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| Well, talk about not having updated for a while, hasn't been too long has it my faithful fans? ;)
So, I tihnk I've noted that I'm done with that course, it was too much fun, I can't even start to talk about it, thinking of it bring a smile to my face. And now I could write so much, but wouldn't want to make any security breaches, would I? so yeah, the new unit I belong to is a bit confidetial, top secret sorta thing.
I want to write here, and always find it hard to get myself to do it, even after completely forgetting about it... I do feel that there's no real need for me to write here... memory doesn't seem to be anywhere near failing me, but who know's whats to come? Well, it's a 5 hours drive to my base, lets me do more than some reading every week... finished some good books, finally ran through Ender's Game and I'm now reading Ender's Shadow, unfourtunately, both translated, but still amazing books, I can't believe I haven't read them up until now.
And I just got back from watching "Lord of War" good film, I really enjoyed it.
And there's the life at the base, more than a bit of a mess, some people are depressed with it, some handle it, I'm all in my position of one man can make a difference trying to improve our situation there and put a smile on a few more peoples faces, wish me luck though so far things have been moving, yet slowly. So there's still alot of work there, both with the people and the actual shit I'm supposed to do, both I'm working on changing, and in both I have alot of work left, but the smile is still shining on my face an that's what really counts.
I've met more than a few really nice people down there, bit of a shame their somewhat weak and broken from the place, but I still do my best, my name is going around already, even though my face isn't all too familiar with everyone, or rather, almost anyone.
Met more than a few nice girls at this place, really can't complain except for having too little time to meet them.. maybe I'll through in some more news about this after the 14th ;) (I know it's not our holiday, but no sane man will refuse an excuse such as that)
And dad got a new job, I think it's awesome, he doesn't seem too enthusiastic about it, if at all he's worried, I told him to cheer up, and showed some enthusiasm myself, I wonder if I managed to make a difference at home - it's harder than outside, since I disconnected myself from too many things I didn't like that were implanted in me here. This one I'm really crossing my fingers on.
Well, a short update for a long time, about time I make one of these, maybe for just this once ;) | | |
| Two weeks, a very long two weeks that passed so, so very fast. I'm told
I've shown just about all the signs of not being young by now,
but time wise I've been a soldier for barely 5 minutes. Still, youth is
a behavior, a bad one, and I've passed it really fast even if I
don't have any pins on my shirt pockets yet. Not even a corporal
, and nothing close to young. I like it.
Now that we have a conclusion, we might be able to start telling the stories, what say thee?
The first week doesn't have too many highlights to tell of, and unlike
the last two weeks, I actually hope I get to the highlights to
tell of them.
The week started with the average learn, learn and learn some more
schedule. It always seems kinda tight, but that's mostly because
the lessons are far, far too long for the amount of material there is
to pass in the class. That also makes them pass quite... well,
slowly. Finding various ways to pass the class time that don't
include sleeping through it is found not to be simple at all. So these
past two weeks we started a menace that is no where close to
stopping. that "kol hazaiin" menace... translates to "all the
penis" - makes tons of sense don't it?
Well, what 'kol hazaiin' is is really more of a military expression for
"bummer and you can't do nothing about it!" an example would
be... hmm... ah! got on -> if you're doing the stretches for after
some workout, and you can't feel one of them, no matter what you
try for it - kol hazaiin. So we gathered a little over 40
sentences for it, and people who said'em, one of them which connects
with how I started this entry would be: "kol hazaiin in youth"
-peter pan. It was more than fairly amusing for the entire two weeks
throughout everything, though the lesson procedures ended on the
first Thursday after a wednesday of guarding. Can't tell too much
about the guarding for obvious reasons methinks.
Thursday we started working on the drill. THE drill. Well, actually
it's just the first of two drills, it's the mid step drill, and
quite a drill it was. Thursday mostly... well, entirely consisted of
signing onto equipment for the drill, we could have had the drill
in our imaginations, but I don't really see how that would have
helped us much seeming that we're going through the lessons in class
rooms just about all week long...
Signing onto equipment is quite a simple task, takes a while but
there's not too much you do beyond putting your signature onto a
bunch of forms, the hard part comes in getting all the equipment to
where you want it - the 'sahara' (big sand landscape inside the
base where the drill was ran) and there was A LOT of equipment to
move... luckily some of it was moved using vehicles. It should have
been quite obvious to us that carrying heavy things is going to
be our occupation for the better part of that day, and most of
the soldiers started crying about how they're tired of it already.. but
we pulled it off before sun down which apparently was longer than
our corps thought it would take, and therefore instead of having
us pull up all the tents and organize all the stuff they took us back
to the class, but this time not for a lesson, rather they took us
to see a slide show, and I must say, an amazing job they did with
this slideshow. Simply amazing. It was an introduction to the
drill, very sketchy overview of it, and soldier assignments for
all the officers and such responsibilities over the drill itself. I was
somewhat disappointed for not getting one, but seeing the people
who did get them, I figured they're just testing those people who
avoid doing anything for any potential they aren't really fulfilling.
Friday we got to setting up all the tents - at last. it was just
morning alright, and we were all guarding all that equipment we
threw in the shahra all night long, but work went fast, tents were up
in no time, even if we had to set one tent up three times and on
the fourth time I had to go and guide the people putting it up as
to how to have a straight tent...
Just as we had all the tents up, and all the power supply up, it
started raining. Well, it is winter, but it's still early winter
and we're in Israel for god's sake... we were all walking around
sleeves rolled up and it started raining... which meant some more
work, do be done asap. We started throwing ALL of the equipment
into the tents, and covering the PSUs with this thick plastic thing to
protect it all from the rain. Obviously we had to throw all the
equipment into the tents anyway, but we didn't have time to do it in
an organized manner just now, in addition to that, the equipment
wasn't supposed to touch sand\mud so we had to throw more
mattresses under all of it. And then we were to run to the class,
reset a bit, and go put on a dry set of uniform. Then it rained,
and rained some more, and we ate, and it kept raining, but the
rain did cease before the shabbat entered, which meant back to work,
first thing the was to do was make the place orderly - we are
soldiers after all. take everything out of the tents, put it all back
in, move all the PSUs again for the wire to be at 90 degrees and
so on...
Saturday went by, we didn't take guard, rather just standby for case of
an incident. Had lots of fun the entire time, it only pasted too
quickly. Still, it was pretty amusing that we stayed there to "Guard
the privates whom still have not much of a clue what the weapon
they hold is since they're just a minutes and a half in the army"
unfortunately we still didn't have any contact with them except for the
girls on kitchen duty. Still it was a great time.
Shabbat went out the back door and we were left to the mercy of our
commanders. Luckily enough they had us sleep well so that we can
work hard on the drill the next day, and work hard we did, but not
just throughout sunday, but rather throughout the entire week.
Right on the first day there were more problems than I could count with
both my hands, and on that day I was also transfered between two
locations because people were missing and shit... So on the
location which isn't mine, using what I had, I brought up as many
systems as I possibly could. This location happened to be an AV
(armored vehicle)
It was the first time I got to actually mess around with/in an AV, and
the meeting was not very sympathetic... well, at least I don't
consider fist fight's very sympathetic. The AV was in it's situation so
some 3000 years as it seems, and that configuration just didn't
work for what I wanted, so I had to started fight it with fists
and wrenches, but eventaully I DID win another fist fight and remain
undefeated.
The next day, after putting so many systems together inside that AV,
I'm informed I'm being re transfered back to the location where I
was originally supposed to be also where, obviously, they don't have
a single system completely standing. Fortunately that location is
a tent, and we needed an officer to bring up the antennas so we
had a good excuse for not doing that, and there was nothing to kill
what was left of my fists fighting. The systems were pretty much
running by the end of the day with a few annoying things which
took the entire drill time to take care of because I had to wait for
other people do to - such as stick notes as to whats connected to
what/whom and the such, and while waiting for all that, I also know
we have the company commander coming the next day to see how
everythings coming, so I let the locations commander break his
head on how to speed things up and I go help the other locations
bring up they're systems which was more crucial for the company
commander methinks. Then comes another night of guarding the
entire thing, tonight 2 guards at a time since there's things I
shouldn't write about in the drill..
Next day it was back to work at helping people again, until we
finally got to put up our antennas. That was quite some work
since we had them highered and shit, but it was done, then there was
stretching wires for them into the tent using a bunch of
connectors which I fought with to connect. We barely had it all
connected when the CC got there, and just before she did I had to run
with one of our devices to switch it since it wasn't working and
I had less than 3 minutes to connect it, somehow I managed, and I think
she was fairly impressed by the tent and the way it all stood,
more importantly, I think I managed to hide the mess of the wires
coming from the antenna behind the tent - those we didn't have time to
do all the 90 degree stuff with ;)
Wednesday was the last day for the drill, it was no working, and there
was no more work left to do. The drill stood the best it could
considering the equipment we couldn't get our hands on. We had a damn
lot of fun, playing on the radio, talking with another course
doing a drill of their own, and working. Wednesday morning we had
the last person who was to come check the drill out, the head of the
basic proffesions section. A serious man. He complimented us a
lot about the beautiful drill we put up. And immediately after
that, we started taking the drill apart, everything that we put
together we now took to pieces so that we could return it all, we
were behind schedule as it was and we finished all that in an
amazing 3 hours, and somehow we had some left over equipment... I
wonder who we stole it from.
That night just as our time to go to sleep came, and everyone took to
their beds, we were jumped using a megaphone... our commanders
took us to the roof of the warehouse, highest point in the base, and
we had a small, really nice ceremony, where we got our tags, the
base tag, and the beret pin, one might say it was exciting, plus
there was some nice food on that roof ;)
They let us home real early thursday, it was great returning thursday
even if we were to return to base once that saturday left...
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We came in early so that they make sure we get the sleep we "need" for
the shooting ranges the next day. What actually happened was we
had a lot of occurances that had us waiting and waiting some
more, and we got to shoot once on Sunday and once on Monday, the entire
thing was run down in Elyakim which is damn near my house. We
slept there for two nights, and therefore we were late by one day
to our next destinations - a bunch of bases we were on mission to go,
and guard.. oo... fun -_-
That did take way too long, and we had to be around a bunch of dumb
techies who were going on this crucial mission with us the entire
time... at least we got to fix up our vests, now it sits perfectly on
me.
I was marked to guard in a rather large base - territorial brigade
Arie'... I was also the one to arrange the guard shifts which is
a story in it's own - mostly because I had 2 tech's that couldn't stop
crying that you can't have perfect shifts when you're a bit short
on men.. because of them, and 2 people I got in late, the amount
of people I had kept changing, I need 12 and never have more - but it
all worked out with a lot of shouting and A LOT of guarding...
As the guards we were jumped 3 times... all during the weekend there. I
don't see the point from the war room side... don't they want to
give the people who are closing the Saturday at least as pleasant of
a stay as possible? I can see why they ran the true jump, but the
two practice ones were just uncalled for. And that after we were
repeatedly told there'll be at least one jump each and every day...
yeah right :) we did prove though that we don't need to be
prepared to jump in time.
The week passed real well for me, met far too many cute officers, not
taking it far for the chance I might get to that base later in
the service, yet leaving the options open...
Sunday eve, there was another practice jump, I was guarding at the
which meant I don't need to do anything special. Thing was, it
wasn't us who were jumped, it was another group of soldiers, I think it
was people responsible for the vehicle patrol or something.
Anyway - our people did jump anyway since they didn't know who
was jumped, all they knew is they heard the siren and "practice jump"
plus a few other things on the speaker. And just then, a day
before we were to leave the sector, Ariel dislocated his ankle
while jumping when he wasn't supposed to jump at all. Poor kid, and he
wanted to guard after that so that us all won't need to guard
more to cover for him... yeah right. Lucky enough we were
switched early monday, jut before my extra shift to make up for
Ariel. We gave the people switching us a bit of a spook about the
place, but they're at the end of their course and already broke
distance with their commanders so there's practicaly no one to
tell on the for breaking guard regulations.
Everyday at 16:15 you go over the regulations of guarding and the guard
posts in a place like that... it grows old after oh... once? Now
on the way back from there we figured the 3 examples they give
for ways in which you aren't allowed to break the regulations are
not enough and started thinking what one can add to it, starting
with the things we did during our 50 some hours in the posts that past
week, so beyond "No sleeping, no reading, no talking on your cell
no listening to music, no doing anything, if it's not eating
drinking or guarding - including siting except for the defined 10
minutes an hour you're allowed" would now become "No sleeping, no
reading, no talking on your cell no listening to music, no
shaving, no shining your shoes, no reading, no taking pictures, no
counting sheep, no counting stars, no singing, no lying down, no
watching portable DVDs, no....., no doing anything that isn't guarding"
it was really amusing for the first 20 minutes of our bus ride
back to the base.
When we did finally get back, after passing through a few other bases
to pick up some of the other guards, one of the bases we passed
through I have a chance of getting to as well as the one I was in
- seems nice enough, wasn't in there for too long but the people
said the food was good, and that one's a lot closed to home than
the one I guarded...
Getting back we had a fast go through on everyones military equipment,
making sure no one lost any of the winter stuff which is worth
quite a bit, even if it reeks. And there was shortage on a few things
but I think it was all sorted out... lucky thing about returning
all the winter equipment the next day is that as it is right now,
there's barely enough room under all the beds in our room for just the
equipment we have now... And it all has to be shoved under the
beds every morning.
Pretty much everyone was fed with rumors that we're going to get an
after (day off) to rest after all the guarding we did, which is
theoretically quite exuahsting, except, for me at least, it stopped
being exhausting and was actually quite restful off from the
second day or so.
As it turns out, the people who were guarding with us all got that
after and they're probably the ones who started that rumor, we on
the other hand got nothing special on our return except for
toughened discipline and a bunch of threats. I certainly
understand where all that came from since the entire division is
already feeling the end of the course coming, while we weren't even
half way to the end, the commanders wanting to put things back
together is deffinatly understandable, too bad we sort of
finished most of what we had to learn already isn't it?
So we had a lot of time to go over what we had learned so far, and a
lot of time to clean out our barracks and weapons which is
probably where the commanders went hardest for the discipline. We had
so many weapon checks tuesday and wednesday that they insisted on
finding something in each and every weapon, the few weapons of
people that were still dirty, got 2 hours to a day on their leave.
Which means if you haven't gathered that we were to leave on
thursday :)
When we did get back to the base, Sunday, the discipline was relieved
back to normal, or even less, everyone felt it.. I'm thinking the
commanders are starting to feel this is the end of the course as well
as we are. The first couple of days in the week there were.. 2?
3? lessons.. and there were a lot of sleeping hours, and unison
time for the department... we actually got to watch a movie. Pretty
good all this came now that Alexander is the duty cadet since
he's the worst we've had so far and we're not paying for the time
he misses.
The medical assistant that was treating my ingrown toenail sunday was
shocked that I'm still coming there, he was the first to treat me
in the base and this was the second time he's seen me. He
scheduled an appointment for me at the doctors for the next day.
Monday morning I went into the doctors office, and after quite a long
talk he had me sent off to the medical base for an operation on
the toenail which I still wasn't completely sure I want to go through
but after getting there, totally missing lunch, talking with the
surgeon himself and my parents, I went into the operation and so
far it seems that it went well. The commander who left with me is one
who has just finished the course, who I have talked to a bit by
chance - nice dude, I got to question him a lot deeper on the
topics I was interested in on this occasion, and at the operation
itself I met this weird girl who still barely has any idea what
the army is from my base, she used us as a return ride and got many
an entertaining lesson from yours truly.
I was released home that day but by the time we were back at the
base it was kind of late and it was a problem to release me since
regulations say they aren't allowed to, through a bunch of phone calls
to family and friends who live nearby I finally had my uncle pick
me up and take me to their place, though the bowling league was
just at the time and they are big on bowling - my cousin is a
proffesional and my uncle used to be one, so we went to see her
play. She was doing pretty bad for her (~190 average, which is
about 20 lower than her normal) and her team still one and still hold
the first rank in that league. She's better at 1 on 1... somehow
the psychology of it is easier on her... At least there I finally got
to eat something after not having had a dinner either.
The next day I was home at last.. well, only 2 days have passed since
I've last been home. I was supposed to rest and so I did, too bad
though - I wanted to go clubbing but that's gonna have to wait
another month or so. Saturday the Hetzroni family had a bunch of
birthdays celebrated and we just couldn't miss out on that - due
to poor planing on my parents side we left around 16:45 and made a
2 hour drive out of the 1 hour drive we were supposed to make.
Lucky I was driving and for me it was more than worth it, even
for the lame 2 hours we were there which were completely spent talking
to Alon about various things. I think he and Avital are back
together again since she was there.. weird.
And tomorrow is back to the base. For another 2 weeks. I only found out
about that yesterday.. I got a call yesterday telling me that our
visit to our boot camp bases was canceled and no learning there
so the course was shortened by a week and we're closing next
saturday.. oh well, I don't mind.
Talk about a long entry...
Peace. | | |
| Wow, going to be closing an entire week now at the base :o
It's still nothing... After that one time of going 4 weeks straight, I
don't think I'll have a hard time closing any length of time... I still
won't complain if it's never put to a test. Didn't check in to
write anything, but I was home this Monday and Tuesday. Then again, the
week starts Sunday, and that's where I'll start.
Getting to the new base was a lot easier than I could have ever
hoped for. Of course, I've been there once already, but not at this
kind of hour and I came by a completely different path. Can't
feel right going there before I make sure I make the most of my time
and leave home the latest I possibly can to get there on time,
and now, that is what I do and I am complete (not that it's thanks to
that or anything, but well..)
Well, this new base deffinatly has a new feel... as far as the last
base, most of it was just for training combatant soldiers, very
combatant feeling to the entire thing. Now this new base, just
getting there you see girls in the white uniform... and people wearing
white shirts under they're work uniform... the kind of thing you
can't find in a combatant base, because it's not operational.
So I reach the base on Sunday, told to be there on 9:00, get there
early and get told to wait, until when? until my cadre get there...
'course. they arrive around MAYBE 11:00, no complaint though, my
time of waiting for them is time that I rest and do nada :)
When they get there we don't even know what the name of our course is
officially, but I recognize some weird abbreviation for field units
and yeah, they were looking for us... apparently we weren't the
only course sitting and waiting there, there was even a course that got
picked up before we did, and at least one that was left after we
left.... Got somewhat disappointed seeing there are no girls in the
course with me. Only to see a little later on that the base is
jam packed with girls... My commanders are girls (which is damn weird)
and the mess hall is one of quality :)
Well, we started going through a well and long reception procedure...
well, it was mostly long. A few conversations and general army
lessons that we all already went through, which is probably why they
were so sloppy about them... we weren't told a damn thing about
the course itself, and three people got kicked out that day
already... or more like, left, but well...
After a bunch of lectures and conversations and things we already know
but have to go through again, we were released for 7 hours sleep
and later the next day released home.. I was seriously having my doubts
about that happening, while still seeing no reason for it not to
happen. so Monday till Wednesday... some good quality home time for
rest and friends, and friends and friends and lack of rest...
Then it was back to the base, I was hardly rested and the actual course
started right after we finished the general lessons. My situation
was not good. Not good at all. My sergeant told me to stand up
during his lesson, but they were all simple enough and I went through
them... could've as easily slept through them and caught up in an
hour or so methinks...
The next day lessons continued and the morning arrangement standards
started going up, annoying at first, but then when my room
reached the sergeant and 2nd lieutenant's morning standards, we
passed them which is not supposed to happen on the first time.
Being short on time I'm really not feeling I'm nearly elaborating
enough how much fun I made of it all... How many good friends I made
and how many rules we've been so frequently breaking... how many
chicks I got to talk to... I'll probably get to do enough of it later
though.
That day we also signed onto weapons again. A big broom like M16, how
fun is that after having one that's almost the size of a Colt
Commando?
Well I was just on TV now, more on that later (I'm becoming too predictable)
I didn't even mention how it is that I was so sleepless coming to base
on Sunday... My plan was to sleep on the way to base but I met a
friend on the bus whom I haven't talked to in more than a while, so I
sort of lost the privelage... she does a lot of talking these days.
So where was I? Oh yeah... the second part of the week passed pretty
darn quick. We already learned a lot of tricks from the first night at
the base and I was already cumulating equipment there using only
a small bag to go back and forth home (hate carrying the huge one
most soldiers do... with ALL the equipment)
We also had the Bar-Or, a test for physical fitness, I both didn't
cheat and scored the highest of the entire course... the fat short and
ugly commander we have said she can get the same results... yeah right,
she can barely stay in the state after 12 push pups... but I guess she
was trying to give motivation...
Right across from my quarters are the girls barrackses, I've got some
wonderful view, a few nice girls to talk to out the window, and a
few girls who stare at me and it's creepy (especially the few who
take their bra's off once they see me turning and looking out the
window * shiver* not that I mind the view, but they're horny sick, and
it's sad)
We were released relatively late for going home, that after this week
we had the "procedures" explained to us... a process where your
sergeant shouts at you for nothing and you get hours on your leave for
so much as moving, or looking at a place that is not the red dot he
drew on the board. I got away with no hours, but it's first week -
forgiveness week. So all the hours where canceled anyway.
I used the weekend to meet up with friends again but went back to the
base more than well rested. And the lessons continue, by now I'm more
than used to the procedure, I keep showing a lot of motivation,
volunteering, answering, I even guide the moral push ups we do here and
there (we shout all sorts of things one after the other while doing
them) we were to have a practice and a test later that week but first
there was the second holiday. Which we closed taking up the standby
squad roll... meaning if something happens we jump, the entire course
decided that the thing isn't going to wake us up, so no one jumps
anyway and we'll get away clean. We weren't jumped anyway, it was a
whole lot of fun defying all those instructions and instead of standing
by going to talk to whomever stayed in as well. Again lots of girls,
only 4 nice ones, ,only 3 of which have potential, 1 is nice but sorta
weird in an unattractive way... we'll see. And most the guys there are
very interesting people... My entire course already knows me, and so do
several people from outside of it, and it's all for the best. I'm still
a loved man.
Holiday leaves and there's one day left for us as standby, which we
spend at - what else - learning, then doing some other kinds of work...
kitchen, restroom cleaning and the sorts - I managed to get myself out
of kitchen duty for anytime soon. Studies continue, some cleaning work
around the base is done as well, more studying.. by now girls are
saying hi to me around the base and the commanders hate it.. what can I
do that they love me too? but that's dangerous territory, not going
there any time soon, not like I'm lacking any options...
Went for second rounds (tradition of the night) at a different base,
whose base commander is apparently the dude that was helping me try and
get out of artillery in the first place... well, if he couldn't no one
almost could... really nice party, a youth group from England and the
US was there too, some interesting people... I enjoyed myself well that
night.
The next day was jam loaded with lessons as well, we were called to do
some cleaning again as well, this time it was damn gross, and I did
some of the worst of it, but I made a good impression again. and more
lessons, and the hour dealing procedure in the evening after the
practice that was cut short a couple hours because of the cleaning
work.. And we left real early of Friday.
Might not sound like much, but I'm having a great time, great people,
lots of things to laugh at... so many it's amazing, I wish I could
specify but I'm leaving so much detail out as it is...
And now I'm going to close an entire two weeks... oh well, at least we
gave our weapons back for the time being (didn't mention that did I?)
Good night ya'll | | |
| Yes, It's over. My second week home... If this keeps up I'll forget what soldiers are - not that I'm complaining or anything...
So it's back to base tomorrow, my course is starting. Well, not exactly
back to base... this is after all the new base that I'm going to. And
the options of what happens with me from there on are too wide to even
start imagining... even whether or not I'll be back home for Succoth
which begins Monday is in question... I don't see a reason for me not
to be let home for it, I won't be allowed to learn since it's holiday,
and I won't be able to guard because there isn't enough time to go
through all the preparations that would take, such as signing on to a
weapon, and zeroing the weapon... kitchen duty? well, I hope not...
Though all the possibilities, all the things I might go through soon -
they don't have me nearly occupied enough. Whether that is a good or
bad thing I can't really tell.. I suppose it's mostly a choice to
stay cool about things. As long as I'm not the kind to become stressed
out at hard impact that could occur, I'll be fine.
Again I lazied off actually writing the things I went through... always
putting things off... I was also reminded of that piece about
attraction I was writing, I suddenly wanted to continue writing that, I
actually found it and went over it to see what I had down so far...
Makes me want to erase the entire thing and start over... but I went
lazy over that as well.
The scouts here had some ceremony today, yearly thing, my sister is
apparently a young scout, so I went with her and mom to see what it's
all about... plus mom doesn't see well in the dark, wouldn't want to
have her drive there. It was a lot nicer than I expected. They made
fire signatures and had a bunch of moral stuff.. amusing to see, and I
even met a good friend there I haven't seen in a while, who used to be
a scout. Now he's a paratrooper. And a bunch of old lady friends...
overall experience was real nice.
Well, I'm already as packed as I can be for tomorrow, and already bored through my nose, but I'll leave this here.
*salut* | | |
| Here's giving in to giving a few short army stories before I go to
sleep. Tomorrow of course I need to get back to base, more on that
later.
So, in the normal life, where you generally kill time, sometime you
have a purpose for the time you're killing too, I know that life well,
always have. It's a lot the same in the army, we just kill about a
dozen mosquitoes/flies an hour, sometimes snakes or scorpions, and a
lot of practice targets, rather than kill time. Time in the army is a
holy thing, you won't get to sit and kill time, you'll at most be
standing in 3's getting lectured by you're commander about how pathetic
you all look. It's really a whole lot of fun :) (just gotta see it from
the right angle, and manipulate whatever you can to be more free)
I can really say I'm enjoying soldier (can't say I look forward to returning to base, but that's another thing)
So I just get a call from a guy in my battery, we have a jumping drill,
everyone got these notes with names and phone numbers on them, these
are units that need to inform each other about the fact that they need
to get to base. I didn't get one of these notes, which would normally
mean I'm a unit on my own... but no, they just forgot to hand mine to
me or something, I still got the call and the number of who I need to
inform. Now this guy I need to inform is practically a cripple, almost
since boot camp began he was lying in bed doing nothing because of leg
problems, after about a month they let him go home, and now he's at a
military hospital. I can't even reach him so I need to pass back the
message that he doesn't know about the drill.
Anyway, the drill doesn't mean going to base, they're just checking
that if there were an incident and we were jumped, everyone would find
out about it. Obviously that's a good thing, I get to stay home ;)
A few minutes later I get a phone call from my commander, so I don't
need to get to the middle of the desert, boot camp base I normally go
to, I need to go to my courses base and be there at 9:30am, it's a good
thing he remembered to let me know. I think he likes trying to stress
you out, leaving little time for you to do things, but it took like 5
minutes to find out how I get there, now I just gotta hope I don't fall
asleep and miss to many bus/train stops - I did take safety measures ;)
After that I'll probably go back to the boot camp base, from where
we're going out to guard a few settlements in problematic areas, I have
no idea how that's gonna go or be, just sticking with hoping for the
best. And next week the course starts.
I forgot to mention, the only reason I need to go to the course base is
for a talk with the course officer... I'm wondering how many hours of
sitting and waiting for him that means I'm going to have to do....
All this does seem somewhat.. not fun.. But really, it's an amazing
special experience. (this isn't a commercial - "Join the army now!"
either, I had no choice, and I'm just taking the best in what I've got) | | |
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