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mojaveman · 07-22-2010, 10:55

It was pretty hot that summer 26 years ago when I attended SFQC 4-84 and we had quite a few heat casualities.

Pre-phase - On day one 3 Navy Seals showed up to our first formation wearing Rayban sunglases, Ocean Pacific shorts, and Vans sneakers.

Phase I - We had a Marine and a Soldier who were both about 5'3". They were paired off in the hand to hand pit and we then got to watch midget wrestling. Lost my USAF survival knife at night after walking through a thicket to get water during the 3 day survival exercise and ended up doing all of my tasks with only a folding pocket knife.

Phase II - Getting a bad lot of vintage 60mm mortar ammunition and firing a few short rounds on the range.

Phase III - Hiding in the basement of a church for nearly 72 hours while waiting out a bad summer storm. To prevent from going stir crazy we started to amuse ourselves in somewhat unorthadox ways.

The foreign officers were a lot of fun too.

07-22-2010, 10:55	#80
mojaveman Area Commander Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Clay House Stuttgart, Germany Posts: 2,676	It was pretty hot that summer 26 years ago when I attended SFQC 4-84 and we had quite a few heat casualities. Pre-phase - On day one 3 Navy Seals showed up to our first formation wearing Rayban sunglases, Ocean Pacific shorts, and Vans sneakers. Phase I - We had a Marine and a Soldier who were both about 5'3". They were paired off in the hand to hand pit and we then got to watch midget wrestling. Lost my USAF survival knife at night after walking through a thicket to get water during the 3 day survival exercise and ended up doing all of my tasks with only a folding pocket knife. Phase II - Getting a bad lot of vintage 60mm mortar ammunition and firing a few short rounds on the range. Phase III - Hiding in the basement of a church for nearly 72 hours while waiting out a bad summer storm. To prevent from going stir crazy we started to amuse ourselves in somewhat unorthadox ways. The foreign officers were a lot of fun too. Last edited by mojaveman; 03-13-2011 at 15:44.
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