Material Check

The rotation is drawing near, and with it the hand-over/take-over of responsibilites, or HOTO, as it's more commonly known (the Swedes pronounce it huuttuu). An important part of the HOTO process is handing over the responsibility of all material and equipment. The list is long and the items are spread all over the PO, so checking that everything is in place is a long and painstaking process, which took all afternoon. Before lunch, I had already written a couple of report which were overdue. The patrol that had left at 0330 in the morning came in at 1930, and they had had a nice day out. It was still fairly cool and cloudy with a bit of rain here and there.