Gregory Deych Posted January 30, 2001 Share Posted January 30, 2001 Question to mil.folks or others in the know...a long while back I was reading a war novel where a commander speaking on the radio identified himself as Something "Actual". Does anybody know what this means, and what's the alternative? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slapdragon Posted January 30, 2001 Share Posted January 30, 2001 Originally posted by Gregory Deych: Question to mil.folks or others in the know...a long while back I was reading a war novel where a commander speaking on the radio identified himself as Something "Actual". Does anybody know what this means, and what's the alternative? Actual is the commander of the unit in question, at least in the US Army ( as answered on the TMP board for me). So you give your call signs and say actual to mean this is the CO rather than a commo person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted January 30, 2001 Share Posted January 30, 2001 We don't use Actual in Canada, but I do know that Slapdragon is correct re: US Army. Was this WW II practice? I know it was in Vietnam. Canadians use the term "Sunray" to designate a commander. If the CO wanted to talk to B Company, he would say "Mike Two, this is Sunray." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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