We had to guard our block of flats on the Maalla Straight at night. Can't remember whether it was all night, but it was a pain in the ar*se. We were rostered by the block commander, a Squadron Leader Education Officer from Steamer Point, who was not fit to carry a catapult. The block had one Smith and Wesson 38 revolver with five rounds of ancient 1940's vintage bullets, which would have struggled to reach the end of the barrel when the trigger was pulled. I spent a lot of time away on the Argosy, but still had to complete my number of guard duties when I returned home. Our esteemed block commander had a near miss one night when he mistook a Cameronian night Patrol for a terrorist assault and fired the said revolver into the darkness from car parking area on the ground floor of the flats. Fortunately it was lit up, so the patrol saw him plainly and did not retaliate.