Cross Into The Future

This is the title of the class I am currently taking here.  It is the only class I will take at Keesler, and is about eight weeks long.  The class has eight blocks in it, which means eight tests.  It is very intensive, and covers a broad overview of electronic circuits, physics, math, and equipment troubleshooting skills.

Basically, my school days go like this:

0400 - I get up and get dressed, clean up my room in inspection order, and get my stuff together for school.

0450 - I go to the dining facility and pick up a breakfast to go (we can eat during class).

0510 - Everyone from my squadron forms up for accountability and waits lined up in column formation.

0530 - Reveille plays and they raise the flag while we all stand at attention and salute.

0535 - We begin our twenty minute march to school.  There are about 1200-1500 students in four different squadrons here, so it is pretty cool.

0600 - Class begins and we eat breakfast.

0700 - Break

0715 - Class

0825 - Break

0840 - Class

1000 - Break

1015 - Class

1045 - Lunch (We march back to our squadron area in Small Marching Units and eat at our dining facilities.)

1145 - Class

1315 - Break

1330 - Class

1500 - We form up as a squadron again and march back to our squadrons.

1520 - We are released to either change clothes for PRT or to prepare for open ranks uniform inspections.

1545 - We form up for accountability and then do open ranks or PRT.

1700 - We are released for the day to eat and do whatever else we want/need to do.

2200 - In my current phase this is the time I am required to sign into my squadron for the night.  I usually do not stay up much later than this.

 Last Tuesday I completed Block 1 of my class, which covered Direct Current Theory.  Our test had 30 questions and we were given one hour to complete it.  I got a 97% on my exam (only missed one question) and overall our class scored very well.  We are now an honor class, and are steadily pushing our way through Block 2, which covers Alternating Current Theory.  It is not as easy for me as the first block, but it is still just as much fun, and I am learning a lot.

Take a look at my USAF Pictures page to see what my new home is like.  There is also an informative website for my current base: http://www.keesler.af.mil/ which may have a few interesting pictures on it as well.  One of the links on the left is of Keesler News, our local base publication, and has several good articles in it, as well as activity schedules.