Unit 45 Prayer Calendar is Up!
March 28th, 2011
The Unit 45 prayer calendar is now up at http://alertacademy.com/alert/pdf/prayercalendars/unit-45-prayer-booklet.pdf
Unit 45 R-Night
March 23rd, 2011
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- Recruit Horn having his hair cut
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- Alpha squad standing at attention
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- Recruit Aaron Chan
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- Bravo Squad reading over their Regulation books
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- Unit 45 standing at attention
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- Recruit Alford having his gear inspected
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- Recruits LaLone and Chan running to formation with their gear
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- The men of Unit 45 prepare to hike to the barracks
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- Unit 45 standing at attention on the flag field
UNIT 44 ERT DIVE TRIP
February 10th, 2011
We have spent the past four weeks in Miami, Florida training Unit 44 ERT in Underwater Search and Recovery. ERT was spit into two groups of about twenty new divers, and each group spent two weeks in Miami. The first of the two weeks was spent training them in Open Water and Advanced Open Water Diving. After successfully completing Advanced Open Water, they met the certification requirements of the National Academy of Police Diving (NAPD) for Special Response Diving (SRD). The second week was spent diving in canals as part of the SRD course. By the end of the two weeks they all were certified in Open Water, Advanced Open Water, and Special Response Diving.
First Group
The first week started out rough with about half of the group having colds. Despite this setback they all did well and were ready for SRD by week two. During the first week they got to enjoy the pristine waters of Crystal Lake and Winston Park Lake.
Week two – SRD. Most of them were pretty nervous about searching in the alligator infested canals with minimal visibility, but after several days of searching in the canal they were ready to go look for cars. On the last day they found two cars.
Second Group
This group got off to a better start because unlike the first group they were healthy when they arrived. Other than the healthier start everything went about the same for the second group. They did Open Water and Advanced Open Water the first week and Special Response Diving the second week. At the end of the second week we went back to where the first group had found the two cars and searched again. This time we found a Corvette that had been dumped there during the two weeks since the first group had been there.
Isaac Lemelin (left) Cody Price (right)
Saturday inspection/BRC
November 11th, 2010
On Saturday, the 30th of October, the men of Unit 44 passed Saturday inspection. They had been held to a standard each Saturday during Basic training, and this week, they met that standard.
After passing Saturday inspection, instead of doing some extra PT, the men got to play Frisbee instead. It was a great way for the men to relax after a hard day’s work cleaning the barracks.
Last week, the men of Unit 44 participated in the Basic Responder Challenge, a three-day event where teams compete in various events. On Wednesday, the men of the Unit participated in the Recruit Olympics.
Recruit Judah Coleman, participating in the Javelin throw.
Recruit Joshua Plummer, seen here participating in the shot put
The men of Unit 44 got to participate in log throwing, Recruit Tyler Burggraf shown here.
Recruit Joseph Oehlshlaeger, exhibiting his long jump skills.
On the next two days the men of Unit 44 participated in the adventure race and the Criterion, a series of 9 events that will test them on all that they’ve learned over the course of Basic Training.
Recruits Daniel House, Tanner Burggraf, and David LeVeille prepare for the next step in the Adventure race, travelling across the lake in a raft.
Recruits Daniel Olivas and Stephen Gruenwald constructing a Catamaran out of lashing poles and two canoes.
Nav-Meds
October 30th, 2010
During Navigational-Medical (known as Nav-Med) week, the men of Unit 44 performed various exercises, each one culminating in care for a “victim”
Recruits Ethan Schilling and Nicholas Greenlee working on constructing a platform while the rest of their squad finishes gathering materials.
Recruits Nicholas Miller, Jonathan Marcoux, and Benjamin Murray setting up their raised anchor point to lift an engine block over the edge of a cliff.
The men of Charlie 1st putting finishing touches on their lift system.
Recruit Tabor Davison and the rest of Delta 2nd transport some logs across a creek.
The men of Alpha 1st care for their patient, a victim with a broken leg. The stretcher is constructed out of small tree limbs, and webbing.
Recruit Ian Nunez carries the extra pack back, as the rest of his squad, Delta 1st, carries their patient back to the barracks.
