Thoughts on ACR

G Camp seems like a pretty nice place to be, sans the distance from camp to bunk. The bugger comes more from the complete lack of any combat pay (though I suppose I can't deny the perks that come with a lack of combat pay) but hopefully overseas missions (well, one in particular) can make up for it decently.

At this point I guess this should serve well for any future Riggers who look online (coz all of us did thinking wtf the course was and trying to get info on it)

TO ALL FUTURE AERIAL CARGO RIGGERS: THIS IS A STAY-IN CAMP. SUCK THUMB KTHX.

Hopefully this blogpost ends up useful to some aerial cargo rigger in the future wondering wtf the camp is about. At least he won't be wtf about one thing at least. >_>

Hopefully S Camp is better. >_>

POP

And it's motherfucking POP at last

and I would write something meaningful like all the shit I learnt and felt and thought while in BMT

but I'm too fucking tired after walking 24 clicks in the dark

so fuck that

Snippets of Army - Night Firing

The stars are bloody beautiful when you lie down on the grass and look up. You could care less about the gunpowder in the air, the loud bangs that blast against your ears for a while until you adjust to it, the shockwaves on the ground that shake your body that slight bit, and the motherfucking huge black bar in the middle of the sky that blocks out a huge chunk right smack in the middle.

There's also the fact that you're bloody wearing a long 4 as usual with helmet and LBV, but fuck that. The weather's cool and you don't really care

"Detail 5 fall out Detail 6 take up proning position Detail 7 assist"

oh fuck my turn as assistant torchlight out oh fuck hurry up hurry up shineshineshine oh fuck my turn as shooter fuckgetoutmymagazinesandpronefuckkneelingpositionfuckneedtoloadfuckneedtostandup
NOINEEDTOSQUATDOWNTOLOADFIRSTfuckLEDnotstablefuckitsthetestneedtopronefuck
ohmygodwhatjusthappenedFALLOUTRUNBACKQUICKLYPICKUPMAGAZINESLETSGO

...well at least I didn't have to go fuckIAIAIAIAIAIAIAIA.

Snippets of Army

"With this, I will defend my country!" I shouted. I realized inside what that meant.

What I didn't realize was that there would be a fucking 5-tonner in the way when I needed to draw the damn rifle from the armskote.

Receiving Rifle

God bless he who made the skies, the stars, the predawn hours of night and created me to see the wonder of the stars and the world in such a beautiful manner.

And God fuck whoever made me have to appreciate all that while holding a rifle in my right hand and put me in a long 4 while he was at it