I have the sad

[JoshPutman]

Well, I suppose it was inevitable. After 30 years, my boonie cap I was issued in 1995 when my unit was heading to Fort Sherman in Panama for jungle training, is getting close to being retired.

It has served me well as my fishing hat for the last several years. I'm actually surprised it has lasted this long.

I'll never get rid of it, but it may be time to pin it to the wall of my reloading room as a memory of good times had.

Anybody else got any old gear that has stood the test of time?

 

[akmike47]

It’s just air conditioned now. Patch it from the inside

 

[101st]

 

[Huskydriver]

Bro... She's just getting broke in... Get that to the sewing shop nearest any main gate for some mid life trt and tren...

Back to life in no time

 

[roostercogburn98]

1995, what dinosaur breed are you

 

[Holliday]

That’ll buff right out…..

 

[akmike47]

1995, what dinosaur breed are you

He’s whatever this mistake was

 

[Hecouldgoalltheway]

My woobie and my smoking jacket. I'll keep them forever. Saved my ass many times.

 

[EddieNFL]

Well, I suppose it was inevitable. After 30 years, my boonie cap I was issued in 1995 when my unit was heading to Fort Sherman in Panama for jungle training, is getting close to being retired.

It has served me well as my fishing hat for the last several years. I'm actually surprised it has lasted this long.

I'll never get rid of it, but it may be time to pin it to the wall of my reloading room as a memory of good times had.

Anybody else got any old gear that has stood the test of time?

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Still have mine. Numerous trips to Panama, Honduras in the 80s and 90s…and points elsewhere. I think its stuffed in my Alice ruck. Still have my bootcamp issued duffel.

 

[TheBigCountry]

1995, what dinosaur breed are you

Look. I know you attended the first jump school with Capt Sobel and all, but sheesh man

 

[roostercogburn98]

Look. I know you attended the first jump school with Capt Sobel and all, but sheesh man

Jumpers hit it

 

[TheBigCountry]

Jumpers hit it

 

[JoshPutman]

I'm LBE web gear, ALICE pack humping, woodland camo dinosaur old.

 

[diggler1833]

I guess they didn't issue you a sewing kit in 1995 either?

Nobody holds onto anything anymore. I almost had to Indian-wrestle the museum for my boot bands...but there's always chance I might need them in another 10-15 years...

Haze yourself!

 

[K470]

I still have my jump boots from 1986 sitting on a shelf in my basement.

 

[kl3309]

Late '80s poncho liner, much of the box-stitching has pulled out but still used on a regular. Shopped around for a new one but doesn't seem right to replace it.

 

[ironman56]

I wish I could remember what I did with my dog tags from 1974 , can't for the life of me remember what I did with them , probably just threw them away , not realizing that I'd cherish them 50 yrs later.

 

[JoshPutman]

I guess they didn't issue you a sewing kit in 1995 either?

Nobody holds onto anything anymore. I almost had to Indian-wrestle the museum for my boot bands...but there's always chance I might need them in another 10-15 years...

Haze yourself!

We like it, we love it, we want more of it! Make it hurt Drill Sergeant, make it hurt!

 

[91Eunozs]

Retire it with honor to a place on the wall of your man cave and get a boonie in “IanPat” from Varusteleka!

 

[Duc]

 

[Ronin22]

I still have and sometimes wear my 1990 woodland boonie I bought at the mil surplus store in grade school. From paintball, to the Corps, to TX hog hunts and lawn mowing. It's faded like yours, but still serviceable enough! I admit I would have the sad if it went missing.

 

[philly1010]

Still have a couple of the old school SH Kopfjager shirts around here, can't find them. Couple old SH Boonies too.

Any of the old SH guys remember the whole Jared / PAI "Just Shut Up and Shoot" thread. He did a rifle for me in 2005 and I got this shirt when I went up there to pick the rifle up.

 

[kalashnikev]

I'll never get rid of it, but it may be time to pin it to the wall of my reloading room as a memory of good times had.

It's funny how attached we get to material objects.

I had a pair of eyepro-rated cool sunglasses that I wore on my second tour. I left them in an establishment at closing time and returned the very next day to retrieve them. They were gone, no lost and found, and nobody had seen them.

I was like, "Oh, damn... OK."

Before I made it across the parking lot I was just super annoyed with myself for losing them... and I'm still pissed remembering it.

Keep the boonie in a place of honor.