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Lt Col Charlie Brown
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Thanks DB...I will be sure to add these to my collection (Not)
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Maj John Bell
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WTF is a challenge coin? We didn't have those when my issue service weapon was a battle hammer.
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Maj John Bell
Maj John Bell
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SGT Jim Arnold - So, an unofficial "attaboy." I was low tech; a handshake or salute at morning quarters, a letter to mom and dad or the wife and kids, a 72, a 96 and/or a positive page 11 entry. You'd think the 72 or 96 would be the most highly prized, but years later I had several Marines tell me the letter home meant the world.
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COL Randall C.
COL Randall C.
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Maj John Bell - Oh, you were being serious. Thought you were making a comment along the lines of "I'm so old, we didn't have challenge coins .. they just issued us warhammers to go on the Viking raids".

Thus my "challenge shield" comment to go with your warhammer.

Failure on my part ... if you have to explain a joke, then it ain't funny.
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COL Randall C.
COL Randall C.
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Maj John Bell - The challenge coin has been around since Vietnam era ... they gained widespread popularity in the military in the early 80s I believe. Now days, practically every type of organization has challenge coins (heck, the Boy Scouts even have challenge coins now).

The Wikipedia entry has a good write-up on them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenge_coin#:~:text=In%20the%20context%20as%20they,into%20the%2075th%20Ranger%20Regiment.
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Maj John Bell
Maj John Bell
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COL Randall C. - Never heard of them until I joined RP, years after retirement.
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MSG Intermediate Care Technician
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Probably would be worth more than DOGE right now.
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A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney
A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney
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Nope, It Was One Of The First Combination Of A Bottle & Can Opener
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