A lieutenant with ANYTHING!...particularly a firearm.Along the same lines as a "Split Nose", what is commonly considered to be "the most dangerous thing in the army"? Hint: if you were in the army, you've seen one; if not, you probably were one.
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A lieutenant with ANYTHING!...particularly a firearm.Along the same lines as a "Split Nose", what is commonly considered to be "the most dangerous thing in the army"? Hint: if you were in the army, you've seen one; if not, you probably were one.
A Lt with a compass?
While going thru Infantry Officer Basic course I got to see all kinds of Infantry officers. ROTC, OCS, and military academy. The VMI grads were good. Don't recall any Citadel grads. The West Point grads drove me fucking nuts. Night and day difference in attitude, discipline, and knowledge. I was fortunate and had a number of prior enlisted in my platoon so all of us mustangs hung out together and helped the new officers that wanted to learn fieldwork.
Close. The reduction of mid-air collisions allowed us to do what?OSHA? The -1B was steerable which apparently increased the risk of mid air collisions?
Not sure that's really an accessible piece of history to everyone. But, what you are saying is basically correct.Put more men into a smaller area?
Great piece of history sirhr!
One of the XO's at the 1st Rgr Bn, when I was in, was a VMI grad. Talk about competent! He finished his career as a Lt. Gen. Then became CEO and President of one of the largest civil engineering/construction companies in America.
There was a whole different philosophy coming on at the time. We jumped into Grenada at 500 ft. There is no point hanging in the chutes to get shot. Also, think of coming out of the plane with that much gear and it's a 250 ft. fall before the chute fully opens. Which means you hang in the air from 250 ft. There is no time to steer really. As you near the ground, you also have to release the ruck or weapon on it's tether.Seems like they are catering for the lowest abilities, with adequate training the steerable chutes should allow more to reach the target but training costs time and money.
Whats's so funny is my "back in the day" mindset really is so far back in the day, I have no idea what those acronyms are! lolAwesome info Sandwarrior and cool pics! Not going to selection will be something I'll regret until the day I die along with turning down the 1SG gunsmith job. Wow, who the fuck did I think I was? They use a T11 chute now because the C17 doesn't slow down as much as a C130 and the heavier guys were breaking too many bones, they fell like no-shit lawn darts.
Since we need a question I'll throw one out:
An FBCB2 is the battle computer used by the military but it requires three more items to make it really work. Name two of the three devices (or all three but the third is kind of obscure). Hint: you've likely used two of these three devices prior to FBCB2.
The FBCB2 is also what I consider to be the unspoken number one military invention of the century --you can't imagine the army without it once you get used to it and it's what makes Stryker units so effective.
I carried a PRC-77 (prick-77) around with a vinson PRC 57 (secure device/voice scrambler) And, a URC-101 SatCom.The last acronym I remember is PRC-77....
Though Iridium Satphones do ring a bell... so to speak! They almost worked great!
Cheers,
Sirhr
Whats's so funny is my "back in the day" mindset really is so far back in the day, I have no idea what those acronyms are! lol
added: what is a CVX-396 or other comsec device? (answer to what else it needs)
Where I looked it up, they had a radio. I didn't use it, So, I can't say what radio went with it. The CVX-396 was just the comsec device.Wow, what? I had to look it up but didn't read up on it, had no idea where to start. Today we use an ANCD and it programs the fill into a radio and only radios with the fill will work. They are timed within a second or two off GPS satellites. This encrypts the entire network. FWIW, an ANCD is considered to be one of the highest classified sensitive items --you do NOT want to lose one of these EVER. Only army shit I ever used that had a no-shit self destruct button to be used in case of capture!
Did the CVX-396 have self destruct? Basically with ANCD you hit self destruct three times in a row and it wipes the fill (and I'm told it also shorts out and burns up the circuit inside, pushed the button twice but couldn't make myself hit the third time!).
So I'm guessing it needs a radio, possibly the PRC77?
Who is Sgt. Rock?Who was the Star in the Army's comic books?
I can't say it was before my time, because I think I remember them.You got her.
Her name was Connie Rodd. There was also a black chick named Bonnie.
They put out these little monthly comic books called PS Preventive Maintenance Monthly. They covered all kinds of equipment.
If you Google her there are several articles about the magazine with all of the characters etc.
In the early years it was drawn with the girls all sexy and pretty through the 60s and 70s then they got all PC and covered them up.
RE: PC...ya know if the feminists really wanted to make a point, they could've just said, "Ha, look at the girls teaching the guys..." But no, they gotta bitch about it. Like guys aren't ever gonna look at women like that (and girls look at guys too) no matter how business dressed and smart they are.It really was kind of an ingenious idea in the fact that it put out information to the troops in a way that they would look at it and hopefully pick up something they didn't know in a format they were familiar with,[comic books]
"We don't have time for these fuckin TMs. What has Connie got on it?"
They were done by good cartoonists and the Girls always looked mighty fine, and rather risque, and what GI didn't want to look at pretty girls? even though they were cartoons and he might learn something? They worked well as all the young troops wanted to look at the pictures of the Girls.
You can Google it and there are a few things to look at that will fill you in.
I did not link anything as there are a few new tricks this OLD DOG ain't learned yet and probably won't, but give it a go.
Too bad PC caught up with that and ruined it, but is that not true of a lot of things? FM