Kamp Kuzma: The Operators' Campgrounds (For Operating)

Just testing this connection, so spammed the kitten for now. Not gonna active until further notice... and this bug.





Hi, Lance. Sorry late, but happy B'day (uh oh...).

Ooo thanks. ^^

Edit:

I just stumbled upon this:
http://youtu.be/QaqpoeVgr8U

You have some sympathetic Chief there Kei.

Indeed, I watched this sometime ago and I quite agree with him. It's a downright shame that our female soldiers have been treated this way even if it's being done by a small group within. I've trained plenty a female recruit during my time and I've seen how well they hold up compared to the men and sometimes even doing better.



Well that makes sense I guess. Good luck with the connection and hope you'll be back up soon.

Yeah. I personally think that gender does not really matter. It's the strength of mind and body that counts.

Indeed, a warrior isn't defined by their appearance but their will. I always tell my recruits if you hold the will, you will find a way.

Hey Keirova, do you belive the phrase "Basics kill"?

That phrase implies that if soldiers apply the tactics they learnt at 'Basic' in the field, they will get themselves killed. I would say that its not necessarily true.

Obviously if the brass thought that what they taught soldiers was important for war, they would keep teaching it. The problem is that war constantly changes and the training doesn't update as quickly.

Take WW1 for example, almost halfway into the war, soldiers were still trained in 'basic' Napoleonic warfare maneuvers which proved ineffective in the new trench warfare.

A more recent example would be our ongoing Middle Eastern conflict. At the start, we fought in direct combat with the enemy but as time went on, they adopted a doctrine of guerilla warfare using the IED.

So I wouldn't say 'basics kill' but rather basic training gets outdated. I always teach my recruits to be flexible when they are deployed. In the words of the great John Cleese; "Adopt, Adapt and Improve"

TL;DR:

Hmm. True.

But have you dealt with IED yourself Cmd. Keirova?

Do you think I have? I've never been deployed to Afghan land before, I've mentioned that plenty of times before how my superiors refuse to send me on numerous counts. I also think that something like an encounter with an IED would warrant some form of mention somewhere.

All I can judge from on the IED is information I get from the media and the sappers who return from their tours. Media likes to oversensationalize and I know for a fact that what any soldier does cannot be fully explained with words alone.

In short, no I have not and my sources definitely do not give me a full picture of it.

I kinda wonder if they bother to telly you the reason why they won't let you.

Too valuable as a troop trainer?

Drill sergeant is an important position that true, but I don't think it would be so important to restrain deployment availability.

If y'all must know, I myself do not fully know the reasons why. Answers given to me were mainly along the lines of "You're better suited training these recruits." and on several accounts I was deemed mentally unstable by our psychologist. I don't know what other reasons there may be but in any case, it's too late to care about this anymore since we'll be pulling out by end of the year in which case, little chance of being deployed there.

Well I admit I've been half expecting they wouldn't tell you exactly. But, hey. In time you might get to even "better" place to be deployed.

Eh, I won't count on it. Best I'll look for is humanitarian missions like Timor but we're bugging out of there as well now so I'm most likely be sent to Africa again with the malaria and flying toilets. . .

I have really nothing against Africa, but between Africa and Asia the Asia it is.

Flying toilets???

Explain please?

In the less developed parts of Africa, there is no plumbing. You know how they take a shit? Get a plastic bag, do it in that and then chuck as far away from themselves as possible. Therefore, flying toilet.

I handmade this today:



This is what it actually is :D



And how it looks as a whole:

That's pretty good, you intending on having a romantic dinner with somebody sometime soon?