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I had spent time as asst plt sgt as well as acting platoon sgt and it def was not my bag.. The command part did not come natural to me and I never grew into it.. Even back as a Sp5 (and subsequent Sgt) I did not enjoy delegating a rough duty or bad gig.. Instead, I would be right there doing it...

I loved the slot.... I refused two consecutive E6 promos because I was set up very well and quite comfortable and working mostly-independent as a Sp5 .. As long as the work got done they left me alone, and they let me get it done without interference.. But in short time I was inevitably getting...

A couple of my guys in '88 or '89 .. The M52 is one of the several gassers the BN still fielded .. It had also been fielding A1's, A2's, and M809-series simultaneously with the gassers since the 1970's Made things interesting at fueling time for a few of the "new guys" over the years :LOL...

My BN's maint section had two M88's .. One was gas, the other had the M48/M60 diesel pack .. The gas monster was a powerful beast down the trails at any speed.. Could out-tow the diesel, so I was told.. In the mid-2000s the BN was reclassified as Cavalry and had to turn in the heavy armor...

pictured in 1977 .. I seem to remember it was a flamethrower mod but am unsure . .Anyone know for sure? It sure ain't a sherman turret :p

Below: M211 converted with a M50A1/A2 or M49A1/A2 tank modified to sit in bed .. . Truck was otherwise immaculate .. Pictured in local fire service 2008 Below: XM211 working for local highway dept , pictured early-70's. (the cckw was set up with an air compressor or genny, I don't...

Below: GMC CCKW outfitted with Bantam shovel .. pictured in 1977 at a VT highway dept .. Had been used to load trucks at gravel pits as well as ditch and embankment work Below: CCKW half-cab that had been a seabees crane truck .. pictured in 1986 at a stone quarry Below...

Below: 4T Model 972 (edited : thanks Jeff) ... It was a rock hauler up into the 1980's, replaced by bigger-newer, and he wanted to preserve it anyway.. Had been sitting about 5 years when I saw it.. Owner said a little fresh gas and grease and it could go right back to work Below: A...

i just spent most of the morning digging thru albums and cannot locate a pic :( i took @1975 or 76 of a town FD's M37-type that was set up as a tanker/brush fire fighter w/hose reels and side-mounted backpack tanks for 8 or 10 men .. It did not have the typical M37 box, rather, the bed was...

I nominate this "Aberdeen" survivor .. The sticky sprag was being tested .. This 1970 XM818 workhorse has regular jobs , box trailer and stepdeck

About your truck :: you almost have a unicorn During my long tenure I was around the last few inventoried M37's and M715's briefly, then the M880's, and lastly the chevys ... Not to mention all of the big stuff wheeled and tracked .. As a young lad MV's always caught my eye.. During the...

Welcome to the MV disease .. I thought i was cured and wanted no more to do with MV's by the time i was discharged the 3rd time around.. But apparently not .. In less than two years I had a hankering for my early days and fell off the wagon.. The inevitable marriage counseling and divorce did...

that's an easy 1 , 2, 3 ! 1: Close that hood and take a sunny-day picture among the "foliage" without any civilization in the background 2: Take said picture and submit it in the "Welcome to the February 2024 MV of the Month Nomination Thread!" 3: Ask Migginsbros if the grand prize is...

quite indicative of an inop in-tank fuel pump if truck sat a long time.. you should hear the pump run at the tank with acc switch on and hear the return fuel spilling back in .... there is a fuse on top of the tank underneath the square cover .. if fuse (and power there) is good and still no...

besides a cable(s) that is hanging up, another thing i have run into with GM products are rubber brake lines swelling on the inside .. They may visually look perfect on the outside but the internal restriction will not let the affected brake(s) release right away , it takes a few minutes for...

done that many times ... but sometimes it is the big ugly military truck holding them up , thus I have never had any qualms whatsoever about using the breakdown, errr i mean "slowpoke lane" :LOL: to let others by when it's me.. Even back whenever we were in convoy long ago we would give the...

Brushhogs sure guarantee immediate results !! Any brushhogging I do is late-fall and winter, snow permitting.. A properly-adjusted and sharp sicklebar mows faster in grasses and weeds thus it at least gives you a chance of getting away unscathed if you spot them right when it happens, or if...

your story sounds like something i could've done with a certain pack of kids, given the opportunity (and insect netting) .. ;) With the track record of one of the packs I hung with, we ALL woulda been stung to bits the very first time :ROFLMAO: The XM211 I had years ago ran out of gas in the...

none of mine have that plate however i have seen the plate on other late-70's-80's chrysler products

you never met my younger sisters and their friends ,, nor my GF ... All farm girls, all tomboys, and all into any kind of fun havoc and multiple mayhems including everything on your list.. (do firecrackers, M80's, and quarter-sticks (dynamite) suffice in leiu of pipe bombs?) :ROFLMAO: .. But...