More Army stuff

So far this training was the most entertaining. They put 5 of us into a Hummer and then rolled it over.....and over and over, ending with it upside down.  The 5th guy sat between the two guys in the back on a little swingy thing, and halfway out of the top of the vehicle. It's the gunner position.  These were up-armored Hummers with 750lb doors.   

Anyway, as the jeep thing rolled over, the guys in the back, me and rod, had to pull the gunner inside the vehicle and pin him down so he didn't flail around as it went around and around.

This was taught by US Army types....Hoooyaaah. Or whatever they keep yelling after every statement. They mumbled a lot. We almost had a repeat incident of the "I CAN'T UNDERSTAND THE WORDS COMING OUT OF YOUR MOUTH!".  But we're getting used to understanding words with half the letters left out.

This is me getting into the back...

We're wearing our kevlar helmets and body armor stuff with blue plastic guns, and of course safety glasses!  You can see the guy sitting in the middle, the gunner's seat, his head is up through the top.

This is the commander...the boss man, he was the 'driver'. He had trouble getting his blue Nerf gun through the door. Now you can see why they gave us rubber guns.  He figured it out, eventually.

This the Hummer simulator getting ready to go upside down...

And this where it stopped...upside down, and the big man on his head. Good thing they made us do Army calisthenics to loosed up before. Oh yeah, it was 6 degrees outside the tin building and 6 and half degrees inside. (the Army guys didn't know how to work the heaters). So those little Hooyaah Army stretches really loosened us up! 

It all ended well...except for the gunner, Rod forgot to pull him out, right after I forgot to pull him out. oooops...our bad. I think he'll be okay though.