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remember wearing Khakies? I sort of liked that uniform when it was starched. Too bad they got ride of them.
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I remember khakis, olive drab fatigues, dress greens with two types of caps available, and jungle fatigues in Vietnam. It's hard to believe it was forty years ago now that I was at the U.S. Army...
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I enlisted some time after khakis were done away with but I have pictures of how sharp my Dad and his buddies looked in their khakis with their saucer hats and all arm rank, shoulder insignia, service...
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I didn't particularly like the khakis myself. Mostly because you were supposed to wear overseas caps with them and I never could get one of those to fit right. I sure liked the tan class A's, though!...
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Only time I was "required" to wear the overseas cap with khakis was in BCT when it was the prescribed uniform-we hadn't been issued service (saucer) caps (though I already had one). The tan Class As...
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I was issued two sets of khakis (short sleeve) when I arrived at Ft. McCellan AL on May 12th, 1980. I really liked the uniform, looked damn sharp too. I too wore them on their last day of...
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7GREEN, the infamous black beret was not issued to improve morale. Morale was actually pretty good (we had just gotten rid of Clinton as Commander in Chief). Believe me, I remember the adoption of...
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Clinton was not loved by the military. I remember going to the Rod & GunClub about a year after he was inaugurated. His legal problems had a lot of publicity. Someone posted a sign over the urinal...
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About a year after being sworn in, Clinton went to South Korea. He visited the DMZ area, and it was a big deal. My unit, which was based about 6 kilometers from the DMZ, helped host the presidential...
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5 years of Clintonism finally persuaded me to retire in 1998, I would probably be a COL or even a BG if I had stayed in. But that's another story. Getting back to the khakis, I missed out on the long...
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I sure remember them. My service number started with the letters RA. I was issued both long sleeve and short sleeve khakis. Some of the short sleeved shirts were cut down from the long sleeve...
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7Green: The 'stable' uniform may have lasted longer than you mentioned. I have a photo of my father in basic training in Ft Wadsworth, SC, in 1917, wearing something that looked a lot like bib...
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I've worn Khakis, O.D. green cotton fatigues, BDU's, ACU's, Class A's with a "Bus Driver cap," Garrison cap (c*** cap), Beret and whatever. Yea, I liked the Khakis. They looked good. Hotter than the...
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The stable uniform that I have seen pictured was a mid thigh length jacket with a pair of trousers made out of canvas, may have been a bib overall. I will check my books. It was sort of the "fatigues"...
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I still have a set of khakies in my closet. Hard to believe that I could wear them back in the 60's. No way now!
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I found an old pic taken on film- remember "film"? ... Wearing the you know what cap but had the "bus driver hat" too. When they finally phased out, I was one of the last guys in my outfit to have...
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Your "gig line" is off a little and your NDSM is not centered over the button. Sorry, old "DI" habit. eb
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I wondered if anybody would notice that. I caught the gig line but missed the alignment of the gig-ribbon.Sometimes subtle changes occurred in the uniforms that could cause disturbance. I still had...
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"Sorry, old "DI" habit."I take it you were in the Marine Corps too?
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Though I have a Discharge from the USMC Reserves, it doesn't count. I was an Army Drill Sergeant from 1971 to 1974. We would also refer to ourselves as "DI's" on occasion. Part of that was that the...
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