Originally Posted by
UAL T38 Phlyer
Mandatory annual/quarterly training that everyone hates.
It is also usually the only time per quarter the entire unit will be together. So, to build eprit de corps and unit cohesion, the Commander gives a spiel.
After hours, usually a group party or picnic....not on the tax-payer's dime.
And don't forget all the fun of getting ready for an ORI!
Or as we called it, "Counting our Underpants and Practicing Bleeding"!
One time they made us sit in school busses...parked school busses...for 5 hours! This was to "Simulate" evacuating our base and going to our back up base, which was a 5 hour drive away! When we complained about it, the Boss said, "Hey, at least I didn't make you wear the Chem gear!"
This was long before smart phones and even before Al Gore invented the Internet, so there was NOTHING to do in the buses but sweat.