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| 29.1 | You never know what will be useful | ABE::STARIN | It didn't happen on my watch, Chief. | Tue Nov 28 1989 15:48 | 23 |
| Re .0:
I made four overseas deployments with a US Navy ashore mobile contingency
communications unit. The deployments ranged from the Caribbean to
North Africa.
IMHO, you can never pack too much in the cruise boxes. Remember,
there aren't any Radio Shacks in Morocco (or at least none that
I know of) or Sears or anything like we in the US are accustomed
to.
If you don't bring it, you're likely not to find it when you need
it.
An example: I mentioned in earlier note I still have C-ration can
opener (aka P-38 or John Wayne Can Opener) on my keychain. Why if
there aren't any more C-rats? Well, it can double as a screwdriver
and in 1986 in Norway it was the only can opener initially available on our
deployment! The Admiral wanted coffee and his staff couldn't open
the can of coffee so guess who saved the day?
Mark
RMC USNR
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| 29.2 | Some Tricks of the Trade | LANDO::DENNING | | Tue Nov 28 1989 16:18 | 24 |
| Some secrets of the trade.
You masking tape to blouse your boots around your ankles.
This keeps out nasty critters like chiggers and ticks.
It also looks good because it holds your trousers in.
NEVER use blousing rubbers or elastic bands, They cut off the
circulation and the look like hell. NEVER use the blousing string in
the trouser to blouse your boots. This really looks SXxi. (No Offense
National Guard folks, but you line units are the biggest offender of
this..)
Remove the blousing string in the BDU trousers. This makes blousing the
trouser leg in more comfortable and prevents that liitle green snake
from making an unwanted apperance.
ScotchGuard the inside of Dress shirts, BDU and fatigue shirts and
crotches of trousers. This helps gut down on the amount of sweat that
comes thru the uniform.
Use garters attached to the bottom of your dress shirt to the tops of
your socks. This keeps your socks up and your shirt in. This prevents
the baggy shirt look.
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| 29.3 | Flea and Tick Spray | EARRTH::FIRTH | | Wed Nov 29 1989 08:28 | 8 |
| When at Ft Campbell, KY (the home of ticks, chiggers, etc) we
found something that was very good for keeping the unwanted
creatures off. We sprayed our clothing with Sargent's Large
Dog Flea and Tick Spray. Of course the label said that it was
not for human use, but it worked.
Bill USAR
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