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Caption This! All Not Quite Aboard…The Military Version!


Caption This! All Not Quite Aboard…The Military Version!

A HMMWV and a freight train, a match made in hell. Trust me, I know. Quite often it’s easier for a military unit to ship their vehicles via train to a depot close to a training facility rather than try to attempt a full-on convoy over several states. While a gigantic version of “Follow The Leader” isn’t a great idea, having soldiers drive trucks far bigger than their daily driver onto freight cars isn’t much better in most cases. Working the rail yard usually meant you saw all sorts of freak-outs, panicking drivers, exasperated ground guides, and communication systems that resembled someone dancing to “Y.M.C.A.”

The worst part, as a driver, is crossing from car to car. Essentially, two pieces of flat steel about 16″ wide is placed right about where a tire should be and chained to a hand-hold on the flatcar. If you steer any you risk going between rail cars, and that’s what’s happened here. The HMMWV made it over just fine, but the ground guide in front probably did not see where the trailer’s tire was at and the next thing you know, it’s “Uh, Sarge…? We have a problem…” Once that line is uttered, it’s time for the giant crane has to come out and get everything moved. This little “whoops!” will cost about an hour of time.

I’ll leave the comments (or excuses you’ll need for when the First Sergeant asks what the hell happened) up to you. Hope you got a good reason, otherwise I see a lot of push-ups in your future…

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(Image courtesy of U.S. Army WTF! Moments)


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5 thoughts on “Caption This! All Not Quite Aboard…The Military Version!

  1. Toolman

    Someone forgot to tighten down the E4 nuts like their NCO instructed. Now there’s yelling…

  2. Son Fitzgerald

    Trailer must have shifted during transport Sir. Who tied it down. It dog tracked. Won’t happen again Sir!

  3. threedoor

    Ugg, too much of this in my past. I had an 18 years of service 88M (truck driver) as my platoon sergeant who didn’t know how to use a chain and binder safely. Only three of us in the platoon had any actual OTR experience. Its like the blind leading the blind.

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