Indeed it does. We had a live fire exercise last weekend, my first taste of what our weekends will look like. I was on the kitchen truck all day Saturday, which I used as an opportunity to meet as many people in our unit, as well as the other local groups with us at the range as possible. It was a valuable experience, and as my father in law told me very clearly, it's always a good idea to be on good terms with those who prep your food, so I did my best to keep up with and help out the chef that day. Sunday I got to spend time on the range and see more of how the actual exercise was run. Again, great experience, and I'm hoping some of what I saw has taken root and will help me with BMQ coming up in January.