Re: [MV] MIL CHANNEL'old Vietnam crap...'

From: Sonny Heath (sonny@defuniak.com)
Date: Sun Feb 13 2005 - 14:17:29 PST


I think the Motor Sergeant go his youngest and oldest backwards, diden't he?

Sonny

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron" <rojoha@adelphia.net>
To: "Sonny Heath" <sonny@defuniak.com>; "Military Vehicles Mailing List"
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Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 3:00 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] MIL CHANNEL'old Vietnam crap...'

> Don't know...it is what used to be known as the Discovery 'WINGS' channel
> The show is a 4 part series, called Risk Factor, repeating now. Unit
is
> an Engineer company from Tenn. Show follows them from notification of
> activation in Feb 2004 till 'Now'. Follows them driving their vehicles to
> Little Rock, loading on trains to Ft. Hood, training there, then loading
> them for shipment to Iraq. The Motor Pool Sgt. states "These 5 ton Dump
> Trucks, the youngest one we have, is 1956 and the newest one we have is
> 1964". In Iraq , shows HMMWV's taken out by IED, the trailers they are
> living in are mortared and 4 men are killed with several wounded..
> Unit is 39th Brigade, commanded by Brigadier General John Chastain
> (sp?). Unit is deployed for 18 months, 12 months in Iraq (Baghdad), the
rest
> requal and travel from US to Iraq and back.
>
> Really super video of them loading all the trucks and gear at the
> railhead for shipment to Ft. Hood.
>
> Ronzo
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sonny Heath" <sonny@defuniak.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>; "Ron"
> <rojoha@adelphia.net>
> Sent: 13 February, 2005 15:04
> Subject: Re: [MV] MIL CHANNEL'old Vietnam crap...'
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>
> > Ronzo,
> >
> > Is that something I can get on Dish Network?
> >
> > Sonny
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ron" <rojoha@adelphia.net>
> > To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 12:46 PM
> > Subject: [MV] MIL CHANNEL'old Vietnam crap...'
> >
> >
> >> On Military Channel now, SUN 1345 EST.... Nat Guard in Iraq showing
'this
> >> old Vietnam era crap they send us over with". 5 tons that won't start,
> > make
> >> shift armor on HMMWVs. etc .
> >> Ronzo
> >>
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