As I have mentioned before, my wife is a reporter for a TV station in El Paso, TX. She has been there about a year now, and has constantly been one of the top reporters since she started. Recently her dealing/interviews with FBI personnel in the area paid off in an unusual way.
She was selected to part of FBI Citizen's Academy; this is where you get to attend classes put on by FBI personnel and learn about what they do, and actually do some of it themselves!
The thing that makes this so cool is that you can not apply for the FBI Citizen's Academy, someone in the Bureau actually has to handpick you for it!
So as a member of the FBI's Citizen Academy - she got to go to the firing range with FBI agents last week and they taught her how to fire a handgun, a shotgun, a M4 (what is being used in Iraq - scaled down version of a M16), and a MP5 (her favorite because it has a function that lets you shoot two rounds with just one pull of the trigger).
They sent a cameraman to shoot video of her and then they aired it during the 6pm newscast! She said that the video of her shooting was way better than these still shots (she says she looked pretty tough) - but these are still cool.
She told me that she was a great shot, if she had been aiming for the border of the target blew the sh*t out of that wooden frame!!
She got to go back and re-fire after everyone else had taken their turn (and no camera watching), and did much better.
M4:
MP5:
GLOCK:
SHOTGUN:
Tomorrow she is doing a fake raid on a suspect! She get to wear FBI riot gear and handcuffs (Hmmm ) - has to solve a case (so learn their investigative techniques) and then move-in for the bust. I dont get to have that much fun at my job!!!
She was selected to part of FBI Citizen's Academy; this is where you get to attend classes put on by FBI personnel and learn about what they do, and actually do some of it themselves!
The thing that makes this so cool is that you can not apply for the FBI Citizen's Academy, someone in the Bureau actually has to handpick you for it!
So as a member of the FBI's Citizen Academy - she got to go to the firing range with FBI agents last week and they taught her how to fire a handgun, a shotgun, a M4 (what is being used in Iraq - scaled down version of a M16), and a MP5 (her favorite because it has a function that lets you shoot two rounds with just one pull of the trigger).
They sent a cameraman to shoot video of her and then they aired it during the 6pm newscast! She said that the video of her shooting was way better than these still shots (she says she looked pretty tough) - but these are still cool.
She told me that she was a great shot, if she had been aiming for the border of the target blew the sh*t out of that wooden frame!!
She got to go back and re-fire after everyone else had taken their turn (and no camera watching), and did much better.
M4:
MP5:
GLOCK:
SHOTGUN:
Tomorrow she is doing a fake raid on a suspect! She get to wear FBI riot gear and handcuffs (Hmmm ) - has to solve a case (so learn their investigative techniques) and then move-in for the bust. I dont get to have that much fun at my job!!!
neaky: 
