Maggie’s Military Jeopardy
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Yup.
He said that if the Iraqi's killed him, it would be easier than what his wife would do to him if he lost it/
Your move, Downtown!
Cheers,
Sirhr
This war artifact, located in the last part of the Belgrade Military Museum, is the first known possession of this type of technology held by a foreign power. What is it, and how did they obtain it?
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Why are Marines referred to as "Leathernecks?"
What was the purpose of the quatrefoil on the Marine Officers' cover?
Where did the Marine Dress Blues red trouser stripe come from, and what does it signify?
What is "duece gear", and how did it get its name?
What was the purpose of the quatrefoil on the Marine Officers' cover?
Where did the Marine Dress Blues red trouser stripe come from, and what does it signify?
What is "duece gear", and how did it get its name?
What was the nickname for the antenna sleeve on a AN/MRC-138 called (nickname also used for the antenna on an AN/PRC-113 UHF radio)?
Leathernecks refers to the leather "collar" worn by the Marines of yore. That is all I know of the above questions.
What does a "rubber bitch" refer to (and no, not AJ's party mate).
Air mattress
Nope, it was because the very first ones fielded had to be loaded with grease/oil to run more than 2 belts at a time.
scanning for radio frequency transmissions.
Direction finding the transmitter locations, to be more exact. Right?
Your both wrong. Many in all of S/E Asia never knew of these being used.
Hint There were two kinds, Ground an Air. The 29th Chem unit was the lead but they were first used west of V/N.
Hint There were two kinds, Ground an Air. The 29th Chem unit was the lead but they were first used west of V/N.
Is correct as urine is loaded with ammonia which is what the sniffer was designed to detect. However Monkey urine is loaded with ammonia as well, the monkey body count was always higher than the intended target. To see/hear the lead ship signal with 5-6 gunships each side light up all at once is a sight to behold. Just a wall of fire moving forward. Ground detection units were always bracketed with Arty, the monkey BODYcount was very high that way as well. LOL
The sniffers were first used on the trail an in fact did smoke many Cong an NVA in the early days of it's usage.
This building was known as "Building D" and known to occasionally have it's own weather inside.
Is that the big hanger in Sunnyvale or San Jose that housed the Navy Dirgibles? The Macon was so big that planes flew from it!!!! And landed on it, sort of....
Cheers,
Sirhr
Nope, I was thinking of the Martin Bomber building at Offutt. I did some work out of there, and remember walking from the basement to the North end one day, and into one of the large open areas, where it was raining inside, but sunshine outside. Too weird! We had intended to step outside to watch some B-2's launch on a mission, but somehow this seemed more memorable to me. Watching B-2's and F-117A's launch had gotten kind of "normal" back then (even when most had never seen them yet).
Jasper Maskelyne made the entire Suez canal disappear. But I think the camo accomplishment was to move the port of Alexandria.
True story!
Cheers,
Sirhr
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For Army types, what was or is TA 50-901? That one should be easy. I don't know if they still have it or if it is still called that.
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