<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishKama ilivyoelezwa hapo juu, Mashirika ya Sovieti yalikuwa na nguvu kubwa ya kijeshi na tishio kubwa, kwa hiyo tulipata habari nyingi na pia mafundisho juu ya mbinu na silaha za Sovieti.  <response>: when my first real involvement with the military started um naturally we were at the time the Soviet Union was considered to be the big military power and the big threat so we got lots quite a bit of information as well as indoctrination on Soviet tactics and weapons 