The cool thing about this volunteer department is that it is huge. Loudon County is just outside DC and extremely wealthy. It's my reference when paid departments belittle the service of the volunteers
The dead fire fighter served in my best friends fire company. Loudon County is a majority volunteer department. The man leaves a morning wife and family. True love for others in his selfless service.
Aschaffenburg Germany watch worrying about all from the post that had deployed. Just a scared 7 yo boy who didn’t understand we humans got to kill each other.... still don’t
Look into Kali. I have studied BJJ, Krav and Judo. Kali has been the most benefitical to my leathality. It is weapons based but the skills all translate to empty hands. It also works at all ranges. Watch some videos of Doug Marcadia. It is amazing how differently my body moves and how...
Take my nursing skills around the world, into the poorest places. More at church. work to preserve and grow the money for future generations, while maintaining the importance of hard work.
I have like my all my Garmin watches. I have a Forerunner15 now that has a built in activity tracker and GPS. Pacesetter and workout plan. I wish it had bluetooth, but it works fine for me.
I started picking up kids around 1130 and pick up a stranded driver, just to have all roads leading to my house closed. Walked about about 1 mile with a kid in the backpack and one in a front carrier. Lucky a good person inside the closed area drove us the last mile home. Got home around...
I am in the GaSDF, and yes we get to do some cool stuff and some. There is also stuff that give us a less than desirable image. I have been in a chem unit, medical unit and now with the schools. This is a time of change for the SDF. Height and weight and age are being enforced. CPT Howard...
Federal parks are okay as long as it is not CoE land. However, stay out of the building in either state or federal parks. The feds now follow state laws.
The medal is from the American Legion give to ROTC and JROTC for the cadet in a the unit that displays outstanding military leadership. Their are three levels gold, silver and bronze. gold is the highest
Weight training too early, before the complete calcification of long bones, can cause stunted growth. Weight baring exercise before adolescents prematurely hardens the long bone and limits the amount of growth that would occur between puberty and early adulthood. This same factor makes weight...
This is exactly correct. Orders can only come from the CoC. That does not mean some NCO's or officers won't try. That is when the soldier must be sure enough to stand their ground.