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LEADERSHIP – ORDERED BY RANK
          PFC – Private First Class
          LCpl – Lance Corporal
          Cpl – Corporal
          Sgt – Sergeant
          SSgt – Staff Sergeant
          GySgt – Gunnery Sergeant
          1Sgt – First Sgt
          1stLt – First Lieutenant
          Capt - Captain
          Maj – Major




          MEASUREMENT
          Clicks - Kilometers
          Mikes - Minutes



          EQUIPMENT
          6x6 Truck – M939 truck. 5-Ton 6x6 US Military heavy truck. Designed to
                 transport a 10,000-pound cargo load – both troops and equipment.
          Amtracs – Abbreviation for Amphibious Tractor
          AN/VVS-2 – Passive night sight used in the driver's hatch.
          Humvee – Highly mobile, multipurpose, wheeled vehicle. A family of light, 4-
                 wheel drive, military trucks.
          LAV-25 – Two different entities of Marines dwell on the LAV-25 - The crew
                 and the scouts. With a turret having a 25mm Bushmaster Cannon,
                 capable of 200 rounds/minute and a coax mounted 7.62mm machine
                 gun, capable of 1,000 rounds/minute. The vehicle commander
                 controls a pintle-mounted 7.62mm machine gun. The vehicle
                 provides a drives hatch, gunner and vehicle commanders hatch in
                 the turret, two troop hatches, as well as two large bay doors
                 allowing scout egress from the vehicle.
          LAV-AT – The Antitank version – or TOW vehicle. This vehicle had a
                 turret/hammerhead that raised and lowered. Had two TOW missile
                 launchers and could carry 14 additional TOW rockets. It had to be in
                 a stopped position to acquire a target or fire.
          LAV-C2 – Serves as a mobile command post and communications vehicle.
                 Without a turret or Bushmaster chain gun, there are extra raised
                 positions for radio operators. Equipped with a 7.62mm pintle mount.
          LAV-L – The logistics vehicle. Designed with an empty passenger area to
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