We were given the chance to pay a small visit to our new recruits' forest camp and have a look at how they fared against a "real" enemy. I might be pestered into recollecting the experience, but here is a concentrated view of what I got from there. Enjoy!
- Compressed snow with a touch of ice is flipping slippery. And the ground is hard. If the ground were covered by banana peels, it would be more firm and less painful.
- Winter camo (white sheets) are effective as f**k. Either that, or our new recruits are blind as f**k. How else do you explain the inability to see your enemy sneaking around less than 20 metres away from a patrolling recruit and the inability to see a crouching enemy throwing snowballs in your face from 10m away?
- Snow has magical lighting capabilities. During my forest camps, which took place WITHOUT snow on the ground, I could barely see two metres. Cover the land in snow and suddenly you see at least one kilometre into the distance.
- Our recruits have a thing for light. It seems they are incapable of doing anything without the use of some form of lighting, despite the fact that it betrays their position.
- I am weird for liking mock battles, because I did not have to wait in line to go on the "attack trip", and apparently the recruits didn't want to be attacked in the first place, preferring to scream, "Don't shoot! Go away!", instead of returning fire.
- I need to practice my Swahili. How else can I scream elaborate profanities when I don't want people to make sense of a word I say?
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