Zebra and Spade

Just got back from platoon field camp. After "exercise cut" on Spade I was completely concussed, mainly because I'd only had 4 hours of sleep over the 3 days of Ex. Zebra and Spade. It's a weird feeling... you can talk to people without really thinking about what you're saying or doing. It's like your mouth is moving automatically while your brain has already shut down. Pretty cool.

Anyway was exercise PS for Zebra. That was fun... FBO all the way over 8km for about 6 hours before we assaulted. Was ok during the planning and movement phase... seriously, holding an appointment must increase your combat fitness by tenfold, otherwise I'd never have got through it. Assault was a bit cocked up since my reserve coordination was all over the place, but really it was my fault. Anyway we did win the battle in the end. ^_^

Carried home this weekend lots of sleep deprivation, a completely numb right big toe, lots of small cuts on my hands from mimosa (this from proning in the wrong place when I was MG gunner during platoon battle course), and of course a lot of shit that needs to come out. Interestingly enough there was an outhouse where we harboured. Who knows where the heck it came from. o_O

Oh well. It was a fun field camp, except for the digging part. I can conclusively say I hate digging and am really no good at it. Don't make me do it again, especially dehydrated and half-asleep. Argh.

Congrats to all the new corporals if you're reading this... have fun in ASLC. :P At least for you guys the end is in sight. I will (still hopefully) remain an OCT for an unbelievably long time yet. [whacks head against wall]

Well, that's it for now. Need to go get some sleep.