Conducting the Whiz Quiz
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There is a rule in the military that you never volunteer for anything. You also don't volunteer information that might get you stuck on detail. I conveniantly forgot this rule.
The first night here, the Training NCOIC asked if anybody had ever attended the UPL course. I had, so without thinking I raised my hand. He saw me and immediately volunteered me into the UPL course here on Fort Lewis. I immediately recognized my fatal error. The UPL is the Unit Prevention Leader. Hey, I'm preventive medicine, this should be right up my alley right? Well, it goes a bit further then PM does. Well, you have to have at least two people in a unit to serve as the UPL. Though I had qualified in the past, I had to go through the course again because you have to recertify every year. Yeah. Right. I certified about a year and a half ago but never did anything with it. My Commander had ordered me to go then. So, you may ask, what does the UPL do? Well, the UPL assists the Commander in implimenting the ASAP. ASAP means two things in the army. As Soon As Possible & Army Substance Abuse Program. One of those Acronyms that has two meanings in the army, kind of like UA (unit administrator and Urinalysis *snort*) That's right, I now conduct the PEE TEST!!! And oh how the Puns do fly. ("don't let the soldier get into a Pissy fit") Good thing I can always pee on demand. So now myself and one other soldier are in charge of surprising the unit and demanding their urine at any given time with no prior notice. And I was worried that people wouldn't be liking me becuase I'm Preventive Medicine. This should be amusing.
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