Re: [GZG] Small thought re: Orbital Assault

[Carlos Lourenco <loscon@xxxxxxxxx>]

In US Army the terms "motorized" and "tank" are kind of mutually
exclusive. One means  a tank and nothing else, the other means a
unit conveyed on a wheeled vehicle. There's no motorized tank platoon,
it's either a tank platoon or a motorized platoon.  A tank platoon
could have traded in it's M1s for M114s and still eb called a tank
platoon just like an engineer platoon could be driving supplies around
town and still be called an eng platoon not a transport platoon. 
And while we're at it "mechanized confers tracked status. Probably some
mis-reading, or partial reading or partial retelling of some larger
issue is at work here.

Now the Ops sgt could be monkeying around w/ powerpoint briefings and
it could pass through an occisaion HQ not no one notices of cares.
During wartime much decentralization fo OB and equipment and
personnel  occur form Divs on down, as forces monkey around with
their particular situation to make the best out of it, doens't mean
it's some kind of official DOD sanctioned. One week after 911 we were
completely rewriting large tracts of doctrine to fit our needs in
theater,  doesn't mean it stuck back in teh USA but it's how we
operated ourselves. 

WIth regard to MREs they're not bad, has good as anything most other
armies use (having tried most menus myself in my day) they're
constantly changing the menus, though eating ANYTHING (even KC BBQ) out
of a bag day in and day out  will convince you it sucks, plus the
grass always being greener and whatnot. Don't forget to run all GI
comments through a bitch filter before trying to analyze a statements
for sea changes.

Los

On 11/30/05, Robert Makowsky <rmakowsky@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

There are people who would complain about the food if
their mother was along on the cruise making it for
them and then there are folks who will eat what is in
front of them without comment.  Overall we remember
the grouches because they are louder.

Bob Makowsky


--- Roger Books <roger.books@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Is the food really that bad?  When I was in the Navy
> I heard people complain
> at the #1rated mess hall inConUS.  They had a
> professional chef who was a
> naturalized citizen who enlisted to "do his part."
> I couldn't believe the
> complaints about truly outstanding food.  Shipboard
> I heard people complain
> about the Alaskan king crab legs we had at a holiday
> meal.
>
> I realize the Navy probably eats better than the
> ground forces, but after
> the grousing I heard I wonder if the only way the
> military could make people
> happy is to bring people's mothers along.
>
> Roger Books
>

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