That was the school I went to right after that picture was taken.
I had attended enough ET schools in Pearl over the years that I knew most of the instructors well enough to go out for beers after class was over.
My "-8" instructor was super cool, but I drove him nuts during the practical training. The "-8" didn't have a feature I was used to having on the WLR-1(G) which was normally the first thing I would call off on a new contact.
"ET2SN, the next time you say ####### I'm going to whack your knuckles with this steel ruler!"