What to expect from coming fiel camp?
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Originally posted by Gordonator:
its called shellscrape btw.
during my very wet field camp, on the 5th or 6th day, we began digging our selfscrapes and fire trench. we started digging after dinner at around 1900/2000HRS. the worst part is it rained for the past 2 days, the ground was so muddy it was very hard to dig since mud is heavier than soil because of the water inside. we wasn't allowed to use our flash lights, only candles is allowed. but candles burn out very fast so for most of the night we were digging in total darkness.
the fire trench is the hardest part. as expected, many of us couldn't finish digging so we were finally allowed to sleep at round 0200HRS. sad thing is, we have to [b]sleep in the muddy selfscrape! yes i repeat, sleep in the muddy selfscrape! we were ordered not to cover our selfscrape with ground sheets. as we were so tired, we couldn't care less, we lan lan crawl into the cold muddy selfscrape and slept. well, that's not all, sleeping halfway, it rained in the middle of the night! it was shivering cold. everyone's selfscrapes became flooded!
everyone's mood hit a all time low. many just stand there in the rain staring at the ground. it's was that demoralizing.[/b]
anyway being able to use candles only is for tactical reason.
as for firetrench, at least u were allowed to sleep. when i had to do it, we had to do it through the night - no sleeping allowed. but, yah, in your situation, think i would rather not sleep than be soaked in mud kanna rain while sleeping! -
No mood n privacy to ba chu chin for e whole of 7 days
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If digging, the changkul need to hit the ground at an angle a not?
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when you are THAT tired PLUS in the dark.... do you think you would really care if the ET plate or changkul hits the ground at an angle?
But in answer to your question, yes, its easier if you strike the ground frm an angle. If you try and whack it full on, it will not go as deep and you end up expanding more energy than needed.
When i did my field camp (recourse BMT but attached to a Standard BMT batch), the entire Coy was in the shit with the OC/PCs/PS/CSM since day 1 (viper coy, early '03) so was expecting a hell week! But guess what? the TCO cocked up the indent and so we ended up with 3 days of fresh rations!!! On top of that all, Mr Raincloud decided to go on holidays so we had 5 full days of sunshine! We started digging shellscrapes at abt 2pm and finished at about 5pm (cos it was all sand at the reclaimed site) and i dunno which monkey (to which i am thanking said monkey) decided that TWO sections dig ONE fire trench!! Think about it... 24 monkeys digging a fire trench!!! we finished just under 2 hours if i'm not wrong!
And to top it all off, a deal was struck with the OC/PCs that if we performed up to scratch, we will return to Coy line on Friday afternoon after BIC and BOOK OUT! so long weekend!!
It was some consolation to an otherwise shitty BMT experience!
to the original poster, you better be super on the ball during field camps! Cos when you are away from HQBMTC and civilisation, your instrs can do anything they want... and you want to complain OO also no chance! unless OO come outfield with you (never gonna happen) -
Originally posted by gonegoose:
Talking about OO, saw him only e 1st few times of OO meeting sessions. After that 4 e next 2 OO meeting sessions, we just sat in e lecture hall waiting 4 him to cme...n he just never turned up!!! In e end all OO meeting sessions become stand by bed/ stand by area liao....E specs still can joke "OO dun wan 2 cme n c u all liao, haha cannot complain liao"
to the original poster, you better be super on the ball during field camps! Cos when you are away from HQBMTC and civilisation, your instrs can do anything they want... and you want to complain OO also no chance! unless OO come outfield with you (never gonna happen)[/b]
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Originally posted by Gordonator:
Brings back memories of my own field camp. Yup, rain is seriously demoralising. My batch was the 'guinea pig' that tested out 10-day field camp. It rained pratically everyday, all of us were wet for the whole field camp... eat in rain, sleep in rain, do IFC in rain, dig in rain.... u get the idea. And it wasn't juz drizzling, it was torrential rain most of the time.
during my very wet field camp, on the 5th or 6th day, we began digging our selfscrapes and fire trench. we started digging after dinner at around 1900/2000HRS. the worst part is it rained for the past 2 days, the ground was so muddy it was very hard to dig since mud is heavier than soil because of the water inside. we wasn't allowed to use our flash lights, only candles is allowed. but candles burn out very fast so for most of the night we were digging in total darkness.
the fire trench is the hardest part. as expected, many of us couldn't finish digging so we were finally allowed to sleep at round 0200HRS. sad thing is, we have to [b]sleep in the muddy selfscrape! yes i repeat, sleep in the muddy selfscrape! we were ordered not to cover our selfscrape with ground sheets. as we were so tired, we couldn't care less, we lan lan crawl into the cold muddy selfscrape and slept. well, that's not all, sleeping halfway, it rained in the middle of the night! it was shivering cold. everyone's selfscrapes became flooded!
everyone's mood hit a all time low. many just stand there in the rain staring at the ground. it's was that demoralizing.[/b]
Got so cold, esp at night, keep shivering. Lousy basha isn't waterproof.
But was lucky enuff not to sleep in flooded shellscrape, thanks to wild boars. For safety reason, OC let us sleep on hard ground around training shed