We were Peacekeepers
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We were Peacekeepers
See we were peacekeepers so you were allowed to carry
ammunition, but you couldn’t have it in your weapon.
If you know what I mean. You just take a clip and you
keep it in your pocket. And you’re only supposed to use it
again, you had to sign it out and sign it back in.
If you used it then there was an investigation
of why you had to use it.
You had to patrol the area overnight and that was dicey at
times because you’re out there at three o’clock in the
morning in the middle of no where, can’t see anything.
You got five rounds in a machine gun and you’re not
allowed to use it unless your life’s in danger.
So, I never had to use any anyway. The odd time we had
to take somebody with us in a vehicle to ride shot gun
if we were going downtown. They would let us know.
We had a good colonel who briefed us weekly, every
Thursday, all the other ranks got a briefing.
Colonel Hamilton was his name and he was very good at
telling us what was coming. Then he would go over that
the next week and say this is what happened after I said
this and then he’d tell us what happened and then he would
predict the next couple of weeks.
We knew exactly what was going on at all times.
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