A Bad Day At The Office

"Load."

As I pushed the magazine into my rifle an ice cold drop of rain left my helmet and deposited itself down my neck. So far it hadn't been a good day.

Already I'd had to endure the "concurrent activity" while I'd waited to fire. It had been a lesson on "Why things are seen" - something we all knew and had all heard many times before. For those of you who are interested it's - shape, shine, silhouette, shadow, spacing and sudden movement - or the 6 S's. Interesting stuff I'm sure you'll agree.

As we'd gone to load our magazines the rain had increased - it was now up to a steady downpour.

"Prone position down."

As I began to lie down I took a quick look. As I suspected there was a small puddle awaiting me. The cold water took little time to announce its' presence as I lay down.

"Targets to your front watch out."

I pulled the rifle into my shoulder and looked through the sight. I could barely see the 300 metres to where the target was going to appear. And then my sight steamed up.

Things were not going well at the office.