Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Secretive

This is an excellent article on the free Washington Post web site regarding the training of a Secret Service agent. It's awesome, and so are the people who graduate from the course. Just reading the article wiped me out.

4 comments:

STAG said...

http://james-iry.blogspot.com/2009/05/brief-incomplete-and-mostly-wrong.html

Cerulean Bill said...

I have to admit, I couldn't figure out what this had to do with the Secret Service -- but as for the rest -- well, wait, isn't that actually the way it WAS?

STAG said...

Absolutely nothing to do with the topic...just thought you might like the link.

Can't really comment on the Secret Service stuff...just seemed to me to be awfully "full metal jacket". Typical overtraining of an elite unit.

Cerulean Bill said...

I do agree with that. On the other hand, when they're protecting someone I respect, like the current resident.....