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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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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LCpl Odell Taylor
What if someone with Serial Number 19***85 in Plt #354, having a Senior Drill Instructor by the name of GySgt. Stahling was issued an M1 Garand at MCRD, PI, SC, graduated on 17Nov61, and carried that SAME M1 to AIT at Camp Geiger, reported in to their first permanent duty station at 2nd Landing Support Co., 2nd Service Bat., 2nd Mar. Div., FMF, Camp Lejuene, NC with that SAME M1 in hand, while never having boot camp leave at this point, and after leave, that person traded the SAME M1 Garand issued at PI, for an M14 in February, 1962 and served with an E4 Sgt (not a typo) with FOURTEEN (14) years in grade (still no typo) and not merely 14 years in the Corps...would they be considered Old School?
Btw...I have attended graduations from that same MCRD of my younger brother in 1968, my TWO (2) sons 1997 and 2008, and my oldest grandson 13Dec24.
Btw...I have attended graduations from that same MCRD of my younger brother in 1968, my TWO (2) sons 1997 and 2008, and my oldest grandson 13Dec24.
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LCpl Odell Taylor
SGT Barry Wilson -
Don't be picking on my Mustang Buddy. We all can't be as old as you...seeing as how, in 1962 while in the field, I was reduced to eating 1942 C-Rations, and in 1963, I was still eating 1943 C-Rations!
Don't be picking on my Mustang Buddy. We all can't be as old as you...seeing as how, in 1962 while in the field, I was reduced to eating 1942 C-Rations, and in 1963, I was still eating 1943 C-Rations!
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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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CW5 Sam R. Baker
SFC (Join to see) - The list just gets longer and now folks from 2000 are getting old!
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LCpl Odell Taylor
CW3 Davis Newman - If you enlisted before 15Aug61, you were ahead of me. Evidently we're close to having been in at same...for a while. I left on Friday, 13Aug65, having been released from active duty at US Marine Barracks, Boston Naval Shipyard, Charlestown, Ma. located at the opposite end of the Mystic River Bridge from Chelsea, Ma.
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1LT Peter Suedfeld
LCpl Odell Taylor - Thanks for that information – I wish I could remember that jerk's name, but we only had a passing acquaintance ten or more years ago.
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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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