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You had camouflage uniforms back then?
Those are ERDLs...I had sets issued in early 80s at Bragg, they were authorized for wear until 1990, same year they outlawed our OG107s. The ERDLs had slant pockets like the OGs...there was something similar with straight pockets but I can’t remember what they were calledYou had camouflage uniforms back then?
I ask because my father was in Vietnam, and up until the 80’s they had flat olive drab uniforms...Those are ERDLs...I had sets issued in early 80s at Bragg, they were authorized for wear until 1990, same year they outlawed our OG107s. The ERDLs had slant pockets like the OGs...there was something similar with straight pockets but I can’t remember what they were called
I ask because my father was in Vietnam, and up until the 80’s they had flat olive drab uniforms...
I was about 4, so 1980’ish when they switched to bdu’s
Good on you all fellas. From Chads Uber sexy pic, to 11bs amazing wife pic, to the vintage Vietnam pics. I thank you.
See, I used to feel somewhat lesser of a man because I never served. Never put on a uniform or took an all expense paid trip to a foreign land filled with people who wanted to kill me. But then, I realized, I have a pretty darn important job to do myself. And that is to be the kind of American that is worth going into combat to defend. I have my family, my job, my faith, my beliefs, and my rights. And I try, as often as I can, to be the kind of American that all y’all went to these places and did all this stuff for.
There are so many people here stateside that aren’t worth the dust on yalls boots. Aren’t worth the first trigger pull. And totally aren’t worth the erector set looking gear some here on this page have installed in their backs just to keep them mobile.
So when y’all we’re humping about the world, doing all of this epic stuff. Giving time, blood, sweat, and effort. All folks like me can do is say “hey troop, I’m worthy of the effort, or at least doing my best to be. And I thank I you for it.”
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Those are ERDLs...I had sets issued in early 80s at Bragg, they were authorized for wear until 1990, same year they outlawed our OG107s. The ERDLs had slant pockets like the OGs...there was something similar with straight pockets but I can’t remember what they were called
No as they shut Det A down in 89'-90' when I was in Tolz. Had one of them get assigned to my dive team then.The picture of my dad way back in post number one was in ERDLs. One of my biggest regrets as a child was seeing those things getting tossed out or lost or given away. I would love to have a set.
@Combat Diver , when you are with tents and Germany did you doing cross training with Det A Berlin? We did some winter training and mountain climbing with them.
Taken inside a C130 the other night. Been flying in these things since I was a freshman in High School AFJROTC in 79'. Have taken off in about another 100 flights but never landed in them.
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Airborne!
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The battalion I was in, based in Vicenza, Italy conducted mountain training in the summer and cold weather training in the winter.View attachment 92138
@Combat Diver , pic below with Det A guys, mountaineering. All civilian clothes, summertime.
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42 for me. I was on status for 42 months.I got 56, in the 10 years I was on status, before my left ankle took me off jump status permanently (while running PT, at that).
Spent a more than a few evenings at the Garden of Eden, from '04 to '07. Never got used to jumping into Malmsheim. I never landed in the Kampfschwimmer Kommando Kaserne, or on the Benz test track, but it was close a couple of time. lol!
"Jesus Carl, get your finger off the trigger!" YOU are THE CARL all the memes are made from! who knew!?!Found what old pics I had & scanned some in. Nothing sexy work-wise, mostly just goofin' around.
My first re-enlistment, in '90. I was a 2-yr baby, & re-upped at 18 mos. TIS.
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Goofin' off in the motor pool, before heading out to an FTX & live-fire (4.2" mortar). Ft Sill, OK, summer '90.
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Did you ever train a place called 'Bonnland'?January '97. Ft Irwin, CA, aka NTC. All our names were painted on that rock after this pic was taken, so my name is now painted on a national monument. Turns out we were training with 2nd ACR to support in Bosnia later that year.
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July '98, on the side of some mountain in Bosnia.
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Late summer, '02 or '03, on a JCET with a Bundeswehr OpInfo Bn. Some village near-ish Mayen, Germany.
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Sadly, I really don't have any more than these. I'm horrible on both sides of the camera & tend to avoid them.
Did you ever train a place called 'Bonnland'?
Bonnland was in Germany. It was a real town that had been 'appropriated' by the German government specifically for MOUT training.Not that I recall. OPFOR at NTC was my first duty station & I've been to Pineland/Mackall/Hoffman many, many times & Grafenwoehr, of course. On that German JCET, we went out to an old East German base near the Polish border. Never got into town the week we were there, but the Germans brought so much beer, liquor & grub, it didn't matter.
Bonnland was in Germany. It was a real town that had been 'appropriated' by the German government specifically for MOUT training.
It was a cool place.
You can get results on Google when searching for bonnland.