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INFANTRY: The Growth of Mail Order Equipment
StrategyPage.com ^ | August 2, 2004

Posted on 08/02/2004 3:57:17 PM PDT by Cannoneer No. 4

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To: longtermmemmory
What the Troops Are Buying With Their Own Money [or, what to send a combat soldier you know]
41 posted on 08/02/2004 6:26:40 PM PDT by Cannoneer No. 4 (I've lost turret power; I have my nods and my .50. Hooah. I will stay until relieved. White 2 out.)
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To: R. Scott
I did like Nuc Mam, Ba Me Ba, Suntory

How about Singha? That was my favorite. When I drank that out in the boonies, I knew I wasn't going to get Bangkok Belly.

42 posted on 08/02/2004 6:29:04 PM PDT by JoeFromSidney (My book is out. Read excerpts at http://www.thejusticecooperative.com)
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To: Cannoneer No. 4

Not made by the lowest bidder Bump


43 posted on 08/02/2004 6:31:58 PM PDT by SAMWolf (Never pet a burning dog. LTC (Tennessee National Guard))
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To: Cannoneer No. 4

Looks like my Christmas and birthday shopping list.


44 posted on 08/02/2004 6:35:37 PM PDT by armymarinemom (Ultimate Flip Flop->I support the Troops but not their mission)
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To: Poodlebrain
Most of the equipment I actually took to the field was privately purchased.

Same here. Being in a SP artillery battery, we didn't have to walk, and had plenty of vehicles for "stuff". The first things that went into my wall locker were the GI sleeping bag and that awful air mattress. And the shelter half stuff. Living in the back of a M577 was like having a luxury RV.

I still cherish my Eddie Bauer (back when it was a real outdoors store) ultralight down bag, and Thermarest self-inflating foam pad. A good night's sleep was a high priority for me. That damn GI air mattress let me down every time (pun intended), while the Thermarest deployed in about 10 seconds, rather than 10 minutes of huffing and puffing.

45 posted on 08/02/2004 6:36:36 PM PDT by 300winmag (FR's Hobbit Hole supports America's troops)
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To: Poodlebrain

We called our private purchase gear our "Field Kit"... Looked like hell, but worked great.
Then there was the pretty stuff. Made the Battalion Cmdr's eyes shine with pride during a walk through.
Best looking window dressing you ever saw, unless you were in front of a Victoria's Secret store.
He never asked about the still full duffle bag on top of the wall-locker.


46 posted on 08/02/2004 6:41:30 PM PDT by cavtrooper21 (CQB is a very polite way of describing a gunfight at knife-fighting range.......)
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To: cavtrooper21
Here's you a mail order catalog to peruse.
47 posted on 08/02/2004 7:03:04 PM PDT by Cannoneer No. 4 (I've lost turret power; I have my nods and my .50. Hooah. I will stay until relieved. White 2 out.)
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To: Cannoneer No. 4
I enlisted in 1964 and went to basic in 65. Much of the issue stuff was pretty pathetic. The greatest trial was the damned baseball cap. Close second was that stupid Ridgeway cap with its inane metal spring to hold it up. Load bearing equipment was lame and the uniforms were uncomfortable and very "peacetime army".

I am glad the army is wising up.

48 posted on 08/02/2004 7:07:13 PM PDT by Redleg Duke (Stir the pot...don't let anything settle to the bottom where the lawyers can feed off of it!)
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To: Cannoneer No. 4

....I'll take one of those, and one of those.
....does the model come with that outfit?????



Shame on you. (just a little)
:^)


49 posted on 08/02/2004 7:20:14 PM PDT by cavtrooper21 (CQB is a very polite way of describing a gunfight at knife-fighting range.......)
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To: Cannoneer No. 4
How about the big brouhaha over the Brit "woolly-pully"? The USMC officers in my FAOBC class had them issued but there was hell to pay if you were Army and wore it under your fatigues.

Brilliant, as the Guiness brothers say....

50 posted on 08/02/2004 7:32:20 PM PDT by T-Bird45
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To: Cannoneer No. 4

What would work as well as pantyhose? Would silk thermal underwear be as good on the skin but not look as funny?


51 posted on 08/02/2004 7:39:13 PM PDT by armymarinemom (Ultimate Flip Flop->I support the Troops but not their mission)
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To: Redleg Duke

52 posted on 08/02/2004 7:41:44 PM PDT by Cannoneer No. 4 (I've lost turret power; I have my nods and my .50. Hooah. I will stay until relieved. White 2 out.)
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To: armymarinemom

I don't know. I never wore silk thermal underwear. Probably nothing works as well as panty hose for the price. Don't ask don't tell.


53 posted on 08/02/2004 7:48:21 PM PDT by Cannoneer No. 4 (I've lost turret power; I have my nods and my .50. Hooah. I will stay until relieved. White 2 out.)
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To: TADSLOS; Cannoneer No. 4

I live in Columbus, and hell, I can't think of the name of the place... but it's still there. If y'all need anything from there, lemme know, I'll pick it up for you :)

Ranger Joes is still there, but US Cav closed down. I never knew why, because they always had better prices than Ranger Joes.


54 posted on 08/02/2004 7:52:43 PM PDT by Terabitten (Father, grant me the strength to live a life worthy of those who came before me...)
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To: T-Bird45
I never envied the Marines their sweaters. But I went to AROBC in the summer.

I was issued a 5-button sweater when I got to Germany, and that was a pretty good item. Beat scarves and gloves and field jackets most of the time.


55 posted on 08/02/2004 8:03:30 PM PDT by Cannoneer No. 4 (I've lost turret power; I have my nods and my .50. Hooah. I will stay until relieved. White 2 out.)
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To: All

It doesn't sound as bad as the Civil War when Union cavalry units dumped their Springfields and purchased Spencer repeaters out of their own pockets.


56 posted on 08/02/2004 8:13:53 PM PDT by Sam the Sham
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To: Cannoneer No. 4

I have a pair of Thinsulate winter gloves. People talk about grams which one is best for Chicago windy winters?


57 posted on 08/02/2004 8:17:52 PM PDT by Milligan
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To: Sam the Sham
Henry repeaters cost $35.00 a piece, when a private only made $13.00 a month.


58 posted on 08/02/2004 8:29:49 PM PDT by Cannoneer No. 4 (I've lost turret power; I have my nods and my .50. Hooah. I will stay until relieved. White 2 out.)
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To: Milligan

Air Force mittens are best.

59 posted on 08/02/2004 8:41:18 PM PDT by Cannoneer No. 4 (I've lost turret power; I have my nods and my .50. Hooah. I will stay until relieved. White 2 out.)
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To: armymarinemom

Yes, it works well. And I used it a lot last winter. Don't let anyone tell you that winters in Iraq don't get cold. That wind is really nasty sometimes.


60 posted on 08/02/2004 8:41:54 PM PDT by Eagle Eye (Coming to you live from HESCO City...)
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