From: Stu Ellis (stuellis@attbi.com)
Date: Fri Mar 08 2002 - 11:18:01 PST
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron" <rojoha@mediaone.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 2:08 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] LIST OF MV'ers (with pink trucks) TO AVOID
> It has been pointed out to me that Hankies 'pink' vehicle was
actually
> one of the Army's attempts to reflect that women now make up a
considerable
> part of our fighting forces. As a result, in addition to female comfort
> packs with the necessary female expendables inside, the Army also fielded
> MWR units specifically for them. Hankies vehicle was one of the many
> "specialized" vehicles to support females in small, forward combat units.
> His truck was one of the first MRY-K vans deployed which contained
> hypo-allergenic camouflage materials that could be properly matched to the
> color palette of the individual female combat soldier and insured that
they
> were applied properly, so as not to clash with the uniform or
surroundings.
> Rumors have it that there were also AVO-N vans with similar missions.
> My favorite is the VICTOR -1A (SECRET) vans which were found mainly
> with SOCOM units. These provided specialized female clothing used in night
> time operations featureing hand to hand combat and culminating in
> penetration of secured facilities.
> Ronzo
>
>
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