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<a class="fancybox" rel="c10b29f95894b661e1c4dfd63b569cf5" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/096/042/for_gallery_v2/ded9c82.jpeg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/096/042/large_v3/ded9c82.jpeg" alt="Ded9c82" /></a></div></div>Back in the day when we would goto the field we were told to park our Humvees with the hood open to prevent detection from the glare off the windshield. <br /><br />Has anyone one else heard of this? I've never seen it done since.Is parking a Humvee with the hood open while in the field a thing?2016-06-26T04:05:55-04:002016-06-26T04:05:55-04:00TSgt Private RallyPoint Member1664741<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>It's a viable strategy, but in all honesty your headlights will give off glare, any tiny metal and your windows on the side can't be covered without camo netting. It's easier just to have camo nets rolled up on each side (Including the front) and deploy it when digging in.Response by TSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 26 at 2016 4:09 AM2016-06-26T04:09:10-04:002016-06-26T04:09:10-04:00LTC Private RallyPoint Member1664882<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Never even heard of this one.Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 26 at 2016 8:21 AM2016-06-26T08:21:15-04:002016-06-26T08:21:15-04:00MSgt Private RallyPoint Member1665555<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Never heard of it and we never practiced it.Response by MSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 26 at 2016 2:11 PM2016-06-26T14:11:02-04:002016-06-26T14:11:02-04:001SG Charles Hunter1666076<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>We always did it with our 1/4 ton jeeps and other tactical vehicles. The windshield is the largest reflective surface on your vehicle, and reflections can reveal your position to your enemies.Response by 1SG Charles Hunter made Jun 26 at 2016 6:26 PM2016-06-26T18:26:09-04:002016-06-26T18:26:09-04:00SSG Rickey Nelson1666138<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>We did not open our hoods. If you have to move out quickly then you had to secure your hood before you could move wasting time. We had sandbags for the headlights and canvas for the windshields.Response by SSG Rickey Nelson made Jun 26 at 2016 7:05 PM2016-06-26T19:05:11-04:002016-06-26T19:05:11-04:00SSgt Dan Montague1666223<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I was in the artillery. If we could put our rubber sleeping matt in the window it was faster to move out. If not, we opened our hoods as well.Response by SSgt Dan Montague made Jun 26 at 2016 7:50 PM2016-06-26T19:50:08-04:002016-06-26T19:50:08-04:00GySgt Joe Strong1667733<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>80's & 90's. We carried Camo bags on the roof and would open the bag flap and drop it over the windshield. if we had an actual "got to go now" moment, we had them rigged with 550 cord so we could flop them back over the top.Response by GySgt Joe Strong made Jun 27 at 2016 12:59 PM2016-06-27T12:59:05-04:002016-06-27T12:59:05-04:00CW4 Gary Hamlin1668425<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>yes it was standing operating procedure while in the field.Response by CW4 Gary Hamlin made Jun 27 at 2016 5:23 PM2016-06-27T17:23:46-04:002016-06-27T17:23:46-04:00SFC John Hill1669222<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Nope, as part of the "30 Minute Drill" putting the camo nets up was in the SOP!Response by SFC John Hill made Jun 27 at 2016 10:26 PM2016-06-27T22:26:35-04:002016-06-27T22:26:35-04:00SGT Keith Woodward1669758<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes for the tactical vehicles and 2 1/2 ton trucks. 5 ton and Hemmit's we had camp bags strapped to the roof for deployment. Every Unit on Bragg did it in the 90s.Response by SGT Keith Woodward made Jun 28 at 2016 7:26 AM2016-06-28T07:26:26-04:002016-06-28T07:26:26-04:00SFC Private RallyPoint Member1670010<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes we did this.Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 28 at 2016 9:08 AM2016-06-28T09:08:56-04:002016-06-28T09:08:56-04:00SFC J Fullerton1678392<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I was in the old 9th Infantry Division (Motorized) at Ft. Lewis in the 80's when HMMWV's were still fairly new, and it was SOP to raise the hood when parked in a tactical environment. Later units I was in we had rolled up burlap that we would unroll to cover the windshield.Response by SFC J Fullerton made Jun 30 at 2016 4:53 PM2016-06-30T16:53:25-04:002016-06-30T16:53:25-04:002016-06-26T04:05:55-04:00