COBRA CHALLENGE.
COBRA CHALLENGE 04?
I dun understand why they termed it as Cobra Challenge 04 when its 2005!! Haha..but this is the day we had been looking forward to since we started our training 1-2months ago..It was unbelievable how we could have ran 12km in SBO attire during training.
But cobra challenge was different. There were upslopes (plenty of them!) and downslopes as well as the type of trails that keeps going on and on and on..with plenty of bends so you won't know what's coming next. It was tiring as well as fun. It's designed to pit combat endurance soldiers from different unit under the same division.
This is how it works..
1) 10-11km of running or fast marching in vegetation (hilly terrain and uneven with clear trails)
2) 10 rounds of ammunition given per soldier to fire at a fig. 12 target at 100m away.
3) 2-3km run to Mandai Hill Cam (the downhill was fun..the uphill sucked our energy)
4) Casualty evacuation for 500m.
5) Clearing of Standard Obstacle Course in reverse order with 2 full jerry cans on a stretcher.
6) Dash 300m to the end point (when u thought it was gonna end..they made u go one bayyi hook!!)
My team did our best..can see everyone put in their best efforts (even till they vomit)..run till some get cramps but my cramp was different..got one on my foot and another on my abs. Hahaha..but that was at the end point. Thot that we could run all the way llike how we did in training but it was clearly a whole different ball game. The uneven and hilly terrain sapped a lot of energy from one's body. And yah! The 'Dream Team' tag on our webbing was heavy! Paiseh la to wear if we dun do well..so got some teeny bit of pressure lah to do well.
But my personal favourite will be the 1st part..the one where we ran thru vegetation. It was like playing F1 racing! U trail behind a group as close as safely possible..when there is an opening..BAAM! U cut thru the side like a cobra..swift and deadly! Hahaha..it was fun in a way that u look forward to the next checkpt..and the next..and the next..until we got out into the open..where the trails became tracks. Haiz..no fun animore. Its a straight, bendy road where u cant see the end..only upslopes!
I've had fever the previous 2 days too..(must be becos of the thot of me doing duty!)..sore throat..(now still have)..I thot i couldnt make it in time for the competition but those vitamin Cs work well as well as those panadols. Force myself to drink a lot of water too..Works fine..We survived Cobra Challenge!
Anyway..donkey's battery flat lah..now the signal lights and headlight dun work well. Either dim or cant even light up. Hmm..
OKla..
One more thing..for Li Yuan..if u can read this..HOW R U MAT??! converted liao bo? JCC trained yet? Hehehe..now i dun need to think abt runnong anymore! ORD thots only..SOC cleared..IPPT cleared..Cobra Challenge completed..now left ops Bacinet and Taiwan only. AUUWAH! Contact me once ur done with JCC ha!
May Allah guide us all..bless us with happiness and health n protect us from the dangers of this world, physically or mentally. Help us become successful people in the world and after...
I dun understand why they termed it as Cobra Challenge 04 when its 2005!! Haha..but this is the day we had been looking forward to since we started our training 1-2months ago..It was unbelievable how we could have ran 12km in SBO attire during training.
But cobra challenge was different. There were upslopes (plenty of them!) and downslopes as well as the type of trails that keeps going on and on and on..with plenty of bends so you won't know what's coming next. It was tiring as well as fun. It's designed to pit combat endurance soldiers from different unit under the same division.
This is how it works..
1) 10-11km of running or fast marching in vegetation (hilly terrain and uneven with clear trails)
2) 10 rounds of ammunition given per soldier to fire at a fig. 12 target at 100m away.
3) 2-3km run to Mandai Hill Cam (the downhill was fun..the uphill sucked our energy)
4) Casualty evacuation for 500m.
5) Clearing of Standard Obstacle Course in reverse order with 2 full jerry cans on a stretcher.
6) Dash 300m to the end point (when u thought it was gonna end..they made u go one bayyi hook!!)
My team did our best..can see everyone put in their best efforts (even till they vomit)..run till some get cramps but my cramp was different..got one on my foot and another on my abs. Hahaha..but that was at the end point. Thot that we could run all the way llike how we did in training but it was clearly a whole different ball game. The uneven and hilly terrain sapped a lot of energy from one's body. And yah! The 'Dream Team' tag on our webbing was heavy! Paiseh la to wear if we dun do well..so got some teeny bit of pressure lah to do well.
But my personal favourite will be the 1st part..the one where we ran thru vegetation. It was like playing F1 racing! U trail behind a group as close as safely possible..when there is an opening..BAAM! U cut thru the side like a cobra..swift and deadly! Hahaha..it was fun in a way that u look forward to the next checkpt..and the next..and the next..until we got out into the open..where the trails became tracks. Haiz..no fun animore. Its a straight, bendy road where u cant see the end..only upslopes!
I've had fever the previous 2 days too..(must be becos of the thot of me doing duty!)..sore throat..(now still have)..I thot i couldnt make it in time for the competition but those vitamin Cs work well as well as those panadols. Force myself to drink a lot of water too..Works fine..We survived Cobra Challenge!
Anyway..donkey's battery flat lah..now the signal lights and headlight dun work well. Either dim or cant even light up. Hmm..
OKla..
One more thing..for Li Yuan..if u can read this..HOW R U MAT??! converted liao bo? JCC trained yet? Hehehe..now i dun need to think abt runnong anymore! ORD thots only..SOC cleared..IPPT cleared..Cobra Challenge completed..now left ops Bacinet and Taiwan only. AUUWAH! Contact me once ur done with JCC ha!
May Allah guide us all..bless us with happiness and health n protect us from the dangers of this world, physically or mentally. Help us become successful people in the world and after...
