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Started by Phillip V, January 11, 2013, 01:53:14 PM

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derspiess

#90
January 16, 2013, 12:26:58 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 16, 2013, 10:33:25 AM
Quote from: derspiess on January 16, 2013, 10:05:26 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 16, 2013, 09:31:07 AM
Desert or woodland.  Vietnam era pattern needs to be replace by some of the digital ones. Multicam(new name is stupid) or CadPat.

We didn't wear that in Nam.  It was plain olive drab or in some cases tiger stripe.

When did it start? After Nam?

Yep, 1981.  I never liked that pattern much, either.  Flecktarn always seemed cooler and more effective.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

CountDeMoney

#91
January 16, 2013, 12:33:37 PM
I always thought US Army woodland pattern came into vogue earlier than that, like '76 or '77.  Huh.

derspiess

#92
January 16, 2013, 12:38:08 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 16, 2013, 12:33:37 PM
I always thought US Army woodland pattern came into vogue earlier than that, like '76 or '77.  Huh.

I suppose they could have tested it in the late 70s but it wasn't officially adopted until 1981.  FWIW the movie "Stripes" came out in 1981 but was filmed in the last days of when we were still sporting those ugly old OD threads.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

CountDeMoney

#93
January 16, 2013, 12:39:45 PM
lol, Private Benjamin OD greens.

derspiess

#94
January 16, 2013, 12:43:26 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 16, 2013, 12:39:45 PM
lol, Private Benjamin OD greens.

Worst part of it all was those silly looking caps.

"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

CountDeMoney

#95
January 16, 2013, 12:49:15 PM
Only thing that would've been worse were if they had been mesh with plastic snaps in the back.  GITTER DUN.

mongers

#96
January 16, 2013, 12:54:37 PM
Quote from: derspiess on January 16, 2013, 10:05:26 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 16, 2013, 09:31:07 AM
Desert or woodland.  Vietnam era pattern needs to be replace by some of the digital ones. Multicam(new name is stupid) or CadPat.

We didn't wear that in Nam.  It was plain olive drab or in some cases tiger stripe.

Man, you were in Nam, did you frag any officers or exfiltrate out of Cambodia on a boat ?
"We have it in our power to begin the world over again"

derspiess

#97
January 16, 2013, 02:37:05 PM
Quote from: mongers on January 16, 2013, 12:54:37 PM
Man, you were in Nam, did you frag any officers or exfiltrate out of Cambodia on a boat ?

Hard to talk about those days, man. 
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

derspiess

#98
January 16, 2013, 02:40:35 PM
Not seeing this mentioned much yet, but apparently al-Q-linked militants took some hostages (including Americans) & killed others in Algeria because of the Mali intervention.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/algerian-security-official-says-islamists-kidnap-8-foreigners-from-bp-oil-installation/2013/01/16/0db1c254-5fd2-11e2-9dc9-bca76dd777b8_story.html

Now should we follow others' examples and blame the French for this, holding mass protests & burning French flags?
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Grey Fox

#99
January 16, 2013, 02:41:51 PM
Quote from: derspiess on January 16, 2013, 02:40:35 PM
Not seeing this mentioned much yet, but apparently al-Q-linked militants took some hostages (including Americans) & killed others in Algeria because of the Mali intervention.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/algerian-security-official-says-islamists-kidnap-8-foreigners-from-bp-oil-installation/2013/01/16/0db1c254-5fd2-11e2-9dc9-bca76dd777b8_story.html

Now should we follow others' examples and blame the French for this, holding mass protests & burning French flags?

Vous estes soit avec nous, soit contre nous.
Colonel Caliga is Awesome.

derspiess

#100
January 16, 2013, 02:57:46 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 16, 2013, 02:41:51 PM
Quote from: derspiess on January 16, 2013, 02:40:35 PM
Not seeing this mentioned much yet, but apparently al-Q-linked militants took some hostages (including Americans) & killed others in Algeria because of the Mali intervention.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/algerian-security-official-says-islamists-kidnap-8-foreigners-from-bp-oil-installation/2013/01/16/0db1c254-5fd2-11e2-9dc9-bca76dd777b8_story.html

Now should we follow others' examples and blame the French for this, holding mass protests & burning French flags?

Vous estes soit avec nous, soit contre nous.

Yeah.  And we're helping.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Duque de Bragança

#101
January 17, 2013, 03:15:47 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 16, 2013, 02:41:51 PM
Quote from: derspiess on January 16, 2013, 02:40:35 PM
Not seeing this mentioned much yet, but apparently al-Q-linked militants took some hostages (including Americans) & killed others in Algeria because of the Mali intervention.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/algerian-security-official-says-islamists-kidnap-8-foreigners-from-bp-oil-installation/2013/01/16/0db1c254-5fd2-11e2-9dc9-bca76dd777b8_story.html

Now should we follow others' examples and blame the French for this, holding mass protests & burning French flags?

Soit vous êtes avec nous, soit vous êtes contre nous.

FYP

Tamas

#102
January 17, 2013, 03:21:28 AM
gesundheit

Tamas

#104
January 17, 2013, 03:31:53 AM
 :lol:
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