<human>: TIFU So long time ago - was 19 in the army and we were our on a huge training exercise. The weather had been crappy and we had spent most of the last few day digging out 4 tonners that had stuck in the mud - the whole place was just a marshy bog basically. In fact any vehicle if you left it in the wrong place sunk up to its axles. 

So I get sent out to bring back 3/4 squads back to the mess for evening meal. Now I had to sign to borrow the transport vehicle - which meant that I was 100% financialy libel for anything that happened to it - including losing it. Army rules to stop you breaking their stuff.

It is dusk but I've got no idea where these guys are except rough X's on a map. Trying to find a covert squad with full camo at dusk is not easy - plus the fact I have to be very careful not to bog down my vehicle in these muddy fields and forest - eventually I think I am near 1 of them so I find a hillock and park my transport on it so it cannot sink. 

I walk around a bit and find first squad. Luckily they know where next is and so on. So now got everyone I need to take back - but now the kicker it is night - so squad leaders are "where is the transport" so I point in a vague direction.

Finding a camo'ed transport at night in the countryside is not fun :-) - we had to have a 20~ man span out across a muddy field doing a search grid. We had maybe a a 100 yard line walking across this field trying to find the vehicle - no lights allowed in exercise because supposed to be covert - suddenly hear 'FOUND IT' phew!

To say the least - we where late back to the mess hall - but we found the damn thing and I was happy I didn't have to pay for it and I had a bunch of very unhappy hungry squadies

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<bot>: Parked an army vehicle in the forest at dusk - left it to find some people - dark after I found them - took hours to find it again