Distorted nine
Distorted nine To my 3SG buddy - a warrior till the very end. Your aunty will be proud. So initially I wanted to title this piece "To bleed, to dwell, to overwhelm", a parody of OCS' more righteous beliefs and an entendre surfacing the somewhat... mangled perception of the military institution - a vessel trapped voyaging a marinade of murky waters and gloomy overcasts, ferrying rather controversial characters. But then I realised the finality and rigour of such words lay waste to the school's efforts, its symbolism and ultimately the journey towards officership. To proclaim the institution thrives on a flawed system does have its merits, but it will be fundamentally unjust to the frankly quite amazing things the curriculum has for us young adults. Trained proficient in an arsenal of weapon types, cadets litter the battlefield with mangled target boards during live shooting exercises, and fill the jungles with rhythmic gunshots mimicking our adrenalized heartbeats a...