The Infantry forum puts us to shame. Let's get a topic going. I'll start. How many chucks does it take to get a wood chuck chucking?

S/F

Even better. How many privates does it take to dig the XO's pit?

Seriously. I've never been on the gun line.

Hey Grant,
Looking at when you went to PI, I think I might have been one of the Marines to "meet" you at the airport in Charleston.

Stephen,
I went to P.I. Jan. 13th 90. I was a local boy so after getting sent to MEPS in Columbia we got bussed down to Beaufort on a Greyhound. Dropped off then the 5 of us stood around at an abandoned bus station for an 1/2 hour waiting for another bus to come by and take us onto the island. We didin't even get the thrill of the D.I. coming on and saying get off my bus as their were civilians on the bus with us. The driver just told us to get out and stand on the foot prints. We stood there a good 10 minutes before a D.I. noticed us and came out screaming.
Oh and I never had to dig the X.O.'s pit but you missed all the fun things like registering a round, finding some azimuth line,etc.

S/F

When you get a chance, go to YouTube and search for Marine Artillery. Some good stuff there.

Permission to come on board.

How many 120MM mortar tubes are going to be in each battery?

Inquiring minds want to know.

Ron,
Not sure how those 120mm are going to work out. First I've heard of them was when a client of mine
neighbor who happens to be an FDC guy at 11th Marines told me they were even getting them. That was 2 years ago.
By the way my Bro-in Law is from Kingsport and his dad retired from Kodak.

S/F

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Originally posted by RonMann:
Permission to come on board.

You dont need to do that Ron, we're a little more laid back than the grunts.

How's your son doing?

Good.

Really good.

Picked up Cpl again.

Cross trained to the M-777 and now the M-120.

They are in Alaska cold weather testing the system and the vehical.

Ron, since you are in the neighborhood, if you see SgtMaj Sansbury, give him my regards. He was my Gunny at 2/10.

Are you shitting me?

He was my kids JRNROTC instructor at Davy Crockett High School.

A good man and Marine.

Small friggen world, ain't it?

I searched his name last year and found out he was down there. Then by chance, when I looked at your son's profile, I saw that he went to school there. Definately a small world.

He taught me how to be a great NCO. I learned a lot from him. Still use what he taught me to this day.

Next time I get down there, my wife's aunt lives in Elizabethton, I will have to look you all up.

Cool, we'll do it.

I'm in the Johnson City phone book.

You drink beer?

We'll share a pitcher at this 5 star restaurant that my wife calls a "joint".

The ITV.

What they are going to haul their tubes around with.



This was a couple of weeks ago, when they were getting wheel time on it.

So far they have only fired HE, WP, and Illumination.

None of the funky high dollar stuff that is out there in the market place.

Yet.

He likes his job.

Says it is better than getting IEDed or shot in the chest plate.

He believes in PPE.

Wild looking bit of gear, look's like a beefed up M151?

Cav

It is made to be carried internally in the MV-22 and the CH-53.

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Originally posted by RonMann:
It is made to be carried internally in the MV-22 and the CH-53.

You mean to tell me that someone actually put some thought into it?

Hopefully.

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Originally posted by RonMann:
It is made to be carried internally in the MV-22 and the CH-53.

Ok I don't wont to sound like a total smartAzz, and seeing I've been out longer then you have been in. An me being ExArmy not up with these terms what is a MV-22, I know what a CH-53 is.

Cav

Scroll down on this page for the pictures. The MV-22 is also called the Osprey

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