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Thanks Koos - fantastic stories - btw I cannot find the paypal account

Jy praat nou van jack dink hy werk nou by die wild tuin

Sal seker nooit by mekaar kom nie maar regtig julle was ysters

Wat vir my wonderlik is julle mense lyk so nederig niemand sal ooit wees jy is n recce nie julle is regtig spesiaal

Sorry jou gemis ek kan ure luister

Yster ons gesels later

I often think about Capt John Robinson, also a very sad and unfortunate loss. Thanks for sharing.your memories guys. Our helicopter crews were EXCEPTIONAL AND VERY BRAVE

Enjoyed hearing about Kwando base and often wondered what other forces occupied the base after we left. We arrived at Kwando 18 Dec 1975 and were told we were also on standby to go into Angola for Savanna if required. The base is still visible on Google maps. Knew KM was revved in 1977 i think it was but was surprised to hear Kwando was also revved. The bridge was steel in 1975 days and we had turns to protect it. Recce training was also done on the bridge one day when we were there, demolition theory i imagine. Cheers

Thank you for your words of hope, joy and peace Chaplain. Always a pleasure listening to your messages. Enjoy the holiday, and wishing you all of God's blessings for 2025!

Het dit weereens baie geniet. Dankie Koos

Weereens uitstekend

Ek was 73 in Singalamwe. Wat ek nooit tot vandag toe nie kon verstaan nie isdat die big Brass agter die geveg kon besluit wat ons op die grond moet doen. Dit voel vir my asof hulle vir ons op die grond niks gevoel het nie.

Thank you for a year's worth of dedicated messages!! The messages are often to the point and apt to what is going on in my life! Colonel, stay blessed and have a great 2025, you and the family!

Lekker camping and blessed time in the Lords nature. He is wonderful! I love the verse. we are fearfully and wonderfully made.

Nee wat ons sal nooit weer n weermag he soos ons was nie.

Koos you and your programme has opened my eyes and Paul Louw is an incredible person with his insight into life and the experiences that are gained thru war . He has opened my mind and my eyes .

Great interview, sounds like a wonderful guy!

Koos, jy moet asb 'n onderhoud doen met Kol. Lucas Delport, Generaal Roland se neef. Hy is my pa, so ek kan jou sy kontak besonderhede gee.

Most enjoyable and informative. Adrenaline is a handy chemical, OMG Deepest Sympathy and Sad Sad news RIP

Sjoe manne - DANKIE!! Hoe lyk dik, kan ons 'n Engelse opvolg reel, asseblef - of dan net 'n bietjie van die vyand se taal dat die uitlanders 'n insig kry. Dankie weer!

Dankie Kolonel Andre

When will you release the video about the pathfinders. My uncle was a pathfinder and never claimed to be a recce. But according to him they could do exactly what the Recces did and operated in small groups behind enemy lines…

Stunning talk Arthur. I salute you sir.

Koos, the Indians would not fly without SAAF Rooivalk escort, in the DRC.

Great Interview... Nice stories..!! One correction.. Officer Commanding at Inf School 1981 was Col Wessel Kritzinger and not Serfontein (aka Swart Hand)

The incident described about the chap who entered the water getting taken by a crocodile...What did everyone do next?

I salute you Sir

what an amazing personality - so driven and positive - thank you Sir.

I was flying aircraft from 12 years of age, obviously with rated private pilots from both virginia and other airports in Joburg. Taildraggers and tricycle gear. Piper Cherokee 140c,Cessna 150, and many others.....i could take off do the circuit and land. My highligh was flying a boeing 727 from Louis Botha to Jan Smuts by courtesy of the Capt whose chair i sat in.he told me the heading and the flight level ro maintain. I did......but i did check to see if the autopilot was on by carefully pulling up on the ailerons then settling them back. I checked the rudders....they were active.....that was the omg! 😮 Moment and the realisation i was in control if the 727. After about 25 minutes the captain came back with a grin and congratulated me. It was time to bleed off speed and hight and he tutored me through the drill to the point of stabilization of flight with flaps extension ...Capt took over for the landing........my highlight of my flying career. I could comfortably fly light aircraft......and when filled in my army papers to go to flight school i was sent to 5 sai......i was hacked off...im a born pilot... So wait another year and get sent to diskobolos kimberley😮 😝👺 I was pissed off.....these twats had a ready made pilot who can do aerobatics too in the Mr.plod harvards....they denied me and denied themselves what would have been their best hitman to whack those advanced migs😁

Let me repeat what I have said on the Afrikaans version about this events of April 1989.As a young PLAN recruit who had just finished with guerrilla training the previous year.As the events were unfolding some of my colleagues and I were in our bush clinic somewhere beyond Cunene river behind Xangongo.I arrived there few days ago in March 1989, after I was injured in Cuando cubango areas as we just had a heavy punch ups with UNITA. In the clinic and in the tank I was located I found men had an FM radio and we had been listening from it about what was happening world wide and especially about politics in our country. It was at the time when UN 435 was about to be implemented and we were eager to go home to our families.As usual on the 1th of April 1989 we were still listening to the radio and talking lot of stories. I remember it was Sunday and most of the programs that day were religious related. Suddenly an Oshiwambo radio unnuncers came in and he was broadcasting in Oshiwambo calling the 101 battalion members to go to the assembly points where to be picked up to be taken to their base for redeployment as apparently the country was being invaded.For us we were rather surprised by these news as we were not aware that there were these missions being planned by our leaders. About afternoon Commissar came and called a parade for staffers and we patients included, he had spoken at length about the event unfolding in the country. Fast-forward let me say today I am thankful to my creator I came to me later that maybe I was sent on this mission for a purpose so that I could not be sent in the country. As I am speaking many of my country of my previous unit where I was were sent in the country and crossed the borders and many young men died as a result. Who knows had I remained with my unit probably I too could be died today as for sure or likely that I could have been also send in those missions too.

When all this ws happening myself a young PLAN recruit who had just done with the training the previous year, i was in our bush clinic beyond Xangongo river, i arrived few days in March 1989 after i was injured in Cuando Cubango when we had heavy fighting with UNITA. In our tant in the clinic that Sunday 1th of April we has our FM radio where we used to listen to what was happening politically in our country. We were really eager to live Angola and go back to our families as war was finally over.That day it was a surprise to us to hear one of the Oshiwambo radio ununcers calling the 101 battalion members who were than demolished to come at certin points to be taken to the base as appropriately the country was invaded.At that time some of us never knew that there was such operations being planned by our leaders to send fighters in the country armed.What we knew than was that soon we shall go home as civilians to take part in election. To cut the story short i am thanking my creator as my previous unit before i went to the east Cundo cubango, almost the entire unit went inside the country and many young men of my intake had died as a result. This meant that had i was not sent on another mission and remained in my unit i could probably got included in those missions as well.And who knows i might have been died by now.

Baie lekker luister gesprek.

Jammer Koos. Ek het eintlik bedoel Koos en Anita.

Goeienaand Vossie en Anita, baie welkom Anita. Ek was altesaam 20 maande operasionele diens gedoen waarvan 18 maande in Owamboland en 2 maande in Caprivi. Ek vertel nou nie juis oorlogstories nie hoewel daar 'n paar insidente was waaroor ek gesels maar daar is baie dinge wat agter die skerms gebeur het en ons rol as drywers in die weermag. Al my stories is al op papier. Ek het dagboek gehou oor my wedervaringe en dit al op papier neergepen. Ek het altessam 100 000 km's gery met 'n Magirus Deutz, V8 Kwevoel en 'n V10 Samil 100 Kwevoel. As julle kan, wil ek ook vra of julle veral met my neef gesels. Hy was 'n Luitenant in die Pantser afdeling en was in Angola betrokke met veral Ratels. Hy kan natuurlik meer gesels oor die oorlog gedeelte van die Grensoorlog. As julle belang stel kan julle my kontak. Ek het 'n bydrae gelewer in die boek'War in the Mountains'. Groete Conna Pistorius

Blessed Christmas everyone!

Arthur, you are an inspiration!! Thank you!!

In die daai operasie n, Buffel en 'n Cassipir het get vang en eintlik twee Cassipirs het oops agter gebly nadat hulle get geskiet het.

Arthur you are a Hero an officer and a gentlemen

What an inspiring story. Thanks for sharing your brave history.

Dankie ouens, vir julle diens en beskerming. Die uiterste voorbeeld van opregte burgers. Ons is so trots op julle. Saluut!!!

Het die spoorwegpolisie hulle eie rugbyspan gehad? Wil graag weet hoe hulle rugbytruie gelyk het.

A mate of mine was an int loot in 1 recce he said to me once he could not sleep at night because the recces were always playing silly buggers

Thank you so much for sharing your story. Inspiring to say the least.

Well Done ANDRE, appreciate you sharing your experiences

Andries, i have the utmost respect for you! i am so sorry about your hard childhood, i could relate to some of your hardships. Thank you for your service and the man you became. Thank you also Koos, see you soon.

I was in 1982-84 5SAI July intake did basic Durban bluff special forces(recces)was duduc for training.was 5SAI till I klaard out. Has my komandant.he was the best.he was strict and.fair.he looked after us and sargent. major rooibaard.I salute with respect

Great talk! Looking forward to part 2 & 3 &....... Andre really has an enlightened and interesting point of view on many things

Hahaaa. I remember ol Chris Lordan. We did basics together in Klipdrift in Jan 1985 and we also did our Ops Medics course together at SAMS College after basics. He referred to Koevoet. I voltd for the Koevoet thing and spent a year with Koevoet. Zulu 4 in Rundu. I had a busy year with Koevoet and spent tons of time in the veld, longest was 6 weeks non-stop, and I experienced 21 contacts, amongst other I was in the first vehicle ever hit by a RPG-75. It came through the vehicle about half a meter to my right. Smoke and dust and the driver did his job and drove out of the contact. A friend of mine, Louis A, who went through the same training with me, and also went to Koevoet, ended up with 24 contacts with Koevoet. After all that we went back to SAMS College with the intention of klaaring out. There we were yet again chased around by a bunch of Corporals and Sergeants who didn't even do any border duty at all. Everything we had gone through simply was relegated to history. It meant nothing to nobody. As a matter of fact nobody ever asked a single question about our experiences. LOL, I suppose it somehow had some form of meening to somebody somewhere, I'm still looking for that oke. LOL. Those were the days. It was fun.

Proud of you guys tk u for your service🎉❤

EXCELLENT, THANK YOU