Arnold Schwarzenegger's office in the army

• Arnold Schwarzenegger's service in the army

In 1965, Arnold Schwarzenegger at the age of 18 years, was drafted into the Austrian army. According to the memoirs of Arnie, the army, he sought to myself - just to leave home. Schwarzenegger assigned to serve in the tank division. It was there that he got to know the basics of mechanics, and in addition to the tank learned to ride motorcycles, cars and trucks and even tractor-trailer.

Arnold Schwarzenegger's office in the army

This is how an ex-General Terminator California looks back on his service:

Arnold Schwarzenegger's office in the army

Once I went AWOL, drove to Stuttgart and won the title of young athletes in Europe with the best constitution in 1965. Unfortunately, when I returned to uchebnyy̆ camp I was sent to the brig, and the whole day I sat in the chamber. Then the authorities came to the news of my victory, and I was released.

Arnold Schwarzenegger's office in the army

I carefully carried out all the maneuvers, but to me there were various troubles. It happened that the drivers, mechanics had to stay overnight at their tanks. We pulled into the ground shallow pit, put it in a blanket, and the top driven tank. This was done in order to protect themselves from wild boars.

Once we set up camp near the stream, and I woke up at night and realized that nothing should be on top of me. My tank was gone! I have found it in thirty steps: the front part left under water gun buried in mud. I forgot to put the handbrake. We had to call an eighty tractor, and it took several hours to get my tank of water. It was necessary to remove and clean the gun turret in the armory workshop. For this offense, I spent a day in the guardhouse.

Arnold Schwarzenegger's office in the army

One morning I started the car, adjusted the seat and felt that the tank a little shake. I thought, "Maybe you need to add gas to make it work more stable." So I added gas, but only the shaking intensified. Then I noticed that the air swirling dust. Leaning out of the hatch, I found that instead of just warm up the engine, I have included the transfer, and the tank ran into the wall of the hangar. Then I broke some tube in all directions sprayed

water, and the smell of gasoline.

Jumping out, I ran to look for the chief officer who knew my father. I figured that I can put on just him. I saw him just that morning, and he said something like: "I've crossed paths with your dad the other day and told him how well you cope." I knocked on the door to him and said, "Sir, I think I screwed up a little bit."

He was still in good spirits:

- Do not worry you about it! What is it, Arnold?

- Well, you better look at yourself.

He said, "Come." As we walked, he clapped me on the back, while still in high spirits, as if letting him know: "Are you all right turns."

Then he saw the gushing water, the guys running around, and the tank wall in the gap. His attitude towards me changed at this moment: he yelled, calling me all sorts, mentioned that he was going to call my father and tell him about the same as he mentioned earlier, but exactly the opposite. Even his veins in his neck bulged. Then he cooled down and said abruptly: "When I get back from lunch, all must be restored. This is the only way for you to escape from punishment. Collect soldiers and engage it. " In the army, the good news is that it is self-sufficient. In the division had its own masons, plumbers and building materials. Fortunately, the roof has not fallen and did not happen something terrible on like this. Yes, and my tank was made of steel, of course, so that the damage he did not. The boys thought that the incident is a very funny, all eager to help, so I did not have a particularly tense for the organization of the process. By noon of the pipe and the wall were restored, we have to wait until they dry to begin plaster works. I was in a normal frame of mind, t. To. Had the opportunity to get acquainted with the preparation of the solution and laying cinder blocks. Of course, we had to put up with the fact that the entire base was teasing me, "Oh, heard of your tank." I also had all week in outfits out of turn: peeling potatoes with other delinquent in a place where all of us could see, when they came to the meal.

Arnold Schwarzenegger's office in the army

By the spring of 1966 I have begun to think that for me the army is not so obligatory. I filed a report early dismissal, but he lay motionless for several months. In late spring we held The noon nightly exercises. By two o'clock in the morning a company advanced to the position at the top of the hill and entered an order to halt.

I was chatting on the radio with his friend, who had just received a tank "Patton" novoy̆ model "M-60", equipped with a diesel engine. Buddy recklessly boasted that his tank much faster than mine. Do not hold back, I asked him to prove it, and we rushed down the slope. I felt that I need to stop - but I won. The rest of the guys in my tank startled me shouting "Stop!", But I thought it was a driver of the second tank is trying to confuse me, to win. Going down the hill, I began to look for the "M-60". And only then I noticed the soldier, clinging to our tanks tower as if depended on his life. As it turned out, he and two other Marines were on the armor, when I ran down. The other two jumped off or fell, but this was the only managed to stay until the very end. We lit the lights and started back up the hill - slowly, to anyone not run over, picking up the lost infantry. Fortunately, no one was seriously hurt. When we reached the top, where we have already been waiting three officers in a jeep. I drove past them as if nothing had happened put the tank in place.

As soon as I got out of the hatch, the three officers at once began to shout at me. I stood bolt upright, as long as they are not completed. When the screams finally died away, one officer stepped forward and glared at me with her eyes, and then burst out laughing.

-Mehanik driver Schwarzenegger - he ordered - Adjust your tank over here.

- Very good!

I put a tank where it is pointed. Getting out of the hatch, I found myself standing in glubokoy̆ viscous mud.

- And now, a driver Schwarzenegger, I want you crawled under the bottom of his tank. When will be selected out of the stern, climb the tank and go down through the tower into and leave the tank through a hatch in the bottom Avarin. Then, you try again.

An officer ordered me to perform this cycle 50 times.

Arnold Schwarzenegger's office in the army

When I finished in four hours, I was on 10 kilos of mud, and I could hardly move. Another 50 kilograms of dirt I left inside the tank, crawling through it. On the basis of all I had to clean off. The officer would put me in the brig for a week, but I must admit that this punishment was much more effective.

A few weeks after this incident, I was summoned to the boss. The officer told me with a smile: "Because your presence here is a danger to others, we decided to meet your report and let you go ahead. We do not need you to continue to continue to destroy the tanks. "

Arnold Schwarzenegger's office in the army

Many years later the Iron Arnie spotted the same tank, which served, bought it and put it in his backyard - in memory.

Arnold Schwarzenegger's office in the army