Hans
Philosopher
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- May 10, 2007
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Long ago when I was in the Army, USAEUR actually, we often went on FTX and CPX, and once on REFORGER. We always had a PCI of our TA50 including our LBE, ALICE, MOPP etc. by our dickhead starched BDU LT, who I also had to drive in a CUCV (with the RAWLS turned on on post or in a bivouac area) after doing a PMCS of course. My MOS was 31V so I had to deal with VRC, GRC, PRC, RATT, VIC, and COMSEC gear. Later on I was the TOC commo guy, so I had to carry a CEOI. And at least one MRE a day in the field! And I'm sure I've missed quite a few of our acronyms![]()
Well damn I actually know many of those still. When I use to teach at FAS I use to write the meanings of the acronyms on the teaching boards in pencil - impossible to see from the students point of view but that allowed me to point to the item in question and read out what it meant to them - in the days before powerpoints