Three weeks ago was a week called "Professions" week. The idea being that there are different positions, or professions, in each team and the commanders assigned those positions to the soldiers they felt best suited each one. Of the possible positions there are 4 sharp shooters, 2 people with a grenade launcher attachment to their gun, 2 people who are given a light machine gun called the Negev, and one person is given a general purpose machine gun.
So I will cut to the chase, I was given the Negev, and I will tell you now that there really is nothing light about the "light" machine gun. If you are interested I found this article when I was trying to explain to my dad what it is:
We spent the week in the shooting range learning about the gun and also being put through some pretty rigorous training. The first day was pretty standard, we were in the classroom learning about the weapon specifications, how to deal with malfunctions, and how to assemble and disassemble the gun. Then the tone of the week took a turn...
As I would come to learn through out the week it is expected of the "Negevists" (as they refer to those who carry the Negev) to be the most aggressive. When the team is storming the enemy, the Negevist is expected to be the first one so that he can spray the enemy with automatic fire and give the rest of the team time to move forward. I soon learned that the commanders' idea of instilling aggression is directly connected to crawling.
When we were at the shooting range we crawled to check our target, when we weren't at the shooting range we crawled up hills, and then for good measure they made us do relay races which were a mix of crawling and running. By the end of the week I was pretty beat up and I threw in a nice picture of the bruise I had on my elbow.
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