Veterans Day Quiz

[themechanic]

You can look up definitions here:

https://www.military.com/join-armed-forces/military-terms-and-jargon.html

 

[themechanic]

Camo net. I hated that stuff. Setting up or taking it down people always managed to get it caught on something, buttons, weapon, you name it.

 

[Brandy]

We call it the BAT SHEET or BAT Decoder. Strapped to the right thigh board. Although BLUE FORCE TRACKER has a slot for each aircraft or ground vehicle of note, to place the call sign in. Old school vs new school.

 

[themechanic]

GP small, GP medium, GP large tents.
Micjey mouse Boots (winter footwear for -20)

 

[themechanic]

We call it the BAT SHEET or BAT Decoder. Strapped to the right thigh board. Although BLUE FORCE TRACKER has a slot for each aircraft or ground vehicle of note, to place the call sign in. Old school vs new school.

Probably on a digital device these days. We used a spiral bound laminated book which had to be destroyed on a regular basis when a new one was issued. My Commo section would take them to a pulverizer that had a bunch of heavy weight hammers that would make pulp out of them.

 

[ACME A12]

No, no, no! It's Lite Beer From Miller!

Little Brown F**king Machines...


One of my best friends was a C-141 Loadmaster. He always called C-130s "Mountain Magnets"... Always thought that one was pretty funny...

 

[ACME A12]

Micjey mouse Boots (winter footwear for -20)

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Bunny Boots was also another name for them.

 

[cr8crshr]

29 Palms Vacation

I think you meant, "29 Stumps". Been there, Done That, and Got The T-Shirt...cr8crshr/Bill

 

[themechanic]

I think you meant, "29 Stumps". Been there, Done That, and Got The T-Shirt...cr8crshr/Bill

Actually, we had to go there to offload vehicles at the rail head before driving to the staging area at the National Training Center (NTC) at Fort Irwin, CA.

 

[cr8crshr]

Flying Lizard - C-141 in Cammo paint
MRE - Meals Rejected by Everyone
O3 Walkabout...Marine Infantry Grunt
My favorite **** on a Shingle...Midnight Chow Hall Favorite SOS
So many more but I have forgotten just about all. Still great to have y'all bringing them up again...cr8crshr/Bill

 

[themechanic]

Flying Lizard - C-141 in Cammo paint
MRE - Meals Rejected by Everyone
O3 Walkabout...Marine Infantry Grunt
My favorite **** on a Shingle...Midnight Chow Hall Favorite SOS
So many more but I have forgotten just about all. Still great to have y'all bringing them up again...cr8crshr/Bill

I forgot MRE.

We said Meals Rejected by Ethiopians; it sounds more profound that way, somehow.

 

[69a100]

Some Reservist will understand some of these.
TeeP's = Training period
UTA= Unit Training Assembly
I'm on a 1 = Active duty designation # on Flight orders
I'm on a 22 = Inactive Reserve[UTA] status on Flight orders
I'm on a 33 = TeeP status on Flt. orders
FIGMO = F-it, got my orders
BOHICA= bend over, here it comes again
Crew Canoe = aircrew bus, esp. in very heavy rain!
Box Nasty's = Flt. lunches

 

[mopar 3 B]

Bunny Boots was also another name for them.

Bunny boots had pressure relief valves.

Short timer
Target
Grunt

 

[ACME A12]

Bunny boots had pressure relief valves.

Which is clearly visible on the side of the boot pictured above...

 

[Ranger16]

Starlight scopes
claymores

 

[dart4forte]

We used to wear a Steel Pot. (showing my age)

Brain bucket

 

[dart4forte]

The Army called hats cover. "Remove your cover indoors."

Some called it headgear.

always referred our caps as headgear. Covers is a USMC term me thinks

 

[dart4forte]

CEOI

CEV

Daisy Chain

MDL

GP

KATUSA

SITREP

 

[5.7 hemi]

Covers, Army. My 3 DS’s made damn sure we learned what a “cover” was.

SAW
SITREP

I’ve forgotten more than I learned.

 

[themechanic]

always referred our caps as headgear. Covers is a USMC term me thinks

I probably misrecalled.