My belly laugh for today ...
So I'm covering a story on a unit going through urban training today. These guys and gals are having to move from a start point to a two story building with a basement. They have to move like they are in combat ... you know, stealthy. When they get to the building they come under fire and their task is to then enter the building, kill the bad guys without getting killed and rescue any civilians or hostages they find inside.
They use a laser tag type setup to do this safely. Spread throughout the building, there are live opposing forces with guns and mannequins. The dummies have been dressed up, some as terrorists and some as civilians. They have also been equipped with these laser sensors. That lets Soldiers know if they screw up and kill a friendly target. Hey better to learn and practice here than in a real live situation, right? Now keep in mind. It's Soldiers that set the dummies up and wire them to work. Here's one of the dummies that was in the building the squad I was embedded with had to clear.
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LMAO! We did that when I was in the army in Maryland in 1969. I was in an armor unit whose mission was riot control in Washington DC. Our company split up into good guys and bad guys. I was a bad guy. We went into a building and the good guys had to get us out and secure the building. You'd think it was simple for the good guys because the bad guys were not armed.
We, the bad guys, go into the building and start yelling at the good guys. I spot an old water filled fire extinguisher. I pick it up and when the good guys start for the building I spray them with the water and every last one of them turned around and ran. Needless to say, they got their asses reamed, while the bad guys were laughing our asses off.
The NCOs in charge got trouble because the exercise got fucked up. Then shit rolled down hill to the rest of us so we all got in trouble. I forget what happened, just that we got in trouble.
Posted by: BTExpress | November 17, 2006 2:37 PM
LMAO. that's pretty funny. reminds me of when I had to take an IQ test. one of the questions was to assemble a puzzle of a human hand. each finger was a separate piece. you KNOW which one I put on the hand first!
Posted by: lime | November 17, 2006 4:38 PM
You are NOT well. Yay!!!
Posted by: Wenchy | November 17, 2006 11:01 PM
Very funny...did that guy get his head blown off?
Posted by: Chick | November 18, 2006 7:38 AM