Reservist Updates Part 2
Day 8 - 14th Jan 08
It's Day1 of our Battaltion Mission Exercise aka BME. We set out at around 0600 hours and reached Simpang at 0730 hours and spent most of our time waiting in the tonner as some of the places that we are assigned to have not been decided yet. After that, most of the day was filled with filling and carrying sandbags.
The one thing that we could not control was the weather. The weather during this week was quite bad. It was raining today thus causing the ground to be super muddy and so we had to fill and carry the sandbags in the muddy environment and finished around midnight. I removed my boots, socks and shirt before I slept but didn't realise that it was so freezing cold! Grrr.
Day 9 - 15th Jan 08
Woke up @ 0508 hrs and it was still feeling cold. Did the usual sand filling and packing. We were told to help 'C' Coy with the packing of the sand. Looks like we are helping everyone except ourselves. Sometimes I get a little tired of being asked to fill sandbags. The rest of the gang are feeling tired too. Slept @ 0100 hrs.
Day 10 - 16th Jan 08
Woke up @ 0530 hrs to the coldness of the morning. Brushed teeth, had breakfast and then moved off to somewhere. I can't remember the name! At around 1000 hrs, we moved to 'C' sector. It was quite a good rest. Moved out again to another sector to do prowling. Had dinner and night came. I was in Detail 1 and we got ready to our prowling. Prowling was ok except for the muddy ground which we had to wade (literally) through.
Our detail finished our shift and Detail 2 came to take over us. Got back to the tonner and rested for a while before changing into my new No 4 and underwear. Waited for Detail 2 to finish and then went to pick them up. After picking them up, we went to a location to sleep.
Day 11 - 17th Jan 08
Woke up @ 0545 hrs, brushed teeth and had breakfast. We were told by Staff Ho to help Pioneer unload the sandbags from BCP and later to cover the shellscrape made by 120. But when we were @ BCP, orders were changed. We were told just to cover the 120 shellscrape and head back for camp!!!! We were happy to hear that and our morale was high.
Left the site @ 0934 hrs after a few unplanned hiccups and reached camp @ 1030 hrs. I'm so grateful to be back as we got to shower!! Sent arms and had combat rations for lunch. Later in the afternoon, we helped Pioneer to unload the zinc sheets, wash them up and put them back into the store. @ 2230 hrs, we had a platoon debrief @ the Lion's Den where PC, PS and some of our guys voiced out what they felt during the recent BME.
After the closure, Pang, Tariq & I had something light to eat. I later joined PC, PS, Wong, Terence & Tariq and discussed about what will happen to us. Later, CSM & RSM joined us. Slept @ 0212 hrs.
It's Day1 of our Battaltion Mission Exercise aka BME. We set out at around 0600 hours and reached Simpang at 0730 hours and spent most of our time waiting in the tonner as some of the places that we are assigned to have not been decided yet. After that, most of the day was filled with filling and carrying sandbags.
The one thing that we could not control was the weather. The weather during this week was quite bad. It was raining today thus causing the ground to be super muddy and so we had to fill and carry the sandbags in the muddy environment and finished around midnight. I removed my boots, socks and shirt before I slept but didn't realise that it was so freezing cold! Grrr.
Day 9 - 15th Jan 08
Woke up @ 0508 hrs and it was still feeling cold. Did the usual sand filling and packing. We were told to help 'C' Coy with the packing of the sand. Looks like we are helping everyone except ourselves. Sometimes I get a little tired of being asked to fill sandbags. The rest of the gang are feeling tired too. Slept @ 0100 hrs.
Day 10 - 16th Jan 08
Woke up @ 0530 hrs to the coldness of the morning. Brushed teeth, had breakfast and then moved off to somewhere. I can't remember the name! At around 1000 hrs, we moved to 'C' sector. It was quite a good rest. Moved out again to another sector to do prowling. Had dinner and night came. I was in Detail 1 and we got ready to our prowling. Prowling was ok except for the muddy ground which we had to wade (literally) through.
Our detail finished our shift and Detail 2 came to take over us. Got back to the tonner and rested for a while before changing into my new No 4 and underwear. Waited for Detail 2 to finish and then went to pick them up. After picking them up, we went to a location to sleep.
Day 11 - 17th Jan 08
Woke up @ 0545 hrs, brushed teeth and had breakfast. We were told by Staff Ho to help Pioneer unload the sandbags from BCP and later to cover the shellscrape made by 120. But when we were @ BCP, orders were changed. We were told just to cover the 120 shellscrape and head back for camp!!!! We were happy to hear that and our morale was high.
Left the site @ 0934 hrs after a few unplanned hiccups and reached camp @ 1030 hrs. I'm so grateful to be back as we got to shower!! Sent arms and had combat rations for lunch. Later in the afternoon, we helped Pioneer to unload the zinc sheets, wash them up and put them back into the store. @ 2230 hrs, we had a platoon debrief @ the Lion's Den where PC, PS and some of our guys voiced out what they felt during the recent BME.
After the closure, Pang, Tariq & I had something light to eat. I later joined PC, PS, Wong, Terence & Tariq and discussed about what will happen to us. Later, CSM & RSM joined us. Slept @ 0212 hrs.
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