Posted on 11/13/2018 1:59:01 PM PST by re_tail20
The shirts look better than the dog puke light green thing we wore with our class As when I was in.
The originals were pretty heavy. You would not want to wear that in Hawaii.
Now we’re talking. That is hands down, the sharpest US Army uniform we’ve ever had.
Then again, I’m an Army brat from the early fifties, so I’m biased ;-)
No... I have a relative who earned one of those for marksmanship from the West German Army when she was stationed there, and as I recall the rope wasn’t blue, it looked more like gray, and the badge was antique gold/brass and had a German eagle on it. I think it was called a Schutzensnier [sp?] and she was allowed to wear it on her US uniform.
“Patton was a Cavalryman. Jodphurs were SOP. His only distinctive uniform item were his sidearms & belt.”
He was an old cavalryman but he made those jodphurs look cool.
Did anyone else wear them at the time?
Two Pistol Patton.
One of his junior officers asked if he didn’t get tired of wearing them.
He replied “of course I do. Some days I don’t want to put them on. But if I didn’t the men would notice and say the old man looks tired, then they would be tired. It would infect my whole army. I wear them so the men can see me and know I’m on the ball, spoiling for the fight. That makes THEM on the ball and spoiling for the fight.”
The old cavalryman knew image was everything for an officer who had to lead in the field.
“Live in barracks covered in black mold or live in a tent, pussy.”
I bet you were SO HARD back in the day. Did you go through the last hard cycle of Basic?
Welcome to the 1970s recycle.
...looked as though it was an infantry cord but I see you are right. Having never been stationed in Germany, I’ve only seen those things occasionally.
No, I don’t like folks with half my IQ telling me what to do. And I certainly wouldn’t put myself in a position of getting killed because of someone’s stupidity or to advance their career.
If they want to live soft, they should join the airforce.
Everyone knows black mold makes you incredibly tough.
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