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Originally Posted by Ray
Then we had the "round the clock reporting", where every half hour through out the night we had to report in different rigs as specified by the senior.
It was horrid.
The person we had to report to also had his sleep ruined and so while initially he would open the door and checked the kit, during the later part of the night he would say carry on when we knocked.
Therefore, many of us took the risk and just wore our ammunition boot and made a song and a dance with them coming to halt and then knocking. In most cases,the senior would sleepily say carry on!!
So. the ammunition boot even in a sleeping suit did the trick!
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Sounds a lot like our "Staff Duty", which is also 24 hours. If you were lucky you pulled fire-guard and didn't have to leave the bay.
If you pulled a Staff Duty shift, you had to wake 10 minutes before your shift started and get into full uniform, do your hour shift, and then return only to undress again. Invariably whenever I pulled staff duty I was relieved by the laziest guys in the platoon -- they wouldn't wake up 10 min prior to their shift to allow themselves time to dress and report, causing my shift to last that much longer. Infuriating.