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RallyPoint Shared Content — Fri, 28 May 2021 12:03:23 -0400

Military facts are a dime a dozen, but here are some of our favorites!

1. For combat circumstances such as scouting for traps, hauling heavy gear, searching for survivors, underwater diving, taking victims to safety, and battle with enemy, the US Military uses a variety of robots. Drones, which are remotely controlled aircraft that carry high-grade cameras, bombs, or missiles, are among the most popular devices used.

2. Non-lubricated condoms are standard issue in US Military Parachute Pack Survival Kits. The condoms not only provide a safe sex alternative, but they also serve as an emergency water canteen, holding up to a liter of water...the more you know!

3. The US military has sent 2,700 Military Working Dogs to 600 combat zones throughout the world. MWDs discovered 12,500 pounds of explosives in Iraq and Afghanistan between 2005 and 2010. Each dog is said to be responsible for saving between 150 and 1,800 lives.

Share your favorite, oddest, funniest military facts below!

Response by 1LT Vance Titus made May 28 at 2021 12:14 PM

1LT Vance Titus — Fri, 28 May 2021 12:14:04 -0400

In Nam condoms were pulled over the mussel of weapons to protect them from rain and debris.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made May 28 at 2021 1:36 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 28 May 2021 13:36:09 -0400

Everyone in my unit carried non lubricated condoms for muzzle covers in wet or sandy conditions. You can fire through them if needed. We also all carried two tampons and two panty liners for first aid purposes.

Response by Cpl Vic Burk made May 28 at 2021 2:49 PM

Cpl Vic Burk — Fri, 28 May 2021 14:49:10 -0400

Interesting fun facts!

Response by SFC Randy Hellenbrand made Jun 4 at 2021 7:33 PM

SFC Randy Hellenbrand — Fri, 04 Jun 2021 19:33:36 -0400

WOW!! I remember being told that T Rats were good.

Response by Cpl Ronald Everitt made Jun 5 at 2021 9:33 AM

Cpl Ronald Everitt — Sat, 05 Jun 2021 09:33:03 -0400

On a certain day in 1972 if from a plane it was overland Vietnam that an NVA Pilot had dropped multitudes of paper promise/propaganda/fliers that by presenting one to your Captors when caught the paper fliers expressed examples such as promises of no jail/POW time and free farmland to farm,that for we Sailors and Marines on the USS Schenectady it appeared like paper cash flowing down from above. Only a few such fliers by Troops that day were caught before strong gusts of wind blew many others of them overboard where out in the water others of the multitudes of such fliers had already begun peppering the oceans water like the remembrance of Lilly Pads in the many of our Steuben County lakes back in Indiana,and is but another fact of reason if we aboard the USS Schenectady were not the intended drop zone target but inland Vietnam was,that it was cool for our government to extend Agent Orange claiming rights for we Blue Water Vets out at sea to 12(?) nautical miles as we On Deck could not even see land at that time on that particular day in 1972...NE/IN COLD'N COLDER FREE PRESS:

Response by SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL made Jun 21 at 2021 7:11 PM

SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL — Mon, 21 Jun 2021 19:11:02 -0400

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Response by SFC Charles Kauffman made Jul 25 at 2021 12:02 PM

SFC Charles Kauffman — Sun, 25 Jul 2021 12:02:37 -0400

I’m skeptical whenever I hear guys talking about using tampons for gunshot wounds. I’ve been a medic for 40 years, military and civilian and I call BS on it. Why not just use- oh I don’t know, a FIELD DRESSING? Tampons suck , they’re not sterile, and they disintegrate. I never knew one self-respecting medic who knew better actually use a tampon for a gunshot wound