[ARC5] Was arc-3, now military supply

[George Babits]

Maybe with all that "sheet music" he shared with the Marines.  Seems like we 
were always short!

Semper Fi'
George


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher Bowne" <aj1g at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Spencer Petri" <petewa5jci at gmail.com>
Cc: <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2017 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Was arc-3, now military supply


> Was told a "this is a no xxxxxer" story one time about a Navy supply 
> officer who thought the was ordering a thousand rolls of TP...only problem 
> was that the basic ordering unit for them was gross cases of 144 rolls 
> each...he ended up with 144,000 rolls ....was quite the stack of boxes on 
> the pier!
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Nov 28, 2017, at 14:54, Spencer Petri <petewa5jci at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Ask K7IRK, on the list, about what happens if an airplane is
>> "accidently" ordered and what became of it.
>>
>>> On 11/28/17, Craig <cvcantwell at verizon.net> wrote:
>>> One of the F-16 guys across the field from us ( Carswell AFB), made a
>>> small error in writing up a parts request. Transposing two numbers in
>>> the NSN sequence, he got 3 155mm howitzers delivered, instead of the
>>> bearings he wanted...Talk about a 3 ring circus to rectify that 
>>> mistake....
>>>
>>> Craig
>>>
>>> KF5JOT
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 11/27/2017 02:23 PM, Robert Eleazer wrote:
>>>> One of the stranger aspects of the military supply system was the
>>>> difficulty in getting rid of something that had been delivered to
>>>> you but did not order and did not want. A friend of mine was in the
>>>> USAF, working aircraft maintenance, when a .50 cal machine gun
>>>> arrived.  it did not fit any of their aircraft and they had no need
>>>> for it.  They tried to refuse it and were told that was not possible,
>>>> and since it was a weapon it would have to be locked up and guarded
>>>> very carefully.  So after calling around and not finding no one to
>>>> take it off their hands, my friend decided to try something.  He
>>>> filled out a requisition form for 10,000 rounds of .50 cal Armor
>>>> Piercing Incendiary ammunition.  A couple of days later their shop was
>>>> surrounded by armed Security Police who demanded to know why they
>>>> needed that ammo.  He pointed to the gun and they said, "You're not
>>>> supposed to have that!" and hauled it away.
>>>> No doubt we could go on for some time on this subject.
>>>>
>>>> Wayne
>>>> WB5WSV
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