You know you're an old soldier when...

CH (MAJ) Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 08:38:48 -0400

You know what STRAC looks like?
You still say "Spec Four."
You could probably still find a Cutvee key in your stuff...

Response by PO1 John Miller made Aug 8 at 2015 8:40 AM

PO1 John Miller — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 08:40:05 -0400

I wasn't even in the Army and I say Spec 4!

Response by SSgt Terry P. made Aug 8 at 2015 9:04 AM

SSgt Terry P. — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 09:04:40 -0400

Guess that makes me "Ancient Corps" ? CH (MAJ) Private RallyPoint Member

Response by SSgt Alex Robinson made Aug 8 at 2015 9:43 AM

SSgt Alex Robinson — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 09:43:31 -0400

That is old school terminology for sure

Response by CAPT Kevin B. made Aug 8 at 2015 9:44 AM

CAPT Kevin B. — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 09:44:08 -0400

I love the smell of Depot canvas in the morning!

Response by CDR Laurel Meadows made Aug 8 at 2015 10:00 AM

CDR Laurel Meadows — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 10:00:27 -0400

...when the Doctor giving you your physical is younger than your children!

Response by SGT Roberto Mendoza-Diaz made Aug 8 at 2015 10:00 AM

SGT Roberto Mendoza-Diaz — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 10:00:47 -0400

Numbers 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, and 11 applied to me.

Response by LTC Bink Romanick made Aug 8 at 2015 10:16 AM

LTC Bink Romanick — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 10:16:14 -0400

It's STRAC (Strategic Army Corps) now XVIII Abn Corps, yes I remember all of it. My PEBD is 9 Feb 66. I qualified with the M1, M1 Carbine and the M14 besides the "modern weapons". Yes I had tapered starched fatigues and a starched field jacket. I have a service number and the first tank I served on was a gasser.

Response by COL Vincent Stoneking made Aug 8 at 2015 11:54 AM

COL Vincent Stoneking — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 11:54:39 -0400

Wow, I guess that makes me old. 14 of 14. Well, I never saw a tactical nuke, but we still had them, I understand.

Response by SFC Maury Gonzalez made Aug 8 at 2015 12:06 PM

SFC Maury Gonzalez — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 12:06:42 -0400

I was a Spec 5 for a while in 1984 before it was phased out :-)

Response by SFC Maury Gonzalez made Aug 8 at 2015 12:18 PM

SFC Maury Gonzalez — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 12:18:27 -0400

That's my church key, my P38's and door key for my room in Conn Barracks, Germany, HHC 2/64AR Med Plt

Response by Sgt Ken Prescott made Aug 8 at 2015 12:59 PM

Sgt Ken Prescott — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 12:59:52 -0400

You know you're Old Corps when:

You had iron sights on an M16A1 and shot possibles at 500 meters.
You fam-fired a .45 ACP.
You used a map, a compass, and a protractor. And got lost less often than guys with GPS do today.
"Geographic bachelors" maintained a rack and a wall locker in the barracks.
You could have a beer in the E Club without Battalion/Squadron, Regiment/Group, and Division/Wing SACOs getting ARI reports about it from their snitches.
If someone said they were with "Outlaws Powerline," you asked, "H&MS-12 or H&MS-13?"
You sent newbies over to Flight Line to get a "6115 Punch."
You sent newbies over to Avionics to get a "6315 Stack."
You were deployed to "Team Spirit" with the ROKs.
You prayed Gunny wouldn't assign you to mess duty until you made Corporal.
You said "BAM" and then vehemently insisted it stood for Beautiful American Marine.
You referred to HMM-166 as "The Bullwinkles."
You referred to HMH-462 as "Screw Crew."
You got really, really annoyed when the Bullwinkles or Screw Crew referred to HMH-466 as "the Poodle-Pack."
You typed aircraft logbook entries on a manual typewriter.
You typed the entire freakin' Monthly Maintenance Plan on a manual typewriter.
When your shop got an IBM DisplayWriter, you ended up destroying the keyboard because you hit the keys as hard as you did on a manual typewriter.
You still remember commands from WordStar. Hell, you still remember commands from MS-DOS.

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 8 at 2015 5:22 PM

MAJ Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 17:22:49 -0400

When you've served during the terms of the last five Presidents!

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 8 at 2015 10:50 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 22:50:25 -0400

You took exhaust samples from the Bradley fighting Vehicles in clear plastic bags and tagged by bumper numbers. (not such a thing but the new guys dont know that)

When you asked supply for a foot of flight line, a prick E7 radio or a box of grid squares. By the way as a new Marine the prick E7 joke cost me a lot of sweat on a 4 day weekend.

Response by CPT Pedro Meza made Aug 9 at 2015 9:55 PM

CPT Pedro Meza — Sun, 09 Aug 2015 21:55:57 -0400

You left out drank with the WACs and the ASA kept hearing dot dot dash dash.

Response by Amn Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 30 at 2015 3:28 AM

Amn Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 03:28:49 -0400

You have e respect for our flag the people above us and the importance of our country being taken over with illegals and even terrorist. We need to get back to the real basics

Response by SGT Richard Mitchell made Dec 28 at 2023 9:55 PM

SGT Richard Mitchell — Thu, 28 Dec 2023 21:55:34 -0500

You're really old if you joined the "brown-shoe" Army!