Posted on Jul 1, 2014

What constitutes being "old school" in the military?

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I'm hearing/reading people saying "I'm old school, therefore..." So out of curiosity's sake, where is that ever-moving line?

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Posted 11 y ago

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MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca

Posted 11 y ago

If you ever:
wore yellow, nylon PT shorts
rode in a REAL deuce and a half
know what a gamma goat used to be
were transported in a cattle car
wore and washed in a steel pot
realized your M16 was built by the lowest bidding contactor
lived in WWII era barracks
thought the only definition of, "offensive" was "taking it to the commies"
actually put 2 shelter halves together to make and sleep in a tent
pressed your duty uniform
spit shined your boots
ate MREs...

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LCpl Odell Taylor

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SGT Barry Wilson -
Don't be picking on my Mustang Buddy. We all can't be as old as you...seeing as how, in 1962 while in the field, I was reduced to eating 1942 C-Rations, and in 1963, I was still eating 1943 C-Rations!

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SGT Brian “Doc” Burry

2 mo

Old School is running in black boots and fatigues, holding an M14 Rifle above your head! Then afterwards cleaning up, and then spit shining those same boots for inspection!

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SP5 Delphis Kaczowski

24 d

The food we ate was called " C-Rations" ( C= CRAP)

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SP5 Delphis Kaczowski

24 d

My "GUN" was an "M-1" Garand made in Springfield, Massachusetts.

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CW5 Sam R. Baker

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Posted 11 y ago

If you know what wall to wall counseling is...
Shine your boots with spit and kiwi with a brown tshirt
curse
drink at a NCO club on post
have weekly inspections of room in barracks by 1SG
all pictures on barracks wall framed
wear a banana suit for PT
starched your BDUs and Class B
sing cadence without repercussion
drive a 1/4 ton
drive a deuce and a half
smoke indoors
cattle car rides singing AC/DC songs
met the PT standard when you graduated basic training!!!!!!!!

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CW5 Sam R. Baker

3 mo

SFC (Join to see) - The list just gets longer and now folks from 2000 are getting old!

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LCpl Odell Taylor

3 mo

CW3 Davis Newman - If you enlisted before 15Aug61, you were ahead of me. Evidently we're close to having been in at same...for a while. I left on Friday, 13Aug65, having been released from active duty at US Marine Barracks, Boston Naval Shipyard, Charlestown, Ma. located at the opposite end of the Mystic River Bridge from Chelsea, Ma.

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1LT Peter Suedfeld

3 mo

LCpl Odell Taylor - Thanks for that information – I wish I could remember that jerk's name, but we only had a passing acquaintance ten or more years ago.

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SFC David Rasmussen

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Max the 5 event APFT

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CPT Jacob Swartout

Edited 11 y ago

Posted 11 y ago

Old school if you wore the LBE that needed to be touched up with MNU before Change of Command ceremonies. Also using Brasso to polish the brass door handles at BN or BDE.

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SP5 George Butts

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CPT (Join to see) - Brown shoe Army is even older than old school

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SGT Kerry Sommers

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Nothing smells better than Brasso in the morning. Smells like victory!!

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SPC Michael Duricko, Ph.D

1 y

I volunteered to be a fireman, thinking traditional "FIREMAN" only to find out it meant putting coal in the pot belly stove all night long. Lived in a prisoner of war barracks at Fort Gordon for my Basic Training. I believe I qualify as "OLD SCHOOL".

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