JLs - Personnel Services School in Voortrekkerhoogte 1983
I remember spending the year doing a JL (Junior Leader) course. What a nightmare. I guess you had to be young and a bit stupid. Look how happy we look here, running around with telephone poles on our...
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1983 Where: Voortrekkerhoogte, South Africa By:Gideon Hack
JLs - Personnel Services School in Voortrekkerhoogte 1983
Old Corporal Nel turned out to be a decent chap, even though he was very tough on us during the course. He used to say in a broad Afrikaans accent "If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully"....
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1983 Where: Voortrekkerhoogte, South Africa By:Gideon Hack
JLs - Personnel Services School in Voortrekkerhoogte 1983
Yip, I remember that nightmare. We were A Company, Platoon 4. Our corporal was Piet "boogskutter" Nel and our lieutenants were Nick "I was also on course" Spiropoulos and Lukas "Kry vir jou 'n...
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1983 Where: Voortrekkerhoogte, South Africa By:Alan G.
JLs - Personnel Services School in Voortrekkerhoogte 1983
Our platoon also went to some restaurants together. Here is a shot with Lt. Erasmus at the head of the table looking very gentlemanly (surprise!!!). The chap with his face hidden in the glass is...
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1983 Where: Voortrekkerhoogte, South Africa By:Gideon Hack
JLs - Personnel Services School in Voortrekkerhoogte 1983
But just before we received our rank things improved a lot and we actually had a couple of social outings. I don't remember whose house these photos were taken at, but we all look pretty relaxed. Even...
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1983 Where: Voortrekkerhoogte, South Africa By:Alan G.
JLs - Personnel Services School in Voortrekkerhoogte 1983
Bliksem! Do you remember those times when they actually were trying to train us to do something (like handle a weapon) as opposed to just making us "afkak". Someone snuck this photo of us doing "vuur...
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1983 Where: Voortrekkerhoogte, South Africa By:Koos V.
JLs - Personnel Services School in Voortrekkerhoogte 1983
I took these pictures of Gideon Hack and Ian Brenner settling down for the night in their luxurious accommodations and also one of Gideon and Simon Roy. It looks to me as though Simon is trying to put...
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1983 Where: Voortrekkerhoogte, South Africa By:Alan G.
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1983 Where: Voortrekkerhoogte, South Africa By:Jack Shapiro
JLs - Personnel Services School in Voortrekkerhoogte 1983
I remember being in Kimberly at 1 maintenance and "attacking" a terrorist cell and the forward super troops had blown up a petrol tanker. It was our job to take care of the remainder terrorists and...
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1983 Where: Voortrekkerhoogte, South Africa By:Jack Shapiro
JLs - Personnel Services School in Voortrekkerhoogte 1983
And then we went to Thabankolu (or something like that) for our survival march. Lt. Spiro (bless his soul) had to make sure that our delicate little feet were up to the challenge. Check out the photo....
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1983 Where: Voortrekkerhoogte, South Africa By:Koos V.