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Posted by Phil_H on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 10:47 AM
Thanks Rob Smile [:)]
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Posted by berny13 on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 3:22 PM
 Phil_H wrote:

 berny13 wrote:
Should SHAFE, Supreme Headquarters Allied Forces Europe, be included?

Not really armor specific, but added it anyway, plus SACEUR and USAREUR for good measure. Actually, it appears the the US Department of State and NATO abbreviate it as "SHAPE".

It is actually two different meanings.  SHAPE had "Powers" in place of "Forces".  It became SHAFE after France kicked the British and US forces out of their country in the late 60's.

Berny

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Posted by sfcmac on Friday, May 30, 2008 7:53 PM
Did I miss the good ol PMCS? preventive maintenance checks and services?
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Posted by stikpusher on Saturday, June 7, 2008 6:36 PM

 Vassar-13 wrote:
In M*A*S*H they talk about ICOR which stands for Infantry Combat Regiment.

In MASH they are referring to "Eye" corps, AKA I Corps, one of the higher up units during the Korean War.

 

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Posted by stikpusher on Saturday, June 7, 2008 6:40 PM

 kenny_conklin wrote:
cant remember our own for how much ammo how many causalties and stuff like that and it is bugging me.

The LACE or WACE report:

Water/Liquids

Ammunition

Casualties

Equipment

 

 

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Posted by stikpusher on Saturday, June 7, 2008 7:56 PM

Heres a few to add

ITV-Improved TOW Vehicle, the M901

FASCAM-Field Artillery SCAttered Mines

MAW-Medium Antitank Weapon, the Dragon

MCLOS-Manual Command Line Of Sight, a type of ATGM like the AT-3 Sagger

SACLOS-Semi Automatic Command Line Of Sight, a type of ATGM such as TOW, Milan, or Dragon

 

 

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Posted by m60a3 on Saturday, June 7, 2008 7:59 PM

 CLASS SIX

 Alchoholic beverages.

        60
 

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Posted by stikpusher on Saturday, June 7, 2008 8:02 PM

Sign - Ditto [#ditto]Big Smile [:D]Make a Toast [#toast]

Need a case of Red and White smoke... 

 

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Posted by stikpusher on Sunday, June 8, 2008 1:27 PM

A few more

ALICE- All purpose Lightweight Individual Carrying Equipment

CCP- Casualty Collection Point

DZ-Drop Zone

HEDP-High Explosive Dual Purpose

HOT-High speed Opticly tracked Tube launched

HLS-Heliopter Landing Site

LBV-Load Bearing Vest

NODS-Night Observation DeviceS

RBA-Ranger Body Armor

 

 

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Posted by m60a3 on Tuesday, July 8, 2008 6:10 PM

 At least a case of each, stikpusher!

 PATRIOT

 Phased Array TRacking Intercept Of Target

 MILES

 Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System

 FROG

 Free Rocket Over Ground

                                                for now,  60 

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Posted by m60a3 on Sunday, November 2, 2008 11:18 PM

 

    MRAP?

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Posted by Hans von Hammer on Saturday, November 15, 2008 6:19 PM
Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles. Pronounced "EM-rap".

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Posted by m60a3 on Thursday, December 11, 2008 5:15 PM

 

 What about the GOER , pronounced "Gore" and the GAMMA GOAT?

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Posted by vector123 on Friday, May 8, 2009 1:20 PM
im guessing you needed to do lots of research to find all that out.
always looking for tips and suggestions!
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Posted by berny13 on Thursday, May 13, 2010 11:11 AM

Bump again

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TF-102A Delta Dagger, 32nd FIS, 54-1370, 1/48 scale. Monogram Pro Modeler with C&H conversion.  

Revell F-4E Phantom II 33rd TFW, 58th TFS, 69-260, 1/32 scale. 

Tamiya F-4D Phantom II, 13th TFS, 66-8711, 1/32 scale.  F-4 Phantom Group Build. 

 

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Posted by stikpusher on Thursday, May 13, 2010 3:10 PM

Track Pads- the sausage patties served for the breakfast meal in the chow halls across the Army.Smile Burger

 

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Posted by Hans von Hammer on Thursday, May 13, 2010 5:04 PM

m60a3

 Well if you want to go back a few years,

 Angry 39

 *** 25

 And then there was the SALUTE report to describe an enemy;

 Size
 Activity
 Location
 Unit
 Terrain
 Equipment       

  

I know it's old, but I was surfin' and wanted to clarify what my friend the Clanker stated...

He has the SALUTE format right except for the "T". It's Time, not "Terrain". The "SALUTE Report" is actually a misnomer... It's more correctly called a "Spot Report".  One pet-peeve of mine that I heard all the time on the radio when a unit was calling in a Spot Report to the TOC, was using Line Uniform to tell me what uniform they were wearing... Drove me crazy...  If you can tell what unit you're looking at, whether by IDing a patch, distintive headgear, vehicle markings, epaulettes, anything of that nature, the Unit is more important than the uniform.  The uniform the people are wearing would more correctly be in the "Equipment" line.

Angry-39 = AN/GRA-39 (Army Navy/ Ground Radio Accessory-39) : A remote speaker/microphone set that can be located up to 2 miles from the actual radio set itself and connected by field wire to the radio.   It's used to keep Mr. Im NotAmerican from blowing you up if he RDFs your radio.

Pri ck-77= AN/PRC-77 (Army Navy/Portable Radio Communications). "Pr ick" is used for all PRC-type radios only so don't walk walk into the First Sergeant's Office and tell him you sent to find a Pri ck E-8...

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Posted by stikpusher on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 1:39 AM

Yes when I was teh commo Sgt, one of the Team Sgts sent one of his cherries to lme looking for a PRC E-5... I told home to go back and tell his team Sgt they had to DX their old one first....Wink

 

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Posted by Hans von Hammer on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 11:51 AM

That's effin classic!, lol lol...

Speakin' of Cherries..  How long did you wear the Cherry Pot?

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Posted by stikpusher on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 2:53 PM

Only once...Embarrassed We only wore helmets for jumps, all the rest of the time was boonies, pc's, or berets...

 

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Posted by stikpusher on Thursday, August 2, 2012 4:11 PM

Can anyone tell me why that even though I have not posted on this thread for over two years, ever since the latest format change, it has been the first thread under the "your discussions" tab every day? all day long? And there are several threads that I actively participate in with multiple posts daily...

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

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Posted by stikpusher on Thursday, August 2, 2012 4:15 PM

And after my last post, this thread did not show up under "most recent activity"?

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

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Posted by LSJ on Friday, October 25, 2013 4:12 AM

IF Interested I have a load of IED akronyms, and can also find my NATO akronym dictionary... (and is actually a bugger with all these acronyms... can take forever to read a report, because NATO nations don't use standard akronyms within nations.)

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