Life continues apace in the doldrums. We have now spent a week on admin and security. Well, almost a week. Well, long enough anyway. Finally got out of this place for a decent length of time in the last few days. This also happened to be my first patrol as section commander for the tour. I wonder if I get paid extra for this? Tuesday saw us out west on a patrol with the civil-military liaison guys. This involved us following some Aussies around while they scouted for future CML tasks. I.e. sheds to be built, things to be fixed, etc. In reality it wasn’t great. The first village we went to they tried to teach some kids how to skip rope and got them to draw pictures on a blackboard. Woo-fucking-hoo. Second up we went to a college. In the holidays mind so there were few people around. Apart from me sending the guys to talk to whoever they could find, this was basically a lunch stop. Finally we went to a further village were they played soccer with some children and I had a nap in the vehicle while on radiowatch. Still, it was good to get out of the cage.
Thursday saw us out on a swanreq. This started off in the requisite clusterfuck fashion what with trying to get weapons and transport. However, after a few ´wu-sah´ moments and change of plans we got underway. We ended up visiting a museum that had some old warplanes and cannon pieces, including a wildcat that still had a folding wing. This was followed by a visit to a Sherman tank, and finished off with a swim and some shopping. Overall a pretty good day was had by all. Only one week left out at Mbalisuna, but where we go from here? Who knows?
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