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Charlie175, is the rope I see in the pic above the rubberized rope you are talking about? That rope does not look right. You can pull some excess rope out of the sides to tighten it up some.
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Ranger Qualified is the best path for promotion of Army Officers currently. Even if their primary specialty will never get them close to a battlefield. Just another ticket to punch.Also, he was Ranger-qualified...not assigned to a Ranger Battalion...I have heard there is a difference...not in training...but in the fact that he was not in a Ranger unit. He did wear the Ranger tab, and he was very proud of it...even more proud than graduating second in his class at Air Assault School at 38 years old. He was offered a Battalion command with the Engineers in the 10th Mountain Division, but he turned it down because he was getting out after 22 years in.
Yes. When he thought he was in for life, he wanted to be a General. And, I believe he told me that there has not been a General who was not Ranger-qualified. I may have that slightly off...it has been a while since we talked about it. He could have said "4 star general." I can't remember.Ranger Qualified is the best path for promotion of Army Officers currently. Even if their primary specialty will never get them close to a battlefield. Just another ticket to punch.
Thank you for your service.I enlisted in 1988, made it to 1st Batt in Jan of 89 and did my time there until I got out in '92. Lots of fun, always busy! Paying the price now after all these years as my body is telling me enough is enough..
.Serviced the passenger window today. Works much better.
Looked at the side rails and pried on them a bit to see if they will pop out of the stack holes. Seem rusted in so I sprayed some PB in. See if that works in a few days.
Thank you for that info! The driver side has me worried since the glass hits the frame if you don't hold it just right..
Long years ago, there was a guy in our truck shop (Ed) that would spend HOURS reworking the window regulators and tracks on Deuces and 5-Tons. There are some small "clips" that hold the glass frame to the window regulator. Some sort of spring steel... Before you try to go any further, you may want to get several of those. Two required on each window. If you can get you hands on them, remove the glass out of the top and then unbolt the regulator. That way you can fix what you can't really see.
Don't pry a lot on the tracks. They keep your windows snug in the track so they don't flop back and forth when you close the doors. Felt soaked on WD-40 or similar will help make the windows glide. It is a royal pain, but you can make these windows work like new with a lot of hand work...
.Monday update: (Work PC lets me to pictures better)
Power Washed and removed some of the graphics. Looks better clean
Still trying to figure out why the top doesn't match up to the hold downs.
The bows look right. I inserted a broom stick and it almost will go thru the hold down brackets.
.The front of the Bow rod does have a washer to keep it from going to far into the hole. The back I can't remember but I think it is the same
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