It was in the distant eighties... I began to serve in the north of the Army Air Force, i.e. our helicopter squadron was assigned to the motor rifle division for combat support. And here the division took some exercises with the landing of reconnaissance in some remote area. The landing was carried out by a helicopter of our part. The commander of the squadron was present at the preliminary meeting with the commander of the division and on the question of what is needed to ensure the landing, he said that it was necessary to clean up the snow flat ground (the case was in winter) in the size of 50x50m and that somewhere from the edge stood a column with some flag or cloth (to visually determine the directions and the approximate force of the wind). The commander of the motor gun unit who was present at the meeting recorded everything in good faith and said that everything will be done in the best way possible.
The exercises began, we look forward to the return of the helicopter after completing the task of landing, finally he arrives and the pilot of the mother and at the same time laughing, he tells the following: with the landing he flies to the perfectly cleared from the snow site and sees - exactly in the middle a pillar is digged, a brightly painted flagship is attached to him... Apparently, the principle of the corrupt phone worked: the commander of the unit put the task to the combat, the rotting, and when the team reached the squadron, he understood everything in his own way.