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Posted: 6/18/2023 8:42:23 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Did you do Iraq? Most of the guys who went (in all branches) never saw anything more dangerous than the Puerto Rican E-4 chicks on MWR Salsa Night (regardless of their war stories) so it don't translate to hats. The US military has a loooong logistical tail, and most VN vets never left Da Nang or Tan Son Nhut AB during their tours. |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 8:44:01 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Wait until we're are old timers and I'm sure you'll start seeing them Yeah, I think it tends to be an old timer thing. |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 8:45:15 AM EDT
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Quoted: Like there is “Veteran of the Vietnam War” hats. Up here there is a lot of them. The Vietnam Nam ones. I have not seen one Iraq war veteran hat. Is that because only Marines would be able to wear them?  If I had to guess, plus size LARP'ers and LEO's waddling around in BRCC, Gunt Stile and dirty dustuff clothing wore out the novelty for everyone except die hard kool-aid drinkers and "Nam" vets. 
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Posted: 6/18/2023 8:46:40 AM EDT
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I feel like I need to be at least 40 before I wear one of those hats
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Posted: 6/18/2023 8:48:42 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I need one of these on a hat. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/60078/coldwar_jpg-2855322.JPG Didn't know that existed. Ordered one for my dad. |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 8:48:46 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I saw a guy in court Friday with a “operation Iraqi freedom veteran” hat on. It had the ribbons embroidered and everything. He had added a sapper tab, ranger tab, a 29th ID pin, and some other flair that I didn’t get close enough to him to read. It looked pretty retarded so I didn’t engage in conversation with him to see just how much of a hero he was. I’m waiting 5 years until I hit 60+ and going full retard. (Well, not FULL full retard- those are the guys that enlisted in 76, never finished basic and ait but have the Vietnam Veteran hat, the 350 pounder on a scooter with a bunch of DAV shit on missing a leg- from diabetes, the 70 year old with the double star CIB hat, etc.) But I mean old school full retard. Sansabelt pants, maybe even a jumpsuit for puttering around days, Velcro sneakers, EVERYTHING on the hat guy. I mean down to the correct number of campaign stars on each ribbon and every badge and every set of wings, etc. It will be an absolutely glorious hat. And I will go spend all day at the military or VA hospital and waste all kinds of gas and time to get 20 bucks of over the counter meds for free and not pay 19 bucks to have 90 days of my medicine mailed to me. While bitching about the hour and a half I waited for something that would have been a five minute wait if I checked in with a call, phone, computer, etc. before heading to the PX and getting pissed off the don’t carry land line phones or VCRs any more. |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 8:55:49 AM EDT
[#7]
I see "Desert Storm/Shield" etc. on occasion.
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Posted: 6/18/2023 9:09:16 AM EDT
[#8]
Pro tip….if a federal judge is wearing his Purple Heart label pin on entering his chambers on sentencing hearing day for a stolen valor case…….your client is fucked!
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Posted: 6/18/2023 9:13:41 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What pogue bases had MWR? LSA Anaconda and Baghdad Airport? I was mostly at Falcon and Blue Diamond. No MWR. We got shelled all the dam time. In fact the ASP at Falcon got blown up. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Like there is “Veteran of the Vietnam War” hats. Up here there is a lot of them. The Vietnam Nam ones. I have not seen one Iraq war veteran hat. Is that because only Marines would be able to wear them? Did you do Iraq? Most of the guys who went (in all branches) never saw anything more dangerous than the Puerto Rican E-4 chicks on MWR Salsa Night (regardless of their war stories) so it don't translate to hats. What pogue bases had MWR? LSA Anaconda and Baghdad Airport? I was mostly at Falcon and Blue Diamond. No MWR. We got shelled all the dam time. In fact the ASP at Falcon got blown up. Jesus….don’t ask what camp it was, but it was in the Camp Victory complex, and we had pulled in just in time, thinking we’d be able to hit a real chow hall. We did, and from little we saw, it was like everything we had been told…a buffet, sandwich bar, grill, salad bar, about 5 different ice cream flavors. There was about 12 of us scoping out where we could all sit together when an e7 asked us to leave. He advised us that much like a dress code, we were too dirty and sweaty to be in the dfac, making people uncomfortable. We sat in the parking lot, looking to see what mre’s we had left that weren’t all rat fucked, and not sure who it was, but someone brought us out to-go plates of burgers and fries. |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 9:17:12 AM EDT
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You have to be an old man to wear those kind of hats. I look forward to the day i can wear a AFG vet hat.
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Posted: 6/18/2023 9:18:18 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: IDK but I did love those bitchin dragon jackets made out of satin that guys in the neighborhood came home with from Vietnam in the 1960's. Saw a tan bomber jacket, thought was odd, until I saw the back embroidered “I know I’ll go to heaven, because I spent my time in hell-Kuwait “ |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 9:19:33 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This. I see Desert Storm/OIF hats from time to time. And I fixt your last statement. I saw a guy wearing a Dessert Storm Veteran hat last week. I'm both a Dessert Storm and Iraq veteran and would never consider wearing one of those hats. |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 9:22:02 AM EDT
[#13]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted  By 18B30:Pro tip….if a federal judge is wearing his Purple Heart label pin on entering his chambers on sentencing hearing day for a stolen valor case…….your client is fucked! That’s gonna hurt |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 9:23:17 AM EDT
[#14]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I saw a guy wearing a Dessert Storm Veteran hat last week. I'm both a Dessert Storm and Iraq veteran and would never consider wearing one of those hats. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: This. I see Desert Storm/OIF hats from time to time. And I fixt your last statement. I saw a guy wearing a Dessert Storm Veteran hat last week. I'm both a Dessert Storm and Iraq veteran and would never consider wearing one of those hats. Suddenly those 5 different ice cream flavors make sense. |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 9:23:24 AM EDT
[#15]
I saw a guy wearing one yesterday.
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Posted: 6/18/2023 9:29:01 AM EDT
[#16]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I’m waiting 5 years until I hit 60+ and going full retard. (Well, not FULL full retard- those are the guys that enlisted in 76, never finished basic and ait but have the Vietnam Veteran hat, the 350 pounder on a scooter with a bunch of DAV shit on missing a leg- from diabetes, the 70 year old with the double star CIB hat, etc.) But I mean old school full retard. Sansabelt pants, maybe even a jumpsuit for puttering around days, Velcro sneakers, EVERYTHING on the hat guy. I mean down to the correct number of campaign stars on each ribbon and every badge and every set of wings, etc. It will be an absolutely glorious hat. And I will go spend all day at the military or VA hospital and waste all kinds of gas and time to get 20 bucks of over the counter meds for free and not pay 19 bucks to have 90 days of my medicine mailed to me. While bitching about the hour and a half I waited for something that would have been a five minute wait if I checked in with a call, phone, computer, etc. before heading to the PX and getting pissed off the don’t carry land line phones or VCRs any more. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I saw a guy in court Friday with a “operation Iraqi freedom veteran” hat on. It had the ribbons embroidered and everything. He had added a sapper tab, ranger tab, a 29th ID pin, and some other flair that I didn’t get close enough to him to read. It looked pretty retarded so I didn’t engage in conversation with him to see just how much of a hero he was. I’m waiting 5 years until I hit 60+ and going full retard. (Well, not FULL full retard- those are the guys that enlisted in 76, never finished basic and ait but have the Vietnam Veteran hat, the 350 pounder on a scooter with a bunch of DAV shit on missing a leg- from diabetes, the 70 year old with the double star CIB hat, etc.) But I mean old school full retard. Sansabelt pants, maybe even a jumpsuit for puttering around days, Velcro sneakers, EVERYTHING on the hat guy. I mean down to the correct number of campaign stars on each ribbon and every badge and every set of wings, etc. It will be an absolutely glorious hat. And I will go spend all day at the military or VA hospital and waste all kinds of gas and time to get 20 bucks of over the counter meds for free and not pay 19 bucks to have 90 days of my medicine mailed to me. While bitching about the hour and a half I waited for something that would have been a five minute wait if I checked in with a call, phone, computer, etc. before heading to the PX and getting pissed off the don’t carry land line phones or VCRs any more. It will be glorious! |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 9:30:23 AM EDT
[#17]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Suddenly those 5 different ice cream flavors make sense. Dessert storm is like pie in the sky. |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 9:34:50 AM EDT
[#18]
Quote HistoryQuoted: There are such hats. . . But the Vietnam Vet hats are more prevalent because the U.S. has grossly mistreated their VN vets I suppose. 1.5 million americans served in Vietnam over 15 years. At least half of them are already dead, some of natural causes. 2.5 million people identified as Vietnam vets in the 2010 census, I believe. A lot of those people are probably the same people who burned their draft cards and protested the war. So, there's that. Stolen valor is a thing, you know. |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 9:35:00 AM EDT
[#19]
I havent seen any grenada veteran hats
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Posted: 6/18/2023 9:40:41 AM EDT
[#20]
Quote HistoryQuoted: That’s gonna hurt Look everyone, I found a GWOT-era veteran! |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 9:45:26 AM EDT
[#21]
Quoted: Like there is “Veteran of the Vietnam War” hats. Up here there is a lot of them. The Vietnam Nam ones. I have not seen one Iraq war veteran hat. Is that because only Marines would be able to wear them? I wear a combat patch 25% of the week, the only military attire I care to wear past that are team t-shirts in the gym. |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 9:46:42 AM EDT
[#22]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Look everyone, I found a GWOT-era veteran! Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: That’s gonna hurt Look everyone, I found a GWOT-era veteran!
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Posted: 6/18/2023 9:48:18 AM EDT
[#23]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Dessert storm is like pie in the sky. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Suddenly those 5 different ice cream flavors make sense. Dessert storm is like pie in the sky. 
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Posted: 6/18/2023 10:27:39 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm waiting 5 years until I hit 60+ and going full retard. (Well, not FULL full retard- those are the guys that enlisted in 76, never finished basic and ait but have the Vietnam Veteran hat, the 350 pounder on a scooter with a bunch of DAV shit on missing a leg- from diabetes, the 70 year old with the double star CIB hat, etc.) But I mean old school full retard. Sansabelt pants, maybe even a jumpsuit for puttering around days, Velcro sneakers, EVERYTHING on the hat guy. I mean down to the correct number of campaign stars on each ribbon and every badge and every set of wings, etc. It will be an absolutely glorious hat. And I will go spend all day at the military or VA hospital and waste all kinds of gas and time to get 20 bucks of over the counter meds for free and not pay 19 bucks to have 90 days of my medicine mailed to me. While bitching about the hour and a half I waited for something that would have been a five minute wait if I checked in with a call, phone, computer, etc. before heading to the PX and getting pissed off the don't carry land line phones or VCRs any more. |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 10:38:01 AM EDT
[#25]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Suddenly those 5 different ice cream flavors make sense. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: This. I see Desert Storm/OIF hats from time to time. And I fixt your last statement. I saw a guy wearing a Dessert Storm Veteran hat last week. I'm both a Dessert Storm and Iraq veteran and would never consider wearing one of those hats. Suddenly those 5 different ice cream flavors make sense. Lol |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 11:06:47 AM EDT
[#26]
My retired Army buddy wears an OIF hat.
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Posted: 6/18/2023 11:16:55 AM EDT
[#27]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I need one of these on a hat. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/60078/coldwar_jpg-2855322.JPG Florida has these license plates now:  This plate is available for former military service members who served during the Cold War from May 9, 1945, to Oct. 2, 1990. It is required to show proof of active membership or former duty during the time of the Cold War before purchasing this license plate. |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 11:20:39 AM EDT
[#28]
Man, "Army of Occupation" could read a few different ways.
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Posted: 6/18/2023 11:21:04 AM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Jesus….don’t ask what camp it was, but it was in the Camp Victory complex, and we had pulled in just in time, thinking we’d be able to hit a real chow hall. We did, and from little we saw, it was like everything we had been told…a buffet, sandwich bar, grill, salad bar, about 5 different ice cream flavors. There was about 12 of us scoping out where we could all sit together when an e7 asked us to leave. He advised us that much like a dress code, we were too dirty and sweaty to be in the dfac, making people uncomfortable. We sat in the parking lot, looking to see what mre’s we had left that weren’t all rat fucked, and not sure who it was, but someone brought us out to-go plates of burgers and fries. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Like there is “Veteran of the Vietnam War” hats. Up here there is a lot of them. The Vietnam Nam ones. I have not seen one Iraq war veteran hat. Is that because only Marines would be able to wear them? Did you do Iraq? Most of the guys who went (in all branches) never saw anything more dangerous than the Puerto Rican E-4 chicks on MWR Salsa Night (regardless of their war stories) so it don't translate to hats. What pogue bases had MWR? LSA Anaconda and Baghdad Airport? I was mostly at Falcon and Blue Diamond. No MWR. We got shelled all the dam time. In fact the ASP at Falcon got blown up. Jesus….don’t ask what camp it was, but it was in the Camp Victory complex, and we had pulled in just in time, thinking we’d be able to hit a real chow hall. We did, and from little we saw, it was like everything we had been told…a buffet, sandwich bar, grill, salad bar, about 5 different ice cream flavors. There was about 12 of us scoping out where we could all sit together when an e7 asked us to leave. He advised us that much like a dress code, we were too dirty and sweaty to be in the dfac, making people uncomfortable. We sat in the parking lot, looking to see what mre’s we had left that weren’t all rat fucked, and not sure who it was, but someone brought us out to-go plates of burgers and fries. Your job is to feed us. Here we are Pogue Mess Sergeant. They tried this shit on us we we rolled into the chow hall from patrol, dirty and late (right before closing) and brought our 3x .50 receivers inside the chow hall with us so we could all eat together as there was no time to eat in shifts. We said we weren’t leaving and just ignored them and kept eating. Nothing happened. We were having a war and then garrison broke out. |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 11:28:55 AM EDT
[#30]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Man, "Army of Occupation" could read a few different ways. I had to immediately go and look it up the first time I saw it. |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 11:30:14 AM EDT
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuoted: What pogue bases had MWR? LSA Anaconda and Baghdad Airport? I was mostly at Falcon and Blue Diamond. No MWR. We got shelled all the dam time. In fact the ASP at Falcon got blown up. Was that in 2006 or 2007? I was pretty close by that night. |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 11:31:42 AM EDT
[#32]
I just wanna know where the build back better hats are.
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Posted: 6/18/2023 11:32:17 AM EDT
[#33]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Jesus .don't ask what camp it was, but it was in the Camp Victory complex, and we had pulled in just in time, thinking we'd be able to hit a real chow hall. We did, and from little we saw, it was like everything we had been told a buffet, sandwich bar, grill, salad bar, about 5 different ice cream flavors. There was about 12 of us scoping out where we could all sit together when an e7 asked us to leave. He advised us that much like a dress code, we were too dirty and sweaty to be in the dfac, making people uncomfortable. We sat in the parking lot, looking to see what mre's we had left that weren't all rat fucked, and not sure who it was, but someone brought us out to-go plates of burgers and fries. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Like there is "Veteran of the Vietnam War" hats. Up here there is a lot of them. The Vietnam Nam ones. I have not seen one Iraq war veteran hat. Is that because only Marines would be able to wear them? Did you do Iraq? Most of the guys who went (in all branches) never saw anything more dangerous than the Puerto Rican E-4 chicks on MWR Salsa Night (regardless of their war stories) so it don't translate to hats. What pogue bases had MWR? LSA Anaconda and Baghdad Airport? I was mostly at Falcon and Blue Diamond. No MWR. We got shelled all the dam time. In fact the ASP at Falcon got blown up. Jesus .don't ask what camp it was, but it was in the Camp Victory complex, and we had pulled in just in time, thinking we'd be able to hit a real chow hall. We did, and from little we saw, it was like everything we had been told a buffet, sandwich bar, grill, salad bar, about 5 different ice cream flavors. There was about 12 of us scoping out where we could all sit together when an e7 asked us to leave. He advised us that much like a dress code, we were too dirty and sweaty to be in the dfac, making people uncomfortable. We sat in the parking lot, looking to see what mre's we had left that weren't all rat fucked, and not sure who it was, but someone brought us out to-go plates of burgers and fries. I also got run out of a mess hall once for wearing a desert camo goretex as a contractor by the enlisted dude manning the door. It wasn't zipped up. Absolutely no ranks/tags anything on it. It was actually a gift from a USAF CE buddy several years back. He told me I was out of uniform and to take it off or wear it fully zipped up the whole time i'm in the DFAC. I'm like i'm a contractor I don't' have a uniform. He said it didn't matter, zip it up or fuck off out of his mess hall. For awhile they wouldn't even let you in the DFAC without body armor too. We all wound up making what we called "dinner jackets" with some leftover IBA vests we had with no plates in them because it was easier to put on and off then the good shit we had with plates and all the other pouches, etc on them. |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 11:36:29 AM EDT
[#34]
Quote HistoryQuoted: What pogue bases had MWR? LSA Anaconda and Baghdad Airport? I was mostly at Falcon and Blue Diamond. No MWR. We got shelled all the dam time. In fact the ASP at Falcon got blown up. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Like there is "Veteran of the Vietnam War" hats. Up here there is a lot of them. The Vietnam Nam ones. I have not seen one Iraq war veteran hat. Is that because only Marines would be able to wear them? Did you do Iraq? Most of the guys who went (in all branches) never saw anything more dangerous than the Puerto Rican E-4 chicks on MWR Salsa Night (regardless of their war stories) so it don't translate to hats. What pogue bases had MWR? LSA Anaconda and Baghdad Airport? I was mostly at Falcon and Blue Diamond. No MWR. We got shelled all the dam time. In fact the ASP at Falcon got blown up. |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 11:38:08 AM EDT
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm waiting 5 years until I hit 60+ and going full retard. (Well, not FULL full retard- those are the guys that enlisted in 76, never finished basic and ait but have the Vietnam Veteran hat, the 350 pounder on a scooter with a bunch of DAV shit on missing a leg- from diabetes, the 70 year old with the double star CIB hat, etc.) But I mean old school full retard. Sansabelt pants, maybe even a jumpsuit for puttering around days, Velcro sneakers, EVERYTHING on the hat guy. I mean down to the correct number of campaign stars on each ribbon and every badge and every set of wings, etc. It will be an absolutely glorious hat. And I will go spend all day at the military or VA hospital and waste all kinds of gas and time to get 20 bucks of over the counter meds for free and not pay 19 bucks to have 90 days of my medicine mailed to me. While bitching about the hour and a half I waited for something that would have been a five minute wait if I checked in with a call, phone, computer, etc. before heading to the PX and getting pissed off the don't carry land line phones or VCRs any more. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I saw a guy in court Friday with a "operation Iraqi freedom veteran" hat on. It had the ribbons embroidered and everything. He had added a sapper tab, ranger tab, a 29th ID pin, and some other flair that I didn't get close enough to him to read. It looked pretty retarded so I didn't engage in conversation with him to see just how much of a hero he was. I'm waiting 5 years until I hit 60+ and going full retard. (Well, not FULL full retard- those are the guys that enlisted in 76, never finished basic and ait but have the Vietnam Veteran hat, the 350 pounder on a scooter with a bunch of DAV shit on missing a leg- from diabetes, the 70 year old with the double star CIB hat, etc.) But I mean old school full retard. Sansabelt pants, maybe even a jumpsuit for puttering around days, Velcro sneakers, EVERYTHING on the hat guy. I mean down to the correct number of campaign stars on each ribbon and every badge and every set of wings, etc. It will be an absolutely glorious hat. And I will go spend all day at the military or VA hospital and waste all kinds of gas and time to get 20 bucks of over the counter meds for free and not pay 19 bucks to have 90 days of my medicine mailed to me. While bitching about the hour and a half I waited for something that would have been a five minute wait if I checked in with a call, phone, computer, etc. before heading to the PX and getting pissed off the don't carry land line phones or VCRs any more.  |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 11:45:44 AM EDT
[#36]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Was that in 2006 or 2007? I was pretty close by that night. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: What pogue bases had MWR? LSA Anaconda and Baghdad Airport? I was mostly at Falcon and Blue Diamond. No MWR. We got shelled all the dam time. In fact the ASP at Falcon got blown up. Was that in 2006 or 2007? I was pretty close by that night.  Camp Falcon AHA Explosion |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 11:48:06 AM EDT
[#37]
Most of the time that I see one it tends to be worn by walking billboards of their service. Hat, tee shirt, 201 file in stickers on their car window.
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Posted: 6/18/2023 11:53:45 AM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Jesus….don’t ask what camp it was, but it was in the Camp Victory complex, and we had pulled in just in time, thinking we’d be able to hit a real chow hall. We did, and from little we saw, it was like everything we had been told…a buffet, sandwich bar, grill, salad bar, about 5 different ice cream flavors. There was about 12 of us scoping out where we could all sit together when an e7 asked us to leave. He advised us that much like a dress code, we were too dirty and sweaty to be in the dfac, making people uncomfortable. We sat in the parking lot, looking to see what mre’s we had left that weren’t all rat fucked, and not sure who it was, but someone brought us out to-go plates of burgers and fries. I had a very similar experience but in Kuwait on the way out in ‘05. And it was a Marine Gunny that wouldn’t let us in the DFAC because our DCU’s were stained after a year spent in Iraq. There was also many butter bars wearing Stetsons and spurs for some reason who were offended by seeing the CIBs they didn’t have. |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 11:56:57 AM EDT
[#39]
Yeah there are, we have a few guys at work that do and one that's no longer with us that did
 . I grew up on bases and still live next to a military base. It's sobering. When I was a kid the old men wore WWII and Korea hats, now they wear Vietnam hats, I'm seeing Desert Storm hats every now and then; guys are wearing Iraq/Afghanistan caps at a much younger age. |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 11:58:45 AM EDT
[#40]
I see shirts fairly often. Maybe the hats are a generational or age thing? Maybe in another 20-30 years they'll be common.
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Posted: 6/18/2023 11:59:17 AM EDT
[#41]
I'm a Vietnam vet and wear my hat quite a bit. Main reason is to piss off some of the people that called us baby killers and every other kind of BS you can imagine. I wasn't infantry I was ordnance so there is a difference in how I served as opposed to some others but we all did what we were told and did it where we were told to do it.
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Posted: 6/18/2023 12:05:14 PM EDT
[#42]
How about a 'Cold War' Vetran Hat
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Posted: 6/18/2023 12:09:29 PM EDT
[#43]
We still haven't got Veterans of Panama and you want Veterans of Iraq war? You nuts
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Posted: 6/18/2023 12:11:46 PM EDT
[#44]
I see veteran of OIF hats all the time.
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Posted: 6/18/2023 12:16:26 PM EDT
[#45]
Quote HistoryQuoted: What pogue bases had MWR? LSA Anaconda and Baghdad Airport? I was mostly at Falcon and Blue Diamond. No MWR. We got shelled all the dam time. In fact the ASP at Falcon got blown up. @Miles_Urbanus Fellow Blue Diamonder here. 2005 - Security Co. QRF "Ronin." |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 12:22:43 PM EDT
[#46]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Jesus….don’t ask what camp it was, but it was in the Camp Victory complex, and we had pulled in just in time, thinking we’d be able to hit a real chow hall. We did, and from little we saw, it was like everything we had been told…a buffet, sandwich bar, grill, salad bar, about 5 different ice cream flavors. There was about 12 of us scoping out where we could all sit together when an e7 asked us to leave. He advised us that much like a dress code, we were too dirty and sweaty to be in the dfac, making people uncomfortable. We sat in the parking lot, looking to see what mre’s we had left that weren’t all rat fucked, and not sure who it was, but someone brought us out to-go plates of burgers and fries. I could really go for a camel burger. |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 12:25:00 PM EDT
[#47]
Desert Shield Vet hat, with hashmarks, rockers, and a bunch of these:
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Posted: 6/18/2023 12:37:05 PM EDT
[#48]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I wear a combat patch 25% of the week, the only military attire I care to wear past that are team t-shirts in the gym. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Like there is “Veteran of the Vietnam War” hats. Up here there is a lot of them. The Vietnam Nam ones. I have not seen one Iraq war veteran hat. Is that because only Marines would be able to wear them? I wear a combat patch 25% of the week, the only military attire I care to wear past that are team t-shirts in the gym. I still wear school or unit t shirts but that's about it.  Attached File |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 12:38:06 PM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Your job is to feed us. Here we are Pogue Mess Sergeant. They tried this shit on us we we rolled into the chow hall from patrol, dirty and late (right before closing) and brought our 3x .50 receivers inside the chow hall with us so we could all eat together as there was no time to eat in shifts. We said we weren’t leaving and just ignored them and kept eating. Nothing happened. We were having a war and then garrison broke out. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Like there is “Veteran of the Vietnam War” hats. Up here there is a lot of them. The Vietnam Nam ones. I have not seen one Iraq war veteran hat. Is that because only Marines would be able to wear them? Did you do Iraq? Most of the guys who went (in all branches) never saw anything more dangerous than the Puerto Rican E-4 chicks on MWR Salsa Night (regardless of their war stories) so it don't translate to hats. What pogue bases had MWR? LSA Anaconda and Baghdad Airport? I was mostly at Falcon and Blue Diamond. No MWR. We got shelled all the dam time. In fact the ASP at Falcon got blown up. Jesus….don’t ask what camp it was, but it was in the Camp Victory complex, and we had pulled in just in time, thinking we’d be able to hit a real chow hall. We did, and from little we saw, it was like everything we had been told…a buffet, sandwich bar, grill, salad bar, about 5 different ice cream flavors. There was about 12 of us scoping out where we could all sit together when an e7 asked us to leave. He advised us that much like a dress code, we were too dirty and sweaty to be in the dfac, making people uncomfortable. We sat in the parking lot, looking to see what mre’s we had left that weren’t all rat fucked, and not sure who it was, but someone brought us out to-go plates of burgers and fries. Your job is to feed us. Here we are Pogue Mess Sergeant. They tried this shit on us we we rolled into the chow hall from patrol, dirty and late (right before closing) and brought our 3x .50 receivers inside the chow hall with us so we could all eat together as there was no time to eat in shifts. We said we weren’t leaving and just ignored them and kept eating. Nothing happened. We were having a war and then garrison broke out. They pulled that bullshit at COB Speicher when I was there. Turned my guys away because they were dirty from working on helicopters. ?? |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 1:01:52 PM EDT
[#50]
Quote HistoryQuoted: They pulled that bullshit at COB Speicher when I was there. Turned my guys away because they were dirty from working on helicopters. ?? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Like there is “Veteran of the Vietnam War” hats. Up here there is a lot of them. The Vietnam Nam ones. I have not seen one Iraq war veteran hat. Is that because only Marines would be able to wear them? Did you do Iraq? Most of the guys who went (in all branches) never saw anything more dangerous than the Puerto Rican E-4 chicks on MWR Salsa Night (regardless of their war stories) so it don't translate to hats. What pogue bases had MWR? LSA Anaconda and Baghdad Airport? I was mostly at Falcon and Blue Diamond. No MWR. We got shelled all the dam time. In fact the ASP at Falcon got blown up. Jesus….don’t ask what camp it was, but it was in the Camp Victory complex, and we had pulled in just in time, thinking we’d be able to hit a real chow hall. We did, and from little we saw, it was like everything we had been told…a buffet, sandwich bar, grill, salad bar, about 5 different ice cream flavors. There was about 12 of us scoping out where we could all sit together when an e7 asked us to leave. He advised us that much like a dress code, we were too dirty and sweaty to be in the dfac, making people uncomfortable. We sat in the parking lot, looking to see what mre’s we had left that weren’t all rat fucked, and not sure who it was, but someone brought us out to-go plates of burgers and fries. Your job is to feed us. Here we are Pogue Mess Sergeant. They tried this shit on us we we rolled into the chow hall from patrol, dirty and late (right before closing) and brought our 3x .50 receivers inside the chow hall with us so we could all eat together as there was no time to eat in shifts. We said we weren’t leaving and just ignored them and kept eating. Nothing happened. We were having a war and then garrison broke out. They pulled that bullshit at COB Speicher when I was there. Turned my guys away because they were dirty from working on helicopters. ?? The Army has no more entrenched and more worthless a pogue class than senior food service NCOs. |
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