I thought I'd be eager to get back to my computer immediately after bootcamp, but that was before bootcamp. I remember my brain feeling like it had run a week's worth of PT. And it had...following the cadence of Sgt. Tom McGinty and company for six days, 10 hours a day. It showed me just how out of shape my mind really was.
I took what I felt was a well-deserved weekend away from my thoughts of work, news and computer-assisted reporting. But it wasn't long before I was finding ways to use my newfound skill.
Since then, CAR has become an everyday method for me.
When I'm looking for information, among the first things I ask the "Public Interference Official" is "how are these records kept?" "In what form are they