknowledged mistakes and wasnt combative was a good approach...

then we got to take a tour of the courts, various sections where the inspectors, DAs, etc are, then went to see where evidence is booked, and a bunch of other cool places inside the building....at the end we went to the medical examiners building and had a tour there which was finished with the viewing of dead bodies....weird smells...almost like iodine or something...some smelled something else...meh..

practiced an hour on my classmates truck parallel parking, reversing into parking spots and road positioning....started to get a better feel for the car and how it handles as well as dimensions and realizing I have a lot more space than I think....i hope this helps me...because time is running out...retest is saturday....

[gza]

how much longer do you have, DS?

[younggunz]

Originally Posted by DEVILsSON

yea we have about week and half of 'officer su.rvival week' where a week of it is basically paintballing..except we shoot with real bullets with paint capsule instead of lead....ie similar but not quite...shooting on the move..etc...

Had mock court today and it went pretty smoothly despite my report having a few mistakes....they said i made a very credible witness and appeared very likable on the stand....they said the fact that I acknowledged mistakes and wasnt combative was a good approach...

then we got to take a tour of the courts, various sections where the inspectors, DAs, etc are, then went to see where evidence is booked, and a bunch of other cool places inside the building....at the end we went to the medical examiners building and had a tour there which was finished with the viewing of dead bodies....weird smells...almost like iodine or something...some smelled something else...meh..

practiced an hour on my classmates truck parallel parking, reversing into parking spots and road positioning....started to get a better feel for the car and how it handles as well as dimensions and realizing I have a lot more space than I think....i hope this helps me...because time is running out...retest is saturday....

Yeah, I imagine you are going to be using the same thing we used. Simunition rounds with paint and wax filling. It is in essence a paintball war, but with real response and action from the weapon (well the velocity of the round is severely toned down so recoil isn't quite the same). We ran CQC Force on Force and as I recall, it was a lot of fun..we also had lethal simunitions for the 249 and the M2 (M2E50) which were used to minimize structural damage to our MOUT digs.