MCCES did at one time have the motto for communicators and on the school logo:
"The key to success in battle is effective Communications."
12th Marines had in the motto:
"Shoot, Move, & Communicate"
Semper Fi,
Bulldog0699

Haha....I can only quote what the guys at Comm at MWTC Bridgeport put on my going away present...

"What are they gonna do? Fire me?"

I had the tendancy to ask certain base NCO's to call back in 10 mins if their computer still had the same error...then turn to one of my more junior Marines and see if he wanted to go to the PX in 5 minutes with me.

Or you can reference the time when I was telling the same junior Marines a story from CAX 9-10, 2002...and the phone in the ISMO shop kept ringing. After the 2nd time the phone started to ring, I picked it up...and immediately slammed it back down. My excuse, "Mother Focker should know not to interupt my stories...inconsiderate bastard." Turned out to be the Captain from Motor-T....sorry sir...bad connection.

After every incident...someone would always ask me...."aren't you afraid you'll get in trouble?"

What are they gonna do? Fire me?

OORAH COMM!!!

Here's Motto for the day...

"You can talk about us, but you cant talk without us..."

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Originally posted by big_easy2515:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by rlpinca:

Why yes PFC, the prc E8 is in that office right there.

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This quote got me to thinking about some of the other ways we picked on new boots.

-Sending a PFC to look for BA 1100 Novembers

-Send them to Motor-T for HUMMV keys

-And tell them to refill the blinker fluid

-Make them re-inventory everything until they found the sky hooks

-A close second to the PRC E8 would have to be the atomic sit-up

Of course, I guess now they would consider some of those "hazing"?!

If you want old school don't forget separating classified chad from unclassified.

frequency greese

One time at cax we sent a fng to get some flight line he left on foot and came back a couple of hours later driving a 5 ton with a bunch of the neumatic matting.

You can talk about us but you can't talk without us!

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One time at cax we sent a fng to get some flight line he left on foot and came back a couple of hours later driving a 5 ton with a bunch of the neumatic matting.

Thats just too funny.

Semper Fi

John Boy

I've heard this really motivates the heck out of EKMS Marines.

Has any of you been sent for a bucket of zero beats? Anyone know what a zero beat is? or am I the old guy here?
Semper Fi
Jim Martin
Comm 3/6
1958-1962

Google rules again!

Zero Beat Tuning

"Zero Beat tuning, also called ECSS tuning, is a method used by Dxers to increase the readability of a poor AM signal. It requires the use of the receiver’s single sideband mode or beat frequency oscillator, also called the BFO. It’s the same as tuning in an AM station like it was a single sideband transmission. Some Dxers prefer using the Sideband mode or the BFO while tuning across a band. Each station creates a tone sweeping from one end of the scale to the other as the receiver tunes by, even on stations too weak to produce audio. Zero beat tuning is accomplished by carefully tuning in on the center of a station so that the tone goes down in scale, stopping just at the point where the tone disappears. This point is called the zero beat. At this point the station’s audio will become intelligible once again. In some cases this tuning method will improve the readability of the station. In sideband most receivers are using their most narrow bandwidth filters for increased selectivity. Fading and flutter is reduced because the receiver is placing its own steady carrier wave over that of the station. And the heterodyne note produced by a pair of stations too close together can be eliminated by properly zero beating on the desired station. Zero beating also allows measurement of the station’s frequency with the greatest accuracy because the zero beat is on the exact center frequency of the station. On the minus side, music cannot be enjoyed in its full range this way."

Anyways, no idea, but it sure does sound fancy...

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Originally posted by retiredjarhead1998:

quote:

Originally posted by big_easy2515:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by rlpinca:

Why yes PFC, the prc E8 is in that office right there.

QUOTE]

This quote got me to thinking about some of the other ways we picked on new boots.

-Sending a PFC to look for BA 1100 Novembers

-Send them to Motor-T for HUMMV keys

-And tell them to refill the blinker fluid

-Make them re-inventory everything until they found the sky hooks

-A close second to the PRC E8 would have to be the atomic sit-up

Of course, I guess now they would consider some of those "hazing"?!

If you want old school don't forget separating classified chad from unclassified.

frequency greese

One time at cax we sent a fng to get some flight line he left on foot and came back a couple of hours later driving a 5 ton with a bunch of the neumatic matting.

You can talk about us but you can't talk without us!

Don't forget:

Muffler bearings
Antenna bearings
Fallopian tube
Degauss solvent

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Of course, I guess now they would consider some of those "hazing"?!

Yeah, it's rediculous.


My Favs and some old classics:

1. Box of grid squares
2. Can of back-blast for SMAW
3. PRC-E7 (send to company gunny)
4. ID 10 Tango forms
5. Bucket of rotar wash
6. E-Tool Qual (the all time classic)
7. Equator Watch (night prior to Wog Day)
8. Mail Bouey Watch
9. Channel Fever Shots (coming into Hong Kong)

TALK ABOUT US, BUT YOU CAN'T TALK WITH OUT US

MCCLOUD SGT
USMC
VETERAN

no libbo, no comm!

1986,3rd MEB,3rdMAF,Korea,Operation Bearhunt

"Comm Co, We've got all the Freqs"

here's one from comm company:
"It takes an act of congress to make a General, but it takes a Comm Company to make a Commanding General."

1st LAR Bn, Tech shop motto:

Death to all who think comm sucks, because we know the radios work!!

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Originally posted by Darkstarz:
Our motto in 7th Comm Bn, 3rd Mar Div, Okinawa was:

"The impossible we do immediately,
Miracles may take us a day longer"

And we did just that from 76-77. Worked with the TRC 97's, Microwave Comm. equipment. We did what they didn't think could be done, more than once.

I was in 7th comm also 1967 - 69 (2831), but in Nam it was in the 1st Mar. Div. CES was at San Diego. My class was the second class to train on the TRC 97 When I got to 7th Comm in Nam they were just getting the 97s and loved ther idea we had trained on them. We were just replacing the older 97 a's with 97 e's when I left. When I left Nam in Oct 69 7th Comm was getting ready to move to Okinawa with 3rd Mar. Div. I will have to dig up some pictures.

Well the old 97 A's were still in use in some places believe it or not. But most were replaced by the Echoes if not all by the time I left Okinawa. It was the most remarkable piece of communications equipment I had seen or had the priviledge to work with in all my years in the service. It was definitely an honor and a priviledge to work withthe equipment and the personnel in 7th Comm, something I'll always remember and cherish for life.

quote:

Originally posted by big_easy2515:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by rlpinca:

Why yes PFC, the prc E8 is in that office right there.

QUOTE]

This quote got me to thinking about some of the other ways we picked on new boots.

-Sending a PFC to look for BA 1100 Novembers

-Send them to Motor-T for HUMMV keys

-And tell them to refill the blinker fluid

-Make them re-inventory everything until they found the sky hooks

-A close second to the PRC E8 would have to be the atomic sit-up

Of course, I guess now they would consider some of those "hazing"?!

When I was a E-1 in 1/8 Comm they sent me all over the base looking for "Frequency Grease"...needless to say I never found it.

Semper Fi

When I was with 9th MT Comm section, we always had fun sending the NFGs all around the BN area looking for frequency Greese, Ba-1100 Ns, and any gunny if he ever saw a PRC-E7....

Our Motto: No Comm too big, no Comm too small, F&^$ with Comm, you'll have no Com at all!!

1stMarDiv, HQ BN,Comm Co.Radio Relay Plt., Camp Pendleton 1956-1957.
Send the boot after Squelch Grease.