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#2882418 - 10/19/09 02:16 AM
Welcome in the Army!
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(And, of course, we all know that Murphy was an aviator.)
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#2882430 - 10/19/09 02:40 AM
Re: Welcome in the Army!
[Re: Corktip 14]
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Registered: 03/19/01
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Loc: Oslo, Norway
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Hey, you forgot the 100 yards of flight line 
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#2882463 - 10/19/09 05:22 AM
Re: Welcome in the Army!
[Re: semmern]
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Registered: 02/05/03
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Loc: NYC
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And the Henway... -Skater
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#2882465 - 10/19/09 05:25 AM
Re: Welcome in the Army!
[Re: Skater]
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Registered: 11/15/01
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Loc: USA
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and the can of track tension.
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#2882473 - 10/19/09 05:47 AM
Re: Welcome in the Army!
[Re: oldgrognard]
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Registered: 01/02/01
Posts: 20208
Loc: Vienna, 2nd rock left.
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I got most, but what is Area J?
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#2882481 - 10/19/09 06:08 AM
Re: Welcome in the Army!
[Re: oldgrognard]
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Registered: 06/06/06
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Loc: Windham ME
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and the can of track tension. We used to get the newbies to jump up & down on top of the track to check the shocks LOL
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#2882484 - 10/19/09 06:13 AM
Re: Welcome in the Army!
[Re: RSColonel_131st]
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Registered: 01/01/01
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Loc: NJ USA
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I guess with rifle ranges no longer in use there are no more poor 'cruits running around in the pits looking for 20 yards of firing line. Ready on the left, ready on the right, ready on the firing line...lock and load eight rounds of Ball ammunition. Some things just never leave your memory. 
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#2882719 - 10/19/09 01:03 PM
Re: Welcome in the Army!
[Re: Hankmc]
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Old School
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Registered: 08/09/00
Posts: 2492
Loc: Columbus GA
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In construction and auto repair:
Left-handed hammer.
Pipe stretcher.
Striped paint.
Box of nail holes.
Diesel engine spark plugs.
Blinker fluid.
Radiator for a '67 VW Bug.
Canooter valve.
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#2882727 - 10/19/09 01:24 PM
Re: Welcome in the Army!
[Re: Grim_Death]
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Don't forget looking for soft spots on the armor on the outside of an APC with a ball peen hammer and a piece of chalk. Hank: Is there anyone down range...is there anyone down range....if there is anyone down range, make it known now by sight or sound.....the range is clear...."It's burned into hard memory.
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#2882748 - 10/19/09 02:17 PM
Re: Welcome in the Army!
[Re: Dart]
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Registered: 02/09/01
Posts: 9356
Loc: VT, USA
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can of squelch.
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#2882786 - 10/19/09 03:24 PM
Re: Welcome in the Army!
[Re: Vertigo1]
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Professional Cynic
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Registered: 12/29/00
Posts: 3842
Loc: Alabama
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Tent jack.
Roadwheel pump.
A can of muzzel blast...
WOLF
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#2882790 - 10/19/09 03:27 PM
Re: Welcome in the Army!
[Re: Vertigo1]
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Registered: 10/04/03
Posts: 1093
Loc: Tonyrefail South Wales
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In the medical world, a box of fallopian tubes and a box of erogonouse zones from pharmacy usually works!!
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Gwlad beirdd a chantorion, enwogion o fri;
Ei gwrol ryfelwyr, gwladgarwyr tra mâd,
Dros ryddid collasant eu gwaed.
Gwlad, gwlad, pleidiol wyf i'm gwlad.
Tra môr yn fur i'r bur hoff bau,
O bydded i'r hen iaith barhau.
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#2882883 - 10/19/09 05:31 PM
Re: Welcome in the Army!
[Re: RSColonel_131st]
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Registered: 09/20/09
Posts: 4
Loc: Hamilton, GA.
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The Area J I know is a training area at Ft Bragg. Seems to go along with the canopy (parachute) lights.
I hated running back there on them deep sandy roads...
Now hears a hammer and some chalk... Go check that M113 for soft spots...
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#2882885 - 10/19/09 05:37 PM
Re: Welcome in the Army!
[Re: Vertigo1]
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Registered: 09/20/09
Posts: 4
Loc: Hamilton, GA.
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Dang... Dart had that one covered...
I used to send my newbies to the 1SG to get their train ticket during their first railhead.
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#2882905 - 10/19/09 06:37 PM
Re: Welcome in the Army!
[Re: TheOmega]
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Registered: 06/28/01
Posts: 8900
Loc: Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
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Need a can of K9-P Form ID10T Keys to the jet Aluminum magnet
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#2882909 - 10/19/09 06:42 PM
Re: Welcome in the Army!
[Re: Weasel_Keeper]
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Registered: 07/10/02
Posts: 18099
Loc: J'ville FL
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M203 blank adapter lol. Never heard that one before.
Heard of most of the above though.
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#2882921 - 10/19/09 07:00 PM
Re: Welcome in the Army!
[Re: DaveSHQ]
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LOL, Omega, I got caught with that, actually.
In my defense, we were in hour 48 of field recovery which had somehow been married to Q4 services and I came to precisely one and a half circles down the track.
Not that it matters - the first blow of the hammer = fell for it, hook, line, and sinker.
I got in trouble for all the pranks being pulled once, though. One of my NCO's sent me to the arms room to see if he had any ammo for the grease guns. I shammed out for an hour instead, thinking it was a joke.
Uh, no. The unit still had a few M3's in the rack, and he was going to take us to the range and fire them before someone woke up to it and had them removed. Baumholder was fun - Jeeps and Gamma Goats in the motor pool, M3's on the end of the row of M16A1's in the arms room, M60's on the tank line, supported by M113's carrying Infantry....and it was 1987-8!
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#2882941 - 10/19/09 07:39 PM
Re: Welcome in the Army!
[Re: TheOmega]
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Registered: 06/06/06
Posts: 6834
Loc: Windham ME
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The Area J I know is a training area at Ft Bragg. Seems to go along with the canopy (parachute) lights.
Yep, out behind the parachute rigging tower. I don't remember it having a gate, though. The way I always heard it wa "the keys to the impact area." How about chemlite batteries, and "BA 1100 Novembers."
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If you expect the freedom
That you say is yours
Prove that you deserve it
And help us to preserve it
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#2883037 - 10/20/09 12:46 AM
Re: Welcome in the Army!
[Re: NH2112]
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Registered: 10/11/99
Posts: 2579
Loc: San Diego, CA, USA
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Adding to the list:
"Muffler Bearings"
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#2883098 - 10/20/09 04:36 AM
Re: Welcome in the Army!
[Re: Softball]
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Registered: 02/02/04
Posts: 1347
Loc: Belgium
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I was sure this one would bring back memories to some of you old grunts here
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#2883185 - 10/20/09 07:37 AM
Re: Welcome in the Army!
[Re: Corktip 14]
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Aviation News Coordinator
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Registered: 01/10/01
Posts: 6402
Loc: Upstate NY
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Bucket of steam
ID Ten T forms
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#2883186 - 10/20/09 07:38 AM
Re: Welcome in the Army!
[Re: Corktip 14]
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Registered: 01/01/01
Posts: 8567
Loc: NJ USA
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Remembering your first day is always good for a few laughs too. I had no sooner gotten sworn in with a group of about twenty others when the Sgt. doing the swear in procedure hands me a five and says "go get me and the Captain two coffees at the diner across the street...and remember you are in the Army and if you don't come back the MP's will find you and you'll go to prison", "OooKay sarge I'll be back", hell I was RA, I had joined not been drafted, I was already here on my own. After a train ride to Ft.Dix we got a bus ride to a building where we were issued our first gear, a raincoat and a fatigue hat, thankfully since it was February and the weather was between rain and sleet and miserably cold. We put the hat and coat on and were taken outside where we stood in the mud and got to test out our new stuff while a cpl. stood under an overhang smoking a butt and drinking coffee. After about ten minutes he saw we were getting a little antsy along with getting wet so he gives us an update..."the sgt. is inside having a coke and we'll take you to the mess hall as soon as he is done." At least he was honest, no reason to lie to lower than whale crap recruits. Welcome to the Army
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#2883659 - 10/20/09 06:05 PM
Re: Welcome in the Army!
[Re: EAF331 MadDog]
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Registered: 06/11/01
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Loc: Riverside, California, USA
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#2885077 - 10/21/09 09:29 PM
Re: Welcome in the Army!
[Re: WOLF257]
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Registered: 10/25/99
Posts: 18053
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LOL!!! We actually have these in the Canadian Army! Our winter warfare arctic tents (10 man?) use a single tent pole that is centered, and it telescopes upward, similar to a hydraulic jack.
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#2885131 - 10/22/09 12:06 AM
Re: Welcome in the Army!
[Re: Rick.50cal]
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Registered: 03/22/07
Posts: 266
Loc: San Diego
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Dont forget the headlight fluid.
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