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Assessment & Selection

Media Training with Assessment and Selection Candidates

September 30, 2010

During the annual Assessment and Selection Program the candidates go through a multitude of training aspects to hone their skills.  Media training is a vital part of their integration into the public eye. Members of the team travel to numerous locations greeting the American Public and are required to conduct interviews with radio and television [...]

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Tryouts: Week 2

September 28, 2010

“How long does it take a UV-18 “Twin Otter” to climb to 2,500, discharge it’s cargo, land and be ready for the next load? Not long enough! At 95 degrees, Friday was the hottest day of week two, and possibly the hottest day of tryouts yet. A perfect day for the Cadre to test our [...]

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Tryouts make it through Week 1

September 22, 2010

  As week one finally comes to a close, our logbooks are forty jumps fatter and our minds are filled with as much information as they can possibly store. Everyday brought new challenges. From rigging smoke safely to properly spotting the aircraft, we never had a boring moment. The Cadre slowly increase the intensity.  At [...]

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GKAS: Week Zero

September 15, 2010

Exhausted yet? Muscles ache? Feeling overwhelmed with course study materials? Getting used to it is our only option as the administrative week of Golden Knights Assesment and Selection comes to an end. Now the real training starts. Appropriately the 2010 GKAS class has adopted the motto…”Let it Begin”.

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