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So that would explain why an M923 surrounded by MTVRs would be an F, even though it was in good shape. It was obsolescent, and would be turned in rather than repaired. I did ask my Marine truck driver son about these markings, his response was that the embarkation folks painted that stuff on...

So, what does Condition Code F (or A, or E) actually mean? I looked quickly through the MIL-STD 3003, PRES seems to have something to do with how the vehicle was "preserved" for shipment, so at a guess DRIVE ON/OFF means it was not all taped up, drained, etc. Obviously, I'll have to read...

While on the topic of Marine markings, anyone able to say what these embarkation codes (with red arrows pointing at them) painted on Marine trucks/trailers mean? My son did tell me WR CARC was 'water reducible', so disregard that one. Cheers

Here is a picture of a Marine M1010, also in the Camp P museum. The picture crunches way down, but the door numbers are 534473. In this picture, it has a museum license plate on the front. It is marked USMC where the plate goes, visible when the museum plate is off. I got in a hurry and...

Most Marine deuces start with 37, though I have seen a couple that start with 39. The early gassers seem to have usually started with 18. On all my Marine vehicles, and most I look at, the 6-digit hood number (fender # on my motorcycles ;)) is the same as the vehicle serial number on the data...

If you were a Marine vet, you would have spelled it Marine! ;) Cheers

How about this marking? This is on an M870 trailer belonging to 1st CEB on Camp Pendleton. The neck is marked the same way, except the numbers were under the lettering. There were four trailers marked this way, the only tactical vehicles I have ever seen marked like that. When the site...

If there is anything consistent about Marine markings, it is inconsistency! They seem to like sandy/dusty places. My older boy did a tour in Afghanistan with 1CEB last year, his company is on a float now (13th MEU), which has ended up in the Persian Gulf region last I heard from him. He is...

Newbee, we're making the same point - the brass stencil does not make the V with legs, only the precut USMC one does. My observations are based on my own Marine time (late 70's-late 80's), former Marine vehicles I own now with the original markings intact, vehicles in the museum on Camp...

As regards the M being a V with legs - this applies only to the M in USMC. It seems that if you use the pre-cut USMC stencil, the M is the V with legs. Repaints seem to sometimes use the brass stencil, as do a lot of MTVR's. The M12345 RUC marking is unit applied using brass stencils, so...