Category: Army / National Service
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Our land is girt by sea
Middle of nowhere is a stone’s throw away from where me and the boys are right now, as we’re being ferried across 120km of dusty roads to the Shoalwater Bay Training Area in Queensland. We’ll be unloading our gear in a bit, sit and be briefed on a dozen things we have to do today,…
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Of beauty rich and rare
I am not looking forward to going for my reservist training. My battle-hardened (water fights in the bathroom) unit will be sent to North Queensland and put in the bush for the most part of 20 days. I’m not too sure how I’ll hold up. There’ll be intermittent mobile phone access, but fuck me dead,…
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Squatting Matilda
Mr Miyagi receives his medal for ‘Best Army Blogger’ Army briefings are seldom exciting, and yesterday’s one was no different. My unit mates all asked me, “Are you gonna blog this?” or, “Are you gonna blog about this?”, to which I replied, “No lah! So boring, blog what fuck?” Of course I was kidding. “So…
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Stimulating simulation
Mr Miyagi will be out of reach this afternoon as he will be at camp attending a military briefing. SAF musical chairs: Budget heli-ops training – a coupla benches, pilule some masking tape and very imaginative soldiers from the 433rd Battalion Meanwhile, patient enjoy: Sian hor? Reservist? Technorati Tags: army, nationalservice, Singapore
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Army love me long time
It says here that I have to fast for six hours before 8am tomorrow, when I report to camp (again). The Army loves me. I can’t really say it’s an unrequited love, though. I’d fast for love, wouldn’t you? It also says my employer is obligated by law to let me go back to camp.…