Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Blood & Cryptology....

Today was the Cyclone Challenge, not not a trip to Ames, Iowa to see Iowa State, but a six stage, four times around visit to the "spirit world". 35 seconds of muscular endurance, 15 seconds to get to the next station, and 35 more seconds of pain...6 stations....4 tmes each station...20 minutes straight...whoa


Most, if not all the 270 participants, completed the challenge and wanted more.  Amazingly, there is strength in numbers when it comes to endurance workouts...people push each other to get better...whether an acacemy recruit or command school copper, the brotherhood continues on  It seems easier described than it is.  


Ten or so of us ventured out to the track to continue the PT regime by playing touch football...a team of Nebraska-Wisconsin-LSU and Utah guys got it on with West VA, BYU, FLA and Penn St.  Finally can say B1G over SEC.

 A cool thing while playing football was watching the HRT choppers fly over and hearing the training rounds going off.   What I would call the civilian version of the Navy SEALS, the FBI's team is serious badass.    What they did in Alabama to save the youngster is amazing when you realize what they did.  Being here brings home the FACT that there are some quality law enforcement professionals at all levels, local, state, military and federal.  Combine that with the international professionals in the class...premium blend people! 



There was a Speaker in Forensics that went over the art of cryptology...no, not the study of gangbangers, but of code breaking...from gambling sheets to secret notes.  The people who break the code(s) are very talented to put it Mildly.


The food is beginning to become a subject of interest...four weeks of the same thing have gotten on many people's hit list.  There's still a choice of some ok stuff, but it starts to get old.  Thankfully i've got a fridge in the room.  
Tonight was a voluntary meeting in the Boardroom that saw many of class 252 in attendance. Important things were discussed. 

A trip to NYC is on the agenda for this weekend.  A "nor-easter" is forcast for Friday-Saturday...hopefully the weather forecasters are as bad here as they are in Omaha

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