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My favorite, too.

If it had the 152mm HEAT round would have dealt a death blow. At Graf one year, there were three "new" M47 hulks down range for us to fire service HEAT. By the time we rolled off the range they were nothing but piles of metallic dust.

TTS was great. At the time it was more mature than the sight on the LRIP M1s. Eventually the sights on the M1s and succeeding models caught up in capability.

The reason for the Combat Arms Regimental numbering system for the First Cav is that they wanted to retain the unit designations from VN. Now, why they wanted to do that is simple, but violated Army unit lineage and unit organization rules. Short story: when the First Cav came back from VN...

Convair/General Dynamics put out a video at the time it was decided to move to low level missions. Thought this was interesting.

As a kid I had a B-58 toy replica. Not the scale model from Revell, but the moving parts plastic one. It was about 16 inches long I think.

I still have one and use it every once in while.

Agreed.

Talking about tradition, then posting the background picture by some ahistorical, poorly read and educated puke and cleared by same.

"Of course it does." = James Bond

Used to conduct training in the Rainier Training Area. It can be a spooky place. There is so much dead fall one wrong step and a soldier could completely disappear from view. It's like falling into a pit. One night, at a short halt, we all swore we heard Sasquatch moving about 50 meters...

In the wrong hands a car is a weapon. We were taught that early on. And people who drive like you describe are dangerous to others, maybe intentionally, and IMO there are more and more of them as the cultural climate has declined.

Typical German weather would rust many things. Had to take care of them diligently. There were zippered covers for our M2s which we used if we were moving from range to range or on maneuvers. This was before MILES gear where the gun had to be exposed to the elements.

Something from history: I'd like an M3A1 grease gun, something I carried for a few years.

If you haven't seen it, I recommend the movie, 6 Days with Mark Strong. It's about the siege and trying to negotiate a peaceful solution prior to the raid.

I second his statement that awareness is a must. As part of a counter-surveillance exercise many years ago, and knowing "they" were out there somewhere, the slightest distraction can divert your attention and allow the tailer to slip in and get close. At night while driving is especially a...

For a transition to sanity read Radical Son by David Horowitz.

Not only were the Sheridans brought out, but so were the original 152mm HE rounds. Someone decided to have us fire those instead of the standard HEAT rounds during a level two gunnery in the fall of 1977. After a couple of trips across the ocean and lord knows how long in storage it made for...

Did they put her desk in the boiler room?

Thanks for the article and the pic of the P-38. Man, I love that aircraft!