NTC Part 6 - Miscellaneous ridiculousness
At one point in time, my commander made my platoon leader DO HIS LAUNDRY. I had always been fairly certain that there was a regulation against that, but I'm not really in any position to question it. I couldn't believe it.
Another absurd moment was when I was in the TOC (I don't remember what it stands for but it's the command tent where all the top leaders hang out), and some senior NCO ran inside from the ACE (some top secret area), dove onto the floor belly-first, and yelled "THE ACE IS UNDER ATTACK!" The response from the senior officers was "Quiet in the TOC!" and just generally ignoring him after that. He was pissed. Oh and 5 soldiers in the ACE subsequently "died." Yeah, I don't think people are taking the exercise that seriously. In related news, one of the noisemakers/firecrackers that OPFOR (Opposition Force) used to simulate explosions exploded violently enough to actually break a generator that night.
Another absurd moment was when I was in the TOC (I don't remember what it stands for but it's the command tent where all the top leaders hang out), and some senior NCO ran inside from the ACE (some top secret area), dove onto the floor belly-first, and yelled "THE ACE IS UNDER ATTACK!" The response from the senior officers was "Quiet in the TOC!" and just generally ignoring him after that. He was pissed. Oh and 5 soldiers in the ACE subsequently "died." Yeah, I don't think people are taking the exercise that seriously. In related news, one of the noisemakers/firecrackers that OPFOR (Opposition Force) used to simulate explosions exploded violently enough to actually break a generator that night.
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