Postby Me300 » Fri Oct 13, 2006 12:04 am
Actually, we're more scared of DPRKAF An-2s than we are of MiG-29s because they fly so low and slow that sometimes AWACS radar discriminators classify them as highway traffic, therefore preventing them from putting it on screen. And as far as the NBC training goes, we only have to qualify with our promasks once a year. All MOPP4 training is is that we go about our daily tasks wearing our full MOPP suits. Still not very much fun, although I love the CS Chamber. When I come out, my sinuses are always so clear and I can breathe wonderfully. Like I have fairly bad allergies, so my nose is usually a little stuffy and after we do promask confidince training, you wouldn't believe all the wonderful smells I can smell, it's quite invigorating. The worst part about the gas chamber isn't the effects it has on your throat, nose, and eyes (it didn't even bother my eyes at all, even in basic where our DS, who was a chemical weapons specialist, put in around 10 pellets when the Ft. Leonardwood standard was 5 pellets) so much as it is the constant burning sensation on your skin. I remember in a field exercise, we were defending our encampment against another company, and they popped a couple of CS grenades on our fall back path and that stuff came out so thick that you couldn't see 5 feet in front of you. We all kept running, and got our helmets off, masks out of carrier, pressed against face, cleared, sealed, and helmets back on in about 10 seconds, which is still too slow, but we were running as we did it, so that made up for it a little bit.