NationStates Jolt Archive


Famous Last Words

Misunderestimates
23-11-2005, 17:12
In the New Zealand army the staff was having a discipline problem with four cadets posted at Waiouru Camp. The group had been confined to barracks for a day as punishment, while the rest of the unit participated in a training activity.
The four cadets decided to abscond, and set out on a jaunt into the training area, heedless of the consequences. How bad could another day of rest be? After walking some distance they found themselves on the range used as training grounds of the M203 grenade launcher. As they sauntered around the range, they came across several unexploded rounds.
From day one army recruits are told never to touch anything even remotely resembling unexploded ordinance. Indeed, there are signs surrounding every range the army uses, stating the rule again. It is incessantly drummed into every brain in the army. But not everyone learns.........
The ringleader of this group picked up two grenades and held them at arms length, while his mates egged him on. According to the survivors he utteres those famous last words "Hey guys, look at this!" Words to make seasoned men duck and cover.
The cadet cracked the two grenades together, causing one or both to explode in his hands. The M203 grenade has a lethal blast area of five metersand left little to the medics to recover. The other three miscreants were injured by shrapnel but survived to be disciplined ina far more lenient fashion then their fallen comrade.

Maybe it was just a random stupid thought, only happening once, and will never happen again. However, should there be a new ordinance that has the army collect their discharged rounds and recycle or dispose of them, possibly creating new jobs or even new problems, or is the system fine as it is?
Wernher Von Braun
23-11-2005, 17:16
Leave it. It weeds the idiots out.
Dishonorable Scum
23-11-2005, 17:19
Maybe it was just a random stupid thought, only happening once, and will never happen again. However, should there be a new ordinance that has the army collect their discharged rounds and recycle or dispose of them, possibly creating new jobs or even new problems, or is the system fine as it is?

Well, it seems to have benefitted the gene pool in this instance.

Disposing of unexploded ordnance is an extremely dangerous job, and in a situation like this (a firing range) you can never be sure you've gotten all of it. Some kinds of shells can remain a danger for decades. It's nice in theory for armies to clean up after themselves, but it's not always possible or practical.

:p
Misunderestimates
23-11-2005, 17:26
Well, it seems to have benefitted the gene pool in this instance.

Disposing of unexploded ordnance is an extremely dangerous job, and in a situation like this (a firing range) you can never be sure you've gotten all of it. Some kinds of shells can remain a danger for decades. It's nice in theory for armies to clean up after themselves, but it's not always possible or practical.

:p
I'll have to agree with you, i would have to award these cadets a darwin award. However, these such incidents are precisely why the army might consider such an ordinance that allows for disposing of unexploded objectives.Maybe a documentation of each shot is necessary, and a location. Then the disposition might go faster?
Misunderestimates
24-11-2005, 02:09
This Poll Is Of No Use To Me!!!! The Votes Are Equal!!! Arrrrrrrrrrggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh
Rotovia-
24-11-2005, 02:12
Evolution. Modern science and work place health and safety is making it harder for nature to protect our future gene pool. I say we need to make life more dangerous, not less.
The South Islands
24-11-2005, 02:16
More famous last words:

"Oh Shit!"

-Many People
Rotovia-
24-11-2005, 02:20
More famous last words:

"Oh Shit!"

-Many People

I wonder what happens if I...
I saw on Leno that you can dunk a match in...
It's perfectly safe...
Are you sure the saftey's on...?
Dishonorable Scum
24-11-2005, 02:33
I wonder what happens if I...
I saw on Leno that you can dunk a match in...
It's perfectly safe...
Are you sure the saftey's on...?


And my favorite: "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing!" :eek:
Rotovia-
24-11-2005, 02:34
And my favorite: "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing!" :eek:
*titters*
Aeterna Republicania
24-11-2005, 03:06
Neville Chamberlain:

"There will be no war. We have given in to Hitler's demands."

Or something to that effect.
Neo Mishakal
24-11-2005, 03:11
Wait until the Darwin Awards hear about this one...:)
Hobabwe
24-11-2005, 03:14
I wonder what happens if I...
I saw on Leno that you can dunk a match in...
It's perfectly safe...
Are you sure the saftey's on...?


They'll never hit us from way over the...

Wheres all that fucking water coming from?! <captain of HMS Titanic>
What the fuck was that?! <Mayor of Hiroshima>

and not PC AT ALL!
Who let the fucking woman drive?! <captain of space shuttle Discovery>
Rotovia-
24-11-2005, 03:14
This Poll Is Of No Use To Me!!!! The Votes Are Equal!!! Arrrrrrrrrrggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh
That'll teach you to click "allow multiple answers"
Rotovia-
24-11-2005, 03:16
Neville Chamberlain:

"There will be no war. We have given in to Hitler's demands."

Or something to that effect.
I can almost here the crashing and burning...

So inspired, was I, that I actually Googled the guy. Did you know he was also Lord Mayor of Burmingham? *beams with pride*
Dubghaul
24-11-2005, 03:32
"This volcano active? hahahaha this volcano hasnt been active for decades!"
The Plutonian Empire
24-11-2005, 03:34
Why recycle the explosives when you can simply detonate them? ;) :D
Frenzia
24-11-2005, 03:51
I went to a cadet camp in Ottawa.This place was full of rounds,mostly blanks and exploded flashbangs.We went to the armys FIBUA training house and everywhere you look there are rounds and simunitions.The commanding officer of our platoon,the company sergeant major,the platoon warrant,and all the platoon sergeants told us not to touch the rounds or take any, its against the law.Even the stupidest cadets did not touch the rounds.Simple enough,we were told so many times not to touch them and we lisnted.Anyone stupid enough to touch them should be punished severely.
Misunderestimates
24-11-2005, 22:38
That'll teach you to click "allow multiple answers"
I couldve swore i clicked them off.....blast....