Saturday, April 09, 2005

Finally....over.... Exercise Cut!!! My last outfield is O-V-E-R!!! one more step to the O to the R to the D. ok ok....

And this was my best outfield yet. Was part of the planning from the start, so i didn't go into this blind like most of my previous exercises. This time, i did the maps, and had a general sense of what to encounter when and where. Much better than before already. Then came the storelist. No need for packs 2 to 5. Huge burden off my shoulders...literally. Plus this time...since its the last...must make it damn hiong. Else....there's no chance...neither do we want there to be another chance. Ok...lets see...we smuggled mosquito coils...canned food...bread...wet tissues...transistor radio...cigarettes(for smokers) ...and the ultimate, Uno Cards. Courtesy of 3SG Lee Wee Hong, SectCom1 and acting PS 4 for the exercise. Uno cards you wonder? What are they for? The uneducated civilian. Uno cards, with some creativity, acn be turned into a deck of playing cards...for Dai Dee...what else. Brilliant.

Ok lets give you some brief snippets of the exercise. For one...deployment was a breeze. The shellscrapes were all pre-dug, and fit us all comfortably. Next...our outfield buffet. It may not sound much here but once ur outfield...it's five star. Maggi noodles with sausages and luncheon meat. You just have to cheong sua for 1 day then sleep in the damn shellscrape that night to get a feeling of what we get. Then once you see the outfield buffet....it's like looking at heaven. Ok ok...besides that. We encountered guards this time. We were right smack on their checkpoint Whiskey for topo...so we helped then out a little. NSF to NSF...i know how you feel lah brudder. And this time...our obstacles were ridiculously easy.....1 double X conc-wire, 1 X mine cluster and 8 pickets rammed into soft ground. Haha....never been easier. Clearing was easy too...with cheat cards in hand. Who says mines have to be prodded to be discovered? You hold them in your hand and find them when you think they should be there. Plus...opening mine lanes are a matter of dashin across with ur white tape as fast as possible. Haha...the ORD solider. The ultimate NSF.

Countdown to ORD approx 5 months.