MILITARY SERVICE REQUIREMENTS

[guohua]

@"guohua" 

Hi, Mr. G. here, I knew of two in our Infantry Platoon in Vietnam in 1969.
One was our radio man, carried a PRC-77 and it had to weigh 20 or 30 pounds with the big ass battery and then the extra battery and antenas.
He carried that thru the Jungle and slept with the hand mic on his ear encase Battalion called or @727Sky  needed an LZ cleared.

First, thank you for your service in what was ultimately a thankless* war.  Were you by any chance in the 25th Division "Tropic Lightning" ?

Yeah, the radios and heavy weapons were such a joy to haul around.  Got to say the "prick" was a rugged piece of gear, even if the electronics were not always the most reliable.  Kept the Comm-El maintenance folks busy.

* - Except I have heard expressions of thanks for the S Viets who were lucky enough to escape the regime change.  Thanks not directed at me, but members of my family who served there.

Yeah, I'm off topic.  Straighten me out if needed, mods.

Cheers

Hi, I was with the 9th Inf. Div. 1/60 th. My second tour was with the 75th Inf. Div. yes I should have known better. Then I was sent to Ft. Kobbe 3\5 of the 193rd Inf. Brig. in the Republic of Panama to teach jungle Warfare tactics.

You need not worry about the MODS here, they are Friendly and are not Strict like ATS would have been.

Hmmm.... I was attatched to the 9th Inf Div in Vietnam, in Camp Eagle up north for a month or so.

We called it flower Power...  those were good times..

Our garrison HQ was out of Binh Duong, but we were everywhere, mostly air lifted or deployed out of the Mekong Delta area. 
We were attached most of the time with the 3rd. Brigad, we were a kind of, special in our operations.