Several threads have touched on this over the last few weeks and months. Some defend them, some malign them, and often those in both camps lack a frame of reference to do either.
What I'm talking about here are not the local-guy, one-day, 5-person type of classes. I am NOT knocking those, but they just aren't the focus of this thread and poll. What I'm talking about is the ever-increasingly-popular 2-3 day "sleepaway" class (but if you're lucky enough to live nearby don't let the fact that you didn't stay in a hotel bother you). We all know the type, whether Rogers, or Vickers, or Howe, or Cain, or Defoor, or Lamb, or Magpul, or whoever. It doesn't even have to be a "big name on the internut" instructor just so long as the class was a multi-day format and there were at least 10-12 or more students in the class. They should also be "open enrollment" meaning anyone can attend as mil/LE-only classes are different and often mandated. To add to that, if you are mil or LE it should be something you OPTED to attend, maybe even paid for out of pocket, maybe got reimbursed for, not something you were sent to by the chain of command. If you're lucky enough to get sent to open-enrollment classes by your bosses at no cost to you then you can consider them for this list.
Hope that definition is clear enough.
Feel free to elaborate on your vote with a post, or explain why my poll doesn't work for you (it is impossible to create an internet forum poll that accounts for all variables/people).
The first poll choice would apply whether you have prior training as part of your job and don't feel you need more, or if you are totally untrained but don't think you need any. Perhaps these should have been separate options but they are lumped together here and you can explain further in your post.
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