[spintreebob]

ROTC as freshman and sophomore at Wheaton College in 61-63. Drafted and served active 66-67. I got a 1 month early release and left Pleiku 1 week before the Tet Offensive.

[ansel12]

So you guys didn't train in weapons in the 1966 Army and didn't get rated for them, no rifle and grenade badges coming out of basic?

This is the first that I have heard of this, I thought that the rifle qualification badges went back to the 1800s, but you guys didn't have them for some reason?

Here they are in 1967, looking like the basic most of us remember.