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Duncanpup

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43. I never had the visor rain gear either.

Reply to Duncanpup (Reply #30)

Sun May 25, 2025, 05:20 AM

May 25

Here is humorous story my friend was with 75th regiment 1985. They were issued Gore tex for cold weather training then it was brand new not issue. So when they came back they turned it all in and sent it back so manufacturer could see how it held up.

Have a nice Memorial Day friend I’m on flag detail i have two troopers one Korean War the other Vietnam neither lived to see their twenties.

It’s just what we do quietly out of respect.

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