Trounced on home turf ?

[Karagin]

Having been out to 29 Palms and NTC for different exercises with our allied nations joining in, I can say it does take things to a whole new level, there is less asinine stupidity from the battalion and higher commanders and we actually get to do our jobs vs worrying so much about the minor factors. It is amazing how the minor issues seem to vanish during these events but can't seem to go away during normal training events. Odd...but then again when you have everyone looking at you from different commands and such I guess some things become less important for worry.