Ozark Huckleberry Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 3 minutes ago, Alpo said: Do sailors really call it that? One just did. 6 minutes ago, Alpo said: Until I got on the internet, I never heard it called a Dixie cup. Tell us you were never in the Navy, without telling us you were never in the Navy. Kinda surprised me — I took over a division on the Forrestal, had to show my junior enlisted how to box their covers ‘old school.’ 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 Called it that when I was in. 82 to 02. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 47 minutes ago, Sedalia Dave said: I want one! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 Maybe you can get Marshal Mo Hare to find one for you. Apparently the guy that makes them lives in Russia. https://englishrussia.com/2009/02/15/steampulk-tableware/#more-2295 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 17 hours ago, Alpo said: Maybe you can get Marshal Mo Hare to find one for you. Apparently the guy that makes them lives in Russia. https://englishrussia.com/2009/02/15/steampulk-tableware/#more-2295 There’s some cool stuff in there, but the post is from 2009. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 On 11/29/2023 at 9:08 AM, Alpo said: Do sailors really call it that? Until I got on the internet, I never heard it called a Dixie cup. It was a white hat. Sailors wore white hats. Yes, we called it the “Dixie cup” hat or cover. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 On 11/29/2023 at 9:08 AM, Alpo said: Do sailors really call it that? Until I got on the internet, I never heard it called a Dixie cup. It was a white hat. Sailors wore white hats. Buddy of mine served on the Saratoga. He refers to the white cover as a Cracker Jack. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 8 minutes ago, Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 said: Buddy of mine served on the Saratoga. He refers to the white cover as a Cracker Jack. That’s what I called my Dress Blues. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 and the field was soon clear cut 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 1 hour ago, Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 said: and the field was soon clear cut Gotta have a proper LZ. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Redleg Reilly, SASS #46372 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 8 hours ago, PowderRiverCowboy said: Rangers. The ONLY soldiers who wish they were Marines. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Joker Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 Over, under, around and through. The best ways to deal with an obstacle 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 *Primary Leadership Qualification It's a Canadian Thing! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Angus McPherson Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 3 hours ago, Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 said: *Primary Leadership Qualification It's a Canadian Thing! Two questions: What is "PLQ"? What is the new rank? "Special Corporal"? "Leaf Corporal"? "Special Chevron Corporal"? Angus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 17 hours ago, PowderRiverCowboy said: I've met plenty of Rangers. One of my best friends was one. I always thought "Hey Diddle Diddle, Straight Up The Middle" was more applicable to Marines, though. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 21 minutes ago, Black Angus McPherson said: Two questions: What is "PLQ"? What is the new rank? "Special Corporal"? "Leaf Corporal"? "Special Chevron Corporal"? Angus I had the same question, so I looked up Canadian enlisted ranks. A slick sleeve is an untrained private. One chevron is a trained private. Two chevrons is a corporal. Two chevrons and an oak leaf is a master corporal. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Angus McPherson Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 32 minutes ago, Alpo said: I had the same question, so I looked up Canadian enlisted ranks. A slick sleeve is an untrained private. One chevron is a trained private. Two chevrons is a corporal. Two chevrons and an oak leaf is a master corporal. OK, Call me "Master Corporal". Thanks Now, what is "PLQ"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 19 hours ago, PowderRiverCowboy said: earn my Ranger Tab in '69 "the shortest distance between you and your objective is usually mined" 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 1 hour ago, Black Angus McPherson said: OK, Call me "Master Corporal". Thanks Now, what is "PLQ"? Hey now, fair is fair. I figured out Master corporal. PLQ is yours. So stop dragging around and get to it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 I can see R. Lee yelling "What's your malfunction, Private Lip Quiver!" 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 well it could be akin to PLDC Primary leadership corse for remps or PNOC primary Non-Commissioned Officers Corse Combat Arms Chickasaw Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 According to here https://www.allacronyms.com/PLQ The number one on the list is primary leadership qualifications, Canadian military. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderRiverCowboy Posted December 5, 2023 Author Share Posted December 5, 2023 3 hours ago, Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L said: earn my Ranger Tab in '69 "the shortest distance between you and your objective is usually mined" Marine then went Army tabbed not scrolled But the unit I was in well Platoon Sgt was Ranger(scrolled ) SF and former Delta . We were training a unit for breaching a room they kept messing up and on a live fire shoot house I said here try this , Cracked the door and tossed a thermobaric grenade in and said thats how you clear a room I was in Iraq had no missions going the next day and a Marine unit asked our LT if he had someone that could rollout as they were a man short (sick ) . They asked who had the "club patch "ironed on inside of ACU blouse , Of course me and LT said well at least he speaks your terms LOL. I said sure . The Master Guns in charge asked if I wanted to drive or be gunner . LT yells hold up , he drives because he will shoot any damn thing that looks cross eyed at me . The Master Guns just laughed and said still a Marine . I ended up driving 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 (edited) 6 hours ago, Black Angus McPherson said: OK, Call me "Master Corporal". Thanks Now, what is "PLQ"? You Pards have to start reading my Ultra, Super Duper, highly secret/Classified hidden texts! LOL * Primary Leadership Course Edited December 5, 2023 by Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 17 hours ago, Redleg Reilly, SASS #46372 said: Rangers. The ONLY soldiers who wish they were Marines. And they come mighty close. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 On 12/3/2023 at 8:34 AM, Pat Riot said: Yes, we called it the “Dixie cup” hat or cover. I was told that it was a Dixie cup when out friend's son came home from the pacific with his friends in 1946 or1947. I was about five years old and have called them Dixie cups ever since. Once in awhile I've heard the called Popeyes, too. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 9 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: Once in awhile I've heard the called Popeyes, too. I haven’t heard Dixie Cups referred to as Popeyes. I do recall in Naples Italy toward the middle of a Med Cruise we had a new Master Chief of the Command and he dictated that all Enlisted below E-7 (CPO) must wear dress uniforms on Liberty. Side note: That guy was the most bitter miserable sonofab*tch I do believe I have ever known. I think the Captain brought him aboard so HE wouldn’t be the most hated man aboard. Anyway, my buddies and I were walking down the street towards The Piano Bar when some local guy calls to us “Hey Popeye!” My buddies got ticked. I laughed and yelled back in my best Popeye imitation “Whaddya want? Ack-ack-ack-ack-ACK” The guy and these pretty ladies he was with started laughing. My buddies started laughing. The guy says “Come, try my bar. I have American whiskey and pretty girls. Popeye, you get the first drink free.” Well, guess where we spent the rest of the day and most of the night. We had a ball. Just to be clear - I didn’t go because of the pretty girls. I was married and faithful. I went for the Whiskey! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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