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"If you don't want it gone, don't leave it lying around....COMM is in the area!"

High Speed,Low Drag,Battery Operated Grunt 2531
Semper Fi!

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Originally posted by Upperone:

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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"?!

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

Pleaase tell me your not the one who told the CO what you were looking for. I caught Hell for that one. No liberty for a month.
SGT. Johnson
1975 - 1986

Now that'd be funny as hell ! ! ! !

"You can talk about us but you can't talk without us" is on the 5th Comm challenge coin, one of the rarest in existence with only 100 made. I'm sticking with that one.

I have to admit I've never heard of nor seen the 5th Comm Challenge Coin. Any idea where I can see or find out more on this piece of history?

It has the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor on one side and the 5th Comm logo on the reverse. We only existed from 10 Nov 1965 until 06 Nov 1970. If you're a challenge coin collector, I'll see if I can get you one if you'd like.

2531/Field Radio Operator...


Gets it up faster

Keeps it up longer

Shoots their comm further



S/F

Just out of curiousity, were there any females in the unit too?

We had a female WO/LDO butterbar as a watch officer at Base Comm at Lejeune in the mid 60's, but there sure weren't any at 5th Comm in RVN. Maybe we should have.

You know now that you mention it, I don't remember seeing any females anywhere in the Comm unit's I was in either. That really explains things more now....

when we were in field radio operators course (froc) the motto we put on our flag...which we had to take off... was "FROC till we COMM". ya it was good times.

Well, it would have been quite a stretch to call any of those BAMs good-lookin'. I never dated any of them and if I had, I wouldn't have taken them to a dog show lest they be mistaken for a contestant.

Regretfully I'd have to agree with you. But there were quite a few Marines that actually made an attempt to connect with one, but for some reason it was when the bar's were closing, or the beer was gone!

Ah, yes. Coyote ugly. Wake up the next morning, see what's sleeping on your arm,and like a coyote in a trap, gnaw your arm off rather than wake her up.

The only good thing was we tried to "help" each other avoid that from happening, but weren't always successful.

The Little Head Leading the Big Head Syndrome. Sometimes it's even uglier than the woman involved.

7th Comm, FMFPAC
Sending a new guy to supply for a new AN/10A

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.[/QUOTE]
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Question? Was Tom Oliveras still an E-4 or had he already been busted (again)?

Have to say that the TRC 97's were the best radio's I ever worked with. They had their good days and bad days, but once you locked in to each other, everything after that was a breeze, and all we had to do was monitor the equipment as it was running. Every now and then you'd have to tweak a port or 2, or reset a TTY connection or swithcboard. Sure was nice, and considered the tops for a while.