Served from 85 to 94 in NZ. Still have friends 30 years on....
A wee story from my time in Singapore...
Whilst on exercise in the middle of the Malaysian jungle, a group of Aussie Air Force were to join us. One of the illustrious Air Force personnel was a sergeant of rather impressive girth. The staff arrived at our harbour just on dusk and they proceeded to set up their hootchies while we were at 'Stand To'. The night progressed without incident. The next morning however, as the rather portly sergeant was packing up his gear, we were alerted to a rather loud exclamation of "Holy Sh!t".
It turned out that, during the night, as our rotund friend slept, a poor, cold Cobra had decided that the heat signature given off by the sergeant was too good to resist and proceeded to slither under his thermal mat, curl up and go to sleep. Sometime during the night, said sergeant has rolled onto his back and due to his impressive size, has proceeded to suffocate the poor defenseless creature. When he rolled up his thermal mat, and saw the cobra curled up and dead, I understand there was a request for a clean pair of undergarments!
Oh how I had of been close enough to see the look on his face! Would have been priceless!
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