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Old 03-26-2011, 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by weswood View Post
When I was in the 1st Marine Air Wing on Okinawa, I had a box made up for the Headquarters Squadron TV, with a seperate shelf for the VCR. We would take it on Team Spirit exercises. I think I had the packing list made up as "Health & Moral Supplies".

Speaking of Team Spirit, I was the Embarkation clerk for the Squadron. We would bring huge crates (8'x4'x4') full of consumables- toilet paper, office supplies, whatever. After they were empty, I would charge to ship stuff back to Okinawa.
Had a platoon sergeant that would always stuff an extra duffel bag with civilian type toilet paper before every long FTX....then he would charge 5 bucks a roll and make a killing by the 3-4 day...by that time, the C-ration TP had rubbed your tail raw!
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