Military Training Essay

Before I describe to you some of the “routine” and specific situations, investigations, and actual cases and dispositions I encountered I feel I should outline some of the training that that I received starting with the Military Police and Basic Training. Looking back I see the importance of the initial Army training that centered on physical conditioning and the discipline necessary to obey and follow orders to become part of a team. We learned that what was good for one was good for all and of course the reverse. Each morning we stood inspection outside of the barracks with our field packs on. Part of our required equipment during the inspections was a razor. We found out why one morning at the beginning of our training cycle when one of

As a military policeman my Army training continued but now included police specific topics. Lots of judo and hand-to-hand combat plus additional firearms training, pistol, rifle to machine gun and I was awarded the “high score” trophy during the .45 caliber pistol qualifications. As a policeman I was assigned to attend the POST academy course in education and training required by the State with some additional specific training required due to the social unrest that really ramped up while I was a civilian policeman. As you’ll see my training continued through my police department years, right up to the year I retired. Much of these training subjects were district specific in that they provided me with additional knowledge that assisted me in the different locations of my assignments; such as Desert Training and Snow Safety Awareness and just as important I was updated with changes in technology; such as Revolver conversion to Semi-Auto Pistol Training. In some areas I was an instructor for some of these subjects which I volunteered to do realizing that as a trained instructor I became more knowledgeable with the subject matter which greatly added to my own confidence as my career

, additional training including scenarios that helped me to make some important decisions that kept me from assuming a routine mode or