Posted on 10/25/2020 4:43:01 AM PDT by mylife
We at Task & Purpose love a solidly-named tank, and one that the 3rd Infantry Division advertised this week may be a new favorite.
'Barbie Dreamhouse' made a guest appearance in a 3ID tweet on Monday asking which M1 Abrams main battle tank has the best name in the Army.
The photos are from 2018, 3ID spokeswoman Lt. Col. Lindsey Elder told Task & Purpose — and the tank's crew are all on different assignments now.
At the time, the crew included tank commander 1st Lt. (now Capt.) Jillian Collins; loader Pfc. (now Cpl.) John Duvernay; gunner, Sgt. (now Staff Sgt.) Devin Shannon; and driver Pfc. Sebastian Simms.
Barbie Dreamhouse Barbie Dreamhouse
(3rd Infantry Division via Twitter)
And aside from having a great tank name, the Dreamhouse crew had some serious skills. Elder explained that the crew shot "distinguished" during the gunnery exercise mentioned in the 3rd ID's tweet, which is defined as over 900 points and qualifying on 9/10 engagements.
"The crew finished with a 934/1000 qualifying on 10/10 engagements," Elder said.
The Barbie Dreamhouse crew. The Barbie Dreamhouse crew.
(3rd Infantry Division via Twitter)
While there have been plenty of good tank names to compete for the title of the best — "Dropped As A Baby," "All You Can Eat," and "Baby Yoda," just to name a few — the Dreamhouse's former commander made her case on Twitter on Thursday.
Capt. Jillian Collins tweeted that "[e]very little girl dreams of having a barbie dreamhouse," and that for her, "it became my Tank."
"For years, I was told 'No' I was told 'Armor isn’t open to Women,' but kept pushing," Collins tweeted. "Thus, eventually finding myself in my dream job with my very own Barbie [Dreamhouse]."
Here's to you, Barbie Dreamhouse: May you continue to kick ass forever, wherever you are.
I prefer the name, “All you can eat”.
Still, pretty funny and a good crew apparently.
Still, pretty funny and a good crew apparently.
Not impressed. (Retired Army Officer)
We had a female crew member in a highly modified Bradley, I was not impressed with her.
In 1976 ROTC summer camp I recommended our platoon name be the Nads, and it became so, we had about 10 females in the platoon. That didn’t last long as the CG ordered it changed we he heard us marching by saying: “Nads, Nads, Go Nads Go”.
So we became the Sweat Hogs.
:)
That’s clever.
Someone mentioned naming the craft to put the first woman on the moon, “Alice Kramden”.
LOL!!!
How cute ...
The article makes it clear.
Nice
Anybody that has ever had to deal with assembling multiple Barbie Dreamhouses together and the 500 stickers involved might disagree though...
I was the gunner for our CO’s tank, which meant I was the TC most of time because the CO was always in the command jeep. My crew got together to come up with a name and CO loved it.
Cap’n Crunch
Yes, we were C Company.
Makes ya want to blow something up don’t it?
I like it!
Yea...
My niece is about to have a baby next month.
Thank god it is a boy.
When she first announced all i could think about is 8 more Barbie Townhouses, Luxury Yachts, Summer Retreats, Corvettes with “Ken” assembly’s in my future.
ugh..
As long as they keep shooting “distinguished” I don’t care what their name is.
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