You know you are past your expiriy date...

[Danjanou]

You know you are past your expiriy date when you served in an Infantry Bn Mortar Platoon  :-[

 

[dangerboy]

You know you are past your expiriy date when you served in an Infantry Bn Mortar Platoon  :-[

Or a Pioneer or Anti-Armour Pl :'(

 

[Edward Campbell]

Or even worse: the MG Pl.

 

[Kat Stevens]

Or you can remember when Combat Engineers did other Combat Engineering stuff than EOD.  Mundane, low speed stuff like bridging, rafting, watermanship, etc.

 

[Nfld Sapper]

Or you can remember when Combat Engineers did other Combat Engineering stuff than EOD.  Mundane, low speed stuff like bridging, rafting, watermanship, etc.

Water Supply, road ways.....  ;D

 

[Edward Campbell]

I remember when the Bn Tpt O was known as the MTO and the vehicle compound was the MT Compound.

Not too long before that, but not even Old Sweat was serving then, many units had two kinds of transport: animal and motor, and some units had more of the former than the latter. It was not until after about 1970 that someone finally amended CAMT 1-36, Staff Duties in the Field to remove the abbreviation for Principle Animal Transport Officer (PATO).

 

[George Wallace]

When you know what a Bailey Panel is.

 

[Nfld Sapper]

When you know what a Bailey Panel is.

Does that make me past my expiry date eventhough it was out of the system before I got in?

 

[Danjanou]

It was not until after about 1970 that someone finally amended CAMT 1-36, Staff Duties in the Field to remove the abbreviation for Principle Animal Transport Officer (PATO).

As I remember it my Basic Mortar Course in 1980 still listed a mule for carrying the ammunition in the dismounted/man packed role. :

 

[Old Sweat]

And in1973 I did an attachment to the Italian First Mountain Artillery Regiment for its annual practice camp in the Alps in Northwestern Italy. Except for one of the batteries which was assigned to the AMF(L), the rest of the unit was pack artillery, with mule transport for the guns, command posts, ammunition and echelon.

But then, I also remember when infantry battalions also had a machine gun platoon in support company.

 

[SeanNewman]

As I remember it my Basic Mortar Course in 1980 still listed a mule for carrying the ammunition in the dismounted/man packed role. :

The more things change...

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/12/12/kandahar-donkey.html

Actually, this time it proved to be a terrible failure though.  Well-meaning to take the weight off soldiers' backs, apparently they are not easy to actually house and take care of when not on operations.

 

[Long in the tooth]

You know how to 'off tune' the 510 set for better reception and
'Centurian' was a tank, not just a rank.

 

[Jammer]

You start repeating things in O Groups

 

[medicineman]

You start repeating things in O Groups

...from O Groups past.

MM

 

[mover1]

When you hear one private yelling at another private.
"go F@#$ your mother"
And you think to yourself "yeah I probably have"

 

[Fishbone Jones]

When you hear one private yelling at another private.
"go F@#$ your mother"
And you think to yourself "yeah I probably have"

Not quite sure how this one is coming across. You mean, "yeah, I've said that" or as you wrote it?

 

[GAP]

Not quite sure how this one is coming across. You mean, "yeah, I've said that" or as you wrote it?

does it matter, same result either way.... ;D

 

[mariomike]

Just in time for Mother's Day. 

 

[gaspasser]

When you hear one private yelling at another private.
"go F@#$ your mother"
And you think to yourself "yeah I probably have"

Why does that one NOT surprise me....and you owe me and new monitor...this one has coffee stains!!      8)  8) :blotto:

 

[Retired AF Guy]

Tell the following joke:

"What do you call a dog with three feet?

Answer: A yard dog!"

And everyone just gives you a look that says: "What's a yard?"