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Woo Hoo. I got promoted...
Red4
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Posted: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 - 11:45 AM UTC
Only been here a couple of days and already making rank. Only place I've been able to go from E7 to E3 in a day.. heh heh. Great site folks keep it up...
19D4D3B4R8P
"Scouts, Gods gift to the modern battlefield"
19D4D3B4R8P
"Scouts, Gods gift to the modern battlefield"
TheGame
Member Since: February 25, 2002
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Posted: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 - 11:48 AM UTC
WTG
*electronic speak for way to go*
*electronic speak for way to go*
ArmouredSprue
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Posted: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 - 07:14 PM UTC
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CHEERS!
E23C
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Posted: Thursday, April 04, 2002 - 01:55 AM UTC
Well done Red4!! :-) I just got promoted myself a few days back
Bluefalcon47
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Posted: Thursday, April 04, 2002 - 03:07 AM UTC
Once you get to the higher ranks, it slows down..... 
Oh well, another post on my way to captain
Oh well, another post on my way to captain
ladymodelbuilder
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Posted: Thursday, April 04, 2002 - 03:09 AM UTC
Way to go Red. It won't be too long before your a Master Sergeant. :-)
Red4
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Posted: Thursday, April 04, 2002 - 03:17 AM UTC
Thanks to all for the nice words. Hopefully the real promotion to E8 will be here before too long. The board convenes next month and I have the fingers and eyes crossed. Would be a good way to finish my service. Thanks again. "Q" 
YodaMan
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Posted: Thursday, April 04, 2002 - 03:40 AM UTC
Congrats, Red4. I've still got another hundred 'till my next promotion. And another 800 total until Jim promotes me to Jedi Master......
YodaMan
YodaMan
Red4
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Posted: Thursday, April 04, 2002 - 04:41 AM UTC
WOW! E-3 to E-4 in a day.......if only it were that simple...... lol.
YodaMan
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Posted: Thursday, April 04, 2002 - 04:56 AM UTC
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WOW! E-3 to E-4 in a day.......if only it were that simple...... lol
Could someone please enlighten me as to what that means?
YodaMan
GunTruck
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Posted: Thursday, April 04, 2002 - 06:55 AM UTC
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Quoted TextWOW! E-3 to E-4 in a day.......if only it were that simple...... lol
Could someone please enlighten me as to what that means?
YodaMan
Master Yoda - Red4 is joking because he actually is an E7 in real life, and he's looking forward to a successful Promoton Board to make E8...
Gunnie
m1garand
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Posted: Thursday, April 04, 2002 - 06:59 AM UTC
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Quoted TextWOW! E-3 to E-4 in a day.......if only it were that simple...... lol
Could someone please enlighten me as to what that means?
YodaMan
Master Yoda
E before a number means enlisted grade. The number is the grade. E-3 is a private first class. E-4 is a specialist or corporal.
Sabot
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Posted: Thursday, April 04, 2002 - 07:03 AM UTC
Yeah, but then he'd just be a plain old 19Z5O and no one would know he's a scout. We called them GIBS when they rode in the back of M3 Bradleys (Guys in Back Sleeping)
When they moved to M1025/1026 HMMWVs, they became LACS.
Just kidding Top!
When they moved to M1025/1026 HMMWVs, they became LACS.
Just kidding Top!
Kencelot
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Posted: Thursday, April 04, 2002 - 07:11 AM UTC
Way to go Red4. Won't be long till you're donning some silver.
Red4
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Posted: Thursday, April 04, 2002 - 08:15 AM UTC
Rob,
Just a plain ol' 19Z50? I'm hurt, I have far too many letters and numbers behind my MOS to be just plain. Maybe covered with sprinkles but never plain.... lol looking forward to retirement ohhhh so bad. Ya'll be nice now ya' hear? :-)
Just a plain ol' 19Z50? I'm hurt, I have far too many letters and numbers behind my MOS to be just plain. Maybe covered with sprinkles but never plain.... lol
looking forward to retirement ohhhh so bad. Ya'll be nice now ya' hear? :-) YodaMan
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Posted: Thursday, April 04, 2002 - 10:40 AM UTC
Ok, I think I get it now. I still miss alot not being in the armed services. You'd be amazed to see how fast recruiters run away from me when the realize I have hearing-aids........
YodaMan
YodaMan
TreadHead
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Posted: Thursday, April 04, 2002 - 11:29 AM UTC
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............ they became LACS.
Just kidding Top!
LACS......( Lying Against Comfortable Sofas ) ??........
Sabot
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Posted: Thursday, April 04, 2002 - 07:07 PM UTC
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Back in the late 80s to early 90s, the scout platoon went from a six M3 Bradley CFV to a ten M1025/6 armored HMMWV platoon. When they used M113/ITV and later the M3, scouts always dismounted and humped through the woods to scout ahead since the vehicles were rather noisy or were hampered by the wooded terrain. Once this high-speed platoon was put into HMMWVs, they had the tendency to drive everywhere on the roads. Thus the acronym "LACS" was born, Lazy Autobahn Cruising Scouts, more of a tongue-in-cheek inter-armor branch insult. Kind of like the tankers being referred to as "DATs" or Dumb-Ass Tankers.Quoted Text............ they became LACS.
Just kidding Top!
LACS......( Lying Against Comfortable Sofas ) ??........
TreadHead
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Posted: Thursday, April 04, 2002 - 09:10 PM UTC
Thanks Rob.......hmmmmmm, DAT's huh? THAT one I'll have save for later use.
Tread.
Tread.
Ranger74
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Posted: Thursday, April 04, 2002 - 09:59 PM UTC
Hey I resemble that remark. I am now a C-DAT (Computerized, Dumb Ass Tanker). But that still is better than GRUNT (Ground Replacement, Usually Not Trained), or Ground Hog, what the air cav guys call the ground cav troop in the old air cav sqaudrons (three air cav and one ground cav troops).
Red4
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Posted: Thursday, April 04, 2002 - 10:32 PM UTC
Our Tankers prefer Distinguished Armor Technitian. Seeing as I have done both rolls...I'll go with the latter....lol More names below.... lol.... please add to it if oyu know any more..."Q"
Grunts- Traction
Water Purification Secialists- Turd Herders
MI-Spooks
Nuke Sub Guys- Glow in the Darks or Squints
Medic-Bandaids
Mechanics- Wrenches
Paratroopers- Dirt Darts (My Favorite)
ADA- Duck Hunters
NBC Guys- Pukes
Artillery- Cannon Cockers or Gun Bunnies
Cooks- Spoons
Have a buddy in the AF who is a crew chief. Thought he was a CC on a 130......he told me there are two types of aircraft inthe Air Force.....Fighters and Targets and he works on fighters...Got a good laugh out of that one...
Grunts- Traction
Water Purification Secialists- Turd Herders
MI-Spooks
Nuke Sub Guys- Glow in the Darks or Squints
Medic-Bandaids
Mechanics- Wrenches
Paratroopers- Dirt Darts (My Favorite)
ADA- Duck Hunters
NBC Guys- Pukes
Artillery- Cannon Cockers or Gun Bunnies
Cooks- Spoons
Have a buddy in the AF who is a crew chief. Thought he was a CC on a 130......he told me there are two types of aircraft inthe Air Force.....Fighters and Targets and he works on fighters...Got a good laugh out of that one...
GunTruck
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Posted: Thursday, April 04, 2002 - 11:35 PM UTC
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Our Tankers prefer Distinguished Armor Technitian. Seeing as I have done both rolls...I'll go with the latter....lol More names below.... lol.... please add to it if oyu know any more..."Q"
Grunts- Traction
Water Purification Secialists- Turd Herders
MI-Spooks
Nuke Sub Guys- Glow in the Darks or Squints
Medic-Bandaids
Mechanics- Wrenches
Paratroopers- Dirt Darts (My Favorite)
ADA- Duck Hunters
NBC Guys- Pukes
Artillery- Cannon Cockers or Gun Bunnies
Cooks- Spoons
Have a buddy in the AF who is a crew chief. Thought he was a CC on a 130......he told me there are two types of aircraft inthe Air Force.....Fighters and Targets and he works on fighters...Got a good laugh out of that one...
Okay - here's a couple tossed around Okinawa in the late 1980's - from my tour in the Air Force:
Zoomie or Smurf - Basically any Airman, with Smurf referring to the standard blue uniform and Zoomie more attached to pilots (outside of earshot) or Airman connected to technical trades supporting flight operations
PIGs - (Pride, Integrity, & Guts) - the nickname of our old Security Police squadron baseball team - and tossed about for SP's in general at the time.
Squid(s) - Naval personnel - all of them who manned the Detachment on a little corner of our flightline.
We also had Grunts, Jarheads, and Gyrines - but I never learned what they actually meant, or what distinguished a Jarhead from a Gyrine. A Marine will have to enlighten me there.
Gunnie
Ranger74
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Posted: Friday, April 05, 2002 - 12:45 AM UTC
Another one for NBC guys - We always referred to the Battalion NBC Officer and the Company NBC NCOs as "Bugs & Gas"
My Dad, retired USAF Missle Engineer (also called rocket scientist) had a joke:
What is a man with a size 16 collar and a size 3 helmet? A fighter pilot! They used to take those little plastic football helmets with the pencil sharpners inside, camo paint them, replace the face guard with a visor and present them to the dislocated fighter pilots that were attached to Space Systems Division.
My Dad, retired USAF Missle Engineer (also called rocket scientist) had a joke:
What is a man with a size 16 collar and a size 3 helmet? A fighter pilot! They used to take those little plastic football helmets with the pencil sharpners inside, camo paint them, replace the face guard with a visor and present them to the dislocated fighter pilots that were attached to Space Systems Division.
Sabot
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Posted: Friday, April 05, 2002 - 01:05 AM UTC
Let's not forget my personal favorite nickname for our esteemed Infantry collegues: "Mud Monkeys."
m1garand
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Posted: Friday, April 05, 2002 - 01:09 AM UTC
What's the difference between a second lieutenant and a private?
The lieutenant knows he's in charge.
:-) :-) :-)
The lieutenant knows he's in charge.
:-) :-) :-)
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