I'm Up. He Sees Me. I'm Down - 3-5 Second Rush Army Veteran Tee
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I'm Up. He Sees Me. I'm Down - 3-5 Second Rush Army Veteran Tee
The 3 to 5 second rush, drilled in until the count ran itself. Nobody ever switched it off. Commissary parking lot, cart return to truck, all open ground. You get up. Somebody waves. You drop to tie a shoe that was already tied. A funny infantry veteran shirt for anyone who still times open ground in three-second bounds.
THE DEBRIEF
I'M UP and I'M DOWN stacked in tall, condensed capitals, He Sees Me slanted across them in brush script. Underneath, three pictogram riflemen run it right to left along a dashed arrow: one kneeling and aiming, one mid-rush, one prone.
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QUESTIONS FROM THE BACK
What does I'm up he sees me I'm down mean?
It is the count for an individual rush. I'm up as you rise, he sees me as you run, I'm down as you hit the dirt, and the three lines take about as long as an enemy needs to spot you and aim. Plenty of people still mouth it crossing a parking lot.
What is a 3 to 5 second rush in the Army?
An individual movement technique for crossing ground under fire: get up, run to the next covered position in three to five seconds, and drop before an enemy gunner can track you and shoot. Short enough to deny a clean shot, long enough to reach the next bit of cover. The three phrases on this shirt are how most people learned to time it. The knees kept their own count.
What does service connected mean in the military?
It means the VA agrees a condition was caused or made worse by your time in service, which is what makes it eligible for disability compensation. Counting under your breath across a commissary parking lot is not on the VA rating schedule. It has been occurring daily since 2004.
