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Dave P.
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Date Posted: 21:57:41 05/29/05 Sun
Damn, now I have gone and jogged my own memory again, of my days as a boy soldier. You remember I told you of the importance of winning the Champion Troop Competition? Well, one aspect of this competition was based on the annual PT test. In those days it was a 10 mile bash in full battle order, carrying the SLR and about 25Lbs in your backpack. For the purposes of this competition, there was an added 'bonus'. On returning to camp, we immediately had to complete the, quite daunting, obstacle course and fire ten rounds at 100yds, all the time wearing a respirator! At all stages of the competition we were judged and points docked for missed targets, obstacles not completed, time outside the set limits and general style.
During one particular competition, I can remember we had just been issued with the new 'Mickey Mouse' style respirators, you know, the ones with the big, square eyepieces? Anyway, halfway around the obstacle course, queuing to go over the 'Monkey Bars', someone started hammering on my back frantically. When I turned around to see what the panic was, the poor sod had puked in his gas mask and was drowning in his own vomit! Such was the crucial importance of doing well in this competition, no one, not even the poor bugger drowning, thought to pull off his mask. We called his plight to the attention of a P.S. and waited for him to do it! Then moaned like f**k because we where penalised for having one man short in our team!! Now................ that's.................. dedication! To quote the late Roy Castle.
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