63 RECON Posted February 5, 2015 Share #101 Posted February 5, 2015 ERDLs on USAF guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
63 RECON Posted February 13, 2015 Share #102 Posted February 13, 2015 Aussie SASR Circa 78/79 wearing ERDLs In Australia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted March 12, 2015 Share #103 Posted March 12, 2015 Instructors of the 82nd Airborne Division Recondo Course at Fort Bragg around 1984/1985. Notice the guy on the far left is wearing a BDU cap. Also, it appears that some of the guys are wearing long sleave undershirts beneath their uniforms suggesting these jungle fatigues might have been worn in cooler weather and perhaps year round. Also note that all are wearing slant pocket jungle jackets except for the guy third from right on the back row who has a straight pocket shirt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted March 21, 2015 Share #104 Posted March 21, 2015 Honduras - 1980s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longhorn92 Posted March 21, 2015 Share #105 Posted March 21, 2015 Cool stuff. In the 82nd pic what's the combat patch on the guy kneeling far left? Looks like the 82nd? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted March 25, 2015 Share #106 Posted March 25, 2015 El Salvador - 1980's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted May 10, 2015 Share #107 Posted May 10, 2015 Second pattern jungle jacket worn by Col. John Barnes in Nicaragua - 1979 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted May 10, 2015 Share #108 Posted May 10, 2015 Several jungle jackets worn by officers in Panama - 1979 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted May 10, 2015 Share #109 Posted May 10, 2015 Panama - 1982 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
automatic Posted May 10, 2015 Share #110 Posted May 10, 2015 Cool thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottG Posted May 12, 2015 Share #111 Posted May 12, 2015 We had them at Ft. Polk in 86-87. As mentioned already, they and the 107s could be worn while waiting for the new bdu's. I had a pic of my set posted before, but alas, I use Photobucket...We had to wear the bdu cap with them. Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linedoggie Posted May 12, 2015 Share #112 Posted May 12, 2015 After thinking about it some more, some of the first ones that showed up at Ft. Hood were for units that went on exercise in Central America in the early 1980's. And then as atb noted above, they later became more available. On a side note, the women's version of the hot weather fatigue was distributed even earlier. I remember many of the female soldiers wearing them at Fort Hood in the late 1970's. They were fine in that climate and gave them a more distinctive look. Germany was a different matter. I knew some of the female soldiers wore them even the colder climate, but many opted for male versions of the OG-107. The Air Force, on the other hand, created a female version of the standard OG-107. I believe some of our troops got their hands on those and wore them as well. When the hot weather BDU came out, a lot of people were quick to adopt them. I was in 2AD in Ft. Hood when the OD Jungles were authorized for wear. MCSS sold them at US$8.00 a Set. We wore them for all formations in lieu of the winter weight BDU or OG-507's and they were appreciated in Hoods humidity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linedoggie Posted May 12, 2015 Share #113 Posted May 12, 2015 Cool stuff. In the 82nd pic what's the combat patch on the guy kneeling far left? Looks like the 82nd? Looks like the 196th Inf Bde Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linedoggie Posted May 12, 2015 Share #114 Posted May 12, 2015 Patches, did you ever find any of NG in NYC wearing JJs? i had a look but came up with nothing. I wore them in 1985-86 with the C/1/71st infantry Rgt NYARNG out of the Jamaica queens armory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e19 Posted May 13, 2015 Share #115 Posted May 13, 2015 Instructors of the 82nd Airborne Division Recondo Course at Fort Bragg around 1984/1985. Notice the guy on the far left is wearing a BDU cap. Also, it appears that some of the guys are wearing long sleave undershirts beneath their uniforms suggesting these jungle fatigues might have been worn in cooler weather and perhaps year round. Also note that all are wearing slant pocket jungle jackets except for the guy third from right on the back row who has a straight pocket shirt. Those appear to be wool Jungle Sweaters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e19 Posted May 13, 2015 Share #116 Posted May 13, 2015 7th SFG was issued jungle fatigues in 1963. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashesandovals Posted May 16, 2015 Share #117 Posted May 16, 2015 SF member (back row to the right) attending a briefing during Operation Power Pack that took place in the Dominican Republic in 1965-1966 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted June 14, 2015 Share #118 Posted June 14, 2015 8th Special Forces Group in Panama - 1971 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
63 RECON Posted June 15, 2015 Share #119 Posted June 15, 2015 USMC Beirut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e19 Posted June 15, 2015 Share #120 Posted June 15, 2015 Cant remember where I got this pic, might be on the forum already but its possibly Fort Bragg '63-'65. Definitely early because of type 1 JJs, white t shirts, no foreign jump wings and black boots. Also the pistol belts worn with JJs looks cool Pistol belts w/jungles were regulation on Bragg back then. As I recall, SF was the only one's wearing them, but that was 50 years ago!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
63 RECON Posted June 17, 2015 Share #121 Posted June 17, 2015 El Salvador, 1980s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted June 17, 2015 Share #122 Posted June 17, 2015 Stateside Special Forces, most likely sometime in the late 60s/early 70s, conducting a weapons demonstration by apparently letting one of the civilians fire an M60. Most likely at Fort Bragg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted June 17, 2015 Share #123 Posted June 17, 2015 The same unidentified Special Forces officer appears in two different photos taken at Fort Benning around 1967. Any of you SF experts recognize this officer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B229 Posted June 17, 2015 Share #124 Posted June 17, 2015 The same unidentified Special Forces officer appears in two different photos taken at Fort Benning around 1967. Any of you SF experts recognize this officer? Looks like Colonel Mike Kirby to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B229 Posted June 17, 2015 Share #125 Posted June 17, 2015 ....by apparently letting one of the civilians fire an M60. With a belt of blank ammo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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