Immediately thought of the song That Smell from Lynayrd Skynyrd... "Ooh, that smell Can't you smell that smell? Ooh, that smell The smell of death surrounds you"

Red, White, and Blue

Just read about this charge in chapter 6 of Adm. McRaven’s book, The Wisdom of the Bullfrog.

This was at 06:00 this morning, 7 hours after we left the Firehouse, and about 6-1/2 hours into being stuck. #Blizzard #Blizzard2022 #Fireman #FireDepartment

It indeed is a process. Am I happy with the desired outcome? Absolutely. But it was a process to get there, and a grind. Classwork, reading, note taking, all in effort to become better, not to just attain a title. #Training #InstructorSchool #Fireman #Process

Day 5 - Final Test ✅ Final Presentation ✅ End of a long road and overall great class. Demanding and intense but rewarding. Had to adapt and overcome a minor technical difficulties with my presentation but otherwise prevailed. Thanks to the great St… instagr.am/p/CkoeogoOU9r/

Day 4 in the books. All the classes and prepwork lead to tomorrow...Final test and presentation for NYS Fire and Emergency Services Instructor 1. #InstructorSchool #Leader #Instructor #FireDepartment #Fireman instagr.am/p/CkmEMtbrgwC/

The Grind never stops… hitting the textbook and class notes for NYS Fire and Emergency Services Instructor 1 class. Next up is working on presentations and the test. Challenging but rewarding class. #Firefighter #Fireman #Leader #Leadership #Instru… instagr.am/p/CkeAAyzu2Bi/