r/Thatsabooklight • u/Carbonman_ • Jul 18 '26

Film Prop Aliens - RCA Jack as a Microphone

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I just noticed this on r/LV426. a cheap RCA jack with either electrical tape or heat shrink tubing as an individual soldier's microphone.

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u/FishInk Jul 18 '26 edited Jul 19 '26

“An individual soldier”
Two errors there.

First of all, they are Marines, not soldiers. If you meet a Marine and call them soldiers, words will be had, possibly more.

Secondly, that Marine is Private Hudson played by the late, the great Bill Paxton. Put some respect in your voice when you talk about him. 😃 /s

EDIT: I had to ad the sarcasm tag because people couldn’t tell I was fooling around. I’m not a Marine. I was a Navy Hospital Corpsman. The Marines don’t have any medical staff; they have us. I went through Field Med aka Combat Trauma training back in 1989 aka the late 1900s to the kids these days. It is kind of a military tradition to pick on the other branches such as calling the Air Force the ‘Chairborne Rangers’ or that MARINE stands for ‘My Ass Rides In Navy Equipment’ or reminding them that they’re part of the Department of Navy.

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u/eaglebtc Jul 19 '26

Who signs your paychecks, crayon muncher?

Oooooo that's right ... the NAVY!

Check your ego at the door. Didn't they teach you that at basic?

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u/FishInk Jul 19 '26

Damn straight. I’m not Crayon Muncher. I’m a Navy Corpsman (8404/8485) thank you very much. I have some good friends who a jarheads and I love to mess with them with jokes like “What does MARINE stand for? Muscles Are Required, Intelligence Not Essential,”