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Most Prized

By kriscalfPosted on September 10, 2017April 27, 2022Posted in Kenya Air Force, Kenya Army, Kenya Army Recruitment, Kenya Defense Forces, Kenya Navy, Military, My Diary, Reality, Recruit, RTSNo Comments

I don’t know how or even why I got on the floor and under the bed, and I cannot remember how I packed up and fell in perfect line up outside in full combat…

Military Life: Chapter 15 – Bricks Without Straw.

By kriscalfPosted on September 14, 2016April 29, 2022Posted in Kenya Air Force, Kenya Army, Kenya Army Recruitment, Kenya Defense Forces, Kenya Navy, Military, My Diary, Recruits Training School, RTS7 Comments

We woke up one morning to a status parade. By now, we were already used to this. These parades were important for accountability purposes. This is just a random one, not a continuation. But in case you need to catch up… We left off at Bums Meet Tarmac. […]

Military Life: Chapter 14 – Bums Meet Tarmac.

By kriscalfPosted on May 16, 2016April 29, 2022Posted in Kenya Air Force, Kenya Army, Kenya Army Recruitment, Kenya Defense Forces, Kenya Navy, Military, My Diary, Recruits Training School, RTS9 Comments

Back to the present, I skipped to Initiation (chapter 13) date before we talked about the weeks on the tarmac. The first week was generally the enlistment week. Unlike most people’s knowledge, you are not a soldier when they take your ID card at the district level and you are left with the calling letter. […]

Military Life: Chapter 13 – Initiation

By kriscalfPosted on September 15, 2015April 29, 2022Posted in Kenya Air Force, Kenya Army, Kenya Army Recruitment, Kenya Defense Forces, Kenya Navy, Military, My Diary, PigStory, Recruit, Recruits Training School, RTS, Story Time4 Comments

Previously… 15thday of September 2008 – Two weeks were up! So many things have happened in between the first day and today. I will still tell that part of the story but this one is special. Somehow many of those who keep these things to heart – in a good way tend to remember the […]

Military Life Chapter 9. Realities of Unfair Men ~ Women Ratio

By kriscalfPosted on February 5, 2015May 3, 2022Posted in Kenya Air Force, Kenya Army, Kenya Army Recruitment, Kenya Defense Forces, Kenya Navy, Military, My Diary, Reality, Recruit, RTS, Situations, Soldier CB, Story Time2 Comments

Previously A pack of men walking towards one girl… This is not happening again, I told myself. I was experiencing some Déjà vu kind of experience here. Flash back to high school days. The ever-popular Festivals. I could have used these other random funkies, but no. Music festivals. The only difference here is that there […]