kammo-man Posted December 19, 2008 Share #1 Posted December 19, 2008 Here is a flight bag in 3 color camouflage with lots of patches . Is it Gulf war??? I got it in a locial thrift store over the weekend . here goes . owen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted December 19, 2008 Author Share #2 Posted December 19, 2008 Here is the other side . All the patches were all sewn on at the same time with orange thread!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted December 19, 2008 Author Share #3 Posted December 19, 2008 The bag is used and quite grubby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted December 19, 2008 Author Share #4 Posted December 19, 2008 Maybee a tour bag ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted December 19, 2008 Author Share #5 Posted December 19, 2008 Lots of ships named Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted December 19, 2008 Author Share #6 Posted December 19, 2008 Has this ship got a helicopter ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted December 19, 2008 Author Share #7 Posted December 19, 2008 Patches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted December 19, 2008 Author Share #8 Posted December 19, 2008 Patches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted December 19, 2008 Author Share #9 Posted December 19, 2008 More patches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted December 19, 2008 Author Share #10 Posted December 19, 2008 More patches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted December 19, 2008 Author Share #11 Posted December 19, 2008 This is a silky patch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted December 19, 2008 Author Share #12 Posted December 19, 2008 All in all a cool bag with lots of patches , notice the Gitmo patch and a schuttle patch .But I am not a patch guy though I know when something looks cool . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted December 19, 2008 Author Share #13 Posted December 19, 2008 That is it for me , I hope you enjoy this bag as much as I do . owen kammo man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a6skin9 Posted December 19, 2008 Share #14 Posted December 19, 2008 The USS Wisconsin was decomissioned in September 1991 and is now a museum ship in Norfolk, VA. She did participate in the 1st Gulf War so your bag could date from then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted December 19, 2008 Author Share #15 Posted December 19, 2008 Thanks for that , Sadily the bag has no name but it must have been a guys ship as this has been put together with great love . owen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpw_42 Posted December 19, 2008 Share #16 Posted December 19, 2008 My GUESS would be a put-together...it has a patch for each of th 4 Iowa Class BBs (Iowa, Wisconsin, NJ and Missouri)...plus the Space Shuttle and helo SQN patches? On 3 color desert camo, which wasn't widespread until AFTER Desert Storm in '91? Sure, it's POSSIBLE, but I don't think very probable - the sailor would have had to move around a LOT to be on all 4 ships in less than 9.5 years, beteween when the NJ was recommissioned in DEC 82 and th MO was decommissioned in March, 1992.Regardless, they're a cool combo, but without some more history/explanation, I'm skeptical. Final Commissioning dates Iowa, BB 61 28 Apr 84 NJ, BB 62 28 DEC 82 MO, BB 63 10 May 86 WI, BB 64 22 OCT 88 Final Decommissioning dates Iowa, BB 61 26 OCT 1990 NJ, BB 62 8 FEB 1991 MO, BB 63 31 MAR 1992 WI, BB 64 30 SEP 1990 These ships are facinating to me, and I'm a land lubber:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted December 19, 2008 Author Share #17 Posted December 19, 2008 Like I said they were all sewn on with orange thread with love but it was only $3 at my locial thrift store so for that price I jumped all over it . I collect camouflage uniforms and patches are way above my breath of knowledge . Maybee the guy loved patches ?? o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkdriver Posted December 19, 2008 Share #18 Posted December 19, 2008 The helmet bag is not an official issue bag, these are PX purchase. The only official helmet bags are solid green, or the HGU-56 Woodland cammo bag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpw_42 Posted December 19, 2008 Share #19 Posted December 19, 2008 One thing I overlooked earlier - the same (orange) thread on all the patches suggests that they were all put on at the same time. Typically, the paches get put on as folks move from assignment to assignment, so the thread (likely) would be different as different sewing shops applied the patches. Hate to be the bearer of bad news...I received a similar response on some "VN vintage" patches when I first joined the forum - sure wish I'd only spent $3 on them! Hawkdriver makes a good point, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spathologist Posted December 19, 2008 Share #20 Posted December 19, 2008 One thing I overlooked earlier - the same (orange) thread on all the patches suggests that they were all put on at the same time. Typically, the paches get put on as folks move from assignment to assignment, so the thread (likely) would be different as different sewing shops applied the patches. Hate to be the bearer of bad news...I received a similar response on some "VN vintage" patches when I first joined the forum - sure wish I'd only spent $3 on them! Hawkdriver makes a good point, too. I don't know anything about the patches, but earlier in my career I had patches from units and places I'd been in plastered all over my helmet bag; and since I did a lot of TDY and never spent more than two years in any unit, I had a lot of them. When I would wear out one bag, I would cut off the patches and put them on the next one. And except for the original I got in flight school and the current beat-to-hell-and-barely-serviceable HGU bag I currently carry, all have been purchased from Brigade Quartermasters or the PX. I finally decided all those patches looked desperately ghey, and so have sewn nothing on the HGU bag. But the last bag I had was a commercial purchase that had all the patches sewn on at the same time...I never used orange thread, though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted December 23, 2008 Author Share #21 Posted December 23, 2008 Thanks to all who have commented . Like I said this guy loved patches plus bright thread so he wasnt trying to hide anything for sure !!! See you at the next find posting owen kammoman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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