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A headset for the HMMWV!


HUH? WAHT DID YOU SAY?

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WHAT!? I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING!

SPEAK UP!

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D'OH! WE'VE GOT HEADSETS!

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AHH AHH AllHipHop.com (website)
AHH Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylase
AHH Arizona Heart Hospital
AHH Ace's Happy Homepage
AHH Adaptive Hard Handoff
 ... THAT'S BETTER

... AND WE'VE GOT HEARING PROTECTION!

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FORTY YEARS FROM NOW, WHEN YOU'RE TELLING WAR STORIES TO YOUR GRANDCHILDREN, YOU'LL WANT TO HEAR THEIR CUTE REPLIES.

BUT YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO IF YOU'RE TRAVELING IN AN UP-ARMORED M1114 HUMVEE Hum·vee  

A trademark used for a durable wide-bodied military vehicle with four-wheel drive.

Noun 1. Humvee - a high mobility, multipurpose, military vehicle with four-wheel drive
Hum-Vee
 OR OTHER WHEELED TACTICAL VEHICLE See: military designed vehicle.  WITHOUT HEARING PROTECTION.

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OF COURSE WEARING HEARING PROTECTION KEEPS YOU FROM HEARING THINGS YOU NEED TO HEARt LIKE LIFE AND DEATH WARNINGS AND THE SOUND OF THE APPROACHING ENEMY.

THAT WHERE THE BOSE Bose   , Satyendra Nath 1894-1974.

Indian physicist whose work in quantum mechanics provided the base for a statistical description of the behavior of large numbers of bosons.

Noun 1.
 IMPROVED TACTICAL HEAD SET (ITH ITH If That Helps
ITH Instituto Tecnologico de Hermosillo (Sonora, Mexico)
ITH Ithaca, NY, USA - Tompkins County (Airport Code)
ITH Integration Time Horizon (environmental gases) 
), NSN NSN National Stock Number
NSN Nokia Siemens Networks
NSN National Storytelling Network
NSN NATO Stock Number
NSN New Substances Notification (CEPA)
NSN National Student Number (NZ)
NSN Never Say Never
 596501-521-0941, COMES IN.

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THE HEADSET PROTECTS YOUR HEARING, BUT STILL LETS YOU HEAR WHAT NEEDS TO BE HEARD. IT'S THE VITAL COMPONENT TO THE INTERCOM SYSTEM OF YOUR HMWWV AND EVENTUALLY OTHER LIGHT TACTICAL VEHICLES.

BOSE has arrived

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THE HEADSET FITS OR OVER THE ADVANCED COMBAT HELMET (ACH) AND CAN BE PUT ON OR REMOVED WITHOUT REMOVING THE HELMET.

ADJUSTMENTS TO FIT EVERY HEAD ARE MADE WITH THE HOOK-AND-PILE STRAPS AROUND THE NECK AND OVER THE HEAD.

It fits under or over the ACH

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ITS MICROPHONE ASSEMBLY IS REPLACEABLE AND CAN BE POSITIONED ON THE RIGHT OR THE LEFT.

IT'S LIGHTER THAN PREVIOUS HEADSETS AND THE EAR CUSHIONS ARE MORE COMFORTABLE,

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THE HEADSET PROVIDES HEARING PROTECTION THROUGH BOTH ACTIVE AND PASSIVE NOISE REDUCTION.

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WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

IT MEANS A SNUG FIT ON THE SNUG AND EARS GIVES YOU PASSIVE NOISE REDUCTION ...

... AND THE ELECTRONICS GIVES YOU ACTIVE NOISE REDUCTION.

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THE HEADSET ALSO HAG A "TALK-THRU" CIRCUIT THAT LETS YOU DISMOUNT FROM THE VEHICLE AND HEAR AMBIENT SOUND IN STEREO AND HAVE A NORMAL CONVERSATION WITHOUT HAVING TO REMOVE THE HEADSET.

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THE CONTROL MODULE ON THE CABLE/MICROPHONE ASSEMBLY HAS A THREE POSITION PUSH-TO-TALK SWITCH AS WELL AS THE TWO-POSITION TALK-THRU SWITCH.

THE PUSH-TO-TALK SWITCH IS SPRING LOADED AND POSITIONED ON THE FACE OF THE CONTROL MODULE IN THE CENTER.

THE SWITCH CAN BEE HELP MOMENTARILY" IN THE PUSH-TO-TALK POSITION OR IT CAN I BE "LATCHED" IN THE LIVE INTERCOM POSITION.

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THE TALK-THRU SWITCH IS LOCATED ON ONE SIDE OF THE CONTROL MODULE. THE BATTERY COMPARTMENT WITH ONE AA ALKALINE BATTERY IS ON THE OTHER SIDE.

The talk-thru switch is on one side

The battery compartment on the other

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THE CONTROL MODULE ALSO HAS AN M42 GAS MASK MICROPHONE CONNECTION.

PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE ON THE HEADSET IS KEEPING IT CLEAN, STORING IT OUT OF HARM'S WAY beyond the danger limit; in a safe place.
- Latimer.

See also: Out
, AND CHECKING FOR CRACKS AND OTHER DAMAGE.

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HERE ARE THE REPAIR PARTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE HEADSET ...

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ALSO, CABLES ARE IN THE WORKS THAT WILL MAKE THE HEADSET COMPATIBLE TO PORTABLE RADIOS INCLUDING ICOM ICOM International Council Of Museums
ICOM Integrated Communications
ICOM Input, Control, Output, & Mechanism
ICOM Integrated COMSEC
ICOM International Currency Options Master Agreement
ICOM Improved Conventional Mine
ICOM Interim Communications Operations Method
, MOTOROLA, AND MBITR MBITR Multiband Inter/Intra Team Radio (US military) .

Delaire USA trac cable

Bose TTH/ITH headset

ICOM or Motorola soldier radios

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FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE HEADSET AND THE ADAPTER CABLES, CONTACT MAJOR RONALD RONALD Rocketborne Optical Neutral gas Analyzer with Laser Diodes  CLAIBORNE AT DSN DSN - Digital Switched Network  992-5415 OR (732) 532-5415.

YOU CAN REACH HIM BY EMAIL See e-mail. : Ronald.Claiborne@us.army.mil TELL 'IM HALFMAST SENT YA!

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Part                        NSN

Headband, head       5965-01-525-1695
Headband, neck       5965-01-525-2635
Outer ear cushion    5965-01-525-1694
Inner ear cushion    5965-01-525-2016
Microphone harness   5965-01-525-2019
Microphone shield    5965-01-525-1684
Electrical headset   5965-01-525-1685
Cable assembly       5995-01-525-1680
Electrical cover     5930-01-525-1675
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Date:Sep 1, 2006
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