This was probably my least favorite week at OTS due to the task saturation, but, it still wasn’t too bad. You will have academic assessment 2, so hopefully, you were able to study the weekend prior. There’s a lot of classroom lectures and you have to perform your first briefing. We only had one failure because time was exceeded.
Blue Thunder
You will also go out to “Blue Thunder” (off-campus location) for Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) training. This teaches the very basic and most fundamental field medical care skills. It’s pretty laid-back, but, pay attention because you’ll have to show you learned the skills later.
Commander’s Cup Challenge
At the end of the week, we had the “Commanders Cup Challenge” (a 5k ruck march in the morning). The ruck march was somewhat tiring, especially if you were chosen to carry a ruck, but, if you’re in decent shape it shouldn’t be that hard.
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