Wait, the Army Ordnance school I went to was at Aberdeen Proving Grounds. I guess they moved.
They didn't have new fangled gadgets like VR MIG setups. I wonder what's wrong with learning on real metal. It's probable less expensive than that VR setup. But we didn't have a welding course, as I was in Officer's Basic and Mechanical Maintenance courses.
I first learned to weld with O/A from my dad when I was working on Model A's back in the '60's. Used it for everything, including welding sheet metal and cutting nuts off bolts while saving the bolt for reuse. Back then I hadn't heard of welding gloves and dropped the torch a few times when working underneath something and got a piece of hot slag between my hand and the torch.
