PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-709
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 709
DECEMBER 2011
28
PS 709
DEC 11
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PS 709
DEC 11
yes, colonel
yell. this is
a tm.
did you
know our
walker
dragoons
are prone to
fallen loading
levers?
the screws
connecting
the loading
levers to
the rams can
loosen, which
changes the
geometry
between pivet
and latch.
despite colonel yell’s
well-bellowed advice, pike
decided to follow the
book, by…well…the
book.
though colonel yell never gave
pike credit for going the extra
mile, the commanding officer
did
notice, and soon pike was
promoted and put in charge of
company e, first dragoons.
but john roane did not view pike’s
promotion quite so favorably,
and after yell died at the battle
of buena vista, roane let it be
known what he thought of his up-
and-coming rival…
he had his men tend to their
revolvers and muskets and
care properly for their horses,
ignoring the jeers and smirks
from the other troops.
all
I
know is
that coffee
tastes better
if latrines are
dug
downstream
from camp.
of course, sir,
but shouldn’t
we check our
revolvers and
tighten the screws
like the tm says?
book, schmook.
take a few lessons
from
roane!
now
there’s
a
fellow who doesn’t
waste time
reading!
I came up
with a limerick
in honor of
your new
company.
congratu-
lations pike!
there was a young fella named
pike,
whose ancestor went for a
hike.
the old man got fame
while the younger stayed lame…
hmm,
I wonder what
lameness
feels like?
it goes
like
this…
put
that
in the
next
field
regulation,
pike!
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