The Situation Report

 

Snoopy's Daily Medical Briefing

Tips to avoid Blisters

!. Wear well fitting footwear.

   -Too tight a shoe allows friction and causes pressure.

   -Too loose a shoe produces friction where the foot slides within the shoe.

2. Wear comfortable boots that have been broken in gradually.

3. Wear additional heavy socks when necessary.

4. Cool, wash, powder feet regularly.

5.  Apply moleskin to bony prominences.

                                                                         Major Gallagher, RN

                                                                         1st Lt  Elmore, RN

After Action Review

   Confidence Course 

Day three consisted of many exciting, team building exercises including a confidence course used primarily for team building by the US Army. The course included several physically and mentally challenging tasks that forced the cadets into situations requiring team work, leadership, and ‘confidence’.  Safety is the first and last

word of the day for every activity and spotters were utilized along with several senior members guiding and participating with each event on the course. The cadets had to work their way through the “Giant Ladder”, a forty plus foot ladder that the cadets climbed up and over before proceeding down the other side.  Next, the “Tarzan” activity, consisted of three unevenly elevated balance beams that lead to a series of monkey bars to challenge the cadets.  “Tough Nut” was next in line; it consisted of a series of zigzagged poles that cadets had to jump over. After that, the “Backwards Ladder” allowed the cadets to climb up the back of an inclined ladder several feet above the ground and then down the other side. “Island Jumping” followed; an obstacle that required cadets to jump from low disproportionately separated uneven poles while traversing a sand pit with imaginary alligators. The “Six Vaults” was next in line and consisted of several hurdles that the cadets had to ‘vault’ over swinging both of their legs over at once. A rotating log balance was the next obstacle to face the cadets; an obstacle that forced the cadets to balance as they walk across three rolling logs.   Soon, came the “Belly Crawl,” a sand pit under barb wire which cadets had to crawl through, shifting the sand to allow their body to pass under without touching the sharp protrusions of barbed points.  There are several other obstacles as well, ie the “Hanging Wall”, “Skyscraper”, and “The Tough One”.  Overall, the confidence course proved to be a successful experience that allowed the cadet’s to work as a team while challenging them physically and mentally.

                  Cadets Train for Search and Rescue Missions

           As an auxiliary of the United Stated Air Force the Civil Air Patrol is responsible for 98 percent of all search and rescue missions for downed aircraft in the United States.  For this reason, Civil Air Patrol has designated Emergency Services to be one of its three missions and has for the past fifty plus years been educating cadets in search and rescue skills to prepare them to participate in real life missions; an opportunity granted to them by the Homeland Security and the National Civil Air Patrol Commander.  Hence, as one of today activities Capt H. T. Collins, led the cadet’s in a highly educational and hands on Emergency Services experience that implored the cadet’s knowledge of ground team training at the basic level.  Courses covered included: using a compass, map reading, navigation skills, and search line procedures.  Among several other courses all required to achieve a Ground Team Level 3 rating; which allows for the cadets to participate as a qualified member of a ground team.  In the end, cadets learned valuable skills that will one day allow them the opportunity to serve as a valuable member of a Civil Air Patrol Ground Team.

           LOCK AND LOAD BOYS, WE’RE MOVIN OUT!!!

   The EST 2000 is the Army’s premier marksmanship simulator: a site where many have learned to handle a weapon. Though cadets will only be shooting simulated rifles, the experience is very similar to firing a real rifle. Soldiers use this range to practice engaging the enemy. This range is not  the site where soldiers initially learn to operate the weapon. Soldiers use the rifle range to practice engaging moving targets equipped with artificial intelligence. Each cadet steps up to a firing position equipped with an electronically simulated M16A2 shoulder fired, gas-operated, air cooled, semi-automatic rifle. The state-of-the-art simulation system then projects targets onto a large screen affixed to the wall approximately 10 meters away. After firing three rounds, the system displays each position’s results. If all three shots are grouped within a 4x4 box, the cadet has met the Army’s marksmanship standard. Once the standards are met, the shooters are replaced by another.

 The operation of the M16A2 is a straightforward process:

1. Clear the Rifle

Before operating the weapon, the cadet must ensure the chamber is free of debris. In order to clear the chamber, pull the charging handle and sweep the chamber with your finger. The weapon is now ready to be loaded and fired.

 2.   Lock and load

Firmly insert the magazine into the magazine well and operate the charging handle release button to load the first round. Take a proper sight picture and squeeze the trigger to engage the enemy.

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