What constitutes being "old school" in the military?

Never got caught scrounging .

Yes, if that was long sleeve khakis with tie.

We had short sleeve khakis with the cunt cap which was also worn with Class A's. This was in 1978. Three of my Army friends who joined before I did had the regular hats. I thought the cunt cap must have been designed as a joke because it was so stupid looking. I'd wear the steel pot helmet before I'd wear that pitiful example of a hat.

Been there and yes I have wore it, and actually preferred that to the flying saucer.

The only one I remember from Basic was an Acting Jack, Cpl Jenkins. He gave jackass a bad name. No one from AIT, About 5 or 6 from the 16 months spent in Germany and only four from the 13 months in Nam. The CO, the 1St Sgt. , One guy I had Court Marshaled and a SSG who left owing me money.

Dwffinateley ... Sweet memories (I think).

As I recall our drill sergeant knew a lot of songs with dirty words and had all of us
singing (we could NOT sing) those nasty songs at Fort Benning's Harmony Church
in 1968. We were called every obscene name in the book and you really had a big
problem if you fell behind in the PT run.

SSG Selwyn Bodley Now that I am ancient it was a fantastic time to be part of old memories flash by I'm honoured to have been a member of our great military.

SPC Woody Bullard - Sand Hill, 1969

SPC Christopher Perrien - No, there was no such thing as a Hummer in 19.. 63, It is a 3/4 ton utility vehicle. It is a 10 ton prime mover, the 100 round 8in basic load weighed 10 tons. The M-2 8 inch towed Howitzer weighed 16 tons. I took the picture below while I was in D Btry 6/80th Arty, 7th Infantry Div. The 8 inch towed was replaced by the M110 SP in 1964

Alright. Looks like the back end of a HUMMER, hence my time-line error. Of which the 5 ton would have been included (another error caused by first). Don't know much about Corps? level artillery or the vehicles they used in Korea in the 60's. Looks like a HUMMER from the 80's there. Guess I would have to look at both from some partial back end views from some in the field pictures to tell. You are right though , the big truck in the picture looks a little heavier than a 5 ton, I don't recall ever seeing a 10 ton in that config in the eighty's though I "might" have, in reserve at Camp Shelby about 1990. Looking them up I found they were all M125's by the 80's, the tractor trailer version , the (M123?) in the picture had been phased out.

There is a new track ammo carrier that goes with the M110. The biggest thing I have ever driven with steering levers instead of a steering wheel. The 8" tubes were interchangeable so they probably used them up in Vietnam. Since you are Armour

SSG Edward Tilton do you know what the acronym means? I didn’t have one though.

CPT Earl George - Never.The only vehicles that I remember having an auto matic transmissions were the Gamma Goats and Goers. Being a Motor Sgt., I had a licence for every wheeled vehicle at the time and other the the two I mentioned, everything from the 1/4 ton jeep up to the Kensworth 20 ton Tractor were manual. The 10 tons and the Kensworth 's transmissions weren't synchronized and you had to double clutch to shift. The good thing about that was I can drive any "stick" w/o the clutch, except for starting out.

SGT Raymond Zannetti - I was in ROTC and we went somewhere to shoot our M1 Garands. I remember it downshifting quite frequently. (late 67-early 68)

CPT Earl George - Rode and drove this truck and later got replaced with the Continental all fuel turboed engine with standard transmission.

SGT Raymond Zannetti - I rode in this duece and a half in 1967.

remember that as well

I was issued black boots, slept in canvas type tents with a metal and wood beam in the center, drove a duece-n-half, and I remember when I was afriad of my CSM and 1SG.

Steel pot to K-pot (kids have no idea what a k-pot is). How did we all survive without the PT belts. Last trip to Iraq I thought my joes were trying to set me up when they told me I had to wear my PT belt on a FOB. I didn't, at least for the first hour and realized I probably wouldn't have to worry about the sniper because he had plenty of targets! Still scratching my head about that one. CSMs and SGMs and 1SGs still scare me, then I remember I am a SGM ;) ! Still find myself standing at parade rest from time to time for both 8s and 9s, then I remember I am one. 29 year habits are hard to break.

WAC, WAF, Waves, WMC(BAMS), these ladies were assigned to all female units and attached to their duty unit. All WACs wore the Hall of Athena. I went through Basic at Ft Ord, the WAC Barracks were in a stockade like compound at the top of WAC Hill, with double fencing and gates with a guard on duty 24 7.

your old school if you have seen the COLONEL at Ft Benning in the opening of the movie The Green Berets with John Wayne in the flesh . I can't remember his name. He was in charge of jump school.