The road to my wings
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| Date | 20-04-2005 |
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| Message | (Thursday 0025). Getting late, and I'm off to bed soon. Friday is a public holiday and this week we also have Wednesday and Thursday off, due to the Air Force owing us some days off  I just finished some homework that I had to do; An assignment in LSP (leadership, co-operation and psychology). Today I also updated my website by writing about the RDAF pilot applicant tests, which can be found on the front page under 'Looking Back.' The upcoming airshow at Karup AB is looking promising. So far we have 3 aerobatic teams confirmed: Frecce Tricolori, Patrouille Suisse and Team Aguila. Even more interesting is a Hungarian MiG29, Greek F16 and a Swedish Gripen. For more details check www.airshow2005.dk Good night. /Stephen |
| Date | 15-04-2005 |
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| Message | (Friday 1720). Back home for the weekend  We ended the week with an oriantation-race in the forest, made up of 17 posts and a total distance of about 6km. It was good fun! We were sent by a 3 minute interval in teams of 2. Bo and myself did very well indeed so we finished off with a big smile on our faces! It was good to see that we beat the guys who are in better physical shape than ourselves Next week we'll be spending Monday and Tuesday at the shooting range, using the M/62 Light Machine Gun. Don't get fooled by the word light. The bloody thing weighs in at over 11kg and it has 3 kg of extra equipment and the amount of rounds carried doubles the whole weight  But anyway, let's see if we can hit anything with it. Yesterday, after our visit to the flying school, we all went out eating (and drinking!) until we all almost fell asleep at around 2300  Oh well, now I'm going to relax and enjoy the weekend and charge up for the next week. Take care... /Stephen |
| Date | 14-04-2005 |
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| Message | (Thursday 1555). Just got back from our visit at the RDAF flying school. It was great to see the school and the aircraft. We were told about the course, what to expect and how things work. The statistics were made clear to us, and everyone is aware that only about 40% of us will make it through flying school. It's going to be ALOT of hard work and late nights with studying, but it's going to be worthwhile in the end, for those who make it anyway... Everyone was in a good mood today, mainly because we had a rather easy program (for a change!) but also because of the visit to the flying school. We will be judged and measured in every thing we do at the flying school. Every flight will be an exam. We are expected to go solo after 12 flights (7 flights for me due to my earlier flying/gliding experience.) So it's going to be a hard road ahead. The 4 main things that we'll be judged from are Knowledge, Skill, Attitude and Multi-capacity. It's going to be exciting! But for now, we better concentrate on the soldier business and do our best there. Catch u later... /Stephen |
| Date | 12-04-2005 |
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| Message | (Tuesday 1935). Another day over. Today we started off with an exam in ABC weapons. All went ok This Thursday we'll be visiting the RDAF flying school, here on the base. We're all rather excited about it. It's going to be good to meet our coming instructors and see the school facilities and the aircraft. We all need a bit of motivation at this time. This soldier business can get a bit too much at times. Now I'm off to trash Jørgen in pool, and then it's off to studying and then I'll try to make it an early night. So g'nite all. /Stephen |
| Date | 07-04-2005 |
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| Message | (Thursday 1705). Done for today...exceprt studying of course!  This week we had 3 days with physical lessons with the military obstacle course among other things. It takes alot of energy and effort (and muscles) to do the whole course in reasonable time. We also had about how to protect yourself from ABC attacks (Atomic, Biological, Chemical weapons). As part of a lesson, we went into a gas chamber with tear-gas and tested ourselves in getting the mask on (quickly!) and doing things in gas-attack conditions. Otherwise we're well underway with our 'Leader' course which will basically take the rest of the 4 months on sergeant school. It's interesting to learn about tactics and strategies in war, but it can also get boring at times. Next week we'll be starting on some First-aid courses and I have to teach in one of those lessons, so I better get prepared! See you. /Stephen |
| Date | 02-04-2005 |
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| Message | (Saturday 1715). Home again after a hard week. We had a 3 day exercise this week, where we were really pushed and stressed to the limit...and beyond! We had constant tasks and exercises that we had to perform and practise. We learned how to ambush a convoy among other things. The exercise took place in a forest which is known for being very dark, even at day time! So you can only imagine what it's like at night. The place is also known by military personnell as Getting-lost-ville, since it's so hard to navigate in. The map that we were given doesn't match the landscape, so that just made things worse  All in all we slept about 4 hours in all, in those 3 days. On Wednesday we were attacked by the 'enemy' at 0330, so we had to leave our area and move to the 'alternative coordiantes' that we were given. All in all, it went well. Some of us sustained a few injuries and we all got many blisters on our feet  I injured my knee but it's healing nicely now I'm outta here for now, will write something later on perhaps. /Stephen  |
| Date | 24-03-2005 |
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| Message | (Thursday 1940) Ahhh, Easter holidays 5 days of relaxing. The shooting went fine on Tuesday. I acquired enough points to get the bronze award. I was hoping for silver or maybe gold, but I guess silver is ok, considering that some of ud got nothing. Anyway, now it's time to take it easy. On Tuesday we start off by going on a 3-day exercise. Fortunately the weather is getting warmer so it shouldn't be so hard sleeping outside and taking the clothes off to get washed in the morning. Oh well, happy Easter /Stephen |
| Date | 21-03-2005 |
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| Message | (Monday 2210). I'm on my way to bed soon. Tody we spent the day at the shooting range again. We tried shooting from a distance of 200m, and using the basis, helmet and gas mask on! It was rather hard to see anything out of the mask, let alon hit the targets from 200m... As I was cleaning the gun, the smell of gun-powder made me think about the good old days when I used to go hunting with my old man. Tomorrow we're going to be at the shooting range again, this time from 0800 to 2400! That's 16 hours of shooting with live rounds. We also have to try night-shooting, so it's going to be exciting. We just finished the day with some weight-lifting and hockey. Anyway, I'm off to bed now. Take care and happy Easter... /Stephen |
| Date | 16-03-2005 |
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| Message | (Wednesday 1905). Today we spent the whole day at the shooting range again, using live rounds. Fortunately the weather was relatively warm (about 3-5 degrees) so we could just enjoy the shooting. We fired about 70 shots per person, and all in all I only had 1 miss, so I'm quite satisfied with myself. I am really in love with the M/96 Karabin. It's a great and precise weapon. Tomorrow will be one of those long days where we get back at the base at around midnight. Everyone is preparing the equipment and stuff for the exercise. The plan is to learn and try out some more tactics on the battle field, working as teams of 2 through some obstacle tracks (using blank shots of course!). It's going to be fun! Stay tuned and take care. /Stephen |
| Date | 13-03-2005 |
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| Message | (Sunday 2210). Another week over and a new one is just round the corner. 20 weeks to go, and then it's on to flying school. We REALLY can't wait! On the train ride to the base, we sat and discussed how great it's gonna be when we graduate and have become sergeants...then the fun really begins. Last Tuesday/Wednesday we had an exercise outside where we learned some more techniques and how to use different kind of equipment, among other things night-vision goggles. After a loooong and hard day, we were driving to our 'home' in the forest, Tuesdat night at around midnight. Suddenly the lorry stopped and we were told that enemy forces had been observed in the area and it was too dangerous to drive through. Therefore we were grouped in twos and were given a map and we had to find our 'home' by foot and try to evade enemy forces at the same time. We got there at about 0130 and by the time we were ready to go to bed it was about 0215...but no! I had the first watch from 0200 to 0300 Then it was off to bed until 0630. It was hard to sleep considering the temperature. But anyway, that wasn't the worst of it. Thw worst was when we had to wash in the morning. The clothes had to come off and it was damn cold! Anyway, I'm off to bed...catch u later. /Stephen |
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