Differant millitary trivia...

okay, here's yet another one.
what was thought of the idea of wearing protective helmets during World War One?

Helmets are for COWARDS AND WOMEN!!!!

Protecting your head is a sign of WEAKNESS! It will lower morale and give our enemy reason to fight!!!

man, panic, you are on fire! who passed you the napalm?

Hey kkoeber this is your thread, how about a rule here,

Who ever gets the previous question correct, gets to post the next question.

Just a thought

that seems pretty fair. that way i don't have to post all the questions.

Now all we neéd is Panic to post the next question

meh, he doesn't log on until about 0300 tango.

one of the benifits of being International

haha, it's great for you, but sucks for us!

Why ???


I´m up at all hours, one of the benifits of being an Insomniac

it sucks for us because a lot of people sleep around that time, haha. i'm with you, though, i function better at night. i am most definitely not a morning person.

if you wake me in the early morning, say, 0900, i will tear your head off.

wow, this has gotten so far off-topic, it is verging on crashing into on-topic.

Hahahaha, I AM the Napalm Jarhead! I bring the heat, the heat isn't brought to me!

Alright, next question then:


Why are Cadets at the Virginia Military Institution allowed to parade with fixed Bayonets?

Does it have anything to do with Private John Strange ?

It does not

Darn !!!

Then I have no freakin Idea, unless it is because that VMI was founded on the site of a former arsenal and they are still protecting anything that may be hidden or buried on the grounds, other than that I havn´t got a clue.


2 days later and I´m still waiting on the freakin answer !!! me be 2 dumb to find it

panic, since you suck so much at this, i'm going to make another question.
two-parter! (easy for you Navy buffs)
okay, what sort of vessel had the designation DD-877, and what was this vessel's fate?

Hey now! Unkind.

Since I guess Jarhead took over the answer is: Cadets at VMI are allowed to parade with fixed bayonets because during the Civil War, Cadets from VMI fought as an independent unit at the battle of New Market for the Confederacy. Therefore, they are the only Military Academy or College authorized to fix bayonets or wear red during formal parade.

panic324 wrote:

Hey now! Unkind.

it's a term of endearment, man! are we good? (offers hand in apology)

Its all good bud. *accepts apology*

happy days! okay, so any idea as to the answer of my question, panic?

Nah, I've got nothing. 877 totally rings a bell though.

think, panic, think! you know this answer!

*thinking* ... *thinking* ...



grr... i'm drawing a complete and total blank. All I can think of is that DD must stand for some type of destroyer.

close, close! what class?

i'll give you one-fourth of a cheap knock-off brand cookie that tastes eerily like human if you have to look it up, panic!

DD-877 ( DD=Destroyer Division )

USS Perkins

Radar Picket Ship

Was given to Argentina in 1973, got a new name, the `` Comodoro Py ´´

Fate Scrapped in 1984