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The Mexican Chronicles – 18
The Mexican Chronicles.
So much for the theory, these are a few things that happened along the way. As in most armies the very important thing is to get the soldiers to be familiar with the assault rifle they are using, in this case the AK47. We did just that, for hours on end, every day, for weeks. Strip, assemble, strip, assemble, ad nausea. At first we set up competitions amongst the troops, and, when they got better, we challenged them ourselves. This type of thing never having been my strongest point, eventually my troops were giving me a run for my money. On more than one occasion some of them beat me, much to everyone’s delight. Sergeant Ze always beat me.
We moved onto the Light Machine Gun of Russian manufacture called a PKM. We really loved that weapon. Belt fed, with a spare barrel, we had 4 brand new, out-the-box to play with.
Interspersed with this we did my personal favourite from early army days: Fire and Movement, with a little bit of leopard crawl added in just for fun. Because I have some stupid ideas, like: don’t ask someone to do something you cannot do yourself, and having read some shit about “leadership by example”, I went back to camp filthy dirty and most times with bloody elbows and knees. Fire and movement involves running forward toward the enemy, throwing yourself flat on the ground and returning fire, while your buddy follows and gains a few feet. Then, as he returns fire, you pull yourself up and repeat the process, gaining a few feet past him. As your buddy is actually firing right past you it is recommended to stay in a straight line! This means that you cannot casually look around for the best, softest spot to fall down, or run around that scratchy little thorn bush. It is Murphy’s Law that you will encounter at least half the known thorn bushes found in Africa in one’s path, and a few interesting rocks for good measure. (If I ever catch this Murphy chap, I will torture him to death, the bastard.) This continues until the enemy either withdraws or is dead (or you are dead, hadn’t really thought about that one until now). To practice this is no fun; if you’re being fired upon, however, the inspiration to abuse your body in this fashion comes quite naturally, as it is the lesser of two evils.
Big Five Wars is my main mission for now and they also get updated regularly.
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The Mexican Chronicles – 18
The Mexican Chronicles.
So much for the theory, these are a few things that happened along the way. As in most armies the very important thing is to get the soldiers to be familiar with the assault rifle they are using, in this case the AK47. We did just that, for hours on end, every day, for weeks. Strip, assemble, strip, assemble, ad nausea. At first we set up competitions amongst the troops, and, when they got better, we challenged them ourselves. This type of thing never having been my strongest point, eventually my troops were giving me a run for my money. On more than one occasion some of them beat me, much to everyone’s delight. Sergeant Ze always beat me.
We moved onto the Light Machine Gun of Russian manufacture called a PKM. We really loved that weapon. Belt fed, with a spare barrel, we had 4 brand new, out-the-box to play with.
Interspersed with this we did my personal favourite from early army days: Fire and Movement, with a little bit of leopard crawl added in just for fun. Because I have some stupid ideas, like: don’t ask someone to do something you cannot do yourself, and having read some shit about “leadership by example”, I went back to camp filthy dirty and most times with bloody elbows and knees. Fire and movement involves running forward toward the enemy, throwing yourself flat on the ground and returning fire, while your buddy follows and gains a few feet. Then, as he returns fire, you pull yourself up and repeat the process, gaining a few feet past him. As your buddy is actually firing right past you it is recommended to stay in a straight line! This means that you cannot casually look around for the best, softest spot to fall down, or run around that scratchy little thorn bush. It is Murphy’s Law that you will encounter at least half the known thorn bushes found in Africa in one’s path, and a few interesting rocks for good measure. (If I ever catch this Murphy chap, I will torture him to death, the bastard.) This continues until the enemy either withdraws or is dead (or you are dead, hadn’t really thought about that one until now). To practice this is no fun; if you’re being fired upon, however, the inspiration to abuse your body in this fashion comes quite naturally, as it is the lesser of two evils.
Big Five Wars is my main mission for now and they also get updated regularly.
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The Mexican Chronicles – 18
The Mexican Chronicles.
So much for the theory, these are a few things that happened along the way. As in most armies the very important thing is to get the soldiers to be familiar with the assault rifle they are using, in this case the AK47. We did just that, for hours on end, every day, for weeks. Strip, assemble, strip, assemble, ad nausea. At first we set up competitions amongst the troops, and, when they got better, we challenged them ourselves. This type of thing never having been my strongest point, eventually my troops were giving me a run for my money. On more than one occasion some of them beat me, much to everyone’s delight. Sergeant Ze always beat me.
We moved onto the Light Machine Gun of Russian manufacture called a PKM. We really loved that weapon. Belt fed, with a spare barrel, we had 4 brand new, out-the-box to play with.
Interspersed with this we did my personal favourite from early army days: Fire and Movement, with a little bit of leopard crawl added in just for fun. Because I have some stupid ideas, like: don’t ask someone to do something you cannot do yourself, and having read some shit about “leadership by example”, I went back to camp filthy dirty and most times with bloody elbows and knees. Fire and movement involves running forward toward the enemy, throwing yourself flat on the ground and returning fire, while your buddy follows and gains a few feet. Then, as he returns fire, you pull yourself up and repeat the process, gaining a few feet past him. As your buddy is actually firing right past you it is recommended to stay in a straight line! This means that you cannot casually look around for the best, softest spot to fall down, or run around that scratchy little thorn bush. It is Murphy’s Law that you will encounter at least half the known thorn bushes found in Africa in one’s path, and a few interesting rocks for good measure. (If I ever catch this Murphy chap, I will torture him to death, the bastard.) This continues until the enemy either withdraws or is dead (or you are dead, hadn’t really thought about that one until now). To practice this is no fun; if you’re being fired upon, however, the inspiration to abuse your body in this fashion comes quite naturally, as it is the lesser of two evils.
Big Five Wars is my main mission for now and they also get updated regularly.
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The Mexican Chronicles – 18
The Mexican Chronicles.
So much for the theory, these are a few things that happened along the way. As in most armies the very important thing is to get the soldiers to be familiar with the assault rifle they are using, in this case the AK47. We did just that, for hours on end, every day, for weeks. Strip, assemble, strip, assemble, ad nausea. At first we set up competitions amongst the troops, and, when they got better, we challenged them ourselves. This type of thing never having been my strongest point, eventually my troops were giving me a run for my money. On more than one occasion some of them beat me, much to everyone’s delight. Sergeant Ze always beat me.
We moved onto the Light Machine Gun of Russian manufacture called a PKM. We really loved that weapon. Belt fed, with a spare barrel, we had 4 brand new, out-the-box to play with.
Interspersed with this we did my personal favourite from early army days: Fire and Movement, with a little bit of leopard crawl added in just for fun. Because I have some stupid ideas, like: don’t ask someone to do something you cannot do yourself, and having read some shit about “leadership by example”, I went back to camp filthy dirty and most times with bloody elbows and knees. Fire and movement involves running forward toward the enemy, throwing yourself flat on the ground and returning fire, while your buddy follows and gains a few feet. Then, as he returns fire, you pull yourself up and repeat the process, gaining a few feet past him. As your buddy is actually firing right past you it is recommended to stay in a straight line! This means that you cannot casually look around for the best, softest spot to fall down, or run around that scratchy little thorn bush. It is Murphy’s Law that you will encounter at least half the known thorn bushes found in Africa in one’s path, and a few interesting rocks for good measure. (If I ever catch this Murphy chap, I will torture him to death, the bastard.) This continues until the enemy either withdraws or is dead (or you are dead, hadn’t really thought about that one until now). To practice this is no fun; if you’re being fired upon, however, the inspiration to abuse your body in this fashion comes quite naturally, as it is the lesser of two evils.
Big Five Wars is my main mission for now and they also get updated regularly.
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The Mexican Chronicles – 18
The Mexican Chronicles.
So much for the theory, these are a few things that happened along the way. As in most armies the very important thing is to get the soldiers to be familiar with the assault rifle they are using, in this case the AK47. We did just that, for hours on end, every day, for weeks. Strip, assemble, strip, assemble, ad nausea. At first we set up competitions amongst the troops, and, when they got better, we challenged them ourselves. This type of thing never having been my strongest point, eventually my troops were giving me a run for my money. On more than one occasion some of them beat me, much to everyone’s delight. Sergeant Ze always beat me.
We moved onto the Light Machine Gun of Russian manufacture called a PKM. We really loved that weapon. Belt fed, with a spare barrel, we had 4 brand new, out-the-box to play with.
Interspersed with this we did my personal favourite from early army days: Fire and Movement, with a little bit of leopard crawl added in just for fun. Because I have some stupid ideas, like: don’t ask someone to do something you cannot do yourself, and having read some shit about “leadership by example”, I went back to camp filthy dirty and most times with bloody elbows and knees. Fire and movement involves running forward toward the enemy, throwing yourself flat on the ground and returning fire, while your buddy follows and gains a few feet. Then, as he returns fire, you pull yourself up and repeat the process, gaining a few feet past him. As your buddy is actually firing right past you it is recommended to stay in a straight line! This means that you cannot casually look around for the best, softest spot to fall down, or run around that scratchy little thorn bush. It is Murphy’s Law that you will encounter at least half the known thorn bushes found in Africa in one’s path, and a few interesting rocks for good measure. (If I ever catch this Murphy chap, I will torture him to death, the bastard.) This continues until the enemy either withdraws or is dead (or you are dead, hadn’t really thought about that one until now). To practice this is no fun; if you’re being fired upon, however, the inspiration to abuse your body in this fashion comes quite naturally, as it is the lesser of two evils.
Big Five Wars is my main mission for now and they also get updated regularly.
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