Military Members post pics of you in your uniforms.
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FLYBOYJ
"THE GREAT GAZOO"
Very cool Dave, BTW I have (and use) the same helmet!!
mkloby
Senior Master Sergeant
davparlr said:
You know, I'm not a very big fan of sea food... in fact I hate it. I see a billboard for one on the corner of garden and barrancas... maybe that one's it. I can't imagine growing up here... it's just way too hot!
davparlr
Senior Master Sergeant
I imagine that the government has a few of those laying around.FLYBOYJ said:
davparlr
Senior Master Sergeant
And we didn't have air conditioning!! Actually, it was a great place to live. When I was growing up there was no development on the keys and we had a jeep so we could run the dunes anytime we wanted to. Also, the beaches are beautiful. When it got hot, we went to the beach. Many memories of parties on the gulf. In addition, we loved sea food, fried shrimp, crab gumbo, fried mullet, oysters (I didn't care for this),flounder, mmm, I'm getting hungry. Wonderful boating and skiing, lousy surfing.mkloby said:
It is hot and humid however and hurricanes can make life exciting. When I was in pilot training, I flew my cross country to Pensacola. It was a big ego trip as I taxied my afterburning T-38 past the pregnant T-2s of the Navy. I popped open the canopy and tried to inhale the 100% humidity of Pensacola and said"I home!" I guess the heat and humidity gets into your blood.
Have a great tour. I am sure you have airconditioned quarters and classrooms. Remember, a lot of aviators went there without it and survived. The place has great tradition and the Naval Air Museum is one of the best in the nation and probably the world.
P.S. When I was growing up I had to compete with you guys from the Navy and Marine pilot training program for dates! Tough competition. My sister said she had never met a bad looking Naval aviator, the Marines, on the other hand... (just kidding! I'm sure she meant the Marines, too
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FLYBOYJ
"THE GREAT GAZOO"
YEP! Actually mine came from an ROC pilot.davparlr said:
davparlr
Senior Master Sergeant
That picture of me was made in 1970. Those helmets have been around for quite some time.FLYBOYJ said:
mkloby
Senior Master Sergeant
davparlr said:
The gov't has a few of EVERYTHING laying around. There's apparently still a wharehouse somewhere filled with those black and green monitors circa 1980 that DOD just won't stop using. When I was saw N Whiting's tower equip I was looking for vacuum tubes!
Did you have that HUGE industrial sized kneeboard that they issue in flight school that's about 4" high and doubles as a sapi plate
davparlr
Senior Master Sergeant
mkloby said:
Yep! I'd clean forgotten about that. The Navy tends to hang onto things more than the AF, probably due to less funding. When I entered the service in 69, they were still flying F9Fs as trainers and R5Ds as transportation.
FLYBOYJ
"THE GREAT GAZOO"
When i first went into the USNR they were phasing out the last of the recips. I was an Aviation Machinist Mate (AD) and initally had the rate of an "ADR" (R for recip).davparlr said:
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Those black and green monitors are still in use in the Army. We just finally got rid of them for our aircraft lap tops about 3 years ago.
evangilder
"Shooter"
Damn, thanks for making me feel old. I remember when those monitors were new!
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P38 Pilot
Tech Sergeant
Very cool pics MK. I especially like the one of you manning that .50 caliber. Ive got another question: Are marines the only ones using the woodland ACUs right now?
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Yes they are the only ones that use the woodland colors (if you wanna call it that atleast), except for the Navy I think. They use the same stuff as the Marines pretty much when it comes to BDU/ACU. The Army uses the same kind of pattern but with different colors. Personally I dont like the Army ACU. Never bought them and never will.
davparlr
Senior Master Sergeant
FLYBOYJ said:
What was the last Navy recip, the S-2, T-34? When I joined the AF, they had quite a few, including T-29, C-121, C-131, C-7, C-123, maybe A-1s. The Guard had C-124s and KC-97s. I think that was about all.
FLYBOYJ
"THE GREAT GAZOO"
I saw an S-2 at Barbers point in 1998. I was told it was being used as a hack and was the last recip in the USN. I went in the reserve in 96 I was also told the last of the C-131s (T-29) were going away (or gone). All the T-34s used by the Navy were "C" models.davparlr said:
davparlr
Senior Master Sergeant
FLYBOYJ said:
I remember flying in a C-131 from Mildenhall (?) England to Frankfurt Ger. with my wife as we were on vacation flying Airlift Command standby. That trip was an adventure! That was about 1972.
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Damn now they put you on a Lear Jet! or C-21.
mkloby
Senior Master Sergeant
P38 Pilot said:
P-38 I had to look up ACU I had no idea what it stood for... then I found out why... Army Combat Uniform! We have woodland and desert digital cammies - our old woodlands and deserts are completely phased out... along with the old black polished boots...
The Air Force and Navy both still wear old woodlands, although I believe both are trying to find a replacement. I've seen some crazy AF possibilities - one being this blue-gray tiger striped uniform that looked like some hawaiian party garb. They canned that uniform though, I believe.
Army guys can speak better than I can, but I believe their new uniform is supposed to double as a woodland/desert set - being the more subdued green color to effectively work in both environments. Not sure how effective they'll work in the field as I've never seen them. I will say this though, our new digital cammies work MUCH better than the old woodlands. They're very effective, despite what some detractors of the uniform say.
Fun Fact(maybe a fact) - Marine Times reported that the Army came very close to flat out adopting the USMC digis as their new uniform, but instead went with the uniform they now have.
