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Wednesday, September 05, 2007

Army Open House 07 is finally over and it is time to enjoy the offs! Not that it was an unpleasant experience but it was rather exhausting. For our part, we operated the broncos as part of the Battle Joyride for 5 consecutive days, from 8 to 6, not taking into account the prep done before and after the rides.

Most of visitors interested in the Battle Joyride were kids dragging their parents in tow. They were fascinated by the armored vehicles and the "ambush" along the ride. The best position in my opinion was to be the rear safety. As long as the visitors came back from the ride in one piece, the job was done. It allowed me to chat with the more sociable ones or just laze around if they weren't interested.

On the last day, we pulled an all-nighter. Once the Open House officially ended, we packed up and lined up the vehicles for convoy movement back to Sungei Gedong. It was a total mess with vehicles breaking down left and right and screw-ups in communications. We arrived just past midnight and proceeded to clean the vehicles and arms. I don't know how we did it but it was all done by 6. Just in time for breakfast :) Which also meant I had gone without sleep for more than 24 hours....

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