Horse_Soldier said:
Fair ball, although I don't quite see what "resources" you're simulating. Just remember - all it takes is someone who doesn't "dig" unauthorised mods to notice and kick a fit and your OC is going to be overruled in a nano-second - especially if that someone is from the G4 shop at Bde HQ. Trust me on this.
Yes I totally agree with you on this. It is a very very very fine line I'm walking on. Another point to remember, we're talking about reserve exercises too, week-end stuff. Come in friday night, sign out rifle, done sunday, sign in rifle. Coy OC is about as high as we see for ranks there. Also, when the rifle goes back to the vault, it has no extra gear on it. I always have my Elcan on me for a quick switch.
For resources, there's been plenty of people asking about snipers in the reserves. There are none. I'm in no way NEAR of being close to one. This is basically just having some extra fun on ex. My civvy job pays twice as much, so when I go on ex I actually lose money. Doing FIBUA defensive exes in a 48 hrs time frame somewhat means more than half of this time building up defenses and then tearing them down. I go on a voluntary basis, but let me tell you, losing that amount of money to haul sand bags around for a whole weekend, I look for some ways to make it more interesting
Also, it's not only personnal, because I don't keep this stuff to myself, its on rotation so everyone can try it out, and even when I can't go on ex, I lend it to the platoon OC so he can give it to whoever he wants.
So yes basically, it's only "pretend", but for most of us, its something we'll never get to do, so why not "pretend" and have fun?
(for some reason I can sense a hail of flak coming my way heheh where's my vest...)