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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Try eating “C” rations from 1950. Chesterfield cigarettes, toilet paper that crumbled in your hands, chocolate bars that tasted like cooking chocolate and chickolets that would crack your teeth, and black label beer, you were in the Marine Corps in Vietnam during 1968
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Cpl Gerald Hill
Ours in VN 04/65 were dated 1941 to this day Ham & Eggs Chopped still makes me cringe!
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I am old school. 70 and still kicking.bi polar. Never did I kill one person. Saved at least 20 people from death. Should have been a doctor.
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PT'd and got mashed in boot camp (not basic training) in dungarees
Went thru gas chamber at GTMO 4 times
Wore a white hat and boon dockers in boot camp
Got marching party at night on the grinder in San Diego in July 1989 holding a rifle above my head the entire time
Got paid by a paper check that I had to cash at the money truck
Was an RM (rated), BM(working party), ET(antenna maintenance) and MS(mess cranking) all at the same time
Lagged bulkheads and stripped and waxed p-ways with a sponge
Smoked in my workspace and on the mess decks after meals
Leggings were to determine how long you'd been in boot camp, not just for women.
Lastly, had no damn stress card ever.
Went thru gas chamber at GTMO 4 times
Wore a white hat and boon dockers in boot camp
Got marching party at night on the grinder in San Diego in July 1989 holding a rifle above my head the entire time
Got paid by a paper check that I had to cash at the money truck
Was an RM (rated), BM(working party), ET(antenna maintenance) and MS(mess cranking) all at the same time
Lagged bulkheads and stripped and waxed p-ways with a sponge
Smoked in my workspace and on the mess decks after meals
Leggings were to determine how long you'd been in boot camp, not just for women.
Lastly, had no damn stress card ever.
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Wow, Old School... I would have to say "respect" starts it all. When you were told to do something by someone that out-ranked you, you did it even if you didn't like it. You were called by many names and didn't cry about it or report that higher ranking individual. You were a soldier, not a victim! You held your head high and were proud of your uniform. You were in a band of brother's whether you liked each other or not. No obstacle to big, or task to small. That was "OLD SCHOOL".
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Old school is a presence of mind that understands that the current military style is substandard to their entry style. It‘s a culture thing, just like our dad‘s and grandfathers life compared to ours.
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LTC Philip Marlowe
Good comment SSG Hanlon. Lived thru 4 gens of military in the last 50 years...every gen says the 'new gen' "ain't as tough as ours". Heard that from my GFather (WWI/II) and my dad (Korea/VN). Seen it as I 'grew up' in / around the Army.
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I was gonna say "me", but I figured that'd be rather vain, obviously....
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That's not old school. C rations.pt in fatigues.Steel pot for helmet, M14 that's old school. That's a rifle.
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SSG Thomas Barry
we had the 14 till we had to qualify and the 16's butt stock had mattel embossed on on it. A lot of guys thought it was a toy till the DI's fired it at a 5 gallon can and it blew the backside out. they were pre non tumbler rounds.
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