Playing Enemy

When i was asked if i`d like to be part of a section and play enemy for five days i could hardly say no, We were to play the part of enemy troops and make life a little difficult for quite a large course of corporals who are basically trying to get promotion to sergeant, they were on a intensive two week course. The final five days of it was spent out in the field doing patrols etc.





When they went out on patrol we would split up and ambush them at certain points along the route, mostly this was at night time but there were a good few during the day. This went on for the whole five days all day and night, talk about sleep deprivation, after an ambush we would get back to HQ and just sleep for two hours then back up and out again, it was tiring at times but the adrenaline kept you going, knowing you are getting one over on the corporals was good.





The whole five days was ration packs which doesn't bother me really they are quite tasty but occasionally you get a crap one. We fired off hundreds of blank rounds, seen alot of Norfolk countryside, had fun and got paid for it, which leaves me bewildered as to why not more people join the Territorial Army. You go away places you would never normally go to, you get to fire weapons and blow things up, you meet alot of great people, your fitness improves, your confidence improves and you get paid for it, why people arnt queuing up to join is beyond me.