SAF drivers no more keep log book, meh? In my time, they have to
record everything down: destinations, distances traveled, petrol
used(?). Then the vehicle commander was supposed to confirm the
account with his signature, at the end of the day.
But things were quite slack during my reservist. My R&S group
was the vanguard & had complete autonomy (operationally to
prepare the ground for Arty deployment), but were always very late
for designated mealtimes so my CO usually closed one eye on this.
So, whenever we get a brief downtime in between missions, the
various R&S vehicles would drive off individually for makan
& teabreaks.
Then we got more adventurous through the years, driving out to
spend the night along Lim Chu Kang Road or at Yishun Stadium &
thus escaping the mosquitos. The most audacious one, thinking back,
was attempting the same tactic during ROC. I remember once sleeping
inside a half-finished condo, after getting their security guard's
permission, of course. At least that was relatively safe, compared
to quietly backing into a back alley in some small village (foreign
country, mind you) for a snooze. Luckily, the sun rises at 5am in
Taiwan & their rural life won't awaken until 6:30 or so. We
were already up & on the move, seeking breakfast before anyone
spotted us.
Back home, we were eventually bold enough to drive unannounced into
army camps for unauthorized baths. Amoy Quee was the most familiar;
why's hilariously memorable was once having one of my unit's line
BTYs sneaking in en masse
(inside two 3-tonners) on a Sunday to shower at their former 20 SA
bunks -- when the then-active 20 SA batch was on overseas training!
~lol~
