OT: For All You Military Folk...

[StrangerHorn]

Whatever happened to walking?...LOL One RPG and ya lost the whole gang! What are they thinking? 9 Soldiers on 1 jeep... I'd rather walk.....

This June, the U.S. Army awarded GM a $214.4 million contract to build 649 small, versatile, agile transports, meant to ferry nine soldiers and their gear. This is the finished product: the Infantry Squad Vehicle, based on the architecture of Chevy's ZR-2 pickup.

https://www.yahoo.com/autos/gm-just-delivered-first-badass-203000169.html

 

[Oldmanastro]

You mean you weren’t riding a horse during your time in the Marines??

 

[clob94]

Ask Fresh about the electric dirt bikes.

 

[easttx903]

i still miss my chevy D30 utility truck. (by mine i mean issued)

 

[RoboCocks21]

Take a close look at the camo

 

[oldhorn2]

You mean you weren’t riding a horse during your time in the Marines??

I am not sure horses had been invented back then....

 

[GuaranteedFresh!]

Ask Fresh about the electric dirt bikes.

The problem was that you needed a current license.

 

[Belldozer1]

You mean you weren’t riding a horse during your time in the Marines??

Horses weren’t around at that time, they were still riding dinosaurs.

 

[Belldozer1]

I am not sure horses had been invented back then....

Dang you beat me to it.....

 

[HornSolo]

Take a close look at the camo

Dammit sir, now I can’t unsee that !

 

[StrangerHorn]

Now Ya know if ya didn't how they got Jeeps to europe during WW2, pretty cool!

Not everyone knows what J.E.E.P. Stood for back then. That’s how it got it’s Name today.
Just. Enough.Essential.Parts. So cool to actually see this photo tonight.

 

[oldhorn2]

Now Ya know if ya didn't how they got Jeeps to europe during WW2, pretty cool!

Not everyone knows what J.E.E.P. Stood for back then. That’s how it got it’s Name today.
Just. Enough.Essential.Parts. So cool to actually see this photo tonight.

I know you have a story on this, but there never really was an anagram with JEEP. The way that vehicle got its name was from GP which stood for general purpose vehicle. The troops just started calling it jeep from the GP.

 

[Older Fan]

Whatever happened to walking?...LOL One RPG and ya lost the whole gang! What are they thinking? 9 Soldiers on 1 jeep... I'd rather walk.....

This June, the U.S. Army awarded GM a $214.4 million contract to build 649 small, versatile, agile transports, meant to ferry nine soldiers and their gear. This is the finished product: the Infantry Squad Vehicle, based on the architecture of Chevy's ZR-2 pickup.

https://www.yahoo.com/autos/gm-just-delivered-first-badass-203000169.html

The number hit by RPG or IED versus total number is minuscule.