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On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 10:25:31PM -0400, wrote:
> This is not live aboard related but a question to any US ex military
> signals people.
> The opening lines of "The Beach", a book by Alex Garland, are a radio comm
> from Alpha Patrol. Re the following lift "........taking fire. I repeat
> taking fire............."
> When I was playing Army in Australia, I was in a Sigs unit. The word
> "repeat" was not used in the above context. We said "..I say again....".
> "Repeat" was a word reserved for artillery usage and meant "repeat the same
> the same fire pattern"
> So my question is did or does the same apply to the US military?
Yes. "Repeat" is only used for artillery fire missions.
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Eric Kozowski
S/V Java - Cascade 36 #114
Portland, OR
http://www.svjava.com/
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