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Photo caption: Recruits perform pushups for physical training outside in Roscommon. Academy training shifted here, at the Ralph A. MacMullan Center, in May from the Michigan State Police Training Academy facility in Lansing, where the academy began.
Due to the Memorial Day holiday, Week 21 started out a little different than our usual schedule. We had a shortened week with longer days that began with check-in at the Ralph A. MacMullan Center at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, followed by lunch chow, then a four-hour block of firearms with Conservation Officer Kyle Bader. After dinner chow we returned to the firearms range for another two hours of firearms before heading into the classroom for an hour session of intro to trapping, taught by one of our academy staff instructors, CO Brad Bellville. Personally, as someone who has never trapped before, I found this block of instruction interesting because it was a whole new world of outdoor recreation. After class, it was back to the firearms range for our last hour of shooting for the day.
Wednesday morning started with chow, and then back to the firearms range. The class was then split into two groups: One group stayed at the firearms range and shot for marksmanship badges that we will wear on our Class A uniforms, and the other group received instruction from Cpl. Jason King about active violence incidents.
After dinner we returned to the firearms range for our last two-hour block of instruction, which mostly consisted of our class competing head to head to see who could accurately shoot the fastest. Afterward, we returned to the classroom to clean our firearms. When we turned in our firearms to our instructors, we were informed that it was the last time we would see them until we graduate.
We returned to our barracks for some much-needed rest before completing a team exercise. At the end of the exercise, our academy staff told us that we finally earned our class flag, but we still had much more to do.
Thursday morning started with a policy and procedure class, led by Lt. Jeremy Payne, DNR district law supervisor based in Bay City, who leads the DNR Law Enforcement Division policy committee. Following this block of class instruction, we split up again, with one group doing another two hours of policy and procedure, while the other group took Class A uniform photos and met with Katie Gervasi, LED communications specialist, about recruiting and communications.
All in all, with Week 21 down I can speak confidently for Training Academy No. 13 when I say we all feel the momentum building, as the countdown to graduation has begun! However, there a few more hurdles that will require us to be locked in and ready to attack as a team.
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