4th ICT @ BCTC

Day 2 - 9th March 2006

Woke up at around 0600 hours. Got up, walked to the bathroom, brushed my teeth, got back to the bunk, headed to the cookhouse for breakfast and then headed back to the bunk to prepare my stuff.

We falled in as a platoon and walked towards the same training shed that we were at yesterday. Our detail was Detail 11. Waited for the other details to get ready before getting into MOPP 4. Once we were ready, the instructors checked our suit, whether there would be any leakages or not. Once that was done, we got into our detail again and walked up the small flight of stairs where another warrant officer briefed us on what we were supposed to do.

We walked towards the Smoke Training Facility where the 1st Sgt gave us the final instructions as to what we were supposed to do. I was slightly nervous due to the waiting time involved. Anyway, we finally managed to get in and the officer burned the combustible solid and asked us if we could smell it. Once that was done, we did the 5 Basic Exercises. The officer tapped on our shoulders and we had to change the canisters on our own. Once everybody changed their canisters, we formed 2 lines and removed our hood. My skin was smarting by then.

When it came to my turn to remove the mask, it was burning! I quickly mentioned my IC Number, Rank and Name and got out of the room. Once out of the room, my face was smarting like no one's business! Walked around to cool my face, got into our detail and then went to MOPP 0 aka PT Kit and Boots. Once back at the bunk, I quickly took a shower, changed to smart 4, went to cookhouse for lunch and after lunch, rested for a while to prepare to be outprocessed. Got into Riaz's Volkswagen and headed for home.

Yusman & I before we got into the Smoke Training Facilitator

Terence and his Gas Mask