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gettysburgfreak
12-18-2009, 04:49 PM
I'm not the type to flaunt my accomplishments but today I am feeling very proud of something I set out to do and wanted to share.

Today marked the last day of the first part of the US Border Patrol Academy and I am set to graduate on Monday with 21 other classmates. This was the most difficult thing I had ever attempted in my life. It was challenging physically but even more so mentally. The amount of information we had to learn in 55 days was very intense and at times extremely overwhelming. We had applied authority classes, naturalization, and immigration law classes, driving, shooting, arrest techniques, offensive and defensive techniques, survival swimming, first aid and CPR, as well as a few other odds and ends classes that pertained to the job. We also had to get OC sprayed which was the worst pain I had ever felt in my life. Each day was a challenge and feel extremely lucky to have made it through especially after having rolled my ankle severely on the second week of physical training.

Now for 9 weeks of learning Spanish.:td
Commander Quan
12-18-2009, 05:03 PM
Congrats on passing the first phase.

Good luck with the Spanish I took 3 years of it and all I leaned how to say was Cerveza y albondigas and Mi Gusta Bonitas chicas. I figured everything else was above and beyond the scope of any conversation I wold be having.
68TriShield
12-18-2009, 05:25 PM
Congrats and thank you :tu
kydsid
12-18-2009, 05:26 PM
Congrats and don't worry about the spanish. Look at it this way. December and January are better months to be at Glynco than July and August. Sandflies. ugh.

Let me how you like your rooms tv once you get there. :r
Resipsa
12-18-2009, 05:44 PM
Congrats!
Blueface
12-18-2009, 05:53 PM
Congrats!
G G
12-18-2009, 06:24 PM
Congratulations.:tu
Coach Deg
12-18-2009, 06:35 PM
Congratulations!!
hotreds
12-18-2009, 06:37 PM
ˇFelicitaciones y buena suerte!
CasaDooley
12-18-2009, 06:41 PM
Congrats Bro!:tu
Veritas
12-18-2009, 06:46 PM
Congratulations!
elderboy02
12-18-2009, 06:56 PM
Congratulations!
Ranger_B
12-18-2009, 07:06 PM
Great job man. Best wishes as you continue on your path.
qwerty1500
12-18-2009, 07:13 PM
Congratulations! And, thank you for helping to keep all of us safe.
Steve
12-18-2009, 07:54 PM
Congrats!
gettysburgfreak
12-18-2009, 08:13 PM
Congrats and don't worry about the spanish. Look at it this way. December and January are better months to be at Glynco than July and August. Sandflies. ugh.

Let me how you like your rooms tv once you get there. :r


They have us here in Artesia, NM we do Spanish at the same place we did basic. Our TV is from probably 1990 and all the peoples faces are a nice orange tint no matter how much I mess with the settings.
Titan410
12-18-2009, 08:19 PM
Welcome to the Thin Blue Line! Congrats!
icehog3
12-18-2009, 08:28 PM
Congratulations! :tu
kydsid
12-19-2009, 08:28 AM
They have us here in Artesia, NM we do Spanish at the same place we did basic. Our TV is from probably 1990 and all the peoples faces are a nice orange tint no matter how much I mess with the settings.

Ahh the hiring increases for OBP and OFO must have outpaced capacity at Glynco. Everyone, including BPA's, used to go to Glynco for Spanish. Never the less I am sure they will do the same thing to your tv as they do in Glynco. Hope you like Sabago Gigante. HEHEHE


BTW. Heard where you are being stationed?
gettysburgfreak
12-19-2009, 08:50 AM
Ahh the hiring increases for OBP and OFO must have outpaced capacity at Glynco. Everyone, including BPA's, used to go to Glynco for Spanish. Never the less I am sure they will do the same thing to your tv as they do in Glynco. Hope you like Sabago Gigante. HEHEHE


BTW. Heard where you are being stationed?

We were supposed to spend 10 months in San Diego but one of our classmates who doesn't have to stay for spanish got a phone call saying he needed to report to Del Rio and that the rest of our class would be joining him there. That severely pissed me off, I was looking forward to San Diego big time. My full time station is going to be in Sumas, Washington.
GreekGodX
12-19-2009, 09:01 AM
Congrats :tu Thank you for wanting to service our country in this way!
Starscream
12-19-2009, 09:41 AM
That is awesome! Congrats!:tu
MedicCook
12-19-2009, 09:58 AM
Congrats. :tu
yourchoice
12-19-2009, 10:13 AM
Congratulations, and Thank you!
kydsid
12-19-2009, 10:18 AM
We were supposed to spend 10 months in San Diego but one of our classmates who doesn't have to stay for spanish got a phone call saying he needed to report to Del Rio and that the rest of our class would be joining him there. That severely pissed me off, I was looking forward to San Diego big time. My full time station is going to be in Sumas, Washington.

Jeebus. WTF is BP doing these days. A year on the southern border then to your permanent station? :confused:

Well if you come to Del Rio you can shoot down 83 and we can herf it up. :tu :ss
gettysburgfreak
12-19-2009, 10:19 AM
Jeebus. WTF is BP doing these days. A year on the southern border then to your permanent station? :confused:

Well if you come to Del Rio you can shoot down 83 and we can herf it up. :tu :ss


A lot of our instructors gave us big time crap for being able to go up north. The vacancy announcement we were hired under was all northern border. Ill let you know if we actually go down there.

To everyone else thanks for the congrats