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2010-02-10 Afghanistan

1st Battalion 6th Marines - What we pack

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2010-02-10 06:52|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Gotta love even a self-described POGUE carrying 500+ rounds of 5.56mm. I hope he gets to use all of it!

Posted by Grunt_0369 2010-02-10 07:28|| 2010-02-10 07:28|| Front Page Top

#2 Yomp tab yomp tab

Posted by Oscar 2010-02-10 08:59|| 2010-02-10 08:59|| Front Page Top

#3 Would you be so kind as to translate that, Oscar? My vocabulary is clearly still incomplete.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-02-10 09:08|| 2010-02-10 09:08|| Front Page Top

#4 Yomp - Royal Marine slang for Tactical Advance to Battle (tab).. A march with full battle gear and everything you need for survival in the wilds

I believe over on your side of the pond its called 'humping'

Posted by Oscar 2010-02-10 09:21|| 2010-02-10 09:21|| Front Page Top

#5 Humping correct. 500 rounds 5.56 is not too much, more is more common.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2010-02-10 09:36|| 2010-02-10 09:36|| Front Page Top

#6 Thank you, gentlemen. I didn't know either term, so now my vocabulary is doubly enriched.

Happy hunting to all involved! May all that ordnance find worthwhile targets.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-02-10 11:21|| 2010-02-10 11:21|| Front Page Top

#7 Yup. "Hump that pack up the trail, troop!"

Posted by mojo 2010-02-10 16:27|| 2010-02-10 16:27|| Front Page Top

#8 I stand behind my statement: 500+ rounds for a POGUE is a more than usual. 99% of POGUES won't fire that much in their entire deployment. That's why I said I hope he gets to use all of it.

Get some!

Posted by Grunt_0369 2010-02-10 19:35|| 2010-02-10 19:35|| Front Page Top

#9 Ammo loadout depends on the unit. In the Cav we always carried a ton, 600 per man even with HQ units, but half that was in the track still on bandoliers. Nice thing about being armored Cav, the only thing we humped were TOW missles when we dismounted. "Scout DISMOUNT!". 300m dash with a frikken TOW missile, and full battle rattle including chem gear and mask packed along, enough to tear your lungs up, especially in sand. I remeber one of the better things about making NCO was I got to carry the launcher and only had to run once, instead of humping 2 TOW rounds on 2 trips.

Airborne was a different story. Everyone carried full battle load, because you never knew where you'd land, so everyone had to have full ammo (lesson learned at Normandy and passed down ever since)

Posted by OldSpook 2010-02-10 20:30|| 2010-02-10 20:30|| Front Page Top

#10 True OS, I was 173rd and 82nd, so my point of view may be skewed. What you carried was all you were going to get.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2010-02-10 22:42|| 2010-02-10 22:42|| Front Page Top

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