[CaptainCrunch]

Its funny, because in basic you learn so much more from mistakes and getting them corrected.


I remember deciding to cut through the bush with my group instead of following the road to save time and sneak up the enemy.


By the time we got through we were scraped to hell from brambles and completely exhausted because it was think bush and everyone could hear us coming.


Me and three buddies were sent out to a road crossing to count vehicles and collect intelligence on the enemy.



We got captured because we got enamored with doing a really good job of counting and identifying the vehicles and it never occurred to us that the enemy force would know exactly where we were because the instructors told them and it didn't occur to me to make sure that we were watching more then an intersection.


I got seriously pooped on because during an ambush, I dropped my pack so I could move faster and forgot where I left my pack.



Oh and during one night fight when we stood too and had a simulated gas attack happen my trench mate had forgotten his gas mask in the radio van and I let him die.