SALUTE Report

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Often we read postings that say "I saw white trucks/black helcopters/etc..." without much detail. Let me provide a hopefully helpful hint. SALUTE stands for size (how many? how big?), activity (moving? which way? near what?), location, unit (markings?) time, equipment(trucks with trailers, etc.). This provides a lot more meaning to the information AND PUTS IT IN CONTEXT! I venture to say that if most people think about the sightings the will realize that the overwhelming majority mean NOTHING. For the rest, a SALUTE report will help determine a pattern to watch for if you are activly tracking these things (and I'm not). SALUTE reports a part of Basic training.

-- Mr. Mike (mikeabn@aol.com), December 23, 1999

Answers

Nice post Mr. Mike...never even thought of posting it. If I may:

SALUTE

S = SIZE

A = ACTIVITY(WHAT?)

L = LOCATION(WHERE?)

U = UNIFORM/UNIT((WHO?)

T = TIME(WHEN?)

E = EQUIPMENT(WHAT ARE THEY CARRYING?)

Hope the formatting worked

-- Billy Boy (Rakkasan101st@Aol.com), December 23, 1999.


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