The week after the field, we learned the basics of recovering a vehicle using the wrecker. Then we got to do a hands-on application of what we learned. That was a fun day, let me tell ya. At first I tried to get involved, but it's really only about a 5-man team and there are 34 of us, so after standing around for a bit, I sat in the cab with the driver, my friend Caroline.
It was cool though. We took a turned over HMMWV and hooked chains up to it and used the Wrecker to get the vehicle right-side up so we could move it and CM (continue mission, or charlie mike). This process probably took us about an hour, but in real life, it only takes the experts about 15 minutes.
Also during this week, I had a minor issue with my car. Apparently there was a manufacturer recall; however, since I've had five different addresses in the past nine months, I must have missed the recall memo. So as I pulled into my parking lot one night, I put the car in park and went to turn the car off like normal. Except my key didn't turn. It just sat there. Running. There was a minute there where I'd actually thought I'd went crazy or stupid and had completely forgotten how to operate my car.
After sitting there befuddled for a bit, I drove to Caroline's house to have her car-expert boyfriend take a look at it. He couldn't fix it, but he did show me how to unhook my car from the steering column, so I could at least shut it off for the night. Basically he taught me how to hot wire my own car. Luckily the problem was fixed the next day.
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