daftandbarmy
Army.ca Dinosaur
- Reaction score
- 30,901
- Points
- 1,160
I recall an exercise at Sandhurst where, after a week long defensive exercise we had to up stakes and conduct a fighting withdrawal through the night and dig in again. I think we covered, oh, at least a million miles on foot, or it seemed like that.
While digging in again the OC turned up and dished out a Norge container full of tea to each section. It was winter, we were cold, starving and dehydrated, and a steaming jug of sugary tea was something akin to gold dust in value to us at that moment. We each got our mugs out and chugged as much tea as we could hold.
About half way through the first mug I realized that the OC had added (at least) a bottle of rum to each container.
I don't know if it was effective, but it was amusing to watch a bunch of instantly drunk 20 somethings trying to carry on with the mission of digging in while thoroughly hammered.
While digging in again the OC turned up and dished out a Norge container full of tea to each section. It was winter, we were cold, starving and dehydrated, and a steaming jug of sugary tea was something akin to gold dust in value to us at that moment. We each got our mugs out and chugged as much tea as we could hold.
About half way through the first mug I realized that the OC had added (at least) a bottle of rum to each container.
I don't know if it was effective, but it was amusing to watch a bunch of instantly drunk 20 somethings trying to carry on with the mission of digging in while thoroughly hammered.