W-u-t-v-d-n-b-g-m
 

In adition, there were other ground-training and ground school sessions. For example, in one classroom session we learned how to navigate at night by a widely dispersed geographic network system of lights that blinked out morse codes. (we also received morse code refresher sessions) To enable a pilot to confirm or determine where he was, the system's "location" codes were sequenced in the geographic grid this specific order: (W - U - T - V - D - N - B - G - M). How is it that I still remember a detail like that sixty years later? It's because we had an outstanding instructor whose skills included the effective use of "memory keys". The key he gave us for remembering the light code sequence was this statement: "We Understand That Virgins Do Not Become Good Mothers". Who could forget that?

Memory plays an interesting game on us. It lets us forget things that we knew or even remember things we don't want to.

My M-1 serial # in bootcamp was 2520696 and that was 22 1/2 years ago.

Steve...
 

Truly strange,...isn't it?

My 300 yard ZERO (or: "Battle Sights") were: 18 clicks elevation and 2 clicks right windage on a calm day, and F3494 had to be stencilled on everything owned.

I guess that's good knowing, if I ever get the same weapon back...and really need to stop something dead in its tracks.

But, don't really think I need remembering that: "F3494".
Wife doesn't seem to have much trouble sorting-out our cloths, without such. :D Though, such numbering might come in handy at some Old Folks Home? :cd:

Neil

B-B-R-O-Y-G-B-V-G-W is the color chart for resistors The mnemonic "Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls But Violet Gives Willingly" and Black is zero and brown is 1, on an on in sequence. Something I learned in 12th grade Electronics class way back in 1979. One of those things that just sticks in ones memory then of course in Art class they taught us ROY G VIB for the color spectrum from Red-Orange-yellow-green-vilot-indigo-black
:D