10. YOU GET TO PLAY WITH BIG GUNS.
9. YOU GET TO BLOW STUFF UP.
8. YOU CAN WEAR RED SOCKS WITH NO QUESTIONS ASKED.
7. YOU CAN ALWAYS SAY "IT LOOKED GOOD WHEN IT LEFT HERE!"
6. POWDER IS ALWAYS DRY.
5. EVERY ROCKET FIRED IS LIKE JULY 4TH (OVER AND OVER AGAIN).
4. DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE LATE IN YOUR CAREER BECAUSE YOU ARE DEAF.
3. YOU CAN GET 30% DISABILITY (SEE #4).
2. WE HAVE COOL MEDALS FOR BOTH HIM & HER.
AND THE #1 REASON TO BE A REDLEG IS...
1. YOU GET TO BE THE KING!
"It's good to be the King."
11. It helps the infantry keep up with their map reading.
I'm losing my mojo.
Don't forget to dig your foxholes before you start making all that noise shooting.
Like I said,tankers-use AP, #12 Naval gunners, we don't need no stinking fox-holes!
"It's good to be the King."
Pawn takes Queen. Knight takes Queen. Rook takes Queen. (Can't say the rest, this is a family friendly blog after all.)
Any last requests? Novacain.
Why would I wanna do that, JTG?
Used to take three rounds to find the range followed by Fire For Effect with dumb projos just to destroy what can now be destroyed with one Excalibur.
It used to be the work of giants, to serve well the guns.
Now little girls do it.
Heard this from someone, or I'd give credit:
What's the 4th ID patch symbolize?
4 LT's all pointing north.
If it's the former, well, you really shouldn't need Miracle to take you to the answer.
As for what Ry's alluding to - precision artillery fire has always had it's place.
But in other conditions, other situations, quantity has a quality all it's own.
And that doesnt' have to mean Passchendaele and the Somme, either.
Naval gunners? Are there any of those left? Those 5-inch pea-shooters don't count...
Ah well, one day they'll realize that the Navy could be twice as useful if they focused on railgun technology...but no, right now they're too busy trying to building some kinda coastal Navy with Littoral Combat Canoes and those silly toy submarines...
The branch color is scarlet... hence, red socks. Red suspenders, too.
Non-standard uniform items, just like the Order of Saint Barbara medal those of us who have them wear on that day, as well.
In naval usage the red paint was used to mask the color of blood during battles.
With the artillery, I'm not sure. In US usage, the branch colors weren't applied until the early 1800s.
Well red is often associated with bravery/courage (a theme of the Saint Barbara story and a common military theme) which seems to be part of many flags and that is of course also associated with blood and there's also the red-iron association symbolic of strength which is why blood is red in the first place.
Mind you when I think of iron and red i think of rust which has another meaning entirely.
I'm not convinced I just made any sense.
One thing I've noticed, in talking and dealing with the younger soldiers - they don't have the same issues with this sort of thing that my cohort worked through.
That isn't to say there aren't problems. Clearly, there are - one has only to look at the sexual harassment statistics and the behaviors in the deployed force.
Of course, one has only to go to Daytona Beach during Spring Break to see the same pathologies at work.
Doesn't mean a return to status quo ante WAC is a good idea either.
Especially if you intend to man the force with volunteers.
Hetero warriors wil hit that. Even the younger ones. The soap opera of LSA #4 will be continued.