For some reason they chose to conduct IPPT on the morning before
my company mission exercise. There were other better timeslots for
that, but that fact must have escaped whoever came up with the
training schedule. Obviously everyone decided to conserve their
energy for the mission. As a result, the battalion got a passing
rate of just 21% - one of the lowest in the training center's
history.
Even after conserving our energy, we were all burnt out by the time
we went for the mission.
My company horlan-ded magnificently during the mission exercise. A
short nighttime quick attack from 12mn to 2am became a dawn
deliberate attack from 12mn to 5am because of that. We must have
walked at least double the original distance.
And as coy medic I was practically dragging a couple of stragglers
all the way to the objective. I can't say I totally blame them - my
own combat fitness was a pale shadow of my NSF days.
Then while we were digging our shellscrapes it suddenly started to
rain heavily. And it rained while the sun was still shining.
Perfect weather for catching the cold.
Then on the last day we were told that we could outprocess at 3pm.
However, the vehicle carrying the outpro machine broke down at
another camp. We ended up spending two hours queueing in the hot
sun waiting for that damn machine to show up.
And worse still, my dad had to wait a couple of hours outside the
camp to fetch me home because of that screwup. Since my dad's a
taxi driver, he lost money by waiting for me instead of fetching
passengers.
Yeah, I think that pretty much sums up my ICT.
