Today Everything Changes by Andy McNab

Author:Andy McNab [McNab, Andy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Tags: Historical, General, Military, Biography & Autobiography, History, Language Arts & Disciplines, Literacy, (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯)
ISBN: 9781448154425
Google: 2nvfJ8yTBm4C
Publisher: Transworld
Published: 2013-01-30T19:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Once the sergeant major had inspected us all, we would march around for a couple of hours so that he could check our standard. That always made the drill instructors very nervous. If the drill wasn’t good enough, they weren’t good enough.

After the parade was over with, it was panic again as we changed into full combat gear for company training. From midday Friday until midday Sunday, we’d learn how to fight in the field. We dug trenches, used hand signals, laid ambushes and learned about camouflage and concealment. The sergeant major would have checked our ears to make sure there was no dark-green camouflage cream left from the week before.

On the two nights each week that we camped, we learned how to live under our shelters and how to use our rations. Soldiers have to be able to make themselves equally comfortable in a blizzard or a heat wave. I learned some important rules. First, make sure your kit is always packed away. Second, keep your feet and sleeping-bag dry. Third, make sure your weapon is close to you at all times.

I never minded being wet, cold and hungry. No matter how long we were outside, I knew a hot shower was waiting for me at the end.

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