In the Army Now - The joy of the Armed ForcesI've never been a soldier. I was an air cadet once, but that mostly involved sitting in a mouldy hut learning about aeroplane engines with the hint that one day we might go flying.
Yet, anyone who has spent time defending their nation, or at least drinking bromide-laced-tea for their nation, must have stories to tell. Tell them now.
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chthonic, Thu 23 Mar 2006, 18:26)
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This was very cold.Was on excercise in a freezing cold february, part of a infantry unit. To give a introduction on infantry;
You sleep in mud,
Your first aid kit is mud
Your rations is mud
Your cover is mud
Your camouflage is mud
Any problems you rely on the mud
anyway , freezing cold after a 40K recon tab, pitch black in the middle of some mud. Went to clean my weapon, started stripping it down, all ok, went to put back it together again, and realised i had two forward springs. I had somehow managed to take apart the guy next to me weapon as well. By now the ice was forming up on the fingers so i carefully laid the second dismantled weapon near him and sneaked off into the mud.
(, Mon 27 Mar 2006, 6:22, Reply)
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