Posted on Jan 19, 2018
How has military language evolved over generations (when I was in basic, we referred to military glasses as BCG's, birth control glasses)?
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You aren't going to have an M-1 Thumb or set headspace on your .30 cal RIFLE GRENADE,
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SSG Edward Tilton
SSG Paul Setterholm - Thanks for noticing. That corner is in the Kensington section of Philadelphia
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1965-1968Army - George Washington blouse,KP (does that still exist) Daily dozen,black combat boots,breaking starch (that’s an oldie) iron sights,reporting for pay (87.90 a month) and last but not least” C” rats.
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SGT Philip Roncari
PO1 Barbara Matthews -I have the distinct impression no matter what it’s called and by who ,it remains the stuff of nightmares, at least on my end anyway.
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SGT Philip Roncari - Phillip, I had a month of mess duty prior to starting Field Radio Operator School at MCRD San Diego. We would start at 5 a.m. and work until about 7:30 each evening, once we passed inspection. They played good 60's music over the loud speakers, and I kind of enjoyed the experience. I know, I am weird.
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SGT Philip Roncari
Sgt Theodore M.Hallock-Ted ,I think we definitely had different experiences concerning KP (Mess duty) we will leave it at that,as far as weird goes ,nah I've got that down to a science.
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SSG Paul Setterholm USMC, June 1968 - June 1972. In Boot camp, except when drilling, we double timed everywhere we went. When in formation, or lines waiting on anything, we would be studying chain of command, general orders, etc. It was not hard, it just took a little bit of time to learn the correct names: chow, starboard, rack, cover, house mouse, maggots, etc. We only had one guy in our platoon that called a rifle a gun. Mistakes were swiftly corrected, and not often repeated.
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