The team was in its final two weeks of training, and most of it was in vignettes with Afghan ex-pats acting the part of Ministerial staff and other leaders we are likely to meet.
They say you have nine lives in training and one in real life. Its best to learn from the nine so you can focus on the real one. The last week was big for learning. I used up a total of six lives overall and four in the last two weeks of training.
- Drive down the wrong road into an ambush? Life 1
- Walk through the market place and get kidnapped? Life 2
- Go to a meeting in a Police Station and not notice the new package in the conference room after a tour of the jail? Life 3
- Not quite fully checking the rear wheel of the Suburban after a great meeting? Life 4
Sobering, but its exercises like this that remain in your consciousness. It getting time for the real thing.
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