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    1. Operations & Training

    Montgomery County’s Officer Candidate School - Day 6

    Oct. 22, 2003
    The second week of OCS got underway today with all 26 students returning for another 50 hours of fun, fitness, and the pursuit of leadership.
    Dr. Joanne Roberts
    It is harder than it looks! Captain Mark Davis and Lieutenant Chuck Bartlett work more of their abdominal cores by balancing their legs on large exercise balls and then attempting to bring their knees to their chests.
    It is harder than it looks! Captain Mark Davis and Lieutenant Chuck Bartlett work more of their abdominal cores by balancing their legs on large exercise balls and then attempting to bring their knees to their chests.
    The second week of OCS got underway today with all 26 students returning for another 50 hours of fun, fitness, and the pursuit of leadership. After a 40-minute session of job-related PT skills, the participants began the first of two days devoted to classroom presentations on emergency scene operations.

    Deputy Fire Chief Phil Guercio, the head of the Operations Bureau, presented a 90-minute session on what it means to be an effective company officer in the Montgomery County system.

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