Frank Gilliland wrote:

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Assuming you really
-are- who you claim, you sure are setting a -=BAD=- example of the
discipline both required and expected of a retired Marine Gunny of 18
years (which is bull**** in and of itself) by wasting so much time
engaging in flame wars on Usenet. I can get away with it because I was
a ****bird..... but you? Heck, if I was USMC retired and behaving the
way you do I'd go outside and kick my -own- ass out of respect for the
Corps. And -THAT'S- what Semper Fidelis means, Steve.

;^))

And here is where your lies finally come to an end. If -you- were in
avionics in the 80's then you most certainly -DID- 'serve' under
"Colonel Vinson"...... who, BTW, is not a real person, and you would
have known that if your story was true. VINSON was the crypto system
that was used for almost all radio equipment in that era, and EVERY
tech -- avionics AND ground -- was trained to do first and second
echelon repairs on that equipment. You could have easily replied with
"KY-58" (the avionics equivalent of the KY-57), or KYK-13 (key holder
used for both). But you didn't even recognize the name VINSON even in
context with Ft. Gordon, home of the crypto schools.

VINSON! I remember those. The 2ID provided us with aviation,
mobile/tactical radios. The kick13 was on a sweatty piece of parachute
cord that got passed from shift to shift; had to wear it on my neck.
The QRCT HF system also required a ky58, though the depot was Ft Gillem
(brac?).

What were the little tear-off code pages called?

KAC? Authenticate.

Haven't thought about that stuff in years.

Blah, blah, blah. You've been both outed and spanked. Either fess up
or shut up.

Thank you.