Maggie’s Military Jeopardy

I'll take "why did they invent the double tap?" for $800, Alex?

"...Because there's no such thing as an enemy who is too dead". (Parris Island, 1966.)
 
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I agree. I bet it's the Wild Weasels. You gotta be....

Yep. The phrase is attributed to a former B-52 EWO who was recruited for the first Weasel missions. It was his response upon learning the nature of their mission. It, to me, is one of the funniest mottos I've ever seen, given the nature of their mission.
 
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It was called Drop Off Duty, in my day it was either a M3 Carbine or a M14 topped with a PVS-2. Later years it was a M16a1 with a An/Pvs 4 (which worked the best back then). Many would remove the bird cage an screw on the old three prong as it did a better job at flash suppression.

Someone else post up a question.
 
The most important thing in the entire turret is a socket set (the crews prefer a Sears Craftsmen model) used to manually operate the machine gun and cannon feeds during reloading.

Alex, I'll take Military History for $800:

Where does this come from?

"T​​​​​​he use of "truth serum" (hot sauce + after shave) and whole uncooked eggs put in the mouth."
 
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^^^ Not an answer to the question.... but one epic prank played on a brand-new A-team captain... involved taking him to a bar in Fayetteville.... saying that getting too drunk here was a bad idea because there were biker/felon/parolee/dirtbag/sodimites hanging out here who loved to mess with unsuspecting young soldiers... in a grab-your-ankles kind of way. The team then spend the evening getting said new A-team capt. passing-out drunk and left him in his car with his pants pulled down around his ankles and several shots of Tabasco hot-sauce applied to his touch-hole.

Next day, noone would make eye-contact at the team room....

I only heard this second hand.... Or maybe that was third hand.... Or maybe I read it in a book. What do I know, I was in marketing.

Cheers,

Sirhr
 
My apologies gents. I posted the answer to my own question. Which is too bad because I thought it was a pretty good question steeped in tradition. I guess it's just been one of those days. Can somebody pick up where I left off? Thanks.
 
What is "a frag grenade."

Alex, I'll take history for $800, please.

During the frenzied Evacuation of Saigon by American Troops in 1975, one Marine drove a bread truck full of ____________________ to an airstrip in town and put them on a C-141. He said they were all personal friends, and signed as responsible for them.
 
What is "a frag grenade."

Alex, I'll take history for $800, please.

During the frenzied Evacuation of Saigon by American Troops in 1975, one Marine drove a bread truck full of ____________________ to an airstrip in town and put them on a C-141. He said they were all personal friends, and signed as responsible for them.

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