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The Road to Bastogne

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  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Friday, May 3, 2019 9:59 PM

Im always happy to help out Sarge. Besides, us commo guys gotta stick together 

 

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

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

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  • Member since
    September 2018
  • From: Vancouver, Washington USA
Posted by Sergeant on Saturday, May 4, 2019 12:41 AM

stikpusher

Im always happy to help out Sarge. Besides, us commo guys gotta stick together 

 

I looked at my Army discharge paper the other day and it said my MOS was 05F40, RATT team chief. I had forgot what they called my job. All I could remember is radio and radio-teletype.

  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Saturday, May 4, 2019 10:05 AM

Sounds similar to the commo MOS that I had. Official title was 31C, single channel radio operator/maintainer. In the course, we actually spent more time on the UGC-74 teletype than on any other single piece of equipment. And that same item was in our shelters on the back of our HMMWVs. But in my LRS unit, we never used the teletypes, just the radios (HF & FM), and digital burst devices. We called them RATT Rigs, but the higher ups in Division Signal Battalion got huffy about that name. 

 

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

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

  • Member since
    September 2018
  • From: Vancouver, Washington USA
Posted by Sergeant on Saturday, May 4, 2019 10:53 AM

stikpusher

Sounds similar to the commo MOS that I had. Official title was 31C, single channel radio operator/maintainer. In the course, we actually spent more time on the UGC-74 teletype than on any other single piece of equipment. And that same item was in our shelters on the back of our HMMWVs. But in my LRS unit, we never used the teletypes, just the radios (HF & FM), and digital burst devices. We called them RATT Rigs, but the higher ups in Division Signal Battalion got huffy about that name. 

 

I can understand why the higher ups would have a problem with the name RATT Rig. The name has a nefarious connotation. However, during the Vietnam War that is what they were called in Field Manuals.

Harold

  • Member since
    November 2004
Posted by snapdragonxxx on Monday, May 6, 2019 2:26 PM

two tin cans and a bit of string still works and can't be intercepted by the enemy!

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