What constitutes being "old school" in the military?

If you lived in “temporary” World War II barracks and did PT in fatigues and combat boots.

What comes to mind is never complaining. Being a mustang officer I know what being a private is, and what doing the jobs no one else wants to do is like. That perspective is priceless as an officer. But Old School isn't necessarily working hard if working smart gets the job done just as well or better. Old School is never telling someone HOW to do a task, but giving someone a task and then letting them surprise you with their ingenuity. Old School means when you're tired, hungry, wet and cold, you drive on in spite of everything else going on around you and inspire others to do the same. Old School is doing it the right way, every time. Old School is never leaving your buddy behind. Old School is knowing, believing in and living the Army Values: Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity and Personal Courage. Hooah!

Doing PT in your boots! period! old school!

There was no PT uniform. We took off our fatigue blouses and wore our boots. When we went to the rifle range, 9 out of ten times we marched. We didn't eat MRE's, it was WWII C-Rations. This was feb-mar. 1968 for basic. In VN it was 'C's also, No bdu's or Acu's, Starched and Ironed fatigues with sewn on patches. The rank pins came around 1970, so that's my idea of " old school". Pre 1974.!!!

Old School ... can't forget them Jeeps ... gotta love them jeeps ...

my example of old school. when i first joined the military we had lay outs, where we lay out our TA-50 for inspections, make sure it was clean and serviceable. after every field exercise and deployments our TA-50 was washed and Direct Exchanged if need be and stored for the next exercise. before i retired i noticed that this was no longer done. i retired and worked at the Central Issue Facility and i noticed soldiers ETS of PCS bringing me equipment that was soiled, thick layers of grease around the collar, when i refused to accept it they would get angry and tell me of their deployments, and field exercises like i was never in the Military. so old school is to clean your equipment after every filed exercise and deployments, DX if need be. new school is to keep using your equipment over and over never cleaning it, and no one holding soldiers accountable for the cleanliness of their equipment. i even had a soldier remove a jacket while in line turning in his equipment and handed it to me and got angry because i refused to accept it, this is the same equipment that will be issued to another soldier take it home and wash it. these are New school, i have many more examples but i think this one is good enough.

You know your "Analog Old School" if you had a RA or US service number on your dog tags. As a MP
wore the Khaki summer uniform with duty white hat, patent leather gear with .45 Caliber pistol and police baton with spit polished black boots. Wore the old OD green fatigues and the "steel pot" helmet. Qualified with and carried the M-14 rifle two years before being issued the M-16 rifle. Assigned the Vietnam era jeep with mounted M-60 to drive for MP patrol duty. Active duty: 1968-1971

You can call a fire mission using a map & compass

If that constitutes "old school", what arebyoubif you were pre-M-16, used am M-1 in ITR and an M-14 in RVN and ate C-Rats and never saw an MRE...?

Prior to Me entering the US Air Force I had been a Cadet at Bordentown Military Institute, in Bordentown, NJ which the training was Army Infantry. There was an active duty Military training group of Officers and NCOs to stationed there to train all of us. Of course the brass on Your uniform, collar brass, belt buckles, hat emblem, side buttons on the service cap. and buttons had to be shined. Thats when Brasso came in and You needed the button boards as shown here to keep the Brasso off the uniform's material. There was also what was called a Blitz cloth, which contained polish but Brasso still worked better. I sure learned how to spit shine My shoes and everything was squared away. Tradition was alive and well in a school that was established in 1881. Constant inspections made good habits that lasted My entire Military career and never faltered from what was learned at BMI on sharp Military appearance both in the USAF and also in a civilian Police Dept which also required proper haircuts, uniforms, spit shined shoes. Some things just stay with You.