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Friday, June 02, 2006
Emergency Action Message Broadcaster
I really like some of the crazy DoD daily tactical callsigns that are used primarily by USStratcom Command and Control assets. But last night (0210 UTC on 11175 kHz) Doug Snow caught one of the better tac calls used in awhile --"Napkin Holder."
**All stations this net, this is Napkin Holder with EAM traffic.**
You know the aircrew that picked that one out of the callbook had to been chuckling all the way to the plane. In my mind that one just doesn't measure up with the seriousness of the traffic being passed.
So you don't know what an EAM is? Want to know a little more about what you are hearing? Look to your right at my links for the answer on the Monitoring Times homepage.
Thanks to Doug Snow and the UDXF newsgroup for "Napkin Holder."