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Posted: 2/22/2015 1:52:07 AM EDT
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It's still big in EOD. Ive seen a $1200 round bought over being the only one in a bar without a coin. Quote HistoryQuoted:
It's still big in EOD. Ive seen a $1200 round bought over being the only one in a bar without a coin. While it's not big, it still exists. It's all for fun anyways. I try to never go to any unit or drinking function without a unit coin. Even if someone pulls out his, hey I carried the CJCS's umbrella and he gave me a coin, I would be like fuck you, I have the coin of the unit I am in now. |
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Posted: 2/22/2015 1:55:53 AM EDT
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Posted: 2/22/2015 2:34:23 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryPI? What did you guys do there if I may ask? |
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Posted: 2/22/2015 2:36:44 AM EDT
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My old Army ones are buried somewhere in the shop.
I have dead firefighter ones now. 
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Posted: 2/22/2015 2:39:17 AM EDT
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Only person I know with a coin got his from meeting SMA Chandler (this is excluding our battalion coins)
Never cared about them, dont want them, not buying someone a drink for carrying around one. |
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Posted: 2/22/2015 2:50:34 AM EDT
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PI? What did you guys do there if I may ask? Quote HistoryQuoted:
PI? What did you guys do there if I may ask? 1901. Killed insurgents. |
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Posted: 2/22/2015 2:55:18 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 1901. Killed insurgents. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: PI? What did you guys do there if I may ask? 1901. Killed insurgents. |
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Posted: 2/22/2015 3:07:54 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryIs that a 3rd group coin? The "doing bad things to bad people" was a Bn motto in 3rd from the 90's (IIRC) up to now. Just wondering if someone copied it, again. |
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Posted: 2/22/2015 3:10:28 AM EDT
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Posted: 2/22/2015 3:17:30 AM EDT
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Posted: 2/22/2015 3:19:30 AM EDT
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Nice is it yours? Quote HistoryYup. 
I was with that FD for five years, but had to resign due to a combo of not enough time/medical issues. I carry it for good luck though. |
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Posted: 2/22/2015 6:27:38 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOK, I am still not getting it. So you can get one for some good achievement (apparently anything that someone seems to like, like the guy who gave me one because I said something funny) or you can get one just because you happen to be visiting that day. In the olden days if we went on a trip we would have just bought some postcards to show people later. Also, I am not getting the "challenge" thing, either. You say you are a member of Delta Six from Planet 9 and I challenge you so, to prove your membership in Delta Six, you pull out a Power Ranger coin that can be bought in any pawnshop. So why would I care what unit you are from enough to challenge you in the first place? And why would I believe that this coin actually signifies membership in the unit when some other guy just gave me one because he liked my joke? Why don't you just get over your ego and drink your beer like a normal person? Is this like baseball cards, or what? When I pull mine out, should I tell people I got it for telling a good joke? |
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Posted: 2/22/2015 6:31:32 AM EDT
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It goes deeper than that. If everyone has a coin then it goes to the lowest ranking coin. Like, some douche PX bought coin vs a coin someone got at a high speed school for honor grad or something like that. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I know it as guys are at a bar the one that can't provide his coin by placing it on the bar pays the beers. most places I know if a man places his coin on a bar someone going to pay his beer for the thanks of they're service Quoted:
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Can someone explain what challenge coins are? The military equivalent of a pat on the head... or kick in the teeth. Depends on the circumstances. It goes deeper than that. If everyone has a coin then it goes to the lowest ranking coin. Like, some douche PX bought coin vs a coin someone got at a high speed school for honor grad or something like that. How does one tell the difference between those cheap worthless coins sold on Ebay and the one I got in the secret ceremony for being the real guy who killed Osama Bin Laden? |
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Posted: 2/22/2015 6:37:00 AM EDT
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if you are out with mil buds, you slap them on bar..last one on bar buys I had a truck driver uncle who taught me at an early age that this was a good way to get way drunker than was comfortable and waste your money on a bunch of other drunks who wouldn't remember it the next day. Because, every time you buy a round, then someone else has to buy a round to show what a great guy they are, and so on, and so on. Better to take the money you would have spent on the round of drinks and buy some time with a hooker. I guess I was just never that interested in impressing people in bars. |
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Posted: 2/22/2015 6:43:36 AM EDT
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How does one tell the difference between those cheap worthless coins sold on Ebay and the one I got in the secret ceremony for being the real guy who killed Osama Bin Laden? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I know it as guys are at a bar the one that can't provide his coin by placing it on the bar pays the beers. most places I know if a man places his coin on a bar someone going to pay his beer for the thanks of they're service Quoted:
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Can someone explain what challenge coins are? The military equivalent of a pat on the head... or kick in the teeth. Depends on the circumstances. It goes deeper than that. If everyone has a coin then it goes to the lowest ranking coin. Like, some douche PX bought coin vs a coin someone got at a high speed school for honor grad or something like that. How does one tell the difference between those cheap worthless coins sold on Ebay and the one I got in the secret ceremony for being the real guy who killed Osama Bin Laden? The real one has osamas dna |
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Posted: 2/22/2015 9:02:58 AM EDT
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My favorites from my collection:
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Posted: 2/22/2015 9:31:46 AM EDT
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It's still big in EOD. Ive seen a $1200 round bought over being the only one in a bar without a coin. Quote HistoryQuoted:
It's still big in EOD. Ive seen a $1200 round bought over being the only one in a bar without a coin. Damn, I never had the pleasure of service but have a coin given to me from a commander. I used to carry it around when I had a wallet. |
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Posted: 2/22/2015 9:52:01 AM EDT
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There's a few in this bubinga display case I made
But this is the only one that means anything to me 
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Posted: 2/22/2015 10:02:03 AM EDT
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Given to me by a member here
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Posted: 2/22/2015 10:20:41 AM EDT
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Two given to me by my brother while he was at GITMO and Camp Lejeune as a Civilian DOD employee
A few given to me by Paul C. Rogers 
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Posted: 2/22/2015 10:23:37 AM EDT
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This one..
I used to work at a coin store and the owner had got this in a collection at some point. Don't have it anymoar.. With the help of Arfcom we tracked down the true owner and returned to to him at no cost. Least I could do.. 
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Posted: 2/22/2015 10:30:34 AM EDT
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From my days on the line. LtC Kevin Davis gave me the Angels coin a few months before he was killed performing.
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Posted: 2/22/2015 11:36:41 AM EDT
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Posted: 2/22/2015 12:26:44 PM EDT
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One of my favorites
Same General gave me a coin like 2 years apart. I tried to give away the double but nobody wanted it. 
I know this one will get some of you guys tight in the britches.. 
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Posted: 2/22/2015 12:58:11 PM EDT
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Bravosector1 here on ARF probably has the largest collection I have ever seen.
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Posted: 2/22/2015 1:06:08 PM EDT
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And people actually carry these around? to show off in bars? Not trying to sound antagonistic, just don't know anything about them. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Can someone explain what challenge coins are? The military equivalent of a pat on the head... or kick in the teeth. Depends on the circumstances. And people actually carry these around? to show off in bars? Not trying to sound antagonistic, just don't know anything about them. Nobody with any measurable social skills carry them in bars... or use them. |
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Posted: 2/22/2015 1:06:45 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/22/2015 1:13:25 PM EDT
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At one of the ranges in Iraq they had these like embedded into the pavement. I thought it was pretty cool
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Posted: 2/22/2015 1:30:47 PM EDT
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I have a few cool challenge coins http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=56476 http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=60270 http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=60271 http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=60272 http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=59472 http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=56475 http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=36454 When/where did you meet Pace? 
This is probably my favorite... 
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Posted: 2/22/2015 1:36:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: OK, I am still not getting it. So you can get one for some good achievement (apparently anything that someone seems to like, like the guy who gave me one because I said something funny) or you can get one just because you happen to be visiting that day. In the olden days if we went on a trip we would have just bought some postcards to show people later. Also, I am not getting the "challenge" thing, either. You say you are a member of Delta Six from Planet 9 and I challenge you so, to prove your membership in Delta Six, you pull out a Power Ranger coin that can be bought in any pawnshop. So why would I care what unit you are from enough to challenge you in the first place? And why would I believe that this coin actually signifies membership in the unit when some other guy just gave me one because he liked my joke? Why don't you just get over your ego and drink your beer like a normal person? Is this like baseball cards, or what? When I pull mine out, should I tell people I got it for telling a good joke? Quote HistoryQuoted: OK, I am still not getting it. So you can get one for some good achievement (apparently anything that someone seems to like, like the guy who gave me one because I said something funny) or you can get one just because you happen to be visiting that day. In the olden days if we went on a trip we would have just bought some postcards to show people later. Also, I am not getting the "challenge" thing, either. You say you are a member of Delta Six from Planet 9 and I challenge you so, to prove your membership in Delta Six, you pull out a Power Ranger coin that can be bought in any pawnshop. So why would I care what unit you are from enough to challenge you in the first place? And why would I believe that this coin actually signifies membership in the unit when some other guy just gave me one because he liked my joke? Why don't you just get over your ego and drink your beer like a normal person? Is this like baseball cards, or what? When I pull mine out, should I tell people I got it for telling a good joke? Sounds like you never served; you'll never 'get it'. |
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Posted: 2/22/2015 1:37:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I had a truck driver uncle who taught me at an early age that this was a good way to get way drunker than was comfortable and waste your money on a bunch of other drunks who wouldn't remember it the next day. Because, every time you buy a round, then someone else has to buy a round to show what a great guy they are, and so on, and so on. Better to take the money you would have spent on the round of drinks and buy some time with a hooker. I guess I was just never that interested in impressing people in bars. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: if you are out with mil buds, you slap them on bar..last one on bar buys I had a truck driver uncle who taught me at an early age that this was a good way to get way drunker than was comfortable and waste your money on a bunch of other drunks who wouldn't remember it the next day. Because, every time you buy a round, then someone else has to buy a round to show what a great guy they are, and so on, and so on. Better to take the money you would have spent on the round of drinks and buy some time with a hooker. I guess I was just never that interested in impressing people in bars.  |
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Posted: 2/22/2015 1:42:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Nobody with any measurable social skills carry them in bars... or use them. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Can someone explain what challenge coins are? The military equivalent of a pat on the head... or kick in the teeth. Depends on the circumstances. And people actually carry these around? to show off in bars? Not trying to sound antagonistic, just don't know anything about them. Nobody with any measurable social skills carry them in bars... or use them. Really? I'll be sure the entire U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer community gets your memo.  I wouldn't expect you to understand. |
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Posted: 2/22/2015 1:47:08 PM EDT
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Tag for when i take a few pics
But I bet that I am the only one here that has coined pres bush , then he dropped them 
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Posted: 2/22/2015 1:52:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryI was almost sure I was getting one from VP Joe Biden, but, I did get a USSS coin.   |
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Posted: 2/22/2015 1:56:05 PM EDT
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Which one? I was almost sure I was getting one from VP Joe Biden, but, I did get a USSS coin. http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i201/FireControlman/20150222_074446_zps7c6e2cb3.jpg?t=1424541005 http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i201/FireControlman/20150222_074501_zps26d85468.jpg?t=1424541119 Quote HistoryQuoted:
Which one? I was almost sure I was getting one from VP Joe Biden, but, I did get a USSS coin. http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i201/FireControlman/20150222_074446_zps7c6e2cb3.jpg?t=1424541005 http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i201/FireControlman/20150222_074501_zps26d85468.jpg?t=1424541119 Vice President Cheney |
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Posted: 2/22/2015 2:12:56 PM EDT
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The red part of the shield says "REMEMBER 9-11" 
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Posted: 2/22/2015 2:19:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v462/dukdukfiredawg/0D867532-48D2-4F7F-9B16-4FE49CA14839_zpsj5vmfmw5.jpg The red part of the shield says "REMEMBER 9-11"http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v462/dukdukfiredawg/9E7350CC-25AF-45DA-B03F-04AFEFF7DFD9_zpsoy8xfmgq.jpg |
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Posted: 2/22/2015 2:21:23 PM EDT
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General Myers (2001) and General Schoomaker (2003)   |
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Posted: 2/22/2015 3:47:22 PM EDT
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Which one? I was almost sure I was getting one from VP Joe Biden, but, I did get a USSS coin. http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i201/FireControlman/20150222_074446_zps7c6e2cb3.jpg?t=1424541005 http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i201/FireControlman/20150222_074501_zps26d85468.jpg?t=1424541119 Quote HistoryQuoted:
Which one? I was almost sure I was getting one from VP Joe Biden, but, I did get a USSS coin. http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i201/FireControlman/20150222_074446_zps7c6e2cb3.jpg?t=1424541005 http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i201/FireControlman/20150222_074501_zps26d85468.jpg?t=1424541119 That's kickass. 
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Posted: 2/22/2015 7:21:23 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/22/2015 7:24:36 PM EDT
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Really? I'll be sure the entire U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer community gets your memo.
I wouldn't expect you to understand. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Can someone explain what challenge coins are? The military equivalent of a pat on the head... or kick in the teeth. Depends on the circumstances. And people actually carry these around? to show off in bars? Not trying to sound antagonistic, just don't know anything about them. Nobody with any measurable social skills carry them in bars... or use them. Really? I'll be sure the entire U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer community gets your memo.
I wouldn't expect you to understand. Honestly, I kind of quit carrying one most of the time. Whenever someone pulls out a coin I pull my old brass initiation card that's been in my wallet since 2004 and drop it on the table. |
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Posted: 2/22/2015 7:33:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: When/where did you meet Pace? http://rs111.pbsrc.com/albums/n149/Yaivenov/Deployment/CJCOScoin.jpg~320x480 This is probably my favorite... http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n149/Yaivenov/Other/121011_0003.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I have a few cool challenge coins http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=56476 http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=60270 http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=60271 http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=60272 http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=59472 http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=56475 http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=36454 When/where did you meet Pace? http://rs111.pbsrc.com/albums/n149/Yaivenov/Deployment/CJCOScoin.jpg~320x480 This is probably my favorite... http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n149/Yaivenov/Other/121011_0003.jpg Summer of 2006 |
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Posted: 2/22/2015 7:49:17 PM EDT
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These are a few of my favorites. In addition, I have who's who of Federal Agencies <a href="http://s293.photobucket.com/user/hardgear/media/Mobile%20Uploads/4caf3ee9-13fb-4be4-8314-eca1a016287d.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm77/hardgear/Mobile%20Uploads/4caf3ee9-13fb-4be4-8314-eca1a016287d.jpg</a> bottom right coin is upside down. I didn't post mine, because it's attached to the frame of a certificate and I didn't want to edit it down... |
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Posted: 2/22/2015 8:02:21 PM EDT
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Sounds like you never served; you'll never 'get it'. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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OK, I am still not getting it. So you can get one for some good achievement (apparently anything that someone seems to like, like the guy who gave me one because I said something funny) or you can get one just because you happen to be visiting that day. In the olden days if we went on a trip we would have just bought some postcards to show people later. Also, I am not getting the "challenge" thing, either. You say you are a member of Delta Six from Planet 9 and I challenge you so, to prove your membership in Delta Six, you pull out a Power Ranger coin that can be bought in any pawnshop. So why would I care what unit you are from enough to challenge you in the first place? And why would I believe that this coin actually signifies membership in the unit when some other guy just gave me one because he liked my joke? Why don't you just get over your ego and drink your beer like a normal person? Is this like baseball cards, or what? When I pull mine out, should I tell people I got it for telling a good joke? Sounds like you never served; you'll never 'get it'. Wrong. |
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Posted: 2/22/2015 8:04:22 PM EDT
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I have 2 of these.
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Posted: 2/22/2015 8:14:18 PM EDT
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bottom right coin is upside down. I didn't post mine, because it's attached to the frame of a certificate and I didn't want to edit it down... Quote HistoryQuoted:
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These are a few of my favorites. In addition, I have who's who of Federal Agencies <a href="http://s293.photobucket.com/user/hardgear/media/Mobile%20Uploads/4caf3ee9-13fb-4be4-8314-eca1a016287d.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm77/hardgear/Mobile%20Uploads/4caf3ee9-13fb-4be4-8314-eca1a016287d.jpg</a> bottom right coin is upside down. I didn't post mine, because it's attached to the frame of a certificate and I didn't want to edit it down... You're right, it represents the greek letter delta which is a triangle. I know better and fucked that up. |
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Posted: 2/22/2015 8:26:04 PM EDT
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Only one I have. Got it from JPL when I went to the launch for having worked on the Curiosity rover. 
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Posted: 2/22/2015 8:26:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Honestly, I kind of quit carrying one most of the time. Whenever someone pulls out a coin I pull my old brass initiation card that's been in my wallet since 2004 and drop it on the table. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Nobody with any measurable social skills carry them in bars... or use them. Really? I'll be sure the entire U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer community gets your memo. I wouldn't expect you to understand. Honestly, I kind of quit carrying one most of the time. Whenever someone pulls out a coin I pull my old brass initiation card that's been in my wallet since 2004 and drop it on the table. I don't carry one either. I did carry around an air det bottle opener coin in my wallet for a while but it left too much of an indentation in my leather wallet. I will bother to try and carry one if I'm overseas or there is a potential of congregating with a bunch of CPOs/officers and drinking alcohol. |
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Posted: 2/22/2015 8:40:33 PM EDT
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Have one from my FF1 & FF2 class. I used to play with it at my desk (when I worked at one). Now it's packed away but on the back it said "Fire above, fire below, hostile smoke."
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