IGNITED!!

Yeah, that's the word I've been shouting for the past week in training. - "IGNITED!!" 2 demolition live firing in a week. I tell you, hand grenade is nothing, really.

Monday one was relatively simple, firing standard charges ("charges" is the term we use to say "explosives" or in more leyman term "bomb"). It was nothing much, we couldn't see the thing go off cos we had to hide behind some stupid shelter and I was the firer, meaning I got in last, all I could see was helmets and more helmets in front of me, all trying to get a glimpse of the charges going off thru a tiny window.

Friday one was more fun.. Improvised charges. We did charges for ambush purposes, breaching doors and walls and many more.. This time round, I got the best view for the 2 heavy weight charges. Heh.. I made sure I went into the shelter first even though it meant a lack of oxygen and I could faint anytime.. Hehe.. But it was worth it, seeing the explosion. The landflame mine ignited and went off like an atomic bomb. Fumes rose in a dark mushroom cloud. But I was thinking also it's a bloody pollution man. Thick fumes formed by the incomplete combustion of fuel.. sinful.

The real power one was the improvised cratering charge, called onion charge. We were allowed to just sit behind the shelter, no need to hide or what. Haha, and what an experience. Upon ignition, we felt the earth shaking, balls too. =x And a second later, we saw "meteor rain". The earth got blew up to like 5m high and flew in all directions, all of us looked up, the soils were coming at us! Everyone went "wa....." (as in the kind of "wa" when u see fireworks, not the panic "wa").. Then the instructors have to scream "All look down!!!!".. Haha.. Safety is key in the 3G Army you see... Some rocks, soil landed on us. But we were happy. This is more like soldiering ma.. Hehe.. Whole day hide behind shelter might as well ask civilians come see as exhibition. oops... =x