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[Rambit]

OK, well this could be long. In the mid 80's I was an instructor in the military. I had a course in the field to teach them basic field ops under tactical conditions and operational deployment. These were young people just out of basic training and now on trade training. It was a mixed course of males & females ranging in age from 17 - 20+. The course was meant to teach them how to live & operate in the field and introduce them to the sounds & sights of war. We used the usual stuff like blank ammo, thunder flashes, smoke & artillery simulators (arty sims) to simulate the sounds of war as much as possible. The arty sims are especially pleasing to use because they give off a whistle before exploding with a hugh bang. There's a 1/4 lb of TNT in them and they're a "blast" to use.

One of the females had smuggled a stuffed rabbit to sleep with, as if we were going to let them sleep! Well, I couldn't have any of that so I took the little pink bugger and painted him up with cam stick and added a bandana. After I cammed him up I couldn't help but think he looked pretty gung ho to me so I named him Rambit, as in Rambo and he was a rabbit. I took an arty sim and wrapped it around Rambit using gun tape and pulled the cord. Well let me tell you, he blew up REAL good. Parts of him ended up in the trees and there was "guts" everywhere. It got a good laugh too. I also drive a Dodge Ram so I figured it too would go well with the name. I guess it wasn't that long afterall.