hi people
i'm from 9th mono 3 SIR scout platoon, long time forum visitor,
first time poster, lots of interesting topics to read. it has kept
me busy during my free time. currently studying overseas, so this
has sort of comforted me when i was homesick. lots of memories too,
when reading this thread, was a sgt in 3SIR, fresh from BSLC, we
were with the company even b4 the main intake came in, there was no
slack given to us from day one, for our jeep course we had to stay
in camp for the duration, even though it was a stay out course,
courtesy of our tough but always fair, and a bit nuts OC.
we had all the usual scout training except the Combat Survival
Course, all thanks to our NDP commitment and the terrorist
situation in America. it was really a team effort back in ATEC,
from the corporals to our officer...with the exception of the
S2...who i will not bad-mouth cos he cannot rebutt if i did....and
thats not fair, those readers out there who are 9th mono scts will
know.
as a platoon we all had our ups and downs, there were some times. i
just didnt want to carry on anymore and i bitched about being a NS
person with low pay and all that, but looking back, we did things
and went places few would have gone, we suffered and were treated
like dogs, but this was balanced by the cool things we did and saw
(though 'cool' would probably be subjective here) and by the
reputation we have earned from what we did in ATEC
so i wanna thank my platoon, and even those brothers from the other
coys that took part in the ATEC, good job, great memories, that
will be something that i will have to reminisce when old.
and its nice to know that the other present intakes of 3SIR are
doing well!
