| Speaking from experience, it’s not fun being in a foxhole and your buddy breaks under pressure. You want someone who can handle it. If you train to light, you may never see just exactly what you can take. If you train to the extreme, you know. You know because hopefully you were broken before. You know what to expect the next time. During the course of your training, your instructors have a duty to break you and rebuild you as the military sees fit. If for some reason they hurt your self-esteem, get over it. It’s their way of weeding out the people who can’t hack it. It’s best you go home with your feelings hurt than an officer knocking on your mother/wife’s door telling them you ain’t coming home.
As for you’re technical training, I agree with Gunner. They should put more emphasis in weapons and combat maneuvers. I’m a member of the Security Forces. Yeah, many people see us as only cops. However, they don’t realize we are the infantry of the Air Force. While the flyers are tucked away in their tents taking advantage of their crew rest, we’re out patrolling the perimeter. If something catastrophic should happen, 90% of the Air Force wouldn’t know how to properly use a weapon, let alone take up a defense fighting position. More or less, it’s a race to the bunkers for them.
No offense to any Air Force individuals out there who are fortunate enough to be in a unit that takes time to train you. I know there are some out there!
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