09-28-2011, 07:08 AM
Bryan Wrote: I would have loved to get my old company in the Army to go hand to hand, it would have been quite cathartic to crack my first sergeant in the dome with anything made of wood!
Actually my friend, the troops hated it, they got injured, it was hot, nasty training, and they often felt clostrophobic. The happened especially when ordered to stand and hold, and be beaten with poled or have garbage and mud thrown on them. The men were more accustomed to the looser movements and relative freedom of boundig overwatch! LOL!
Squad leaders had to lead by example from the front, and Platoon sergeants had to mainttain the rear alignment...leaving formation was not a flogging offense but was worth a weeks pay no matter how much urine had been thrown in a soldier's face! There was NOTHING fun about it but very satisfying when the 'rioters' broke and ran!
For me the experience was research for my book, even though it took me thirty years to write it! LOL Have a good evening. Salve! Brent
Actually my friend, the troops hated it, they got injured, it was hot, nasty training, and they often felt clostrophobic. The happened especially when ordered to stand and hold, and be beaten with poled or have garbage and mud thrown on them. The men were more accustomed to the looser movements and relative freedom of boundig overwatch! LOL!
Squad leaders had to lead by example from the front, and Platoon sergeants had to mainttain the rear alignment...leaving formation was not a flogging offense but was worth a weeks pay no matter how much urine had been thrown in a soldier's face! There was NOTHING fun about it but very satisfying when the 'rioters' broke and ran!
For me the experience was research for my book, even though it took me thirty years to write it! LOL Have a good evening. Salve! Brent
