Communicado IV: I promise you!

Perhaps I’ve been a little negative about Ex Wallaby 05, and for awhile, perhaps forgotten about the most uplifting radio comms statement transmitted. It was made by my company commander just after the tank mishap, and when the word ‘exhaustion’ failed to describe what all the commanders and troopers really felt:

Two-Niner to all stations Two-Niner, if your Zulu (Armoured Fighting Vehicle) drivers or commanders are tired, I will stop and let you rest! I promise you! We will finish this mission safely! …Two-Niner, out!

I speak for some of my fellow troopers when I say, Captain N W Ho, you cannot imagine how good we felt on hearing that over the comms.


Cpl Guai pops out of Two-Eight’s animal cage for a breather

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  2. askgerard.com Avatar
    askgerard.com

    Amen to that.
    All stations Two-Niner made it home safely.

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    askgerard.com

    Amen to that.
    All stations Two-Niner made it home safely.

  4. Wzkit Avatar
    Wzkit

    Ehh…shouldn’t that be 3SG Guai? :p

    Yeah I agree about how glad I was to hear Cpt Ho’s message. I think most of us were being pushed to our very limits. Driving 12 hours straight, without a proper backrest or seat cushion(those idiots didn’t have the common sense to provide us with basic crew comfort), is not just extremely trying on your concentration, but on your back and butt as well!

    Thank God everyone got back safely in one piece, not two…

  5. Wzkit Avatar
    Wzkit

    Ehh…shouldn’t that be 3SG Guai? :p

    Yeah I agree about how glad I was to hear Cpt Ho’s message. I think most of us were being pushed to our very limits. Driving 12 hours straight, without a proper backrest or seat cushion(those idiots didn’t have the common sense to provide us with basic crew comfort), is not just extremely trying on your concentration, but on your back and butt as well!

    Thank God everyone got back safely in one piece, not two…

  6. zyun Avatar
    zyun

    lose mouths sink ship…
    matters of national defences should not be blogged

  7. zyun Avatar
    zyun

    lose mouths sink ship…
    matters of national defences should not be blogged

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