Failure to communicate.IN THE MOVIE, COOL HAND LUKE, THE CAPTAIN OF ROAD PRISON 36 SAID TO THE GATHERED PRISONERS, "WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE IS FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE." IT WAS OBVIOUS FROM THE TONE OF THE CAPTAIN AND THE LOOK ON HIS FACE THAT THIS "FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE" WAS GOING TO LEAD TO DIRE CONSEQUENCES. "SO IT IS ON THE BATTLEFIELD. A FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE MEANS LOSS OF EQUIPMENT AND LIFE." HELLO? HELLO? SIGH IT'S NO USE! WHAT COULD BE THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE FOR POOR COMMUNICATION ON THE BATTLEFIELD? HMMM HMMM Hexamethoxymethylmelamine ... IS IT LACK OF TRAINING? IS IT POOR EQUIPMENT? COULD IT BE EQUIPMENT FAILURE DUE TO LACK OF PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE The routine checking of hardware that is performed by a field engineer on a regularly scheduled basis. See remedial maintenance. preventive maintenance - (PM) To bring down a machine for inspection or test purposes. See provocative maintenance, scratch monkey. ? NO. SOLDIERS WHO OPERATE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT KNOW THEIR EQUIPMENT AND HOW TO MAKE IT WORK. HECK heck interj. Used as a mild oath. n. Slang Used as an intensive: had a heck of a lot of money; was crowded as heck. [Alteration of hell. NO. THE UNITED STATES ARMY United States Army Major branch of the U.S. military forces, charged with preserving peace and security and defending the nation. The first regular U.S. fighting force, the Continental Army, was organized by the Continental Congress on June 14, 1775, to supplement local HAS THE WORLD'S BEST, MOST STATE-OF-THE-ART COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT. YES. A SPOT OF CORROSION LESS THAN THE SIZE OF A DIME DIME, money. A silver coin of the United States, of the value of one-tenth part of a dollar or ten cents. 2. It weighs forty-one and a quarter grains. Of one thousand parts, nine hundred are of pure silver and one hundred of alloy. Act of January 18, 1837, s. CAN SILENCE A RADIO. A SPECK OF DIRT CAN DEAFEN deaf·en v. To make deaf, especially momentarily by a loud noise. deafen, v to make deaf; to cause the loss of all usable hearing. EQUIPMENT CAPABLE OF COMMUNICATING WITH SATELLITES ORBITING THE EARTH. A SEEP OF MOISTURE THROUGH A WORN GASKET CAN MAKE A FRIEND SOUND LIKE A FOE AND A FOE LIKE A FRIEND. IN THE MOVIE, THE LINE "WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE IS FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE" IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF GOOD WRITING AND GOOD ACTING. IT HAS NO REAL LIFE CONSEQUENCES. IF THAT LINE IS SAID ON THE BATTLEFIELD, THERE IS NOT ONE THING GOOD ABOUT IT AND NO ONE IS ACTING. PM ON COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT LEADS DIRECTLY TO THE SURVIVAL OF SOLDIERS ON THE BATTLEFIELD. AM I MAKING MYSELF CLEAR? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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