Posted on Mar 27, 2016
Challenge coins. Do you use them, collect them, or both?
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I know they mean something to the older and saltier vets on here so this is geared more towards the younger folks like me. Personally I collect the ones I receive; on great occasion I buy one. I've sold most of the ones I've bought on impulse (yeah I was that boot) except for a few that I haven't been able to. I have yet, however, to run into a situation where I needed to use one (bar scenario).
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I will never part with the one our command had made in Baghdad in 2003 out of a statue of Saddam. I gave my Father-in-Law the one I received for a top test score while at an AIT to reclass from Field Artillery to Transportation Corps after my hearing loss from that same deployment.
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I keep and collect the ones I have. I've bought ones that are either really cool or mean something significant to me. The older I get I'd actually like to display them, but for now they realistically collect dust in some forgotten corner.
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I have received 2 actual Challenge coins in my 22 yr career - one at Maj Gen 2 bn 218 FA (ANG) and 1 USAF AD from CG Centcom. never been challenged never offered challenge ;) others are not so much Challenge coins as just for collecting (Anheueser Busch presented my unit with one, a couple others presentations, but not official Challenge coins)
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