TECHNICAL LEGION EVENT OP CABRIT
SEEING THE FLIP SIDE
THE AA CREW LIKE TO PLAY AIRSOFT FOR SURE, BUT THEY’RE INVOLVED IN FAR MORE THAN JUST PLAYING! IN ISSUE 138 WE BROUGHT YOU JASE’S REPORT ON “OP CABRIT”, BUT WHILE HE WAS BUSY OUT “ON TASK”, BEHIND THE SCENES TWO MORE OF THE AA CREW WERE MAKING THINGS WORK IN RELATION TO “SPECIAL EFFECTS” AND NOW JIMMY REPORTS BACK…
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id-March saw my attendance of my first MilSim event, not from a players perspective though as Mr Spencer, my fellow AA Red Cell member, had asked if I could join them and help with the effects side of the event. Gladly I accepted his offer without an inclination of what lay ahead… I had little or no equipment for spending a weekend out in the wilderness (not really the Wilderness, it was a forest in Surrey!) so naturally I put out a call to the group and ended up getting my hands on some pretty good gear with a sleeping bag from Posh - and cooking/admin kit too! My bed for the weekend though sadly sat 4” off the ground as it didn’t appreciate 16st, so I pretty much slept on the floor but in all honesty the weather was fair to us so it wasn’t too bad…. suffice to say I have now invested in a decent military cot-bed though! On Friday evening myself, James (Spencer) and our mate Ben (CS Sharpy) set off for the hour and half drive up to Dogtag Airsoft, a nice little site which I have previously visited several times before so I already knew the lay of the land which helped with manoeuvring around at the dead of night in the pitch black (we had head-torches, but I’m trying to set a scene here okay!). We arrived on site to be greeted but a small number of chaps, mainly the organisers who were going to be part of the Task Force, and slowly over the course of the evening numbers started to increase. It was nice to see 76
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familiar faces turning up, Ryan M (I love airsofting with Ryan as I know he appreciates my love for a drum mag and a good full auto story… NOT! Haha), and Harry T my barista for the weekend; I say barista but actually I forgot coffee and I discovered he had brought a fine blend and quite frankly went on to consume most of it over the course of Saturday and Sunday, thank you Harry you sweetie! These are guys who I have played alongside in the past and are a joy to be around. We set up camp down the bottom end of the FOB; we had three sleeping bays, a technical operations room and a kitchen all set up in the hour. After that we had a quick scout of the site so the other Ben and James had an idea of where to set up the effects for certain ops. Then it was a case of chill out for the evening have a few adult beverages with the guys and generally mingle and get to meet some cracking people.
