It's strange how the English language is changed to suit the environment it's in. How almost every word has an army equivalent. Today's word is gibbering, which apparently means to be very cold, or shivering. Which is exactly what the entire company found itself doing over last nights field exercise.
Apparently the area hadn't seen rain like it in the last 10 years, and that's what it did all day and all night. Everything was wet, down to the underpants. Trying to learn the complexities of range cards, duties of a sentry and camoflague and concealment is hard enough for some. Throw in a few gallons of water at a horizontal angle and it's near impossible.
We did however survive the long night, and the beasting we all recieved the following morning for not being quick enough, just in time for a CIS lesson, followed by a 4 hour navigation exercise. Apparently the rest of the night was our own, buy in the army there is no such thing as our own, it's the armys own. So we spent our 'own' time cleaning and prepping our dirty kit for Tuesday.
One of the overseas cadets came to speak to me today because he was feeling home sick among other things and I can't say I blame him, its gard enough knowing your family and friends are a few hundred miles away but imagine them being thousands of miles away. We ended up chatting for an hour only stopping because we needed to finish kit. I hope he feels happier soon.
Bye bye!
Rob
"We've also started to pick up little tips and tricks not only to make our jobs easier but also to get one over on the DS" - so what are these tips?
ReplyDeleteCSM Bill Tuffs (Ex RMAS DS - Sovereign's Platoon and Sovereigns Company)
I agree with Bill! What are these tips?
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