HI Bob,

On Thu 2038-Jul-01 18:08, Bob Klahn (1:124/311) wrote to Richard Webb:

BK>  I see military as the first choice. It's not a matter of being 
BK> able to do something productive, but to serve, and be ready for  the
BK> dangerous stuff.

I do too, for just that reason.  YOu learn a lot there, even if you never
really have to use it later.


BK>  That was my plan. I believe I said a Swiss style service.
BK>  Everyone trains, and is in the reserves.

YEp, you go wherever you fit, but you get much military type training as
you can handle.  THey might not put a rifle in
my hand for example, but they'd make sure I had some
extensive hand to hand possibly, and various other things.
I got a lot of that sort of stuff anyway, as I sought it out via other means.


 RW> I strongly believe that to
 RW> get a high school diploma young people should undergo cert
 RW> training.

BK>  I have often thought about that.

At first I went into that course thinking it would be just
another piece of paper they'd like me to have, we'll see if
I find it really worthwhile or they're just teaching me more gobbledygook
I'll never use.  I went with the knowledge that I'd either find it a waste
of my time but complete the
course for the paper, or I'd find it was great.  With this
instructor and others like her it's a damned good course,
and every American should take it.  This lady really puts
your hands on the tools and techniques you'll need to help
yourself and your neighbors.

 RW> Good example of what I'm talking about from when we went
 RW> through Cert a few months ago.  We're doing the exercise of
 RW> lift the toppled wall with makeshift levers to pull a body
 RW> out from under it.  I take my turn at a lever at one end,
 RW> and my turn helping get the usual cpr dummy out from under.
 RW> meanwhile my lady's sitting there in her wheelchair.  I
 RW> pushed her forward and said something like "she may not be
 RW> able to operate a lever, but she should get a shot at
 RW> coordinating the team.

BK>  Exactly what I was referring to.

YEp, and she was quite observant, told the third man who
would be actually grappling with the body to get his hands
back more than once.  YEs, we assembled debris as it might
be found with a fallen wall, with the usual Resuscitation
Annie doll underneath .
Kathy and I go play with them when they do a training
exercise at the end of the weekend course often, we set me
up in a park somewher to be "out of area" radio contact,
have kathy work frs with the team and demonstrate our quick
setup hf vhf and uhf setup.  We usually arrive about lunch
on their Sunday training day, let the folks see the old van
just sitting in their parking lot.  Half an hour after
they've entered the classroom to pick teams for the
assignment they come out to see a tripod antenna mast and a
bunch of gear set up ready for operation.

Regards,
           Richard
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