Scotland |
Well, I better post about this eventually.Last weekend I made my first trip to Scotland. It was amazing, to say the least. I love mountains, and the mountains in Scotland are absolutely br... Posted by They call me Lobb on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 07:05:00 PST |
Wow, long time no update |
So I figured I'd update this thing finally, to let those of you who are actually checking this know what's going on. I graduated the fire academy successfully on March 30th and got here to RAF Lakenh... Posted by They call me Lobb on Fri, 16 Jun 2006 11:09:00 PST |
Firefighter PT |
I passed my firefighter PT last night. Good stuff.Firefighter PT consists of the following, to be performed in this exact order while wearing turnout gear and an SCBA, in under 8 minutes.1. ... Posted by They call me Lobb on Wed, 08 Feb 2006 09:34:00 PST |
Right to privacy? |
I just had 4 armed security forces officers tear my room apart, as well as the rooms of EVERYBODY else in my building.that's right. At 0100hrs they set off the fire alarm, moved everybody into ... Posted by They call me Lobb on Sun, 22 Jan 2006 12:57:00 PST |
Polar Bear Swim...who's drunken idea was this? |
Yeah, I can see it now. A bunch of drunk canadians sitting around a pool in december going "hey you guys, how aboot we all jump in the pool while it's cold. Yeah, that sounds like a good i... Posted by They call me Lobb on Sun, 22 Jan 2006 08:27:00 PST |
Drags, Carries, and beating shit with an axe. fun times for all |
Alright, another day at the fire academy. First let me cover what we did yesterday, since I didn't post about it yesterday.We did forcible entry yesterday. Not very physical, but very fun.... Posted by They call me Lobb on Sat, 21 Jan 2006 05:16:00 PST |
The Tunnel |
Wow, so today we did the infamous emergency operations trainer, a.k.a. 'the tunnel.' The purpose of the tunnel is to pretty much try and scare the shit out of you and convince you that you reall... Posted by They call me Lobb on Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:03:00 PST |
Start practical stuff today |
We finished block II yesterday, finally. For those of you who don't know what that means, which I'm sure is most of you, Air Force technical training is broken up into multiple "blocks" each cov... Posted by They call me Lobb on Fri, 13 Jan 2006 08:50:00 PST |
I'm at tech school now! |
So, amazingly, I made it out of basic training. So now I'm sittin' here at Goodfellow AFB in San Angelo, Tx! Learning how to be a firefighter!I'll finish here on March 31st then it's off t... Posted by They call me Lobb on Sun, 25 Dec 2005 09:45:00 PST |