Black Sheep Memories...
While surveying in the Regiment, senior Gunner officer to Survey Officer: "Cam up those damned pink tents, Calnan!"
BK's vehicle stuck in mud. Calls on battery net: "1 this is 18, send recovery to my position over. 1, roger, are you stuck, over? 18, negative, the mud is too high..."
Young FOO in his properly sited OP with tech, the Colonel Commandant and a nervous IG. A round from a Quebec based battery impacts within 100 meters of the trench showering them with crap. Col Cmdt, with ice-water running thru his veins, and thinking it was their round calmly asks, Well? Robert. What's your correction? Sir, if it was my round, the correction would be "reference my ass, add 800, Check Firing! Over".
One for the 5 RALC vets: Primer only, Load! How I wished I got a copy of the photos of the 105mm round sticking halfway out of the muzzle of the gun...you tell kids this nowadays, and they won't believe you.
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RHC
Why is it that when you have the $$, you don't have the time, and when you have the time you don't have the $$?
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