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Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:24 pm

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Seriously off-topic here, but anybody know of a surplus source for sweaters like the green one, or modern equivalents? The color-coded and stenciled carrier wear is pretty d&%m cool imho. And I would imagine it is where they got the idea for the color-coded crew uniforms in the original Star Trek as well...

greg v.

Thu Oct 15, 2009 3:14 pm

anyone have any VC3 pics

Thu Oct 15, 2009 5:22 pm

WOW, I checked this thread out when it first started and just got back to it. These are incredible pictures! Thank you so much for scanning and posting them.

Tim

Thu Oct 15, 2009 8:32 pm

First off, thanks Tim for your post. I still think as hard as I tried the slides were not clean eniough.

Here we go to the experts.. I know what the bottom patch is, but who can tell me about the top???

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Thu Oct 15, 2009 8:36 pm

photorecon?

Thu Oct 15, 2009 8:40 pm

This is the most amazing thread to show up on WIX in some time. Amazing photos and great stories. Please keep them coming! Kel

Fri Oct 16, 2009 8:57 pm

A couple of great Navy photos from the reserve years

Hey Tailspin- on the back of the 1st. pic is " for VF 721"
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I think this speaks from where most of these guys came from...
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Fri Oct 16, 2009 9:00 pm

gregv wrote:photorecon?


Naa, that would be my wife's dad..Another story

Fri Oct 16, 2009 9:08 pm

isldtime wrote:
Lynn Allen wrote:Well done and welcome to the WIX World.... What did you used to scan them??

Lynn


Used a Canoscan 8800F and very pleased with it.


Roger that and thanks.... :wink:

Lynn

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Fri Oct 16, 2009 9:44 pm

Anyone notice that guy with his hands in his pockets :shock: :P

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Fri Oct 16, 2009 9:46 pm

but who can tell me about the top one???

4 and 20 8) :P

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Fri Oct 16, 2009 9:48 pm

The color-coded and stenciled carrier wear is pretty d&%m cool imho

I lost my jerseys plus my float coat (stole that :shock: ) in our fire but still have my cranial (stole that to :shock: ).

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Sat Oct 17, 2009 5:37 pm

For those intersted in jerseys here's a breakdown.
Redshirts get up too early.
Grapes stink like JP5, so do their spaces and racks.
Greenies are insane to get that close to intakes.
Blueberries, aka "houdinis".
Yellowshirts wear yellow because they're always pissed off (usually about not being able to find any blueshirts).
Brownshirts, never around when you need to move a bird.
White, aka "flight deck pigeons" since all they do is wander around and sh*t on people.
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Sat Oct 17, 2009 6:32 pm

Jack Cook wrote:
The color-coded and stenciled carrier wear is pretty d&%m cool imho

I lost my jerseys plus my float coat (stole that :shock: ) in our fire but still have my cranial (stole that to :shock: ).[/quote

I liberated my float coat and cranial also. The float coat would have been thrown out because it was so nasty. I built a replacement with the spare parts I collected to turn in for both, the left overs went to my friends I left behind.

Tim

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Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:28 pm

I've still got the MK-76 I swiped also :shock:
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