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sinjefe Quiet Professional Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Italy Posts: 1,987 | Top five list of Stupidest individual military equipment Had a discussion at work the other day on the stupidest gear the military issued to it's soldiers. Here is my top five: Shelter Half: A device that required two personnel to put together, but completely non functional by itself. Field Jacket: The jacket that neither stopped rain nor actually kept you warm. Of course, made of water absorbing cotton. VB (Mickey Mouse) Boots: Useless unless pulling guard in -50 Pile Cap: The pile cap is on the list, not because it isn't warm, but because it makes the wearer look completely retarded. Yellow PT Uniform (aka banana suit): CIF never issued a soldier this uniform in the right size. They were always two sizes too small. Thus, when you had to wear them, the entire formation looked like they had been "shoe-horned" into a full body version of speedo's banana hammock. Anyone have any addtions to the list or something as. or more, stupid? __________________ |
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| 04-04-2012, 08:04 | #2 |
miclo18d Quiet Professional Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Occupied Northlandia Posts: 1,697 | L-Angle Flashlight L-Angle Flashlight - If you could get it to work, how were you supposed to keep it on your LBE? D-Batteries, Size, luminosity. Awful. I'd rather carry a medieval torch or lantern. |
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| 04-04-2012, 08:10 | #3 |
Kyobanim Moderator Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Central Florida Posts: 3,045 | Quote: Originally Posted by sinjefe Had a discussion at work the other day on the stupidest gear the military issued to it's soldiers. Here is my top five: Shelter Half: A device that required two personnel to put together, but completely non functional by itself. Field Jacket: The jacket that neither stopped rain nor actually kept you warm. Of course, made of water absorbing cotton. VB (Mickey Mouse) Boots: Useless unless pulling guard in -50 Pile Cap: The pile cap is on the list, not because it isn't warm, but because it makes the wearer look completely retarded. Yellow PT Uniform (aka banana suit): CIF never issued a soldier this uniform in the right size. They were always two sizes too small. Thus, when you had to wear them, the entire formation looked like they had been "shoe-horned" into a full body version of speedo's banana hammock. Anyone have any addtions to the list or something as. or more, stupid? I can't stop laughing! Thanks for this! __________________ Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak. "Fate rarely calls upon us at a moment of our choosing." |
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| 04-04-2012, 09:08 | #4 |
33army Guerrilla Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Raeford Posts: 308 | I was issued Green Laser Protective Ballistic Eye protection while in 3ID. I think that explains itself. __________________ |
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| 04-04-2012, 09:16 | #5 |
Dusty RIP Quiet Professional Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: The Ozarks Posts: 10,072 | Quote: Originally Posted by miclo18d L-Angle Flashlight - If you could get it to work, how were you supposed to keep it on your LBE? D-Batteries, Size, luminosity. Awful. I'd rather carry a medieval torch or lantern. Everywhere I went, the indig loved those things. I thought the c*nt cap was the dumbest thing I was ever issued. __________________ |
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| 04-04-2012, 09:59 | #6 |
Destrier Quiet Professional Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Western New York State Posts: 318 | Acu digital cammo pattern and the color it came it. __________________ |
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| 04-04-2012, 10:32 | #7 |
ddoering Quiet Professional Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Florida Posts: 1,511 | Quote: Originally Posted by Dusty Everywhere I went, the indig loved those things. I thought the c*nt cap was the dumbest thing I was ever issued. Along with low-quarters. I love my pile cap btw. |
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| 04-04-2012, 10:53 | #8 |
Badger52 Area Commander Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Western WI Posts: 6,839 | Quote: Originally Posted by Dusty I thought the c*nt cap was the dumbest thing I was ever issued. Ditto; until that gay-ass minty-green shirt for my Class A's... |
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| 04-04-2012, 10:58 | #9 |
PSM Area Commander Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Cochise Co., AZ Posts: 6,180 | Quote: Originally Posted by Dusty I thought the c*nt cap was the dumbest thing I was ever issued. I thought so too, until I had to wrangle my service cap on a flight from Ft. Polk to San Francisco. That was the last time I wore it except for inspections. Pat __________________ "The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress." -- Frederick Douglass "The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen." -- Dennis Prager "The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it." --H.L. Mencken |
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| 04-04-2012, 11:07 | #10 |
Ret10Echo Quiet Professional Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Occupied America.... Posts: 4,740 | "issued' but not necessariy CIF stuff. Dress uniform: - Black overcoat.... Shapeless sack that I never wore. (Not to mention those that wore it off-duty and looked really creepy) - Class-A Gloves....Worn as often as the overcoat. -Garrison cap...with glider patch (facing which way??) Field kit -Ecotat...Never used the thing and I think I was the only one on the team to actually have the poles for it. Misc. -Gray Army sweatshirt...A zipper you weren't allowed to unzip, a hood you couldn't wear and pockets you couldn't put your hands in. I bought a gray pullover with "Army" on the front. __________________ James Madison |
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| 04-04-2012, 11:17 | #11 |
Dusty RIP Quiet Professional Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: The Ozarks Posts: 10,072 | Never wore the heavy green wool shirt-looking thing either. On the flip side, I still have and frequently use my boonie cap, wool pullover, field jacket liner, poncho and liner, ALICE ruck, asspack, wingwalkers, jungle hotel and canteen cup, and I've been out damn near twenty years. __________________ |
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| 04-04-2012, 11:25 | #12 |
sinjefe Quiet Professional Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Italy Posts: 1,987 | Quote: Originally Posted by Dusty Never wore the heavy green wool shirt-looking thing either. On the flip side, I still have and frequently use my boonie cap, wool pullover, field jacket liner, poncho and liner, ALICE ruck, asspack, wingwalkers, jungle hotel and canteen cup, and I've been out damn near twenty years. Okay, Dusty, stick to "stupidest things" not smartest things. The smartest thing list is pretty short. __________________ |
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| 04-04-2012, 11:28 | #13 |
Dusty RIP Quiet Professional Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: The Ozarks Posts: 10,072 | Quote: Originally Posted by sinjefe Okay, Dusty, stick to "stupidest things" not smartest things. The smartest thing list is pretty short. Roger. Butter bars. __________________ |
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| 04-04-2012, 12:37 | #14 |
miclo18d Quiet Professional Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Occupied Northlandia Posts: 1,697 | Okay, some commo guys might slam me (or praise me) for this but here goes. KL-43 -- Hand held Encryption/Decription Device -- A 5 Lb Paper weight that forces you to find 10 different menus to send one message. It held only a few messages of a certain length, that you had to find and erase to make a new msg. It sucked over HF (DMDG was better for goodness sakes) Keyboard was so small and not illuminated for night you'd be lucky if you weren't sending recipes to your commander instead of SALUTE reports. The crypto keys TEK and KEK were confusing, didn't last long, and were impossible to get loaded. My head is hurting just remembering it! |
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| 04-04-2012, 13:10 | #15 |
blue02hd Quiet Professional Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Near the flag pole Posts: 1,168 | Army Values Card. __________________ Verified Tax Payer and Future Sex Symbol |
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