Posted on Jul 1, 2014
What constitutes being "old school" in the military?
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I'm hearing/reading people saying "I'm old school, therefore..." So out of curiosity's sake, where is that ever-moving line?
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If you ever:
wore yellow, nylon PT shorts
rode in a REAL deuce and a half
know what a gamma goat used to be
were transported in a cattle car
wore and washed in a steel pot
realized your M16 was built by the lowest bidding contactor
lived in WWII era barracks
thought the only definition of, "offensive" was "taking it to the commies"
actually put 2 shelter halves together to make and sleep in a tent
pressed your duty uniform
spit shined your boots
ate MREs...
wore yellow, nylon PT shorts
rode in a REAL deuce and a half
know what a gamma goat used to be
were transported in a cattle car
wore and washed in a steel pot
realized your M16 was built by the lowest bidding contactor
lived in WWII era barracks
thought the only definition of, "offensive" was "taking it to the commies"
actually put 2 shelter halves together to make and sleep in a tent
pressed your duty uniform
spit shined your boots
ate MREs...
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CW2 Donald Loughrey
In addition....
Ft Dix no longer has Basic Training
Ft Polk no longer no longer where Infantry School/AIT is held
10th SFG(A) is no longer at Ft Devens (nor is anything else) nor at Bad Toelz.
7th Corps is "no longer".
The 513th MI Bde is no longer at Ft Monmouth....(I think that's closed as well).
Damn near everyplace I was stationed (except Ft Carson with 1/8 Inf) is gone. Its like I served in another dimension of time and space!!.
Ft Dix no longer has Basic Training
Ft Polk no longer no longer where Infantry School/AIT is held
10th SFG(A) is no longer at Ft Devens (nor is anything else) nor at Bad Toelz.
7th Corps is "no longer".
The 513th MI Bde is no longer at Ft Monmouth....(I think that's closed as well).
Damn near everyplace I was stationed (except Ft Carson with 1/8 Inf) is gone. Its like I served in another dimension of time and space!!.
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SGT Barry Wilson
Yellow PT shorts and MRE's came in after I got out. The WW2 barracks at North Ft Lewis were okay, but the concrete block barracks at Ft Gordon were more comfortable.
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If you know what wall to wall counseling is...
Shine your boots with spit and kiwi with a brown tshirt
curse
drink at a NCO club on post
have weekly inspections of room in barracks by 1SG
all pictures on barracks wall framed
wear a banana suit for PT
starched your BDUs and Class B
sing cadence without repercussion
drive a 1/4 ton
drive a deuce and a half
smoke indoors
cattle car rides singing AC/DC songs
met the PT standard when you graduated basic training!!!!!!!!
Shine your boots with spit and kiwi with a brown tshirt
curse
drink at a NCO club on post
have weekly inspections of room in barracks by 1SG
all pictures on barracks wall framed
wear a banana suit for PT
starched your BDUs and Class B
sing cadence without repercussion
drive a 1/4 ton
drive a deuce and a half
smoke indoors
cattle car rides singing AC/DC songs
met the PT standard when you graduated basic training!!!!!!!!
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1LT Peter Suedfeld
Add carbine, hand grenade and RPG (rifle propelled, not rocket), bayonet, and 57 mm "reckless" (recoilless) rifle, and welcome to Infantry basic and advanced training.
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Old school if you wore the LBE that needed to be touched up with MNU before Change of Command ceremonies. Also using Brasso to polish the brass door handles at BN or BDE.
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SPC Michael Duricko, Ph.D
I volunteered to be a fireman, thinking traditional "FIREMAN" only to find out it meant putting coal in the pot belly stove all night long. Lived in a prisoner of war barracks at Fort Gordon for my Basic Training. I believe I qualify as "OLD SCHOOL".
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