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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SFC Gilley suggested that every 10 years you have people claiming to be old school.
I'm sure this is true but do you agree? Does having 10 years of service make you old school?
I'm sure this is true but do you agree? Does having 10 years of service make you old school?
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MSG Wade Huffman
10 years is probably a good rule of thumb; but realistically, I believe most would consider themselves "old school" if they are older in service than those they are speaking to at the time! It's worn almost as a 'badge of honor' and it's all relative! LOL!
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IF you know what "Wall to Wall Counseling" is, and you were part of the E-4 Mafia (when it was truly powerful)
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And lest I forget, Flack Jackets with the led or metal plates in them, i don't remember which they were.
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SPC Charles Brown
Those were some of the most miserable things I ever had to wear in Korea. Hotter than hell in the summer and would freeze your core temperature in the winter. Damn I hated those things.
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SPC Jeffrey Reese
Am I old school when I was in CW-5 wasn't even invented yet it was being discussed but wasn't approved. We had a CW-4 that was supposed to be at the top of the list if it was approved in time before he was forced to retire.
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SPC Jeffrey Reese
Congratulations Chief you went in the month I started my terminal leave On my first enlistment. I was called back for desert storm a year later for 4 months.
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'Old School' was just a saying that we had for the "Lifers" when I was in my first term. Funny thing is that some of the Lifers we listened to knew what they were saying. It seemed that all the younger Officers had a lot to learn but only if they wanted to. I guess the longer I stayed in the closer I came to being an 'Old School' NCO. ;-)
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Being old school is still picturing boots ironing your uniforms with the Chinese press and using starch making hospital corners on your beds or telling new recruits to go to the mess hall to get cabbage and lettuce and then go to the motor pool and feed the gamma goats sending second lieutenants to the motor pool to get squelch oil for the FM radio, referring your M16 as a musket, worrying that banana suit for PT, eating C rations and receiving an entree of green ham and eggs with a p38 can opener to open your c-rations. This is what old school means to me!
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SFC (Join to see)
You hit the nail on the head brother! That's about how I remember things as well. Thanks for the memories!
Warriors Forever!
-Ed Boles
Warriors Forever!
-Ed Boles
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I know old school, Marine Corps Bootcamp April 1964. I used the WW2 rifle M-1 Garrand in Bootcamp and then the M-14 in Vietnam until I was given an AR -15 which was as useful as a rock. Most only worked when they felt good. That was rare. At least with a rock, they worked. Yea, I am Old School.
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HEAVILY starched cotton utilities / iron-on EGA / C-rations w/canned heat / W.W.II steel canteens /
"Deuce Gear" (= 782 Gear) / M-1 Thumb / Oriention on M-170 & M-711 Jeep Front-Line Ambulance / Glass Syringes / Fam-Fire on M-14 / Field Transport Pack / Cigarette pack in C-rat accessory pack /
"Deuce Gear" (= 782 Gear) / M-1 Thumb / Oriention on M-170 & M-711 Jeep Front-Line Ambulance / Glass Syringes / Fam-Fire on M-14 / Field Transport Pack / Cigarette pack in C-rat accessory pack /
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