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move out right "now") for your qualification run, you will realize
that you desperately need to take a leak.
2. The fuel truck will run out of fuel just before he gets to your
tank.
2a. You will run out of fuel before he returns.
4. If a supply sergeant is given a choice between death and going to
5. Attempting to help recover a mired tank will only result in your
tank becoming mired also.
6. The primary purpose of an operations order is to ensure that all
blame falls on the line units.
6a. For this reason, the staff will not publish an operations order
until after the exercise is completed.
7. Night vision devices will only fail at night.
7a. They will function perfectly once the sun rises.
8. The dirtier and more tired you are, the less appreciative you
uniform.
9. The heater on your tank will fail in October. The part to repair it
will arrive in April.
10. No matter how minor the ailment, a visit to the medics will result
in an I.V.
10a. Arguing with the medics about this will result in your being
evacuated in a neck brace and back board (in addition to the I.V.).
12. The only times you will throw a track (that flexible band of metal
and rubber the tank travels on) are: a. At night, b. in the rain, c.
during the movement back to garrison, or d. one hour after you
installed the new ones.
13. Your vehicle will go NMC (Not Mission Capable - deadlined ) right
after the contact team leaves the AO (Area of Operations).
15. Shaking trees to your front mean that you are being hunted by
helicopters.
16. When you are told your engineer support was needed elsewhere, the
bridge will be out.
after the wash rack (where tanks are cleaned) closes.
are the dangerous ones, the smaller ones are infantry.
18a. The infantry muzzle flashes you ignore are covering an anti-tank
team setting up.
Table VIII (The tank crew qualification test a 10 engagement run on a
tank range which tank crews must successfully complete in order to be
a qualified crew. Like going to the rifle range for a qualification of
expert) shoot.
20. XO math: 3 pacs on the ground + no fueler + 2 deadlines = 100% FMC
(Fully Mission Capable).
21. Close air support is safest from far away.
22. Proving that three feet of frontal armor protection will defend
track.
probably not getting that promotion.
backing up.
25. The one time you skip the firing circuit test is when you have the
misfire.
not an appropriate use of ammunition.
chemical/biological/nuclear weapons detection vehicle) looks like a
28. Blackout drive + autobahn + 0345 = polizei.
29. Unsecured turrets will only swing freely mid-way through a rail
tunnel.
30. When doing a gunnery, the tank is always operational until you get
to the ready line.
be breaking track.
32. First sergeant math: Buy Gatorade for $1.49 each and sell for
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