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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jack7" data-source="post: 5193300" data-attributes="member: 54707">Well just finished my final exam, debriefing, and graduation from my initial CERT training. I'm glad it's over, two months is a long time. But it's required by my squadron nowadays. So it was good to do it now.Tonight I handled triage, though last time they made me SAR Leader. I prefer Search and Rescue (cause I'd much rather be in the field), though I like Triage and medical operations too. I think though that I'm gonna go on with advanced civilian SAR training, and medical training, maybe even shoot for instructor or district coordinator.My ultimate goal is to have a wide variety of well rounded Military, Law Enforcement, Medical, SAR and disaster response skills. I'm pretty well set except for the disaster response and medical skills. I've had good and sometimes even extensive training in both categories, but I'm not yet satisfied with my level of training in those fields. I can use some more training with civilian SAR too probably. I think all of these skills will assist me when I train to become a Priest, especially working in the field. I can be the kind of priest who can help respond in bad situations and in isolated locations. By the way, here is the <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/blogs/jack7/2577-training-program-priesthood.html" target="_blank">training program I developed for my preliminary Priestly studies</a>. I've been meaning to do that but kept forgetting about it with other things cropping up. I posted it to my blog. Hopefully by the time I start real training I'll be well ahead of the curve.Anyways I really liked my instructor (he's recently been certified as an International Law Enforcement Instructor) and I made a lot of new, solid contacts for my PIIN in local law enforcement, especially in the training and patrol sections. And the sub-station out at the airport. Which is fine cause I'll fly from there from time to time. So that was a good part of the training as well.For graduation they gave us all a really nice kit. It was much better than I had been expecting. It's a useful kit which I'll add onto once I make a complete inventory, but I thought it was a right nice little equipment pack.My daughters got to be earthquake victims in the training simulation. They seemed to have had a ball and it was good training for them too. I was proud of em. But again, I'm glad it's over.Now that's it's finished though I can devote time to my conversion and priestly studies, I can get back to work on a novel I'm writing, work on some prototypes on two invention ideas I had during class (one is for breakaway roof structures during earthquakes), finish some more landscaping, and work on a couple of scientific experiments I've been meaning to pursue. Sometime this summer, now that I've made all of my lands a wildlife preserve, I'm gonna try and set up some specific habitats here and there for various local creatures. That'll be more of a fun hobby I undertake with the kids.For now though I think I'll just have a glass of wine and go to bed.I'm pretty much played out for one day.</blockquote>

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