Originally Posted by
kaitakbowler
Was also tried at Gut, coaches rolled up to the Marienfeld quarters, cue chaos. (IIRC!!) it was 34ish years ago.
PM
Good grief. Sounds like history repeating itself. I'm pretty sure the first evacuation that excited the local population was in 1969/70 - the brain cells are a bit fuzzy on the exact date. I do remember on subsequent exercises, when it came to the evacuation phase, it was CPX'd to avoid repeating the previous embarrassment. After a few more exercises, the di-staff got a bit braver and a few representative vehicles were allowed to do a quick circuit of the local countryside.
IIRC, prior notice of station exercises was published in the local press to prevent another panic.