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CAMP ATTERBURY, Ind. – Screams of triumph, pain and frustration was heard throughout the four-day physical and mental demanding competition where more than 60 Job Corps students from across the nation competed in the Fifth Annual National Field Training Exercise at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center.
The eight teams competed for title of best Job Corps Center in the United States and the obstacles they faced demanded attention to detail, physical endurance and team solidarity to complete.
Such obstacles faced were first aid with simulated victims, a 25-foot-tall logged ladder, a crime scene investigation, and many more changeling training exercises.
Team Gadsden Job Corps Center, Ala., won the competition Sept. 24 by scoring the most points.
Michael Baldwin, a student with the Gadsden Job Corps Center, said the competition was not something the team won over night. It took the team months of preparation and studying manuals to prepare for the FTX.
“It was a lot of team work and leadership that lead us to victory,” Baldwin said. “I pushed myself to the limit and I enjoyed it.”
Baldwin said the most challenging and beneficial was the Camp Atterbury Leadership Reaction Course because of the unique obstacles the team encountered.
They used each other as human ladders, while using arms and legs as ropes as they worked together to find creative ways to maneuver team members up and over barriers.
“Holding team members over a ledge shows the strength and trust in your team,” he said.
Baldwin said he plans of joining the National Guard and then plans to go to college and get a degree in Criminal Justice.
“This competition helped me gain knowledge that I will need to accomplish the goals I set in future,” he said.
John Valis, the corporate executive coordinator security/MILCAP, said Job Corps trains students in homeland security and military career perpetration. They take a series of 440 different courses and each course is certified by the Department of Labor.
“It is a rough course they have to take and that is what this competition is all about,” he said. “Job Corps is all about the students and giving them the best training so they can find employment.”
| Date Taken: | 09.24.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 09.24.2010 20:22 |
| Story ID: | 56945 |
| Location: | CAMP ATTERBURY, INDIANA, US |
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