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<a class="fancybox" rel="42afb05b5aff9263594543b025db173e" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/068/744/for_gallery_v2/daee8f37.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/068/744/large_v3/daee8f37.jpg" alt="Daee8f37" /></a></div><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-2" id="image-141515"><a class="fancybox" rel="42afb05b5aff9263594543b025db173e" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/141/515/for_gallery_v2/477ea03.jpeg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/141/515/thumb_v2/477ea03.jpeg" alt="477ea03" /></a></div></div>For me it would have to be the old M163 SP Vulcan Air Defense Artillery Gatling gun. It was supposed to be used to shoot down aircraft (jets), however after three long years of manning this piece of equipment I came to believe that the only way you could actually bring down an enemy fighter jet was if the pilot saw you firing at him and he crashed while laughing his ass off at you. Please, lets not have any comments about 2nd Lieutenants, that one is just a given. Just kidding, you butter bars know I love ya.What is the most useless piece of military equipment you have ever seen or used?2014-05-08T09:09:31-04:00SPC Charles Brown121536<div class="images-v2-count-2"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-68744"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image">
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It was supposed to be used to shoot down aircraft (jets), however after three long years of manning this piece of equipment I came to believe that the only way you could actually bring down an enemy fighter jet was if the pilot saw you firing at him and he crashed while laughing his ass off at you. Please, lets not have any comments about 2nd Lieutenants, that one is just a given. Just kidding, you butter bars know I love ya.What is the most useless piece of military equipment you have ever seen or used?2014-05-08T09:09:31-04:002014-05-08T09:09:31-04:00SSG Private RallyPoint Member121562<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Honestly the entire CBRN equipment issue. I have never used it unless going into a gas chamber.Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made May 8 at 2014 9:38 AM2014-05-08T09:38:14-04:002014-05-08T09:38:14-04:00SFC Private RallyPoint Member121813<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>For me it would be the Land Warrior system. It was not to bad if you did not get it wet or dirty or bump it into anything or get it to hot or to cold lol so basically if you did not use it in the Army.Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made May 8 at 2014 2:26 PM2014-05-08T14:26:07-04:002014-05-08T14:26:07-04:00SSG John Bacon121894<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>MTS or Material Tracking System, Computer system to be put into vehicles to do real time tracking of assets and communication to OPS or where ever you have the base station. We had version 1 that cost the tax payers about 28K per unit and we had 14 units plus the base station that had a VRC with it too. These things were not to be used while deployed they were only for CONUS and were not cross compatible with the BFT's. The only time we ever took them out in 9 years that we had them was to do Inventories. They were replaced by version 2 which the only part we kept from version 1 was the GPS dish. Every other component was replaced with a new version, but the system still cannot be used while deployed. WTF? Can anyone say Fraud waste and abuse?Response by SSG John Bacon made May 8 at 2014 4:06 PM2014-05-08T16:06:24-04:002014-05-08T16:06:24-04:00SFC Stephen P.121895<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>While my only use was preventive maintenance, I would have to say the M231 firing port weapon.<br /><br />Just barely beats out the Bradley's swim seal (only experience was when we removed them... it was an awful smell).Response by SFC Stephen P. made May 8 at 2014 4:06 PM2014-05-08T16:06:37-04:002014-05-08T16:06:37-04:001LT Private RallyPoint Member121903<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>CPL Brown - <br /><br />Fallopian Tubes the FNGs (mechanics, etc) are frequently assigned to find.<br /><br />In my experience they cause nothing but trouble in field clinics/hospitals.<br /><br />Warmest Regards, SandyResponse by 1LT Private RallyPoint Member made May 8 at 2014 4:10 PM2014-05-08T16:10:45-04:002014-05-08T16:10:45-04:00SSG James Shepherd122674<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>DNS AN/PSQ-18A. A laser sight for an M203? Really? A pinpoint sight for an area fire weapon? Maybe I was just using the damn thing wrong but all it ever was to me is something on my hand receipt that I kept locked away.Response by SSG James Shepherd made May 9 at 2014 1:32 PM2014-05-09T13:32:47-04:002014-05-09T13:32:47-04:00MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca122767<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>But seriously the, Y cable that connected the original non-icom SINCGARS to the KY-57. We went through these like water at a cost of $300 a pop because the pins bent so easily.Response by MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca made May 9 at 2014 3:34 PM2014-05-09T15:34:12-04:002014-05-09T15:34:12-04:00MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca122768<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>the doorknob on my recruiter's officeResponse by MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca made May 9 at 2014 3:34 PM2014-05-09T15:34:57-04:002014-05-09T15:34:57-04:00SGT Private RallyPoint Member122903<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The Load Bearing Vest (LBV)! I've never used an LBV because we strap everything directly to our IBA (body armor), including ammo pouches, canteen, first aid kit, and everything else. What's the LBV even good for? It's skimpy and you can't put plates in it.Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made May 9 at 2014 7:27 PM2014-05-09T19:27:40-04:002014-05-09T19:27:40-04:00MSgt Private RallyPoint Member123076<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>K9P lubricant.<br /><br />Also, I was sent to CSS for and ID10-T form when I arrived from Tech School.Response by MSgt Private RallyPoint Member made May 10 at 2014 12:07 AM2014-05-10T00:07:04-04:002014-05-10T00:07:04-04:00SSG Private RallyPoint Member396719<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Knee and Elbow padsResponse by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 1 at 2015 11:40 PM2015-01-01T23:40:51-05:002015-01-01T23:40:51-05:00LTC Stephen C.396769<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-18357"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image">
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Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 2 at 2015 1:04 AM2015-01-02T01:04:58-05:002015-01-02T01:04:58-05:00SGT Steve Oakes396858<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>CPL Brown I respectfully disagree. The Vulcan was an excellent weapon system, just not at what it was designated for. I heard stories of what that thing did in Viet-Nam. The V.C. and NVA would run like hell after just hearing it firing in the distance!<br />You are right about the jets though. I locked on to a F-16 once during REFORGER 90. The turret went nuts trying to put in the lead angle. Damn thing nearly threw me out of the seat! <br /><br />My vote is for the TADDS. Target, Aquision, Data, Display, System. Rarely worked and required a brave? crew in a Gamma Goat to sit out in the open with a Radar dish sticking up in the air.Response by SGT Steve Oakes made Jan 2 at 2015 1:09 AM2015-01-02T01:09:24-05:002015-01-02T01:09:24-05:00SSG(P) Matthew Bisbee396904<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The M901 Improved TOW vehicle. There was nothing improved about it. It was a M113A2 chassis with a heavy "hammer head" turret mounted on top. It had trouble keeping up with the M113A3 and M1s. The worst part about it was the foot long handle mounted in a difficult place to reach for the manual hydraulic pump. Manually erect the TOW launcher was a battle drill that was roundly hated by all.Response by SSG(P) Matthew Bisbee made Jan 2 at 2015 1:58 AM2015-01-02T01:58:12-05:002015-01-02T01:58:12-05:00SSG Trevor S.397446<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The ash trays in Blackhawks.Response by SSG Trevor S. made Jan 2 at 2015 12:44 PM2015-01-02T12:44:15-05:002015-01-02T12:44:15-05:001SG Private RallyPoint Member397493<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>CPL,<br />I seen that Vulcan Cannon work on a base during one of my deployments to bad we didn't have them in Afghanistan. <br />But to the equipment I don't like its the Etool.Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 2 at 2015 1:03 PM2015-01-02T13:03:27-05:002015-01-02T13:03:27-05:00SPC Christopher Morehouse397547<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The toilet paper in the MRE.Response by SPC Christopher Morehouse made Jan 2 at 2015 1:41 PM2015-01-02T13:41:31-05:002015-01-02T13:41:31-05:00SFC John Rivera397597<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>In Alaska we were issued a leather "survival" strap to be boiled and eaten in an emergency. We we were also issued a water proof match case, i guess no one told the Army the Zippo had been invented. Two items every one lost and had to pay for to clear CIF. We also had cross country skis as part of are MTOE.Response by SFC John Rivera made Jan 2 at 2015 2:11 PM2015-01-02T14:11:10-05:002015-01-02T14:11:10-05:00MAJ Raúl Rovira397664<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I find useless items that are issued to a soldier, that have a purpose, but the chain of command (unit / command specific) does not want soldiers to use. <br /><br />Examples: Fleece jacket, a certain hat, an authorized boot to name a few.<br /><br />I get it that someone made the call for not wearing it. Then lets not issue the items.<br /><br />As far as half the stuff from CIF that was issued to me and I'll never use, I have it on the "Will Never Use Duffel Bag" (WNUDB) for when I have to clear. <br /><br />The WNUDB is the most useful piece of military equipment I have:)Response by MAJ Raúl Rovira made Jan 2 at 2015 2:50 PM2015-01-02T14:50:49-05:002015-01-02T14:50:49-05:00CPT Private RallyPoint Member398721<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>PRC-150 Radios... they part of the whole equipment issue with the MATV, but were never used. MBITR and 115G/F were the ones used.Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 3 at 2015 12:26 AM2015-01-03T00:26:52-05:002015-01-03T00:26:52-05:00SSG Joe Stone399219<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The shelter half and that crappy rubberized rain gear they used to issue.Response by SSG Joe Stone made Jan 3 at 2015 11:47 AM2015-01-03T11:47:27-05:002015-01-03T11:47:27-05:00SGT John Rice399309<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The most useless piece of equipment that I used? That is easy, it was the <br />Loran Satellite Navigational Unit that they issued us for use in the desert. It never could tell us where we were much less how to get to where we were supposed to be. Got us lost 3 times before we packed it away and used our trusty compasses.Response by SGT John Rice made Jan 3 at 2015 12:48 PM2015-01-03T12:48:26-05:002015-01-03T12:48:26-05:00SGT Charles Vernier399619<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I would say my shelter half the most unused piece of equipment I ever had issued to me.Response by SGT Charles Vernier made Jan 3 at 2015 3:56 PM2015-01-03T15:56:07-05:002015-01-03T15:56:07-05:00SSG Tim Everett400542<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Let's see:<br /><br />1.) brown-and-snuggy issue underwear for men. After Basic, I set all mine on fire.<br />2.) the handkerchief -- wtf am I going to do with that? I certainly wouldn't blow my nose with that burlap.<br />3.) MILES gear -- never worked properly except when I was the one being shot at.<br />4.) The military towel -- I could cover half my erse with it *IF* I had the leading edge covering my nethers up front.<br />5.) Bear suit half -- I think it was the top that I was issued at CIF? Where was the bottom? OH RIGHT, I had to go buy it on my own dime.<br />6.) LBV (the vest) -- utter crap, left mine in my wall locker and got an LBE (the suspenders). The LBE was excellent because in the field, I'd just ditch the suspenders and use my MILES gear harness instead.<br />7.) Berets for non-SF/Abn/Ranger -- thanks a lot, bro.<br />8.) Reflective belt, nuff said.<br />9.) MOPP suit -- was this thing actually supposed to stop bio and chem weapons?Response by SSG Tim Everett made Jan 4 at 2015 1:51 AM2015-01-04T01:51:46-05:002015-01-04T01:51:46-05:00SSG Private RallyPoint Member464620<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Lets see... Every month I inventory stuff that nobody in the company has ever used<br /><br />Field phone(We turned in the wire a few years ago, but had to keep the phones)<br />KOI-8 Tape reader(I don't remember the S6 giving me a paper fill)<br />Test Set Electrical(What does it test???)<br />CPOF--used it while on staff. You spend 6 hrs developing a pasteboard that could have been done in 2 minutes with a pen, or you could just text the info to higher headquarters in 30 seconds.Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 9 at 2015 4:22 AM2015-02-09T04:22:25-05:002015-02-09T04:22:25-05:00SGT Private RallyPoint Member572516<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The little pads that go inside the ACU Pants and Top. Good idea, wrong time for it.Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 5 at 2015 3:42 AM2015-04-05T03:42:23-04:002015-04-05T03:42:23-04:00SPC Michael Frugoli627278<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-37193"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image">
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Named after American soldier, congressman, and folk hero Davy Crockett, it was one of the smallest nuclear weapon systems ever built.<br /><br />The crew was often well within the blast radius if the weapon were to be fired. <br /><br />The Davy Crockett recoilless spigot gun was developed in the late 1950s for use against Soviet armor and troops if war broke out in Europe. Davy Crockett Sections were assigned to USAREUR (United States Army Europe) armor and mechanized and non-mechanized infantry battalions. During alerts to the Inner German border in the Fulda Gap the Davy Crocketts accompanied their battalions. All V Corps (including 3rd Armored Division) combat maneuver battalions had preassigned positions in the Fulda Gap. These were known as GDP (General Defense Plan) positions. The Davy Crockett sections were included in these defensive deployment plans. In addition to the Davy Crocketts (e.g., assigned to the 3rd Armored Division), V Corps had nuclear artillery rounds and Atomic Demolition Mines, and these were also targeted on the Fulda Gap.<br /><br />The M-388 round used a version of the W54 warhead, a very small sub-kiloton fission device. The Mk-54 weighed about 51 lb (23 kg), with a yield equivalent to somewhere between 10 or 20 tons of TNT— very close to the minimum practical size and yield for a fission warhead. The only selectable feature with either versions of the Davy Crockett (M28 & M29) was the height-of-burst dial on the warhead. Post-Davy Crockett versions of the W54 nuclear device apparently had a selectable yield feature (see below for Hi/Lo Switch and Launching Piston references.) The complete round weighed 76 lb (34.5 kg). It was 31 in. (78.7 cm) long with a diameter of 11 in. (28 cm) at its widest point; a subcaliber piston at the back of the shell was inserted into the launcher's barrel for firing.[1] The "piston" was considered a spigot prior to the discharge of the propellant cartridge in the recoilless gun chamber of the Davy Crockett. The M-388 atomic projectile was mounted on the barrel-inserted spigot via bayonet slots. Once the propellant was discharged the spigot became the launching piston for the M-388 atomic projectile. The nuclear yield is hinted at in FM 9-11: Operation and Employment of the Davy Crockett Battlefield Missile, XM-28/29 (June 1963).<br /><br />The M-388 could be launched from either of two launchers known as the Davy Crockett Weapon System(s): the 4-inch (120 mm) M28, with a range of about 1.25 mi (2 km), or the 6.1-in (155 mm) M29, with a range of 2.5 mi (4 km). Both weapons used the same projectile, and were either mounted on a tripod launcher transported by an armored personnel carrier, or they were carried by a Jeep (M-38 & later M-151). The Jeep was equipped with an attached launcher for the M28 or the M29, as required, whereas the Davy Crockett carried by an armored personnel carrier was set up in the field on a tripod away from the carrier. The Davy Crocketts were operated by a three-man crew.[2] In the 3rd Armored Division in Germany in the 1960s many Davy Crockett Sections (all of which were in the Heavy Mortar Platoons, in Headquarters Companies of Infantry or Armor Maneuver Battalions) received what became a mix of M28 & M29 launchers [e.g., one of each per D/C section]. Eventually, the M28s were replaced by M29s, so that both the armored personnel carriers and the Jeeps carried the M29.<br /><br /> A Davy Crockett casing preserved in the United States Army Ordnance Museum<br />Both recoilless guns proved to have poor accuracy in testing, so the shell's greatest effect would have been its extreme radiation hazard. The M-388 would produce an almost instantly lethal radiation dosage (in excess of 10,000 rem) within 500 feet (150 m), and a probably fatal dose (around 600 rem) within a quarter mile (400 m).[3]<br /><br />The warhead was tested on July 7, 1962 in the Little Feller II weapons effects test shot, and again in an actual firing of the Davy Crockett from a distance of 1.7 miles (2.72 km) in the Little Feller I test shot on July 17. This was the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada Test Site.<br /><br />Production of the Davy Crockett began in 1956, with a total of 2,100 being made. The weapon was tested between 1962 and 1968 at the Pohakuloa Training Area on Hawaiʻi island, with 714 M101 spotter rounds (not live warheads) that contained depleted uranium.[4][5] The weapon was deployed with US Army forces from 1961 to 1971. It was deactivated from US Army Europe (in West Germany) in August, 1967.[6]<br /><br />Versions of the W54 warhead were also used in the Special Atomic Demolition Munition project and the AIM-26A Falcon.<br />Mk-54 (Davy Crockett) — 10 or 20 ton yield, Davy Crockett Gun warheadMk-54 (SADM) — variable yield 10 ton to 1 kiloton, Special Atomic Demolition Munition deviceW-54 — 250 ton yield, warhead for AIM-26 Falcon air-to-air missile<br />The 55th and 56th Infantry Platoons, attached to the Division Artillery of the US 82nd Airborne Division, were the last units equipped with the M-29 Davy Crockett weapons system. These two units were parachute deployed and, with a 1/2 ton truck per section, (3 per platoon) were fully air droppable. The units were deactivated in mid-1968.Response by LTC Scott O'Neil made Apr 29 at 2015 8:41 AM2015-04-29T08:41:50-04:002015-04-29T08:41:50-04:00PO2 Kevin LaCroix627874<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>O-1's, just kidding.<br /><br />Rules about being in inspection ready uniforms for muster, but not being allow to change into work ready uniforms, when you have a job that involves crawling around machines and engineering spaces.Response by PO2 Kevin LaCroix made Apr 29 at 2015 8:46 AM2015-04-29T08:46:48-04:002015-04-29T08:46:48-04:00SSG Kenneth Lanning627911<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>MILES gear...glad it's pretty much gone now.Response by SSG Kenneth Lanning made Apr 29 at 2015 8:55 AM2015-04-29T08:55:39-04:002015-04-29T08:55:39-04:00CPT Private RallyPoint Member628002<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>ACUsResponse by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 29 at 2015 9:24 AM2015-04-29T09:24:54-04:002015-04-29T09:24:54-04:00SPC John Levine628418<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>A Private fresh out of T school.Response by SPC John Levine made Apr 29 at 2015 11:47 AM2015-04-29T11:47:21-04:002015-04-29T11:47:21-04:00SGT Richard H.628719<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I don't know what was the most useless thing ever invented by the army, but the most useless thing I was ever issued was Mickey Mouse boots. No thank you, give me my Danners.Response by SGT Richard H. made Apr 29 at 2015 12:58 PM2015-04-29T12:58:24-04:002015-04-29T12:58:24-04:00CPT Private RallyPoint Member628784<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>This is a good one.Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 29 at 2015 1:13 PM2015-04-29T13:13:50-04:002015-04-29T13:13:50-04:001SG Private RallyPoint Member628827<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-37304"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image">
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Response by COL Charles Williams made May 1 at 2015 12:05 AM2015-05-01T00:05:56-04:002015-05-01T00:05:56-04:00SSG Leonard Johnson633335<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>chicken ala king in the old MREsResponse by SSG Leonard Johnson made May 1 at 2015 12:08 AM2015-05-01T00:08:02-04:002015-05-01T00:08:02-04:00SFC Mark Merino633337<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>As a long time user of "Acme" products, I find this product bashing morally reprehensible. The product warnings clearly say "not for use by coyotes." My rocket skates have come in handy on several occasions. I'd also like to add that my gynormous magnet looks awesome on top of my car.Response by SFC Mark Merino made May 1 at 2015 12:11 AM2015-05-01T00:11:06-04:002015-05-01T00:11:06-04:00SFC Mark Merino633340<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-37608"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image">
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<a class="fancybox" rel="546f3ebfaef2f16d72528c658f0ed0fa" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/037/768/for_gallery_v2/MickyMouseBoots.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/037/768/large_v3/MickyMouseBoots.jpg" alt="Mickymouseboots" /></a></div></div>I gotta vote for the Mickey Mouse Boots...<br /><br />Always issued, never worn, heavy and awkward to carry.<br /><br />I distinctly remember being a PV2 with no better sense packing them for the field at Ft Campbell. It got really cold, so I thought I'd put them on and laugh at the guys that didn't bring theirs... and then couldn't get my feet in them.Response by SPC David Hannaman made May 1 at 2015 5:27 PM2015-05-01T17:27:12-04:002015-05-01T17:27:12-04:00SFC Private RallyPoint Member635172<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>There are a lot of comments already on here, didn't see this mentioned. So, I'll add the marshmallow PTs to the list.Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made May 1 at 2015 6:34 PM2015-05-01T18:34:52-04:002015-05-01T18:34:52-04:00SSG Private RallyPoint Member635194<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The groin protector (ska "Dick flap") on the IBA/IOTV. Both uncomfortable and useless.Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made May 1 at 2015 6:43 PM2015-05-01T18:43:59-04:002015-05-01T18:43:59-04:00A1C Dennis Schroader635200<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I had a SSgt (Air Force E5) who might qualify. At his most effective, he sat around coloring different paint schemes on Mustang outlines. At his worst, he actually tried to do work.Response by A1C Dennis Schroader made May 1 at 2015 6:45 PM2015-05-01T18:45:05-04:002015-05-01T18:45:05-04:00MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca635222<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The doorknob on my recruiter's office.Response by MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca made May 1 at 2015 6:53 PM2015-05-01T18:53:29-04:002015-05-01T18:53:29-04:00SSG Paul Setterholm635260<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The gamma goatResponse by SSG Paul Setterholm made May 1 at 2015 7:14 PM2015-05-01T19:14:07-04:002015-05-01T19:14:07-04:00PO1 Private RallyPoint Member635367<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The "Paperless" Navy coupled with 3M.Response by PO1 Private RallyPoint Member made May 1 at 2015 8:19 PM2015-05-01T20:19:45-04:002015-05-01T20:19:45-04:00SGT Chip Hutchings635422<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-37811"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image">
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Useless.Response by Cpl Arik Blane made May 3 at 2015 8:20 PM2015-05-03T20:20:07-04:002015-05-03T20:20:07-04:00SFC Private RallyPoint Member639046<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>ASAS-light...good for a chock block!Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made May 3 at 2015 8:23 PM2015-05-03T20:23:01-04:002015-05-03T20:23:01-04:00SSgt Dennis V Murawsky639052<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Has to be the individual jet pack. The civilian world has refined it to operate for a whopping 30 seconds. I wonder how many troops were injured or killed by this Rube Goldberg device.Response by SSgt Dennis V Murawsky made May 3 at 2015 8:25 PM2015-05-03T20:25:05-04:002015-05-03T20:25:05-04:00PFC Zanie Young639057<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Those short shorts on the old PT uniform. Bad for the men, even worse for the ladies... (in the risk of getting slapped...)Response by PFC Zanie Young made May 3 at 2015 8:28 PM2015-05-03T20:28:37-04:002015-05-03T20:28:37-04:00Lt Col Private RallyPoint Member639790<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The reflective belt.Response by Lt Col Private RallyPoint Member made May 4 at 2015 8:39 AM2015-05-04T08:39:43-04:002015-05-04T08:39:43-04:00Cpl Glynis Sakowicz639835<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Now Please understand, I am not saying the gas mask is useless, I am simply stating that, unless you have the right filters for the mask, there really isn't much use in hauling it around 24-7, is there? <br />I am probably going to get all sorts of "ARE YOU INSANE???" Comments, but please recall, every ounce you carry in the field is an ounce less of something you could have carried and might need more than a useless piece of gear handed out to keep the troops from panicking...<br /><br /><br />WAAAYYYY back, before a lot of you were born or at the very least, began a military service, I was in Germany with the Army. There was a nasty group of evil-doers called "Bader-Meinhoff" and yes, I probably spelled that wrong.<br />We woke one morning to find that word had been passed that this group who swore they would kill American military wherever they could, had either stolen or convinced others that they'd stolen some horrible gas, and no I don't recall what it was but it was considered bad enough that for weeks, we all carried gas masks with us wherever we went.<br />It was the day we turned those masks in, that we were told they would not have done any good anyway, because the filters on the masks were for tear gas, and we'd have all been dead within minutes had their been a real attack. <br />I remember standing there, staring down at the gas mask pouch I'd had to run PT with... take to the commissary with me, and keep on the bedside table at night. I really don't think I have ever HATED a piece of equipment more than I did that mask, at that very second! <br />Yes, the are a great piece of equipment, and they can and do save lives, but I am quite sure, if someone had given the warning for gas at that very moment, I am not sure I could have forced myself to don that thing!Response by Cpl Glynis Sakowicz made May 4 at 2015 8:56 AM2015-05-04T08:56:47-04:002015-05-04T08:56:47-04:00LCDR Jeffery Dixon640025<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Mission or Deployment Equipment left behind!Response by LCDR Jeffery Dixon made May 4 at 2015 10:25 AM2015-05-04T10:25:16-04:002015-05-04T10:25:16-04:00CPT Quentin von Éfáns-Taráfdar640046<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The beret. It doesn't keep the sun out of your eyes, the rain off of your neck, the cold away from your ears, shrapnel from entering your skull. The one thing that it does do is impress the hell out of civilians!Response by CPT Quentin von Éfáns-Taráfdar made May 4 at 2015 10:33 AM2015-05-04T10:33:18-04:002015-05-04T10:33:18-04:00SGT James Abbott640059<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Coast guard... no but seriously though I would say the microfilm reader used in the 70's that I was still responsible for because we found it in a conex and it was "hood" so yeah..interesting device but very outdated. If we are talking not outdated but rather useless I would say the PT belt while down range...Response by SGT James Abbott made May 4 at 2015 10:39 AM2015-05-04T10:39:55-04:002015-05-04T10:39:55-04:00SSG Carlos Madden640218<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-38150"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image">
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Response by SFC Mark Merino made Nov 13 at 2015 11:28 AM2015-11-13T11:28:02-05:002015-11-13T11:28:02-05:00SFC Private RallyPoint Member1106327<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>M 8 Chem Alarm, went off all the time for no reason.Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 13 at 2015 12:22 PM2015-11-13T12:22:02-05:002015-11-13T12:22:02-05:00SFC Mark Beazley1107186<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>While I have to agree with you about it as an air defense platform, I'd love to have that gun on top of my strykers.... If I could figure out how to keep it from vibrating my eyeballs out of their sockets.Response by SFC Mark Beazley made Nov 13 at 2015 7:40 PM2015-11-13T19:40:18-05:002015-11-13T19:40:18-05:00Col Lyman Faith1107422<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Lieutenants. Both the gold and silver models.Response by Col Lyman Faith made Nov 13 at 2015 9:24 PM2015-11-13T21:24:48-05:002015-11-13T21:24:48-05:00MSgt Daniel Attilio1108373<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I will have to disagree with you on this one. This was like a god-send compared to the h-harness it replaced. Everything fit much better with the LBV rather than trying to attach magazines, canteens, fak, bayonet, gas mask and whatever else was on person on the h-harness. It also did not dig into your shoulders.Response by MSgt Daniel Attilio made Nov 14 at 2015 2:45 PM2015-11-14T14:45:59-05:002015-11-14T14:45:59-05:00MAJ Private RallyPoint Member1111261<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>computers, how much soldier time has been wasted on theseResponse by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 16 at 2015 12:51 PM2015-11-16T12:51:49-05:002015-11-16T12:51:49-05:00MSgt James Mullis1111345<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I'd say the eight pairs of cotton fatigues I was issued in basic training, a month before they were phased out use and replaced by the "new and improved" wrinkle resistant fatigues. One month of wear is the equivalent of useless.Response by MSgt James Mullis made Nov 16 at 2015 1:20 PM2015-11-16T13:20:04-05:002015-11-16T13:20:04-05:00SPC James Butler1111523<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-68420"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image">
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An old school mount was usually usedResponse by CPT John Ferrie made Aug 24 at 2016 9:47 PM2016-08-24T21:47:56-04:002016-08-24T21:47:56-04:00SSG Timothy McCoy1834598<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>U.S. Army Lieutenants!??!Response by SSG Timothy McCoy made Aug 25 at 2016 12:51 AM2016-08-25T00:51:16-04:002016-08-25T00:51:16-04:00PO1 James White1834644<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Navy PT uniform, made us look like Minions.Response by PO1 James White made Aug 25 at 2016 1:48 AM2016-08-25T01:48:11-04:002016-08-25T01:48:11-04:00MSG Private RallyPoint Member1839659<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The "one key fits all" Chevy Blazer. If memory serves me, I believe it is written in the operators manual "Not designed for off road use"Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 26 at 2016 4:10 PM2016-08-26T16:10:25-04:002016-08-26T16:10:25-04:00SSG Private RallyPoint Member2017856<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>DCGS-A<br /><br />Or any of the awesome software developed for the military. We just fall back on Google Earth and Microsoft Office. Better and more reliable.Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 27 at 2016 2:53 PM2016-10-27T14:53:50-04:002016-10-27T14:53:50-04:00SFC Private RallyPoint Member2714618<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>First S-1 Field computer, used for report field casualties and replacement requisitions also a few minor document could be produce. There was no direct link to eg: web wifi it would store and and upon request output floppies with digital data that had to be curried to AG higher HQ. This machine measure 40" x 24" transported in massive steel box two man carry, as well the computer itself was a massive steel enclosure to ward off EMI/EMP. This piece of $#@^%** was always deployed in field excersises in Germany never opened in the field, ran off 5kw generator that could spike the computer with jolts of power.Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 9 at 2017 8:24 AM2017-07-09T08:24:30-04:002017-07-09T08:24:30-04:00Sgt Wayne Wood2715007<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>2nd LT/Ensign ?Response by Sgt Wayne Wood made Jul 9 at 2017 11:08 AM2017-07-09T11:08:35-04:002017-07-09T11:08:35-04:00PV2 Sean Chadwick2727892<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Pt belt or those tan titety whities in basic...Response by PV2 Sean Chadwick made Jul 13 at 2017 4:04 PM2017-07-13T16:04:22-04:002017-07-13T16:04:22-04:00Sgt Wayne Wienke2764737<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>A 2nd Lieutenant with a compass.Response by Sgt Wayne Wienke made Jul 25 at 2017 12:25 PM2017-07-25T12:25:10-04:002017-07-25T12:25:10-04:00Cpl Private RallyPoint Member5168307<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>TRC-170.<br />Filled with obsolete parts that are no longer used, and constantly breaks and fries when there is a power flux in a generator.Response by Cpl Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 26 at 2019 1:25 PM2019-10-26T13:25:20-04:002019-10-26T13:25:20-04:00SSG Eddie Helmling5168496<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>STA/ICE 63's will knowResponse by SSG Eddie Helmling made Oct 26 at 2019 2:11 PM2019-10-26T14:11:58-04:002019-10-26T14:11:58-04:00LTC Jason Mackay5435436<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I would have killed to have a Vulcan for ground defenseResponse by LTC Jason Mackay made Jan 11 at 2020 7:04 PM2020-01-11T19:04:15-05:002020-01-11T19:04:15-05:00SFC William Fowle6304098<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Your statement tells me that No one took the time to properly train you in his to acquire and track that jet. It took more practice than most of my soldiers ever wanted to be good with a Vulcan. I spent 18 of my 21 years in the Army as a Vulcan crewman and Platoon Sergeant, and have seen many gunners shoot jet speed targets successfully.Response by SFC William Fowle made Sep 12 at 2020 3:37 PM2020-09-12T15:37:55-04:002020-09-12T15:37:55-04:00SPC James Anderson6307005<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Are least used and most useless the same? Never understood why there was a hood on my old pt winter top, never used it once in 4 years. It was just there to look at.Response by SPC James Anderson made Sep 13 at 2020 3:58 PM2020-09-13T15:58:49-04:002020-09-13T15:58:49-04:00PO2 Private RallyPoint Member6314753<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The Mk38 Mod2 25mm. Everything about that weapon platform was a solution to a problem that just created a another problem and on down the line until you had E6's babysitting the weapon console to make sure it didn't stare at the sun... and don't get me started on the magazines or feed systems. <br /><br />It is a hazard to anyone who has to use it, it might even be dangerous to the enemy if it ever worked.Response by PO2 Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 16 at 2020 2:31 AM2020-09-16T02:31:31-04:002020-09-16T02:31:31-04:002014-05-08T09:09:31-04:00