During a surprise drill of a nuclear attack, many United States Air Force Strategic Missile Wing missileers prove unwilling to turn a required key to launch a missile strike.
"And I would appreciate it if there were no surprise drills for the next eight hours."
Field instruction and drills and lectures in the daytime, six days a week - and surprise drills on Sundays.
The Hendrick Hudson schools, in Montrose right near Indian Point, conduct several surprise drills a year.
This wasn't terribly unusual, since he had to be up for the late-night surprise drills, and after the drills it would often be late enough that he wouldn't bother going back to bed, instead filling his time with five-kilometer runs and weightlifting.
No surprise drills- this is not shipboard routine; we're dirtside and I'm busy.
They learned the routine while half asleep and stumbling into formation during "surprise" drills in the middle of the night.
If you issue such another call now, and nothing happens, it can be simply another surprise drill; with credit, promotion, and monetary awards for the best performances; further practice and instruction for the less proficient units.
