RaptorDad
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Howdy! DS (Raptor) was selected for SS after all, and he's currently knee-deep in the training in Session A. I didn't want to hijack Fyterpilot22's SS thread--I sure appreciate all the great answers he has given to the SS questions. Instead, I thought I'd offer up the opportunity for those who want to post any updates coming from our DS/DD's as they experience the training first-hand. It might serve as a "current events" thread of sorts, as well as to provide some insight as to what they're doing each day--without giving away too many of the surprises!
Anyway, here are a few thoughts / experiences Raptor has texted me about his SS training experience so far:
RaptorDad
Anyway, here are a few thoughts / experiences Raptor has texted me about his SS training experience so far:
- He's able to use his phone sparingly while at SS, but there are many times where he's obviously much more busy so I get more infrequent updates
- He was very impressed with the quality and quantity of items they gave him when he in-processed (Fyterpilot22 listed everything on p2 of his SS thread)
- The food has been good so far...the first day he had chicken, fish, mashed potatoes, corn, and fruit for lunch and burger/chips for dinner
- He and his roommates have spent a fair amount of time memorizing info their cadet Element Leader gave them (ala a mini-Contrails)
- They spent some time getting their room in better shape on the first day...apparently it needed a bit of cleaning
- He didn't mention anything about playing any sports or outside activities the first day; I'll ask to see if they did anything like that
- As we all could have predicted, he said the higher altitude was pretty rough for exercising and that quite a few suffered more than expected on a run today
- He's still waiting to get a schedule of his classes for the next few days...
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