My
visit to
The
Teresian Military Academy
in
Wiener Neustadt, Austria
Spring
Break 1999
THE VIEW OF SALZBURG, AUSTRIA
You can see Der Festung Hohen Salzburg in the upper
right-hand corner -- it's the city's old castle
MEETING THE GENERAL
Here I am happily greeting the commander
of the
Austrian Military Academy (they call it the
MilAk).
CLIMBING THE WALL
This is our "alpine training" for the week.
Yeah, we were supposed to do combat skiing (I don't know how to ski) or
climb a cliff somewhere of in the wilderness, but it rained and they were
afraid we'd kill ourselves. SOOOO -- Indoor climbing it was.
(I apologize for the rather unflattering
butt-shot)
THE AUSTRIAN UNIVERSAL WEAPON
Shooting their assault rifle was pretty cool. We had a shooting
competition and everything
I even beat the 1st LT that was shooting
with us in one event (just call me sniper).
ME AND MR. ED
The Austrian Army still uses horses in their
alpine units, so they all have to take mandatory riding lessons.
Here I am showing my riding skillz (ok, so
it was just my 2nd time riding ever...)
SHOOTING THE GLOCK
Look out Miami Vice...
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