From around 1998 until 2008 I have taken part in more national and international military exercises than most senior officers do. In principle, we call it OB broadcasts, Outside Broadcasting, housed in a drill hall, container or trailer, it was produced with 3-4 people doing “around the clock” radio during the exercises. Either the radio has consisted of so-called information radio, to inform the public what happens during excercise, games or media radio where we were a part of the excercise management and actively worked to give the practiced persona a feel of the pressure from media. I was offered in 2008 to serve as a radio technician for the Nordic Battle Group, but chose, for financial reasons, to decline even though it probably would have been great fun.
