What constitutes being "old school" in the military?

If you've ever been on CQ with one of these and a couple of runners...

Give you 3 guesses and the first 2 don't count US Army 1964 thru 1967

If you wore brown boots, carried an M-1 rifle , ate C-Rations, did PT in fatigues, wore Khaki Bermuda Shorts, you are “old school.”

I must admit to having experienced a whole lot of those listed. I’ll add; clean the grease trap (KP), police the area, Saturday morning barrack inspections including; foot locker, wall locker, M14, ride/drive a Dodge 3/4 ton 4x4, visit a “beer bar” on post, dance with a W.A.C. at a beer bar?

LOL, I'm Old School. Some of you gentlemen are referring to a time before they built the school.

Being the ONLY person Madigan Army Hospital had to communicate with the world. The Air Force got mad at me because the Vietcong blew up the teletype tower at Xuan Loc. Because, Air Force (The man I would later meet and marry saw it blow up. He was "in a airplane, so it was silent. The dirt just blossomed up, and then it fell over. We both heard the entire run of Chicken Man while across an ocean from each othet. Life is other. Note: I wonder how many Vietcong got hooked on Chicken Man. After all, "He's everywhere!" https://archive.org/details/67052-chicken-man-gi-interviews-orient-express_202108/312522A-Chicken+Man+Promos+1-41.mp3).

Unfortunately… in today’s Military, you’re “old school” if you know what a woman is… if you know that “sensitivity training” won’t stop your enemy for shooting you… the only “pronouns” you use are, “sir” , “ma’am”, or Sergeant… or knowing that dressing up in WWII cosplay isn’t going to win a war.

* Was told to go to your platoon daddy to get a box of grid squares.
* You have ever been pissed because you were thrown an MRE and realized it was "Chicken a la King"
* You rode in a deuce and a half or a cattle car.
* You know the term Rape prevention glasses, called them that, and nobody was offended.
* You ever put your boots in the oven.
* You have ever used a whole can of starch on one uniform, where it could litterally stand on its own.
* You could identify a dirt bag soldier from across the quad.
* You took drown proofing classes jumping through a hole in the ice.
* The only thing that followed Trans- was -portation.
* If your entire platoon lined up to smash your collar bone after a promotion.
* If you have ever repeated the cadence "a yellow bird, with a yellow bill"........
* If you have ever rolled out hundreds of yards of telephone wire.
* Slept under a shelter half off the side off an uncovered jeep in the winter.
* Ran miles in full MOP gear.

Just to add to some of the other comments:

-You spent more time home than deployed.

-Biggest deployment was to Korea (with or without your family)

-You didn’t have to show your ID card to get on base; you just drive right in.

-Commissary and PX was the place to be on Saturdays.

-You hardly had civilians do our jobs.

Same as "boot." What did the 30 yr Sgt Major say to the 29 1/2 yr Sgt Major? Good Morning Boot!