Hey Keith, Good to hear about the experiences of those who choose to make
NTC what it is intended to be. It's a choice that each attendee makes for
him-herself. These are the kind of testimonies that I signed up for
rangernet to hear. A good report!
You know, no matter how much training I've had, I always look forward to
the next opportunity. I have taken LTC. I've taught LTC. But I don't think
I'll ever get tired of watching my sectional commander teach LTC. Why?
Because that guy can do it! Because no matter how many times I've taken the
class, I'll always learn something new if I want to. That's why training
opportunities have never been a waste of time for me.
God bless, Clint Grant.
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>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [RR] NTC (yah I know its late)
>Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 00:56:14 EDT
>
>Basically I gave up on reading the posts on NTC because it seemed they were
>going nowhere and just cluttering the mail box. Then I realized I didn't
>care because they wasted my time. I never said how I felt on the subject
>because it didn't matter that much to me.
> Everyone sees everything through their own perspective. Whether their
>view is through rose colored glasses or through cracked jaded ones its all
>the same thing. ALso if you go into it expecting it to be bad chances are
>that it will end up being horrible. Personally I wanted to go and was
>afraid
>at the time that I wouldn't be able to go because of changes at the
>national
>level.
> I was seventeen and only able to go because I had completed my GMA and
>all the prerequisits. It was something that I had wanted to do for a
>while.
>I had been through JLTC and AJLTC and done all sorts of training camps. It
>was time for me to take my training as a leader even though I had been in
>the
>position already.
> When we got there we were each put into patrols and told to finish,
>basically being left alone. Each one of us it turns out woudl have some
>problem, bad knees, a clostomy bag, and me being 17 made us into what we
>would jokingly call a "gimp patrol." For some people that would make them
>look down on themselves and think that there would be unable to actually
>complete. For us that meant that we would press on and try harder. We had
>our hardships, but we worked as a team and were able to finish and graduate
>proudly after actually doing everything we were supposed to and very little
>of what we weren't supposed to do.
> People see it as some sort of midievil torture device, but NTC is the
>complete opposite. Its a learning experience. The leaders were off doing
>there own thing while we took care of ourselves. We learned what it was
>like (some of for the first time) to be a boy in a patrol. We learned how
>NOT to treat the boys and how to be good commanders at the same time.
> These are the same things I learned in JLTC and AJLTC. We learned so
>many other things but the most important information we learned was that
>being a good leader meant being there WITH and FOR the boys. RR is not a
>way
>to make you look better by spending a weekend resting by the fire while the
>boys run through the woods. Its leadin them on a nature hike, teaching
>them
>to fish, make spears, traps, and fishhooks, and basically being a roll
>model.
>
>I think the greatest lesson that NTC and every other camp I have gone to is
>very simple.
>NEVER MAKE A BOY DO WHAT YOU WOULD NOT BE WILLING TO DO
>
>XKeithX
>
>"All the sacrifices made for nothing
>Don't show can't believe it
>Want to show that I'm good for something
>I can't you won't let me
>Are you running cause your words won't heal me
>Because you can't accept me"
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