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Military Parking Hacks - Humvee Edition

Military Parking Hacks - Humvee Edition

To All The Cars I've Loved Before: Classic Car Restoration, JDM, and Automotive History Jan 18, 2025 0 min
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Parking a Humvee presents unique challenges, especially due to its size and the need for crew coordination. The episode dives into the importance of ground guiding when maneuvering these military vehicles, highlighting the roles of the driver and the tactical commander (TC). Listeners will learn about standard military hand signals used for safe parking and the emphasis on safety, even among reservists who also drive civilian vehicles. Insights from military experiences make this discussion both informative and engaging.

Topics: military vehicles humvee parking ground guiding safety protocols crew coordination
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What was it like to park it?
Often when you have these big military vehicles, you have somebody ground guiding you with you.
The Humvee has, at minimum, a crew of two, a driver and a TC, and one guy stays in, and
the other guy hops out when you're supposed to park, and they guide you, make sure you're
not running anything over.
Oh, really?
Wow.
I mean, we have a standard military set of hand signals you're supposed to use, and you guide
them, and you guide them, make sure they don't hit anything, because we all have cars that
are civilian lines, we're reservists, and not that we wouldn't if we were active duty,
we'd still ground guide, because safety is important, but we're driving a very big
thing.

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