M/A

Today was M/A -day. As I've mentioned before, the abbreviation comes from Maintenance and Admistrative duties, which in this particular case include almost evething else than operational duties, such as physical exercise, sunbathing, internet surfing, movie watching, cleaning of weapons and laundry washing. Our Swedish MOT was still out after the TIC (Troops In Contact) incident, and we had nothing urgent to do, so I thought the PO crew could take it a little bit easier today. Looking back, yesterday was actually very hectic. I finished the reports on yesterday's meetings, and also had the IP translate a Taleban 'night letter' that the chief of NDS gave us yesterday. The letter was well formulated to serve its purpose.

K and C cleaned Lion and Bunny today. They also did a full inventory of the equipment, added and rearranged when needed and tidied up the interior in general. In case you were wondering, Lion and Bunny are the PO's vehicles, armoured Mercedes-Benz 280 Geländewagens. The cars are really put to the test here, and must be serviced regularly. We don't want them to break down during patrol. I also spent some time on the cross-trainer, which is just a little bit more fun than the treadmill.


View from the mill.

(P.S.: I uploaded pictures to some of the older blog entries, too. The internet connection has become quicker, but it's still painfully slow compared to home.)