Afternoon Patrol

This is a spot for posting those old photos of your service days, your favorite tractor, whatever...Don't be shy we all love looking at pictures! No Nekkid People though, this is a "G" rated site!

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Afternoon Patrol

Unread post by 42GPW » July 27th, 2010, 9:09 am

Heres my son and i on an afternoon patrol. It was perfect weather started raining on us. ImageImage
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Unread post by rickf » July 27th, 2010, 10:33 am

Good shot, the waters a little too clean though. :lol: How far did you make the boy hump that pig?


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Unread post by WC Matt » July 27th, 2010, 12:20 pm

Yeah that's right make the little guy hump the pig :lol: ! Wish I had a dad (or older brother) like you when I was that age.....
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Unread post by 42GPW » July 27th, 2010, 2:27 pm

He only moved it about 10 feet. The ground was pretty rocky. You will notice he has m-16 bandoleers on i have on the belt of 60 ammo. Its fun we do this on a whim allot of times. This august my group of guys (25th) are going to do more photos.Thanks for the good feed back. i know were missing some stuff but my wallets only so thick.

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Unread post by rickf » July 27th, 2010, 4:08 pm

Matt, what you are doing is great, people need to remember. I would LOVE to come out and participate but I don't know if I could hump the pig as far as your son now a days. Is that a replica or real 60? I saw a real nice demilled 60 at Aberdeen, I don't remember the price but I think it was north of 2500.00!!!! As much as I want one I couldn't justify spending that much on a firing weapon let alone a demill. I never got into the reenactment thing because of the cost of getting all of the date matching equipment.

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Unread post by David » July 27th, 2010, 4:57 pm

rickf wrote:Matt, what you are doing is great, people need to remember. I would LOVE to come out and participate but I don't know if I could hump the pig as far as your son now a days. Is that a replica or real 60? I saw a real nice demilled 60 at Aberdeen, I don't remember the price but I think it was north of 2500.00!!!! As much as I want one I couldn't justify spending that much on a firing weapon let alone a demill. I never got into the reenactment thing because of the cost of getting all of the date matching equipment.

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$2500 is about what a parts kit costs, so Id imagines a dummy with real parts would be in that area. Transferables live guns are a shade south of $30k.

Great looking set of pics, I cant wait to get to another nam gig in September.

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Unread post by Motorcityman » July 27th, 2010, 10:00 pm

WC Matt wrote:Yeah that's right make the little guy hump the pig :lol: ! Wish I had a dad (or older brother) like you when I was that age.....
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I was just thinking that, Good on you Matt for being there hanging out with him like that. Looks like you're a good father, he'll remember those days when you're long gone and he's an old man, I salute you!

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Unread post by toptiger » July 28th, 2010, 4:00 am

I have a buddy that did the war game thing with his son. he would ambush me when I came by...the son... not the father
well guess what?
Today he is an SF operator in Afganistan and his dad doesn't get much sleep. Just sayin.....
My two boys are only 3 and 4.5 but I am not sure I want them following in my wartime footsteps. I can not imagine the horror of losing a kid in any fashion, but in a no win war, I think that would be too much especially one run like my war was by incompetent ..... better i stop here.....
This said, I would love to do the Afternoon Patrol thing with them when they are bigger. Already have a Randal Model 18, like mine for each of them.... and about 5 .45 autos {may be 6- forgot about that one I got from Mr Recovery a while back} and a .45 Browning and what? 15 Winchesters, 20? have to count them some day.
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Unread post by 42GPW » July 28th, 2010, 7:35 am

Thanks guys. We do this every now and then. I too have 2 boys. I pray they dont follow in my foot steps. But i know they will. Maybe some of this stuff we do here will help them someday. I was tought when i went in by many of my NCO's that were Nam vets. The art of jungle war is being lost buy our soldiers today. Anyway. Logan there in the photos is really into Vietnam history.I apode him for that. He wants to keep your memories alive though they are some bad. But we have fun doing this and displays. Well im out its my birthday. 39. we are going to go look at a field of military vehicles hope to find something i need.

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45 MB
44 MBT
67 M151a1
67 M416
Batt Boy July-Dec 89(5 mo of Hell!)
US Army-82nd Airborne 89-95
ARNG 95-00 40th,45th Inf
US Army-101st Airborne 00-06
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Unread post by raymond » July 28th, 2010, 11:45 am

42GPW wrote: Well im out its my birthday. 39. we are going to go look at a field of military vehicles hope to find something i need.

Matt R
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Unread post by 42GPW » July 28th, 2010, 12:17 pm

i think he passed away. i might stop by there too.
My Mutt doesnt leak...Its just marking its territory.
45 MB
44 MBT
67 M151a1
67 M416
Batt Boy July-Dec 89(5 mo of Hell!)
US Army-82nd Airborne 89-95
ARNG 95-00 40th,45th Inf
US Army-101st Airborne 00-06
Airborne Inf. Testing Americas cold weather gear since 1989

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Unread post by 42GPW » August 27th, 2010, 10:33 am

I made contact with Warren Dean. Working on some prices for some cut 151's.

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My Mutt doesnt leak...Its just marking its territory.
45 MB
44 MBT
67 M151a1
67 M416
Batt Boy July-Dec 89(5 mo of Hell!)
US Army-82nd Airborne 89-95
ARNG 95-00 40th,45th Inf
US Army-101st Airborne 00-06
Airborne Inf. Testing Americas cold weather gear since 1989

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Unread post by vtdeucedriver » September 6th, 2010, 7:16 pm

Great pics...........we got to mess around this summer ourselves. Trying to get together again to do some more.

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Unread post by Motorcityman » September 6th, 2010, 10:35 pm

All those GI's and one VC, he's outgunned, he needs to upgrade his weaponary some. Something like this :lol:

I just got this RARE type II bipod so i've been taking pics..

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Unread post by Doc.Klie » November 28th, 2010, 1:06 am

That is the strangest VC I have ever seen...Poss a Russian advisor :lol:
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