Coolest Camo

[Panther Al]

Originally Posted by Abbott Shaull

Ripstop-lol. They were nice if you needed a uniform to starch and if you wore out in the field and they rip, it would rip along the seem for a lot further than normally would.

It seemed like every time we went to the field in the Summer someone would get chew for wearing temperate ones out the field for wear the heavy uniform when he should have set of the light ripstop to wear.

4 sets of each huh. That amusing since at during Basic Training we were issued 2 sets of temperate and 2 set of ripstop woodland. The only time we seen desert camo which came in choco-chip then was about a week before we deployed overseas...lol

Yeah, this was from the regimental commander that wound up relieved due to poor command climate. But to be fair, I couldn't bitch: I was one of those who had to have sharp uniforms, 2 sets of the pricey A's, dress blues and whites. Never did get mess, but I did think long and hard about it.

[dragoon500ly]

Originally Posted by Panther Al

Yeah, this was from the regimental commander that wound up relieved due to poor command climate. But to be fair, I couldn't bitch: I was one of those who had to have sharp uniforms, 2 sets of the pricey A's, dress blues and whites. Never did get mess, but I did think long and hard about it.

Lucky you (I think)!

One set of dress blues and the only mess dress ever seen was when our squadron commander showed up in a set for a squadron dinner. I guess he could be excused, he had just finished two years in the Pentagon; even more surprisingly, he was a damned fine light colonel...didn't play the usual games, which is probably why he was exilied to the border cav!

[pmulcahy11b]

LTC Shimmick, our PMS in ROTC, had mess dress. Looked sharp, but I kept thinkng, "One little drop..."

[Panther Al]

I think the only thing that stopped me from getting mess dress was the talk at the time of a new uniform, balking at the price of having one made for me - I didn't get dress, and one of my "A's" from clothing supply, no not me...- and finally I think it was a little wrong for a staff sergeant having a set of mess dress for honestly, no real reason. Yes, Lowell was my role model.

[pmulcahy11b]

I never even got dress blues, and didn't need them. I had two tailored sets of class As, though -- my shape didn't change the whole time I was in the Army, except in Basic.

[dragoon500ly]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

I never even got dress blues, and didn't need them. I had two tailored sets of class As, though -- my shape didn't change the whole time I was in the Army, except in Basic.

Guess it was the thang with the ACRs...Squadron Mess Night, Regimental Mess Night, Change of Command Night...blues or your best set of Class As and there was no shirking, unless you were on duty.

One of the things that always impressed me was the strong sense of tradition that the ACRs kept. You might see photos of the chain of command in a armor battalion, but the ACRs also had photos of every regimental commanding officer...you also heard the colonel being refered to as the 32nd, 33rd or 34th Colonel of the Regiment. Squadron headquarters with its Wall of Honor, listing every battle that the regiment took part in. The names of all of the winners of the Medal of Honor. The regimental birthday. Right on down to the honorable post of Squadron and Regimental Bugler...and when we had a Bierfest with the local German unit, we used to have fun blowing all of the old calls....

The old regiments had a proud sense of tradition, guess that is what brought out the best in us, knowing that the old 2nd Dragoons were looking on...

[Panther Al]

It was the same with the third, a lot of history there that the regiment was very big on. And you ease of life in the regiment was much better the more you knew, probably that's one of the reasons I wound up in good positions, well, that and how I gamed the recruiters to get max bonus, the exact MOS, the exact secondary training, and a pinpoint troop assignment before I would sign up. Evidently the troop heard about it while I was in basic and the word got around. Pretty intimidating to a brand new private showing up to post and hearing, "Oh. You're they guy we was told to look out for. Hang on while I call your sergeant major."

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by dragoon500ly

Guess it was the thang with the ACRs...Squadron Mess Night, Regimental Mess Night, Change of Command Night...blues or your best set of Class As and there was no shirking, unless you were on duty.

Sounds like a bunch of garritroopers