So, this is to let all of you who didn't know (if you have met him than you should already know it) that James rocks! I am so proud of him right now! Many months ago he decided that he was going to try out for Borstar (Border Patrol Search, Trauma and Rescue). It is an elite, special ops group in the Border Patrol. It is also extremely difficult to get in to and complete the training (thus the elite part). He worked for months to get ready for the try-outs and in August he did the three day long try-out and passed. Yay! I wasn't really surprised, but I was still nervous for him. He continued to prepare physically for the five week academy and left us at the end of August to go to Texas for the training. Their class started out with 57 people (55 men, 2 women) and after 1 1/2 days they had dropped down to 38 people. It is a hard core (physically and mentally) training. By the end of 4 weeks they were down to 25. One woman and the rest men. Last night I received a call from James to tell me that he had graduated! YAY!!!!! He was one of the 25 of his group! He also informed me that his class had a higher amount graduating than most (they usually get down to the teens). They usually worked at least 13-16 hours a day (sometimes more) and all they had to eat were M.R.E.s (meals ready to eat...i.e. YUCK). He said that he had lost so much weight, that he had no body fat on him (although a lot more muscles than before), and he needed new pants because the old ones wouldn't stay up and he has the nickname of Ethiopian and had instructors wanting to make sure he was eating enough (I say to them.....Give him some real food and not the m.r.e.s!). He still has the rest of this week in training (swift water) but it is as a member of the team and not part of the academy. There are thousands (almost 20,000) of Border Patrol agents in the U.S., but only a few hundred (not more than 400) that are in Borstar and James is one of them! Congratulations babe! He will be bringing home a video of the training, so if there are good shots of James you can bet I will be posting them on a future blog!
Monday, September 21, 2009
My Husband ROCKS!!!!!
So, this is to let all of you who didn't know (if you have met him than you should already know it) that James rocks! I am so proud of him right now! Many months ago he decided that he was going to try out for Borstar (Border Patrol Search, Trauma and Rescue). It is an elite, special ops group in the Border Patrol. It is also extremely difficult to get in to and complete the training (thus the elite part). He worked for months to get ready for the try-outs and in August he did the three day long try-out and passed. Yay! I wasn't really surprised, but I was still nervous for him. He continued to prepare physically for the five week academy and left us at the end of August to go to Texas for the training. Their class started out with 57 people (55 men, 2 women) and after 1 1/2 days they had dropped down to 38 people. It is a hard core (physically and mentally) training. By the end of 4 weeks they were down to 25. One woman and the rest men. Last night I received a call from James to tell me that he had graduated! YAY!!!!! He was one of the 25 of his group! He also informed me that his class had a higher amount graduating than most (they usually get down to the teens). They usually worked at least 13-16 hours a day (sometimes more) and all they had to eat were M.R.E.s (meals ready to eat...i.e. YUCK). He said that he had lost so much weight, that he had no body fat on him (although a lot more muscles than before), and he needed new pants because the old ones wouldn't stay up and he has the nickname of Ethiopian and had instructors wanting to make sure he was eating enough (I say to them.....Give him some real food and not the m.r.e.s!). He still has the rest of this week in training (swift water) but it is as a member of the team and not part of the academy. There are thousands (almost 20,000) of Border Patrol agents in the U.S., but only a few hundred (not more than 400) that are in Borstar and James is one of them! Congratulations babe! He will be bringing home a video of the training, so if there are good shots of James you can bet I will be posting them on a future blog!
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3 comments:
congratulations! That's great.
HOLY CRAP that's AWESOME!!!! Can I get into that program? You know, the Ethiopian one? ;) Really, that is so cool! Congrats to your hubby!!
Katie, thanks.
Hiroko, I love you! You crack me up! lol fyi- being called an Ethiopian (because of the thinness) is a compliment! lol You probably would be able to hang in there (I would be kicked out before it even started! lol) Thanks, I am so proud of him. you probably couldn't tell! hehe
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