View Full Version : May I see you Driver's License please ???
Actually, your military driver's license.
Got to thinking the other day on the different types of military vehicles I had a license for.
While I was in, I had a license for ....
1/4 ton
880
CUCV
HUMMV
and
M-113
Not that many, but was wondering what the other members of the board had/have.
***Extra bonus points for anyone who has BOTH being able to drive a tank and fly a gunship. :D
Team Sergeant
05-29-2014, 12:51
I've driven or have been trained to drive the following: (I may have left out another 25-50 systems);)
M16
M30
M4
M18A1
M203
FIM-92
M67
M18
AN-M8 HC
AN-M14 TH3
ABC-M7A2
M14
M1
M1911
M252
M2HB
M224
BGM-71
M74
M72A2
AT-4
M40A1 & M8C
M9
M1919A1
M1918
And don't get me started on the "foreign" models.....
(1VB)compforce
05-29-2014, 13:14
My early paperwork was lost when they went digital. So none now. I used to be licensed for:
The 1/4 ton Jeep, forget the nomenclature, but the last one before HMMWV's. I want to say M1A1, but that is probably wrong. It was a real POS with the starter on the floorboard.
TAACOM Instructor Certification M998 series HMMWV
M-113
1/2 Ton
Gamma Goat
Funny thing, I joined the Army at 17 and actually did not have a civilian driver's license until I got out. I was 18 when they sent me to the HMMWV course thinking it was just a regular driver course for the transition from jeep to HMMWV, Apparently it was too late when they figured out that it was an instructor course. I was the only enlisted, E-3, in a room full of CWOs. This gave me the ability to sign off on any SF-46 or DA 348 Army wide for the HMMWV. I then got tasked to teach the BDE motor pool personnel and BN drivers. All before I could even drive a car legally.
BoomerUSMC
05-29-2014, 13:45
My early paperwork was lost when they went digital. So none now. I used to be licensed for:
The 1/4 ton Jeep, forget the nomenclature, but the last one before HMMWV's.
M151a2 MUTT perhaps? Whenever I see one, I still get an overwhelming urge to mount a PRC-77 in the back of it.
The most intersesting: M561 Gama Goat. Let's see how many can say that.
Ha, found them. They were right where I left them! (That's a first. ;))
Sedan: 5-8 pass
Truck: 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, 1, 1 1/2 Ton
Truck: (All) 2 1/2 Ton
Generator Set: 100KW
The generator was the best. It was in a large, warm, loud, DRY, room where I got to ride out typhoons when the power went down. :D
Pat
The most intersesting: M561 Gama Goat. Let's see how many can say that.
Not only the Goat but also a chain saw.
5 Ton Tractor/Trailer
80 Pax
45 Pax Bus
Oh yeah, they loved me during post support. I spent so much time up at TMP I could get a 80 Pax or Bus without a request.
And everything smaller at TMP and the 5th Gp Motor Pool - except motorcycle.
Then there is that French Beast that was Oil Cooled and just listed as Truck/Cargo 5/10 ton.
TrapperFrank
05-29-2014, 17:02
Sin Jefe, I was qualified on the "Gamble" Goat too. It was a gamble every time you cranked it if it would get you from point a to b without breaking down.
Javadrinker
05-29-2014, 17:09
M151
M60
M114
M113
M577
M35
M54
M88
M577
M730
M274
M151
M60
M114
M113
M577
M35
M54
M88
M577
M730
M274
I was wondering when someone with a M274 would post. Thought I might be the only one....:eek:
I was wondering when someone with a M274 would post. Thought I might be the only one....:eek:
Damn, I wish I had known. I'd drive it. :D
Pat
(1VB)compforce
05-29-2014, 19:26
Damn, I wish I had known. I'd drive it. :D
Pat
I don't see a vehicle in that picture...
The Reaper
05-29-2014, 19:47
Damn, I wish I had known. I'd drive it. :D
Pat
She really needs to sandbag that 1919. :D
TR
Javadrinker
05-29-2014, 20:34
I was wondering when someone with a M274 would post. Thought I might be the only one....:eek:
being able to drive that mule beat carrying a lot of tank ammo :p
hated the gamma goat
loved the 114, that 283 was fun
I don't see a vehicle in that picture...
"Go snake eyes." :D
Pat
She really needs to sandbag that 1919. :D
TR
I think she's about to. ;)
Pat
mojaveman
05-29-2014, 21:49
Ok, learned how to drive an M151A2 at Ft. McClellan which I've now learned was actually a highly toxic environment when I went through Basic and AIT in '81.
Learned how to drive an M113 (on the water too) at Ft. Benning back in '84. I remember that the 113 was a pretty rough ride when you went off road.
TOMAHAWK9521
05-29-2014, 22:19
I've driven or have been trained to drive the following: (I may have left out another 25-50 systems);)
M16
M30
M4
M18A1
M203
FIM-92
M67
M18
AN-M8 HC
AN-M14 TH3
ABC-M7A2
M14
M1
M1911
M252
M2HB
M224
BGM-71
M74
M72A2
AT-4
M40A1 & M8C
M9
M1919A1
M1918
And don't get me started on the "foreign" models.....
So they used your 2-1 file for the script in "First Blood". "I could drive a million dollar tank. Fly and gunship. And here I can't even hold a damn job!!" :D
The most intersesting: M561 Gama Goat. Let's see how many can say that.
me, me, me...LOL I used to work on those beasts..
Lets see, not that many
M151 jeep
M35A2 duece and 1/2
M? mule, little flatbed go cart that had a 3k generator motor
M? 5 ton wrecker
a few more...
Oh, and lets not forget the "mandatory" 45? pax bus
forklift, hey somebodies gotta load the pallets...
miclo18d
05-30-2014, 05:55
M151A2 (old RSOV)
Landrover 110 (new RSOV)
CUCV
M998
FMTV
GMV
Zodiac outboard
Boston Whaler
Rode in a Gamma Goat when I was a kid!:D
Drove/rode Kawasaki 250, a Special Ops Harley Davidson (in 3/75th), and various ATV's (A-Stan) but never had a license for them.
CDRODA396
05-30-2014, 06:32
Weed eater, gasoline
The most intersesting: M561 Gama Goat. Let's see how many can say that.
Backing that thing with a short wheelbase generator trailer into the motorpool was the most challenging part of any maneuvers. Once you got the hang of 4 wheel steering, it was a piece of cake. 8th Sig in the FRG had them till 85 when the Hmmwv's started trickling in.
Backing that thing with a short wheelbase generator trailer into the motorpool was the most challenging part of any maneuvers. Once you got the hang of 4 wheel steering, it was a piece of cake. 8th Sig in the FRG had them till 85 when the Hmmwv's started trickling in.
Try sling loading it. It had a truss kit developed just for it. I always thought it would break in half.
me, me, me...LOL I used to work on those beasts..
Lets see, not that many
M151 jeep
M35A2 duece and 1/2
M? mule, little flatbed go cart that had a 3k generator motor
M? 5 ton wrecker
a few more...
Oh, and lets not forget the "mandatory" 45? pax bus
forklift, hey somebodies gotta load the pallets...
M274 = Mule
CDRODA396
05-30-2014, 10:00
Wasn't licensed, but did have the opportunity to fire one of these
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/M274_with_M40_in_AAFM.jpg at 55 gal drums in the ocean with the Marines down in GTMO before GTMO was cool (summer of '82). PV2 Me couldn't afford any film after I ran out before the shoot, so the pic is off of the internet.