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<a class="fancybox" rel="6dbcc81829613c6cf1e2427d26dfc7ef" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/021/703/for_gallery_v2/Woobie.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/021/703/large_v3/Woobie.jpg" alt="Woobie" /></a></div></div>What is your favorite piece of TA-50? Personally, mine is the woobie. It has kept me warm many nights after some (enter explicative here) lost something on the DZ. How do you feel about the woobie? How do you feel that many don't even get it issued? How do you feel about those who do not know about the woobie?Is the Poncho Liner (Woobie) the greatest issue item ever? Or is it more than that?2015-02-07T11:02:05-05:00SFC Private RallyPoint Member460929<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-21703"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image">
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<a class="fancybox" rel="e526beb126513b434c7afb8fc5eca998" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/021/717/for_gallery_v2/33994_1536585613849_4367451_n.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/021/717/large_v3/33994_1536585613849_4367451_n.jpg" alt="33994 1536585613849 4367451 n" /></a></div></div>I used mine to keep the light out of my eyes during downtime at Ft. Polk :)Response by MSgt Michael Durkee made Feb 7 at 2015 12:12 PM2015-02-07T12:12:58-05:002015-02-07T12:12:58-05:00SSG Private RallyPoint Member461189<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I'd have to agree with you on the woobie, ahem, poncho liner. It's definitely one of the best pieces of personal equipment in my kit. I was first issued a woodland camouflage liner at Fort Campbell but a few years later bought one of my own. Over the years, I have acquired the different colors including DCU and ACU colored woobies. <br /><br />For those who don't get them issued, you can always go purchase one. There's nothing wrong with that especially since you can keep it instead of returning it to the CIF. For those who don't KNOW about the woobie, well, I feel bad for them. 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It is something that is near and dear to any soldier that goes out to the field. I still travel with one everywhere I go. You never know when things might get real and you have to pull out the woobie.Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 7 at 2015 1:28 PM2015-02-07T13:28:29-05:002015-02-07T13:28:29-05:00SFC Mark Merino461216<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The person who advertises a woobie lined coffin for veterans will make a fortune!Response by SFC Mark Merino made Feb 7 at 2015 1:31 PM2015-02-07T13:31:34-05:002015-02-07T13:31:34-05:00SSG John Bacon461309<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The Woobie and the Smoking Jacket. A combination of comfort on the coldest of nights.Response by SSG John Bacon made Feb 7 at 2015 2:33 PM2015-02-07T14:33:27-05:002015-02-07T14:33:27-05:00MSG Private RallyPoint Member461312<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I never go to the field or TDC without it.Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 7 at 2015 2:34 PM2015-02-07T14:34:23-05:002015-02-07T14:34:23-05:00SSG Private RallyPoint Member461314<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Woobie!!!Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 7 at 2015 2:36 PM2015-02-07T14:36:54-05:002015-02-07T14:36:54-05:00CPT Private RallyPoint Member461334<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>It's the singularly the greatest piece of OCIE (TA50) ever issued. I will (and have ) taken the statement of charges several times over the years for my woobieResponse by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 7 at 2015 2:49 PM2015-02-07T14:49:28-05:002015-02-07T14:49:28-05:00SFC Private RallyPoint Member461379<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes, the PONCHO LINER - aka Woobie aka Wollbie is the BEST piece of TA-50 I was ever issued. It is the one piece of gear that would always keep you warm - even on the coldest nights. I remember being on mission and pulling an overwatch waiting for a contact to show up with another team member while the rest of the team sat several hundred meters away in a warm truck. Just us. 3 AM. 22° F. Grabbed my wollbie out of my ruck, me and my team mate sat back to back (for security), and wrapped that sucker around us and waited for two hours - but we were warm!Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 7 at 2015 3:11 PM2015-02-07T15:11:06-05:002015-02-07T15:11:06-05:00CPL Brendan Hayes461386<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>My woobie and field jacket liner were the two most valuable pieces of TA-50 ever. When I ETSed I bought new ones to turn in at CIF. I had to keep mine. Both were necessities for pulling OP/LP. I still have and use both of them regularly, and I've been out since '03.Response by CPL Brendan Hayes made Feb 7 at 2015 3:16 PM2015-02-07T15:16:27-05:002015-02-07T15:16:27-05:00SGT Steven Eugene Kuhn MBA461417<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-21735"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image">
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Response by 1SG Eric Rice made Feb 8 at 2015 6:24 AM2015-02-08T06:24:13-05:002015-02-08T06:24:13-05:00SGM Mikel Dawson462922<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Aside from the steel pot, which had so many different uses, the poncho liner is fantastic. First one I had was OD, then up graded to cammo so no one could find me when I'm sleeping. Got my own and don't know how many times it's kept me warm. It rates right along with my P-38.Response by SGM Mikel Dawson made Feb 8 at 2015 10:18 AM2015-02-08T10:18:54-05:002015-02-08T10:18:54-05:00SGT Steven Eugene Kuhn MBA463002<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If you are on facebook, this is Woobie specific!!!<br /><a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=">https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=</a> [login to see] 52316&set=vr [login to see] 52316&type=2&theater <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default">
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Response by SGT Steven Eugene Kuhn MBA made Feb 8 at 2015 11:11 AM2015-02-08T11:11:50-05:002015-02-08T11:11:50-05:00CPT Jack Durish463067<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes. I would love to find one nowResponse by CPT Jack Durish made Feb 8 at 2015 11:42 AM2015-02-08T11:42:50-05:002015-02-08T11:42:50-05:00SSG(P) Matthew Bisbee463375<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Add packing pad to the list of the poncho liner's many uses. When I was at NTC on an OPFOR augmentation mission as an 11H section sergeant, I wrapped the TOW's traversing unit in my poncho liner and put it in my Large Alice Pack. It helped keep the knobs from poking holes through my ruck and then kept me warm when we stopped.Response by SSG(P) Matthew Bisbee made Feb 8 at 2015 2:44 PM2015-02-08T14:44:24-05:002015-02-08T14:44:24-05:00CW5 Private RallyPoint Member463498<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The first place I saw the term woobie was here on RallyPoint. Never heard it before. I think the poncho liner is the best piece of TA-50 ever issued, and more! Many nights in the field on training exercises, I would cuddle up in my "woobie" and poncho (no tent, etc.) and I was fine with that. It's a great piece of equipment. I still use mine (one I bought) as a retiree.<br /><br />As for people who do not know about the woobie ... I feel sorry for them because they are missing out on one of the great pleasures in life.Response by CW5 Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 8 at 2015 4:02 PM2015-02-08T16:02:30-05:002015-02-08T16:02:30-05:00PO3 John Jeter464224<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Not completely sure we're talking about the same thing, but here goes...... I was stationed aboard an amphib in the mid to late 70's and while we were deployed on Westpac we usually shared quarters with SEAL team members since our Fire Control Technicians were reassigned. At one point the Seal CPO came in raising hell because someone had cut his poncho liner in half and he was going to PT everyone until he found out who did it! Of course his guys had substituted a half piece for his real one which was safely stored in our armory. While he worked the team on the helo deck aft, we snuck into the "Goat Locker" guest room and replaced this treasure. The Chief worked the guys until dark (no real problem for SEALS *grin*) before returning to find his intact icon. His grumpy response was that the guys deserved to be punished for messing with him. This changed the whole nature of the incident from "practical joke" to "payback". I'm not sure exactly how it was done, but they managed to drop the Chiefs bunk about 3 feet to the deck at 0230 hours with a loud 'BANG'. As a gesture of apology and surrender, the Chief appeared at quarters the next morning wearing a 'cape' made from that half piece of poncho liner with the word "GOOFY" in bright yellow letters on it. He also arranged for a steak and egg breakfast for his entire team. I never heard it called a "woobie", but they certainly placed a high value on it. I had almost forgotten about that incident until I saw this item.... Now I'm grinning that evil grin that make the wife nervous......Response by PO3 John Jeter made Feb 8 at 2015 9:55 PM2015-02-08T21:55:56-05:002015-02-08T21:55:56-05:00COL Charles Williams464345<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Woobies and the Canteen Cup are high up there. Arctic Mittens were pretty cool too.Response by COL Charles Williams made Feb 8 at 2015 11:27 PM2015-02-08T23:27:47-05:002015-02-08T23:27:47-05:00SSG Christopher Parrish464860<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I used mine just this past weekend at drill, certainly made sleeping on a cot and not next to my wife easier to do.Response by SSG Christopher Parrish made Feb 9 at 2015 9:11 AM2015-02-09T09:11:09-05:002015-02-09T09:11:09-05:00SGT Bryon Sergent464871<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I honestly think it is the best thing since sliced bread. I have used it in the field, in the barracks, at home, hunting, and on trips once I got out. Yes I bought two and had them sewn together. <br /><br />At one time on a 25 mile road march at Ft. Campbell it started raining about 2 am. Everything was soaked and we where all cold. When we stopped to rest for a few minutes pulled out my woobie and it was soaked. still kept me warm in through the rain. They are awesome. <br /><br />But here is a question. Why are they called a "poncho Liner"? They don't have a slit to put the head through to wear with the poncho even though the strings are located to where you can tie it through the holes at the edges of the poncho?<br /><br />I have also seen this happen. Ask someone for there poncho liner and they don't know what you are talking about. Call it a "woobie" they can grab it right off the bat!Response by SGT Bryon Sergent made Feb 9 at 2015 9:17 AM2015-02-09T09:17:14-05:002015-02-09T09:17:14-05:00MAJ Private RallyPoint Member464881<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>So woobie me too. <br /><br />Do know why it is called "Wou Be"? Because Would Be F'd without it, hence WouBe pronounced Woobie.Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 9 at 2015 9:24 AM2015-02-09T09:24:49-05:002015-02-09T09:24:49-05:00Capt Richard I P.465104<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Third best after the rifle and canteens. Travel light, freeze at night.Response by Capt Richard I P. made Feb 9 at 2015 11:26 AM2015-02-09T11:26:27-05:002015-02-09T11:26:27-05:00SSG Private RallyPoint Member465196<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The "SMOKING JACKET" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Way better that gortex jacket, or any other "cold weather" item the Army issues to usResponse by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 9 at 2015 12:16 PM2015-02-09T12:16:48-05:002015-02-09T12:16:48-05:00LTC Private RallyPoint Member465231<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I have owned many, and my kids keep taking them as their own. I'll buy more. Nothing better. Symbolically, should always be the first item issued at CIF...Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 9 at 2015 12:29 PM2015-02-09T12:29:27-05:002015-02-09T12:29:27-05:00SGT James Rosier465277<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>As great as my woobie is, I'm going to have to say my field jacket liner is my one true love. No matter what coat I wear, it's always underneath, keeping me cozy.Response by SGT James Rosier made Feb 9 at 2015 12:47 PM2015-02-09T12:47:36-05:002015-02-09T12:47:36-05:00LtCol David Gran465281<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I retired 10 years ago. I slept with my poncho liner last night. It does take a close second to duct tape though. :-)Response by LtCol David Gran made Feb 9 at 2015 12:49 PM2015-02-09T12:49:30-05:002015-02-09T12:49:30-05:00MAJ Private RallyPoint Member465488<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I would also add the old brown wool sweater and the pile cap. Those along with the Woobie are the best pieces of equipment I was ever issued.Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 9 at 2015 2:20 PM2015-02-09T14:20:47-05:002015-02-09T14:20:47-05:00SFC Private RallyPoint Member465564<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I don't know the sleeping bag jacket and wind breaker are pretty awesome.Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 9 at 2015 2:46 PM2015-02-09T14:46:02-05:002015-02-09T14:46:02-05:00LTC Private RallyPoint Member465567<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I have seven!Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 9 at 2015 2:47 PM2015-02-09T14:47:21-05:002015-02-09T14:47:21-05:00SGT Private RallyPoint Member465674<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The one that CIF not going to chrage you for when you don't have it and is allready upsolit.Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 9 at 2015 3:35 PM2015-02-09T15:35:15-05:002015-02-09T15:35:15-05:00SPC Neil Hood466568<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I would have to say my laundry bag, that thing went through a lot.Response by SPC Neil Hood made Feb 9 at 2015 10:06 PM2015-02-09T22:06:51-05:002015-02-09T22:06:51-05:001LT William Clardy466819<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>As much as I relied on my poncho liner way back in the days when they came in OD green, I would nominate 2 other items as viable challengers to for the title of "best ever" issue item: <br />1) The classic, heavy (itchy) wool Army blanket, OD green in color. I still have 2 originals from the '80s and keep one in each car. The more recent ones seem to be a bit thinner and less warm, but still highly useful.<br /><br />2) My OD green wool boot socks with cushion soles. Those were by far the most comfortable and durable socks I ever wore. I have a couple of pairs which are still serviceable (not even counting the ones soldiering on as polishing rags) after more than a quarter-century (although the elastic around the top has lost its elasticity), and to say that they outlast everything else I've tried would be an understatement.Response by 1LT William Clardy made Feb 10 at 2015 1:04 AM2015-02-10T01:04:40-05:002015-02-10T01:04:40-05:00LTC Private RallyPoint Member467003<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes. I think I have 4 or 5 of them.Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 10 at 2015 5:29 AM2015-02-10T05:29:03-05:002015-02-10T05:29:03-05:00SSG Private RallyPoint Member467281<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The Woobie is by far the best piece of equipment the Army ever issued me. I still have the two original BDU ones that I was issued when I first arrived at my unit 8 years ago and I refuse to switch over to my ACU one or return it. I have actually written along the seams in sharpie every overseas location that its been with for either training or deployment and to me at least its more of a comfort item at this point than actual kit...doesn't hurt that its incredibly light, relatively compact and super warm either.Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 10 at 2015 9:28 AM2015-02-10T09:28:46-05:002015-02-10T09:28:46-05:00LTC Scott O'Neil467472<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I have to agree, I got my first poncho liner back in 1985, it went on all my deployments, during my 26 year career and I still have it and use it today when I settle in on the couch to watch a good movie. <br />The Best Camo woobie in the worldResponse by LTC Scott O'Neil made Feb 10 at 2015 11:12 AM2015-02-10T11:12:26-05:002015-02-10T11:12:26-05:00COL Quentin C.484494<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The woobie and poncho! Nothing like wrapping up with them on those cold night field exercises!Response by COL Quentin C. made Feb 18 at 2015 10:36 PM2015-02-18T22:36:24-05:002015-02-18T22:36:24-05:00COL Jean (John) F. B.485099<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><br />LOL .. I thought I was the only person who had a personal relationship with my poncho liner... :-)<br /><br />I established my "relationship" with my poncho liner in Ranger School and have considered it my most useful piece of TA-50 over the next almost 30 years.Response by COL Jean (John) F. B. made Feb 19 at 2015 8:26 AM2015-02-19T08:26:53-05:002015-02-19T08:26:53-05:00Maj Chris Nelson485161<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>WAY back in the day, I was issued a Woobie. LOVED IT. I bought a second one, took that and the old rain jacket over to the base tailor and had a GRAF Jacket made (they cut up a woobie and custom sew it into the rain jacket, making pocket slots actually pockets, and inside pockets and everything!). That was back in the 1980's. The Woobie has accompanied me on multiple missions, both on and off duty. I have used it as a beach blanket, sleeping bag, blanket, sun block/light block, pillow, and more. I have had at least 2 different color patterns and still have at least 2 and possibly 3 somewhere around the house!Response by Maj Chris Nelson made Feb 19 at 2015 8:54 AM2015-02-19T08:54:41-05:002015-02-19T08:54:41-05:00PFC Private RallyPoint Member489070<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>We used woobies instead of wool blankets at Basic at Fort Benning. Needless to say I bought one at the PX and still use it.Response by PFC Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 21 at 2015 2:08 AM2015-02-21T02:08:42-05:002015-02-21T02:08:42-05:00LCpl Paul Lowe498506<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Definitely moreResponse by LCpl Paul Lowe made Feb 25 at 2015 9:21 PM2015-02-25T21:21:31-05:002015-02-25T21:21:31-05:00COL Charles Williams498814<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Either the Poncho Liner, or the Canteen Cup; the latter is probably gone the way of the P38.Response by COL Charles Williams made Feb 25 at 2015 11:39 PM2015-02-25T23:39:37-05:002015-02-25T23:39:37-05:00CW3 Private RallyPoint Member634329<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>My 3 year old got a one time usage of the woobie when I dug it out of storage and decided to take it home and have it cleaned. He asked if he could keep it and I told him no, forgetting to mention that I wanted to clean it. Shortly thereafter, he brings in 3 stuffed animals and some helicopters to try and trade for the woobie. <br /><br />Even kids know the value of the woobie. It is the greatest piece of gear ever invented, period.Response by CW3 Private RallyPoint Member made May 1 at 2015 12:25 PM2015-05-01T12:25:41-04:002015-05-01T12:25:41-04:00SPC Charles Brown656552<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Bought my own. Greatest thing ever made available for sleeping in the field, well outside of Korea that is.Response by SPC Charles Brown made May 10 at 2015 1:18 AM2015-05-10T01:18:24-04:002015-05-10T01:18:24-04:00PFC Alex Rivers658422<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Woobies are a great substitute for sleeping bags (if you don't have one).<br />But out of all the TA-50 gear, the promask is hands down my favorite.Response by PFC Alex Rivers made May 11 at 2015 12:40 AM2015-05-11T00:40:38-04:002015-05-11T00:40:38-04:00SFC Private RallyPoint Member660397<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Portable woobie (field jacket liner) is the only competition for the woobie! Give me those two pieces of equipment and you can keep all the worthless poly pros, ninja suits and waffles.Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made May 11 at 2015 5:08 PM2015-05-11T17:08:18-04:002015-05-11T17:08:18-04:00SPC Elijah J. Henry, MBA760981<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>No civilian can truly understand the relationship between a soldier and his woobie.<br /><br />It's like a 'blankie,' for soldiers.Response by SPC Elijah J. Henry, MBA made Jun 21 at 2015 11:03 AM2015-06-21T11:03:14-04:002015-06-21T11:03:14-04:00PFC Aaron Knapp1098736<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I had a MSG and his wife would cut a sew Woobies into jacket liners with sleeves. Measured and fit to order. Mine long since wore out and I can't find anyone doing this any more. She started making them to fit wet weather jackets then Gortex jackets. I'm considering buying one and asking my local seamstress to try and make one for my Gortex. This were god awful warm and I want one! Looked like a field jacket liner with a hood but made from Woobies...id kill to get another!Response by PFC Aaron Knapp made Nov 10 at 2015 5:02 AM2015-11-10T05:02:18-05:002015-11-10T05:02:18-05:00SFC Fred Muller1462476<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Poncho liner is the best. Never left home without it. We weren't allowed to carry sleeping bags. Light fighter, masters of the night 7th ID (L)Response by SFC Fred Muller made Apr 18 at 2016 9:50 PM2016-04-18T21:50:22-04:002016-04-18T21:50:22-04:00SGT Eric A.1569723<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I traded mine to NATO troop buddies while deployed to Bosnia, bought more, traded more! Don't have one now!Response by SGT Eric A. made May 27 at 2016 10:12 PM2016-05-27T22:12:59-04:002016-05-27T22:12:59-04:00SGT Private RallyPoint Member2235364<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>My woobie is never far away, always there always ready!!!Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 10 at 2017 1:10 PM2017-01-10T13:10:44-05:002017-01-10T13:10:44-05:00SSG Private RallyPoint Member7216580<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Heard the reason it's called a woobie is because without it "you woobie cold"Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 25 at 2021 11:26 PM2021-08-25T23:26:31-04:002021-08-25T23:26:31-04:002015-02-07T11:02:05-05:00