The new rotation is finally here. They arrived a couple of hours late, just after lunch. We had had a short patrol to the police districts in the morning, and MOT D went out to the firing range. Just when the new rotation's convoy was coming in, both the water delivery truck and the sewer drainage truck also wanted to visit the compound to do their respective jobs: one to fill the water tanks and the other to empty the other kind of tanks. Finally the convoy got inside and the newcomers climbed out. I wonder if I looked so out of place when I arrived just over 5 months ago?
We started the new staff's HOTO (hand-over take-over) training with an introduction and a camp walk. MOT D provided some additional exitement to our afternoon by not having informed OCCP about their LFX (live-fire excercise). The sound of their new heavy machine gun echoed all over town, and practically the whole police force was alerted. Even our guards were a little anxious. I thought that it would be a good idea to make the new arrivals feel more at home by having a more relaxed first evening. Anything to break the ice - literally, as it's still extremely cold outside. We tried to achieve this by arranging a Guitar Hero competition between Finland and Sweden. Sadly, it was cut short by multiple electrical breakdowns. The heaters were on full effect in practically every room and it was just too much for the generators.
(The above is true also for our welfare network: the laptops are humming beside every bed, so there is just not enough bandwith to try to upload any pictures today.)
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