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There were moments of happiness and sorrow, and I thought of people, faces of soldiers that had come and gone, faces of men who are and were a family that is one of the greatest and happiest of all families, the RAR. I thought of the first day that I came to Methuen Barracks, six years previously and of the jumble of years between it was hard at times. I have enjoyed riding in a helicopter ever since I was a recruit and right now I was enjoying myself looking out there below as the world slid past. Down below the trees were green and some turning grey, but they all seemed to be of identical height, so that looking down one was reminded of those advertisements for carpets. Up there the wind was cold and crisp and it blew on my face from the open side of the chopper. Before long the choppers were off to the north of our base camp. I looked down below me and saw amid the reddish brown dust the last of the helicopters lifting off.
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Soon we were up and circling the base camp waiting for the rest of the choppers to lift off. The pilot in our helicopter switched on his engine and after a whining noise the huge rotors started to turn, as if they really did not intend to, then gathered momentum until they were a blur.Īll five choppers were now roaring and slowly, one by one, they lifted off from the side of the bush airstrip. As the sun peeped over the horizon we were sitting in our helicopters. Helicopters were allocated to the various sticks and soon after we poured out of the tent to brief our sticks. At 0500 hours we were summoned to the Ops ' tent for more orders (the NCOs that is), and were briefed for 10 minutes. We had been briefed the previous evening and everyone knew what he was going to do today but it seemed that no one was worried at all. The whole platoon was there in the kitchen this morning and they were talking in low tones, joking and laughing quietly.
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The cook was in a good mood despite the early hour and I got a full mug of tea. By the time I finished checking my section area the east was red, the time was 0445 and I took my mug and went to the kitchen. So by the light of the moon I checked my area and satisfied myself that the CSM would have nothing to discuss with me when I came back - you see he does not normally like to see bits and papers lying around. It was still dark but it was one of those nights when the moon decides to set before the sun comes up and as a result it was still hanging up there in the western sky. I then took my towel and washed my face with cold water before taking my rucksack and kit bag to the stores truck for safekeeping.
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I got up and rolled up my leeping bag and fastened it to my webbing.
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(First published in the RAR Regimental Magazine NHOWO, 1976.)Īt 0400 hours the sentry woke me up from inside my basher. RAR Home Page Honours and Awards Roll of Honour What an RAR Soldier is