Posted on 10/14/2013 4:44:41 PM PDT by haffast
I just wish the navy would have stuck with the dungaree’s. They made the navy different and they were cool!
Ha! The good old Gamma Goat. The Marine Corps didn’t train me to work on that POS, but low and behold we had 12 of them in my unit when I got to my 1st duty station. A year later when I left Okinawa for Twentynine Palms I thought I had seen the last of that hunk of crap. Wrong again. My new unit had 10 of them.
I’m glad there is someone else here that knows the deal. Too many here are quick to blame the contractor, yet they have no clue how the process works.
We tried to tell them that in the 90's. The problem was that too many young officers thought that velcro, poly-pro, and gore-tex were just so high tech. They wanted that stuff on everything.
>>As long as you don’t move they don’t see you.<<
Smell comes into the picture too. Stay down wind of them and it’s amazing how close you can get to wild animals.
You will likely die no matter what you are wearing, if you fall off a really big ship.
If you don’t move how are you going to raise your bow and shoot? Maybe the critters out West ain’t as dumb as the critters back East. Y’all should try and hunt some of these West Texas Whitetails, Antelope and Aoudad, all of which I’ve taken with either recruves or longbows. When your talking inside 20 yards on the ground it’s a whole different ball game.
Try it with a recurve or a longbow inside 20 yrds before ya get too cocky.
Sounds like you spend more on your meat than on your family.
“My major issue with the uniform is the Velcro pockets. The Velcro wears out, but before it does, it is impossible to open a pocket without that “shwip” sound.”
Too true; I don’t know why they got rid of the buttons. They have Velcro inside some of the pouches that already close with a buckle. I don’t get it; I use some of these things hiking with the kids, and am reluctant to wear out the Velcro. I should trade it at the local flea market for an olc-school web belt with H suspenders; they can accomodate a fanny pack, canteen, and various pouches just as well if not better (IMHO).
And you think your being so cute! You do for your family what I’ve done for mine and we’ll talk. I’ve put a wife and 3 daughters through college without loans or grants. I’ve been in the oil business for over 40 years and managed to squeak out a pretty good living in the process. My wife and I both love to hunt as well as the girls and my son inlaws and the grandkids love hunting and fishing with grandma and grandpa on out on our place just under 2,000 acres. I left the Army and started out with nothing in 1972, I’m proud of what I’ve accomplish and I’m going to enjoy it any way I damn sure choose to. So I guess what I’m say is your little snide, smart assed remarks are wasted on me. I’ve more than provided for my family in the past and for the future. Now I think I’ll go out to the ranch and see how much rain we caught last night, have a nice day.
All you need is a few “been there” moments. Unfortunately most people get their $500 toilet seat information from a media smear job.
I did, in Panama, late ‘70s and early ‘80s.
I thought they were cool as heck!
At that range a head or upper neck shot in the .44 Mag. or .357 Mag. in 6” configuration will work just fine. No need to bother with a bow. Besides, I love the smell of gun smoke at any time of day. And yes, I am capable of delivering that accuracy consistently even at longer ranges.
While we’re on the subject that experience was with the wind at my back and they were standing there sniffing the wind and looking for the source. A one time good luck hunt!
I just have a passion for the old stick and a string.
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