Joe wrote:
[snip]
>
> I take it our armed forces must build some pretty
>> hardcore shelters to drown out the noise of these things.
>+++++++++++++++++++++
>I can't believe that any military force would make a machine that
>makes so much noise to use in places where they might be trying to be
>inconspicous.
>
>
(more than you ever wanted to know about noise discipline)
When I was in 4/8 Cavalry in Germany, we had a portable generator that
Headquarters used on an as needed basis (like when I buzzed my hair
after we got out to the sand in Desert Storm). We were in the same
bivuack area (Brigade Support Area) most of the time we were in the
desert.
But during manuvers in the forests at Grafenwohr and Hoenfels the
support platoon (we had HMMTTs, 2500 gallon fuelers and 10 ton cargos)
would usually shack up somewhere well away from Headquarters.
When I was in 24th Main Support Battalion (5 ton tractors and cargos),
we would bivauck in a Division Support Area, and the generator would run
constantly. If one of the guards saw an 'attack' (about a fifty-fifty
chance) they would get on the field telephone and eventually the
generator would be shut down.
It was the fact that the DSA was 20 miles behind the FEBA (Forward Edge
of the Battle Area) that was supposed to protect us. But during both
rotations through NTC the chow hall got 'blown up' by 'terrorists'.
Thankfully we still got to use it in spite of being unable to keep the
opfor out-they just wanted us to learn.
In both units, during the offensive part of Desert Storm, they did
without the generators, everybody was in column formation and we all
went everywhere together, as a unit.
(/more than you ever wanted to know about noise discipline)
Sean
P.S.: I was in the Army from '89 to '93 as a motor transport operator.
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