Way back this time… 1976, and a winter deployment to Northern Japan… I think I’d made E-6 a couple of months earlier. And was still trying to figure out the airplane, as I’d gone from a P-3B squadron to a … Continue reading
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So I’m at a friend’s house, and she comes out with this… It’s a Ka-Bar… But… It’s not a Ka-Bar… Or is it??? PAL? Yep, it’s actually a PAL Blade Co, USMC issued 1219C2 USMC Mark 2 Combat Knife!!! And it’s stamped … Continue reading
Who remembers these??? If you were a Boy Scout back in the day, you probably lost as many of these as I did… Sigh… They are collapsible cups, and we always had one or two in our backpacks. Hint- DO … Continue reading
Back in the day… Men carried real watches… The one on the left is my grandfather’s Elgin pocket watch from the 1890s when he was a railroad engineer for Union Pacific. He carried that watch for over 60 years. The … Continue reading
Who remembers when this was the cat’s meow… I’m an old fart, my first modem was a 300 baud one… sigh… ARPNET/Compuserve… And BBS… And the first computer I ‘owned’ was a hand me down IBM XT, upgraded with a … Continue reading
Back in the day, we had more squadrons in all services than we do today… Somebody (probably an Admiral), decided they wanted a photo op of all the squadrons… Front to back, VP-5, VP-16, VP-24 (Batmen!), VP-45, VP-49, VP-56 And … Continue reading
Setting the way back machine… Thanks to Tina for this one, she donated it to this old sailor… If you ever wondered how they learned semaphore in the Navy, this is one of the ways… Sending the letter Y on … Continue reading
Who doesn’t remember this??? Now the $64 question is, who originated it? And when??? … Continue reading
ASM826 sent me this one from back in the day… These are the Jeepneys lined up along Magsaysay in Olongapo, a bit later than when I was there… The street is paved in this picture! 🙂 And a jeepney is … Continue reading
One of those places that ‘literally’ was for the birds… Any guesses??? … Continue reading