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why have I not seen a reply yet saying we SHOULD add fuel there to prevent the water from rusting out the engine? (Despite water being heavier than fuel and having water content itself)
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Comical stenciling on 803 GOV planet today
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See... That's one way to get it done, but if you had a first class Supply Sergeant - they would have traded with somebody - and gotten an extra set of stencils.
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Continuing with same location a few months later, Top was concerned that artillerymen were wandering through our area and commandeering some of our items (trash cans, etc..) for their own uses, so someone made some nice M60A1 tank silhouette stencils that Top got hold of. Once again, my platoon (3rd platoon, who Top officially termed “A$$clowns”) was tasked with the working party that had to paint these tank silhouettes on trash cans and other items that were growing legs and disappearing. Of course once that was accomplished, we had too much time left that day so we knew we had to stretch the task out until securing time (or else Top would have us do some other crap detail). So we painted tank silhouettes on EVERYTHING…rocks, tools, porta-potties, you name it! Our platoon sergeant lost his mind, thinking that this was push Top over the edge and Article 15 every one of us.
BUT, Top was tickled pink! He LOVED it, and from then on he saved the gravy jobs for our platoon working parties from that point on. 1st & 2nd platoons got hammered with crap jobs, but who cares?!?
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You had a First Shirt that was on the ball. And a lazy Platoon. Sgt. Art.15 should be the VERY last resort to corrective actions, sometimes referrd to as "Attitude Adjustment".
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On REFORGER 1975, we were out in a damp, cold location. It was 02:00. One of the COMMO NCO's, (not well known for his intelligence) went out to refuel the 10 KW gas driven gen sets. As it was dark, and he was too lazy to get a flashlight, he used his Bic lighter to find a fuel can. But he did not know if it was gas or diesel. And sad to say, was not smart enough to just open it and smell it. I did not see the fireball. I heard it was better then New Years.
Back in the day, we all had really nice mustaches, and longer hair. He didn't, after the fireball died down. He had a pile cap on, and ALL hair sticking out, was gone. And looked like he had laid out on the beach at Lake Tahoe, all day. Fire engine red. Several people heard the "woomp", and helped him to the CP. The medic smeared some crap on his face, and sent him off. But, he still needed to fill the gen set. So off he went, to accomplish the task. But, he had dropped the cap to the 5 gal. fuel can. So, as he still had no flashlight, took out his Bic, and crawling around on hands and knees, tried to find the can and top. The second "Woomp", I did see. And I was at least 60-80 meters away. Very impressive! My French Buddy, who was helping me hook up a radar said, and I will never forget this, "Très formable!" He had to explain it, but I laughed till I cried. You can not fix stupid.
Back in the day, we all had really nice mustaches, and longer hair. He didn't, after the fireball died down. He had a pile cap on, and ALL hair sticking out, was gone. And looked like he had laid out on the beach at Lake Tahoe, all day. Fire engine red. Several people heard the "woomp", and helped him to the CP. The medic smeared some crap on his face, and sent him off. But, he still needed to fill the gen set. So off he went, to accomplish the task. But, he had dropped the cap to the 5 gal. fuel can. So, as he still had no flashlight, took out his Bic, and crawling around on hands and knees, tried to find the can and top. The second "Woomp", I did see. And I was at least 60-80 meters away. Very impressive! My French Buddy, who was helping me hook up a radar said, and I will never forget this, "Très formable!" He had to explain it, but I laughed till I cried. You can not fix stupid.
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it was relighting the diesel potbelly stoves that did the flash burns for us.
One female soldier decided to relight it while hot using the full cup of diesel fuel like instructions say for cold.
Singed her eyebrows and eyeballs, but was back on duty when we got out of the field.
She wasn't the brightest to begin with, and had a major attitude about anything she could get away with.
her one job for almost a year was a single report. She took 2 weeks to do this report (that was due every 2 weeks) and managed to turn it in late every single time.
She got transferred to a different section, and someone else had to do the report.
Turns out it took maybe 2 hours to do.
It wasn't just a case of her trying to pull a fast one and use an excuse to get out of other work, it really DID take her that long.
One female soldier decided to relight it while hot using the full cup of diesel fuel like instructions say for cold.
Singed her eyebrows and eyeballs, but was back on duty when we got out of the field.
She wasn't the brightest to begin with, and had a major attitude about anything she could get away with.
her one job for almost a year was a single report. She took 2 weeks to do this report (that was due every 2 weeks) and managed to turn it in late every single time.
She got transferred to a different section, and someone else had to do the report.
Turns out it took maybe 2 hours to do.
It wasn't just a case of her trying to pull a fast one and use an excuse to get out of other work, it really DID take her that long.
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Those were the days.