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Congrats on your graduating and completion of it. You are now in a unique club.
Your experience was quite like mine, although I went through Officer Basic in part at Benning. I had a really enjoyable few months there, although was ready to be done when it was over and my experience was very physically and mentally demanding. I remember being pretty exhausted when I finished, and then I went right to 3 weeks of Airborne school. I was spent when I completed all of that training.
I actually didn't care much for the way they train on weapons, though. A lot of talking and theory, and very little actual shooting. This is where I disagree with the military training model. Too little doing and too much talking. I suppose it's a money saving measure... Lot's of standing around, watching someone shoot...
Later in my career, I got into a SF unit (staff) and was able to get a lot more freedom on the range. This is where I really got to experience a ton of different weapon platforms, grenades, etc. I was really fortunate!
Anyway, glad you enjoyed it.
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