one thing about having foreign soldiers train with you is that you'd always discover something amazing about their army and ours. the indonesian soldiers are no different.  compared to them, our NSF soldiers are weak, have poor attitudes and are lazy. i always thought that indonesian soldiers weren't that good, till i realised that their training is somewhat like our Commandos. Of course, this is all because they are all regulars in the army, and of the thousands of applicants every year, only a handful are selected. So you can somewhat say they are of the very best.  one thing about them though, is that they can be quite cheapskate. they keep trying to exchange stuff with my guys. for eg. Exchanging their S$20 boots for our S$100+ american made Goretex boots. hello... we may not be very good soldiers, but we aren't dumb. anyway, playing host to them can be quite tiring. sometimes it feels as though our soliders are all chambermaids fulfilling their every request. its true that we have to be gracious hosts, but as the visiting camp, its only polite to be gracious and "automatic" when it comes to certain things. After all, you are a more superior army.... Savant at 11/20/2005 09:42:00 pm ;
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