Of Requests
You wanna hear a professional radio operator's mind snap? Keep telling your supervisor, "Supervisor, I request to inform you that..."
You know what your supervisor is going to do with a request like that?
One of the most interesting habits to break when dealing with military radio operations is politeness. No, really! Quit requesting things, quit saying 'please', or 'can you' or anything like that. You waste air on the radio with that talk. It's just "Supervisor, I received the guard for..." or "Coast Guard 6053 this is Sector San Francisco, what is your position..."
Brief. Concise. Precise.
You know what your supervisor is going to do with a request like that?
One of the most interesting habits to break when dealing with military radio operations is politeness. No, really! Quit requesting things, quit saying 'please', or 'can you' or anything like that. You waste air on the radio with that talk. It's just "Supervisor, I received the guard for..." or "Coast Guard 6053 this is Sector San Francisco, what is your position..."
Brief. Concise. Precise.