On 21 Aug 2005 13:19:18 -0700, wrote in
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Robeson couldn't even name the very common all-service small-unit
radio of his early time, the AN/PRC-25 or PRC-77.


I wouldn't call it "small" -- those puppies get mighty heavy on a
forced march. A "small" radio would be the PRC-68. But the RT-841 (the
RT used for the PRC-77) was the bread and butter of ground radio comm.


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In much earlier newsgroup postings, Robeson stated he had a
medical discharge to explain not completing a full 20 years,
"due to an accident." Then, after several days, he changed
that to "honorable" claiming it was "changed later" by some
unspecified authority. Medical discharges are given for a
variety of reasons, not always due to physical disabilities.
[that's in Google archives]


A medical discharge is an administrative, or "general", discharge
"under honorable conditions". They are not changed to "honorable"
unless there were mitigating circumstances that led to the original
discharge being incorrect. But there is no way he would have been
granted retirement benefits without serving the full 20 years. (And
BTW, the rank of Gy.Sgt. is pretty low for retired enlisted.)


Robeson has consistently tried to make fun of others' military
assignments, claiming his (classic) been in "seven hostile
actions."


I can't find that post.


First of all servicemenbers don't have any choice
of what they do, they go and do whatever they are assigned,
wherever commanded.


Upon completion of MOS training, some are allowed to request a
particular duty station at first. Sometimes that request is granted.
After that it's a crap shoot.


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This fierce warrior, self-promoted "seven hostile
action" implied hero can't even swear like a Marine among
other veterans? Highly unlikely. :-)


In all fairness, I knew quite a few Marines that didn't swear.


Phrases and euphemisms identified with the USMC are easy to
get in literature and from TV and movies (tons of that
material).


Very easy. What's missing from his stories are unique experiences.


Using such things is also easy enough to do...in
generalities. Imposters slip up when confronted with DETAILS
or specific-time/era-use phrases that weren't familiar to the
pharse-user's time. Robeson is big on generalities, very
short on specifics.

Robeson wants to be a Big Name. Any which way he can. He is
military-minded, with any photo of him on the 'web IN UNIFORM
of some sort, green scrubs to CAP-patched flight suit. He is
an amateur extra, yet never worked IN military radio comms.
He bragged of having a civilian private pilot's license
before joining the Corps yet never became Air Crew in the Corps.


I got to fly a Huey for about 5 seconds, then the pilot pulled us out
of the spin. I've heard it said that flying a helicopter is like
roller-skating on a greased bowling ball. I agree.










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