I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed being a part of the South Staffs contingent at Husky. Operating as a unit with continuous NCO and Officer leadership worked jolly well and was a lot of fun. Thanks to Gadge and CW.
Best bits for the War Diary:
Forming up for the briefing and knowing that we looked the best.
Assaulting near-vertical hills riddled with snipers and squads of dug-in Germans and still pushing them back (3:1 advantage my eye...).
Recce missions to determine best line of attack (and scaring the piss out of hidden krauts 'cos we were so damn stealthy).
Cassino style assault on mountain, getting cut up, grumbling, having another go, getting cut up again, more grumbling, then having ANOTHER go.. 
Very British.
Pte. Barry sprinting down the hill clutching the enigma machine 
Jury's still out on the glider landing though... 
oh, and can we also make the mortar a bit heavier for next time 
Apologies also for letting the side down on Sunday but my knee ligament was hurting like the pit and the pendulum by lunchtime as I knew it would. One day my training will involve more than just watching telly.
Agreed.
I thought however the glider landing got everyone in the same mood and helped focus us on playing the game.
Dave pointing out how many didnt make it was fittingly sobering before kiccking off the battle.
Who won in the end by the way.
My elbows totally fucked and i'm probably going to have to go to hospital for a few days once i've written this months articles. They wanted to admit me for IV antibioitcs last night but i've far to much to do today so i'll go in later once i've done it all
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
Allies won
Get the arm sorted - you may fook it for good if you leave it too long!
Jon Steele
1st Sgt, Fox Company, 506th, 101st
OC
Well i had a fever with a temp of 38.8 last night and pretty much soaked my bed in sweat and althought its still painful the swelling has gone down.
Once i've got my stuff squared away at home and got my AI stuff done i'l check in.
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
Mate, don't be a nob - get yourself to hospital straight away. Bring the work with you if you have to.
Not that simple, i really just cant up sticks and go - i've got to find someone to look after the dog for a start.
i'm nearly done now anyway.
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed being a part of the South Staffs contingent at Husky. Operating as a unit with continuous NCO and Officer leadership worked jolly well and was a lot of fun. Thanks to Gadge and CW.
Best bits for the War Diary:
Forming up for the briefing and knowing that we looked the best.
Second that, glad to be a part of PBI.
All the other units think they're the best, the difference is, we KNOW we are.
I hope all the Brits have read my 'after action' reports that should put all of what we achieved into context.
I'd just like to say a hearty 'well done' to to the British section. You will realise that being a commander as well as game organiser I have to tread a fine balance between giving those under my command a 'good' game and well as the opponents. We could have wrapped the whole game up in a couple of hours had you known what I knew!
Looking at the list of players that put themselves up for Brits and the fact that the Allied side was split in command I had a feeling that I might be able to push things a bit further than normal. Push things? I mean role play, discipline and endurance. And you didn't disappoint. No complaining, no freelancing but a 100% commitment to your roles. And through this maybe getting just a little closer to what it could have been like 60+ years ago - within the context of 'fun' and 'film-sim' of course. I do hope you got a bit of everything from this game - boredom/exhilaration, frustration/excitement, exhaustion/achievement, shouted at/praised, kills/being killed, making progress/losing ground and so the list goes on.
Make no mistake, this was a hard battle especially given the weather conditions (meh, it would have been harder the weekend following!), but you all rose to the challenge magnificently in the proper British way and I couldn't have asked more of any one of you. Here's to the next campaign!
the fact that the Allied side was split in command I had a feeling that I might be able to push things a bit further than normal.
I just wanted to say, i personally thought this was a fantastic idea, having to wait around for, or get support from the entirely seperate US force made for an all more realistic experience. The game on the sunday morning, where all the allies were mixed up just didn't have the same level of 'immersion' as the saturday's gaming.
I feel a group hug coming on...c'mon guys, feel the love
* Splutters *
Ahem, that certainly isn't the British way to behave sir - a pat on the back is quite sufficient, thank you. 
hehe...
