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JLs - Personnel Services School in Voortrekkerhoogte 1983
And then we went to Thabankolu (or something like that) for our survival march. Lt. Spiro (bless his soul) had to make sure that our delicate little feet were up to the challenge. Check out the photo....
When:
1983
Where: Voortrekkerhoogte, South Africa
By: Koos V.
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JLs - Personnel Services School in Voortrekkerhoogte 1983
I remember that little walk, but not too fondly at all. If I recall correctly, we were given coordinates of a place where we were supposed to sleep, but we got a bit lost. This was a good thing, as we...
When:
1983
Where: Voortrekkerhoogte, South Africa
By: Gideon H.
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JLs - Personnel Services School in Voortrekkerhoogte 1983
I wonder what happened to the boys in the platoon? I remember some of them vividly, in particular, Mauritz Leen. He used to chirp "They speak of my drinking, but never mention my thirst". One morning...
When:
1983
Where: Voortrekkerhoogte, South Africa
By: Gideon H.
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JLs - Personnel Services School in Voortrekkerhoogte 1983
I have some photos of our platoon when we went to the bush north of Pretoria for a couple of weeks. One is of the "manne" looking strong and fresh. The other is of us "uitpakking" on a 2.4km run....
When:
1983
Where: Voortrekkerhoogte, South Africa
By: Gideon H.
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JLs - Personnel Services School in Voortrekkerhoogte 1983
Bliksem! Do you remember those times when they actually were trying to train us to do something (like handle a weapon) as opposed to just making us "afkak". Someone snuck this photo of us doing "vuur...
When:
1983
Where: Voortrekkerhoogte, South Africa
By: Koos V.
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JLs - Personnel Services School in Voortrekkerhoogte 1983
I remember spending the year doing a JL (Junior Leader) course. What a nightmare. I guess you had to be young and a bit stupid. Look how happy we look here, running around with telephone poles on our...
When:
1983
Where: Voortrekkerhoogte, South Africa
By: Gideon H.
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JLs - Personnel Services School in Voortrekkerhoogte 1983
That thing that we used to chant while we were being run into the ground: We've been to heaven, We've been to hell, We are the perde of Corpral Nel. We can dance, We can gyro, We are the boytjies of...
When:
1983
Where: Voortrekkerhoogte, South Africa
By: Koos V.
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JLs - Personnel Services School in Voortrekkerhoogte 1983
I remember going for a route march in the middle of summer and looking down at my brown uniform and and it was white!
I wiped my mouth with my sleeve and realized it was salt. I had sweat so...
When:
1987
Where: 1 Maintenance Unit, Kimberly South Africa
By: Jack S.
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JLs - Personnel Services School in Voortrekkerhoogte 1983
I remember being in Kimberly at 1 maintenance and "attacking" a terrorist cell and the forward super troops had blown up a petrol tanker. It was our job to take care of the remainder terrorists and...
When:
1983
Where: Voortrekkerhoogte, South Africa
By: Jack S.
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JLs - Personnel Services School in Voortrekkerhoogte 1983
Old Corporal Nel turned out to be a decent chap, even though he was very tough on us during the course. He used to say in a broad Afrikaans accent "If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully"....
When:
1983
Where: Voortrekkerhoogte, South Africa
By: Gideon H.
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Country: Canada
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