finally, back from field camp. wad an experience sia!!! was a little aprrehensive going in becos Ulysses has a reputation of dishing out very tough field camps and i went in sick somemore which made me felt even more terrible.
started the camp with a 6km route march from BMT to campsite with a bloody full battle order that weighs like probably 25-30kg. the walk was tough but fun, and im proud to say Platoon 4 did not have any drop outs unlike the other platoons. reached campsite and had to build our bashas immediately. that was tough sia, all shagged out and still have to build tent and dig drainage. this should be the toughest part of the camp liao, but it really proves that everything is jus a mentality problem.
lessons were particularly fun; fire and movement, FCO, camouflage, range card, field discipline and many others. i missed a bit of FCO cos i reported sick in the morning of day 2. fever was 38.3 degrees. fuck, wasted my time lar, was at the MO from 0730 all the way to 1330 and i saw the MO for only 5 mins. should have jus stayed at campsite and taken some panadol.
unluckily for us, it rained cats and dogs on day 2. which meant all of us were wet and mud covered, our bashas were not spared too, totally wet and the groundsheet muddy like hell. the sleep at night was damn cold sia. but becos of the rain, we learned to cook in the field with our rations. Sgt Matin(he looks like kobe bryant!!) taught us how to use milo and biscuits to make pudding. that was nice sia, the entire platoon ended up making pudding. hahaha. kinda reminds me of adventure camp where we had to cook our own food too. but that was at ubin and we were not cold and tired.
throughout the camp, i did not bath and brush my teeth at all sia. that feeling sux sia. but we had powder bath where we covered ourselves white with prickly heat powder. that was cool sia. everybody had fun, especially the powder bath song. took quite a number of photos during the camp also. in our undies to being in camou. den at night, we were not allowed to use our torch lights as it would risk detection by the enemy. that was tough sia cos we had to work in pitch blackness. platoon 4 was held in high regard lar, cos we maintained the best discipline out in field and our fall out rate was low. even the OC came to talk to us and not the other platoons. =P
the worst thing abt the camp though is the cleaning and all. we had to wash our tools, field packs and rifle. cleaning the rifle is not easy sia, no matter how u clean it, platoon sergeant would always manage to find a place that u didnt clean. we reached company line at abt 10am, but we only went into our bunks at 8.30 pm. the in between time was spent cleaning. and i missed BIC(you leopard crawl den back crawl abt 100m with live rounds firing over ur head) cos i was sick and no matter how much i pleaded, PS jus wouldnt let me take part. the comabt rations sux too. its all a lie!!! the ration sux. except for the desserts and noodles and biscuits.
very good camp experience sia, and i got to know my bunk mates so much better lar and the bond we created in jus a month together. only 4d3n thus its nothing compared to wad the PES A/B pple go thru (7d6n). its very tough out there in the field(u get punished for every single mistake u make) but very fun. and as the saying goes, Tough training doesnt last, Tough man last.
