Military Urban Legends
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ArmyVern (Female type) said:
In all fairness ... it is the NCM bit that lends credibility to the plausibility of this myth with the OCdt being an actual occurance!! >
Wrong, they brainwash us all to clear our heads of unnecessary jibber-jabber, even former NCMs. :blotto:
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ʞɔoɹɯɐɥs said:
Perhaps LEARNING a paycheque...?
RangerRay
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One story I heard quite a bit was that in the build-up to Op DESERT STORM, the US offered to equip 4CMBG with first generation M1 Abrahms, M2 Bradleys, HMMVWs, etc...all we had to do was fly the troops to Saudi and the Yanks would have a whole brigade's worth of kit waiting for them.
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Confirmed or Busted?
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i remember that rumour about the tanks and other pieces of equipment , it was suppose to be have been said between the President and the Prime Minister at a high level meeting in Canada.
there was news reports of it, but the rumour was the PM did not want to look like a charity case.
other eqipment myth? helicopters after Nam the Us offered Canadian all the single engine huesy they could fly all they had to do wa pick them up off some island where the US forces was dumping equipment that was coming out of country in the withdrawal of US forces
myth or confirm
there was news reports of it, but the rumour was the PM did not want to look like a charity case.
other eqipment myth? helicopters after Nam the Us offered Canadian all the single engine huesy they could fly all they had to do wa pick them up off some island where the US forces was dumping equipment that was coming out of country in the withdrawal of US forces
myth or confirm
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In the final days, the US Navy was literaly pushing helicopters into the drink after they landed on USN ships to disgorge evacuees.... to make room for oncoming waves of more ARVN helicopters. Quite probably, both American and Vietnamese UH1s went into the drink that week - what a way to clear up a DA shortageFormerHorseGuard said:
Then again, didn't we do something like that when we pulled out of BH? Burnt a lot of kit - instead of shipping the gear back to Canada... Musta been a great BOI to close off that inventory.
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FormerHorseGuard said:
And I would also like to "take a vacation" to "some island' for some "souvenirs" ;D
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I've heard.....
There are two methods of arguing with ArmyVern.
The first one doesn't work,
and the second will send you screaming like a frightened little school girl. ;D
There are two methods of arguing with ArmyVern.
The first one doesn't work,
and the second will send you screaming like a frightened little school girl. ;D
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geo said:In the final days, the US Navy was literaly pushing helicopters into the drink after they landed on USN ships to disgorge evacuees.... to make room for oncoming waves of more ARVN helicopters. Quite probably, both American and Vietnamese UH1s went into the drink that week - what a way to clear up a DA shortage
Then again, didn't we do something like that when we pulled out of BH? Burnt a lot of kit - instead of shipping the gear back to Canada... Musta been a great BOI to close off that inventory.
You should have seen Somalia..............the amounts of "stuff" we left behind........actually, for some reason they made us burn everything.....
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Old Ranger said:
This brings to mind some of the Lefties who have tried to impart their wisdom on this site:
They only have two clues.
One's Lost; and
The other is out looking for it.
Now I am not an expert or anything, so I can not guarantee that this is indeed a fact or not, so it should fit into the Urban Legend realm of UFI.
