What constitutes being "old school" in the military?

Polishing your boots!

I was in during the transition during the Reagan to Clinton era. The only people with deployment patches were older NCO’s & officers from Viet Nam. They had a lot of wisdom to impart with a corresponding lack of patience for ineptitude.

The Gulf War revealed a lot of strengths in the US military but it also revealed a great deal of weakness.

For the post 9/11 crowd, these would be the guys who already had deployment patches. The US has essentially been at war since 1989 when we took Noriega out of power in Panama.

Awesome, exactly what they said. That's old school my friend, old school.

Imagine getting into a fist fight and indstead of paperwork they tell you that it ends now and someone goes to a different platoon.

Pretty much all but the gamma goat.
And they were World War I barracks.

Hooah.

Each generation says it to the next.

Qualified at the rifle range with an M-14 at Parris Island in 1972. Rode in a cattle car and on a gamma goat. Drill instructors did not present themselves as your friend, until graduation day.

My first duty station was in Druex Air Base in France, was a signal supply, worked out of the back of a supply truck. In basic I had an M-1 garand, will never forget the pain the first time I loaded that rifle, then M14, loved that rifle. 1962 - 1963. In the field we ate C Rats, also spent 7 days on guard duty when President Kennedy was assassinated, we thought we were going to get a chance to shoot some commies. Thank God, it was not WW 3, but we were scared silly not knowing what was going on. I also remember the WW2 barracks in Fort Dix NJ for basic and AIT. I fit the the "Old School" appellation pretty well, all though I never got to wear yellow, nylon PT shorts. The rest fits

ETS 1970 or before. We never wore yellow (or camo), nor encountered a 'gamma goat', and we trained on the heavy old (but reliable and accurate) M-14. Oh, and were 'handcuff volunteers', or draftees! Never got unblouse our fatigues or roll up sleeves, and 'broke starch' on 'em every Monday!