The worst is yet to come
Just came back from camp after a 3 days and 3 nights outfield exercise (ex. Buckspeed). It was by far the worst ex. that I had experience since BMT.
The BCS team moved off after lunch on Tuesday; it was raining in the morning and it was still drizzling when we left camp so the morale was low. The first camp site was at Tagore. We had to deploy heavy-mode BCS which was still fine until we had to build shellscrapes. The rain really dampen our spirits and kept our morale low. Although there was no casualty, it was tiring because we knew that we will be having a 10km walk on Wednesday night. We all slept overnight in the BCS and prepared ourselves for the worst.
The 10km march didn't start until around 6 p.m. We started at Lentor and ended up in Lor. Asrama. The march was the ultimate test of endurance for me. The weight of the stuff that we had to carry didn't make it any better. Bashing through the jungle took place from the start until around 8p.m. It was just the starting and I was nearly dead as we had no idea that we would have no resupply of water and have to make do with what we have until the end of the whole march.
After the first rest point, we realised that we weren't even halfway there. Talk about low morale! The march only continued to become worse as it was dark and we had to march until around 3 a.m the next day. To cut a long walk short, lets just say that we went under a drain, went up and down countless knolls and remained thirsty throughout. Not to mention shagged and hungry. We were about to receive casualty at Lor. Asrama when it started pouring and the time was 2a.m. We managed to catch some sleep at the training shed but had to move to a new location at about 3 plus and the rain continued pouring.
The new location was near sungei Gedong. It was raining and all our stuff was soaked in rain. There we walked for about 4 hours to Botak Hill. Our boots were soaked in dirty water and our morale went down with it. Upon reaching we set up a light mode BCS. Only then can we so called rest for a while and have our breakfast. Soon enough casualties started coming in but it was still managaeble.
Soon enough we moved to our final location and had to set up our last heavy-mode BCS which was a relieve but all of us were to tired and wet boots didn't help as our feets began to feel soggy and itchy. Luckily we do not have to dig shellscrapes. There wasn't any casualty so we got time to recuperate and with the tonner nearby, food was available. We even managed to catch some sleep while waiting for the parade around 10 plus.
The parade saw us getting another badge for battalion proficiency. We then packed up and loaded the stores up the tonner but we couldn't go back to camp and had to sleep at a training shed. In the end, we only made our way back to camp the next morning.
The feeling of going back to camp was indescribable. Finally we get to wash up after smelling of rain and sweat mixed together.
BUT...this is nothing compared to ATEC. So...sigh

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