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Posted: 2/21/2015 11:10:04 PM EDT
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I'll show you mines when I place it on a bar and we can both buy each other beers when you whip yours out.
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I don't have a picture but my coolest challenge coin is from my uncle. He was a Huey pilot and a Medal of Honor recipient so he has his owns coins
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Friend of mine had a Brother in Law killed in combat. His mother in law has a Gold Star challenge coin that pretty much puts every other coin to shame when they pull them out to compare (similar to your point in this thread) at the VFW. She had to loose a Son for a coin to have some significance and it really puts things into perspective when she shares it in those situations.
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Quoted: Friend of mine had a Brother in Law killed in combat. His mother in law has a Gold Star challenge coin that pretty much puts every other coin to shame when they pull them out to compare (similar to your point in this thread) at the VFW. She had to loose a Son for a coin to have some significance and it really puts things into perspective when she shares it in those situations. View Quote |
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my most special one is the one my 1st sgt gave me after completing 2 "Manchu Mile" road marches when I was stationed in Korea...Unfortunately it was lost after Hurricane Katrina when some scum fuck looted my apartment . I found another on ebay but it's just not the same
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Quoted: my most special one is the one my 1st sgt gave me after completing 2 "Manchu Mile" road marches when I was stationed in Korea...Unfortunately it was lost after Hurricane Katrina when some scum fuck looted my apartment . I found another on ebay but it's just not the same View Quote buy it on ebay, you earned 'that' coin bro |
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Me, too, which brings out my question, anyone got some older ARFCOM coins available? I've wanted earlier ones too, but alas...too lazy.. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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I've got an ARFCOM 2014 coin.... So I got nothing really. Me, too, which brings out my question, anyone got some older ARFCOM coins available? I've wanted earlier ones too, but alas...too lazy.. #028 of 600. My favorite coin is for the Seoul Pub in Itaewon. |
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buy it on ebay, you earned 'that' coin bro View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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my most special one is the one my 1st sgt gave me after completing 2 "Manchu Mile" road marches when I was stationed in Korea...Unfortunately it was lost after Hurricane Katrina when some scum fuck looted my apartment . I found another on ebay but it's just not the same buy it on ebay, you earned 'that' coin bro I managed to find one on ebay...but it's just not the same..different ... feel I guess...hard to explain really |
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I don't have a picture but my coolest challenge coin is from my uncle. He was a Huey pilot and a Medal of Honor recipient so he has his owns coins Who's your uncle? Not too many Huey pilots are MOH recipients. There's a fair chance I met him a couple years ago in Charlotte. |
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The military equivalent of a pat on the head... or kick in the teeth. Depends on the circumstances. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes 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. And people actually carry these around? to show off in bars? Not trying to sound antagonistic, just don't know anything about them. |
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Quoted: I don't think I would 'pull that coin out' and slam it onto a bar and generally toss it around for everyone to check out and gawk at. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Friend of mine had a Brother in Law killed in combat. His mother in law has a Gold Star challenge coin that pretty much puts every other coin to shame when they pull them out to compare (similar to your point in this thread) at the VFW. She had to loose a Son for a coin to have some significance and it really puts things into perspective when she shares it in those situations. |
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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. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes 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. And people actually carry these around? to show off in bars? Not trying to sound antagonistic, just don't know anything about them. yes...and they can mean quite a bit to the person carrying... Challenge Coins |
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I've got an ARFCOM 2014 coin.... So I got nothing really. Yep. |
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#028 of 600. My favorite coin is for the Seoul Pub in Itaewon. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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I've got an ARFCOM 2014 coin.... So I got nothing really. Me, too, which brings out my question, anyone got some older ARFCOM coins available? I've wanted earlier ones too, but alas...too lazy.. #028 of 600. My favorite coin is for the Seoul Pub in Itaewon. How do I found out what number my ARFCOM coin is? It's not printed anywhere on the coin, I'm guessing it was on the plastic case it came in. |
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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
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The military equivalent of a pat on the head... or kick in the teeth. Depends on the circumstances. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes 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. |
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We just did this a couple of weeks ago and it's quite a few pages...
Also, Navy coin? It's not really a coin if it isn't from an army unit or person. Here's where you duped from http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/1712949_Airborne_Challenge_coin.html&light=challenge%7Ccoin Actually its this one, either way, it's done too much http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/1712960_Lets_see_your_challenge_coins.html |
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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 View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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. |
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Quoted: This is"the coolest looking coin I've got in my collection, NOT the 'coolest' as in from whom or where, but, I dig it. http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b556/Daniel_Sanchez-Najera/65ff98f1-d5d0-436a-910c-66c71e8d8aed_zpsfl8d546t.jpg?t=1424487821 Post yours... View Quote |
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Back in the old school Army we had to walk ten miles in the snow every day just to get to morning formation and we didn't get any of those dang nab challenge coins things like the kids nowadays get. All we got was ham and lima beans in our C rations.
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ATF agent gave me one when I was a prosecutor. Helped him with an investigation involving a bunch of stolen guns from out of state.
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Quoted: We just did this a couple of weeks ago and it's quite a few pages... Also, Navy coin? It's not really a coin if it isn't from an army unit or person. Here's where you duped from http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/1712949_Airborne_Challenge_coin.html&light=challenge%7Ccoin Actually its this one, either way, it's done too much http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/1712960_Lets_see_your_challenge_coins.html View Quote My bad. |
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nice collection |
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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. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes 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. And people actually carry these around? to show off in bars? Not trying to sound antagonistic, just don't know anything about them. if you are out with mil buds, you slap them on bar..last one on bar buys |
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View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: 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. if you are out with mil buds, you slap them on bar..last one on bar buys meh http://terminallance.com/media/comics/2010-04-06-Strip_27_Challenge_Coins_web.jpg There is truth in that cartoon and it is not limited to the infantry club. Here is the deal, no one I know would walk into a place and slam a stupid challenge coin on a bar top. Process that for a second. Perhaps, while on travel, or overseas, someone in OUR crowd, meaning our unit or contractor support folks, could pull a coin out and everyone present says, 'aw sh*t' and we laugh. Drinks are bought, we check out a few coins and drink some more. If a random dude walked into a bar and interrupted my buddy and I having a beer in the manner of that cartoon, we'd have the same 'oh brother' reaction as depicted. |
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View Quote It's still big in EOD. Ive seen a $1200 round bought over being the only one in a bar without a coin. |
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if you are out with mil buds, you slap them on bar..last one on bar buys View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes 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. And people actually carry these around? to show off in bars? Not trying to sound antagonistic, just don't know anything about them. if you are out with mil buds, you slap them on bar..last one on bar buys Ten guys out of our unit took a dive class from a retired leather-skinned snake-eater at Ft. Lewis. We were all on the bottom of the pool with nothing on but a speedo and tanks when our instructor tossed his coin out on the bottom of the pool. We all looked just looked at each other like we might as well be saying, "I like turtles" ..... When we got out of the pool he said he liked Corona's....never asked him where he had his coin and from that day I've never left home without it. |
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Quoted: It's still big in EOD. Ive seen a $1200 round bought over being the only one in a bar without a coin. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: It's still big in EOD. Ive seen a $1200 round bought over being the only one in a bar without a coin. That's a little over the top, it's happened in mixed company, officer/snco and one of the officers without a coin would roger up to buying a round; but not at the $1200 level, perhaps two or three hundred. I've done the dog and pony show too many times. |
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#028 of 600. My favorite coin is for the Seoul Pub in Itaewon. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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I've got an ARFCOM 2014 coin.... So I got nothing really. Me, too, which brings out my question, anyone got some older ARFCOM coins available? I've wanted earlier ones too, but alas...too lazy.. #028 of 600. My favorite coin is for the Seoul Pub in Itaewon. I like the Seoul Pub |
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