KBCraig
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I never saw this one until tonight. Wow, that's some early '80s stuff: BDUs and steel pots. 197th Infantry Brigade, with some token 4th ID combat patches. Cop 'staches. Field grades with long hair.
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Wow, that's some early '80s stuff: BDUs and steel pots.
That's my era...
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Fulda Gap baby!
We preferred the patches that weren't censored, and made it clear that it was a stallion.Right On!
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101st Eng Bn, 26 Yankee DIV 82'-88'
Cold weather training at Ft. Drum NY with 10th Mountain to support the Gap.
Not Regular Army though.![]()
Warmest boots known to man.That's my era...
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Fulda Gap baby!
We preferred the patches that weren't censored, and made it clear that it was a stallion.![]()
AKA, "Big rubber buckets of sweat."Warmest boots known to man.
I was on the tail-end in '89, but I did go to JRTC in Fort Chaffee and play war against the Soviet 'Opp-For'.
-chris
Ours were white. We had a weekend training even at Camp Ripley in MN middle of Jan. It was probably -10 outside that morning and we had a significantly long land nav exercise to complete. One of my E-3's showed up wearing those in White, and I told him to get his combat boots on because we would be moving enough to keep his feet warm.That's my era...
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Fulda Gap baby!
LP, OP, ice fishing, they are great. Moving long distances with gear through 2' of snow, not so much.Lol. They are great for standing in the mess line though...![]()
LP, OP, ice fishing, they are great. Moving long distances with gear through 2' of snow, not so much.
"Mickey Mouse Boots" were the MOPP overshoes in my day; the inflatable Arctic boots were "moon boots". I'm sure there were lots of variations. I was 1/11 ACR in Fulda, so I knew I was gonna die if the balloon went up... my mission was to take as many of them with me as I could.Yeah. Not during movement. I wasn’t a Cold Warrior, but I got in in 1994. So I saw plenty of those. They called them “mickey mouse boots” in my unit.
I was still learning Soviet order of battle at Ft Huachuca as late as 2000, so it goes to show you how quickly TRADOC works.
I'm sure MI has caught up to at least 2002 by now.
I was in 3-7 Cav, 3rd ID, 1983-85. We had about 100 mile stretch of border in the Franconia Region."Mickey Mouse Boots" were the MOPP overshoes in my day; the inflatable Arctic boots were "moon boots". I'm sure there were lots of variations. I was 1/11 ACR in Fulda, so I knew I was gonna die if the balloon went up... my mission was to take as many of them with me as I could.