Training

I spent the last week training in the Seetalalpen region of the Steiermark. We did a lot of training in Crowd and Riot Control, which to be honest, was not a lot of fun. We put a visor on our helmets that was extremely difficult to see through during the constant drizzle. We also had on a lot of pads and had a riot shield. While it wasn't so fun, it was good training. We did do some enjoyable things though. For example, we went in the mountains and shot the Sturmgewehr 77 and had a live-fire exercise that included a huge TNT explosion that was so close that dirt and sticks rained down on our helmets. We are heading out again tomorrow to do a 3 or 4 day exercise that should be interesting. The picture is of Matt and I before heading out to the live-fire exercise.