How did you choose your Username?

UnderseaLcpl · 02-01-11, 01:14 PM

I didn't think about my name too much. I only joined this community to ask some questions about SH3 and resolve some technical issues. Next thing I know I'm attending subsim meets and restoration projects. I think Neal puts subliminal messages in the in the pics on the main page or something. If I'd known I was going to be around this long, I'd have chosen a way cooler name.

Undersealcpl (Undersea Lance Corporal) is just a variation on an old Marine joke about the versatility of Lance Corporals. The Corps loves to complain about how it is underfunded and how the other services get all the fancy gear. There's some validity to the complaints, as we often find ourselves using field-expedient measures to perform jobs that other services have specialized and functional equipment for.

By field-expedient, I mean using a ridiculous number of the most common enlisted rank (Lance Corporals) to perform a task that would otherwise be accomplished by heavy machinery or tech: If comms are down, you use runner lance corporals to relay messages rather than radios or sat-comms. If the truck or LAV or whatever is broken, you use pusher lance corporals to move it rather than an armored recovery vehicle. And naturally, if you want to sink Allied shipping in the Atlantic, you would use an undersea- lance corporals.

It's really an inside joke, and not the best choice for a screen name, but again, I didn't think I'd be using it much. I've been meaning to change it to just "Lance" or something equally less bothersome to type, but I've never gotten around to it.

Sailor Steve · 02-01-11, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl

Undersealcpl (Undersea Lance Corporal) is just a variation on an old Marine joke about the versatility of Lance Corporals...

It's really an inside joke, and not the best choice for a screen name, but again, I didn't think I'd be using it much. I've been meaning to change it to just "Lance" or something equally less bothersome to type, but I've never gotten around to it.

And here I figured it was just a combination of the rank and the fact that this forum was dedicated to sub sims.

02-01-11, 01:14 PM	#1
UnderseaLcpl Silent Hunter Join Date: May 2008 Location: Storming the beaches! Posts: 4,254 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I didn't think about my name too much. I only joined this community to ask some questions about SH3 and resolve some technical issues. Next thing I know I'm attending subsim meets and restoration projects. I think Neal puts subliminal messages in the in the pics on the main page or something. If I'd known I was going to be around this long, I'd have chosen a way cooler name. Undersealcpl (Undersea Lance Corporal) is just a variation on an old Marine joke about the versatility of Lance Corporals. The Corps loves to complain about how it is underfunded and how the other services get all the fancy gear. There's some validity to the complaints, as we often find ourselves using field-expedient measures to perform jobs that other services have specialized and functional equipment for. By field-expedient, I mean using a ridiculous number of the most common enlisted rank (Lance Corporals) to perform a task that would otherwise be accomplished by heavy machinery or tech: If comms are down, you use runner lance corporals to relay messages rather than radios or sat-comms. If the truck or LAV or whatever is broken, you use pusher lance corporals to move it rather than an armored recovery vehicle. And naturally, if you want to sink Allied shipping in the Atlantic, you would use an undersea- lance corporals. It's really an inside joke, and not the best choice for a screen name, but again, I didn't think I'd be using it much. I've been meaning to change it to just "Lance" or something equally less bothersome to type, but I've never gotten around to it. __________________ I stole this sig from Task Force