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[Messorius]

Your reserve BMQ was 9 weeks full time? Someone correct me if I'm wrong, and I'm fairly certain I'm not, but reserve BMQ is a total of 20 days. How did you manage to get on a 9 week full time course? Also, OP, great post.

Programs like Black Bear run around that long, iirc.

The weekend BMQ I'm on now is 9 half days plus 23 full days, the last five of which are spent in the field.

 

[Tyson Fox]

Didn't realize army reserve was so much shorter. Naval Reserve still does full summer BMQ's.