63 RECON Posted July 4, 2015 Share #151 Posted July 4, 2015 Rangers, 1980s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
63 RECON Posted July 5, 2015 Share #152 Posted July 5, 2015 US special forces wearing ERDLs in the snow, most likely RDF pattern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade Posted July 5, 2015 Share #153 Posted July 5, 2015 63 Recon, That would be Dragon Training. Also ERDL, RDF and woodland BDU uniforms were all worn in the early days of " Operation Urgent Fury" by the 82nd ABN. The olive drab jungle fatigues were issued to troops after a couple weeks of the operation and would be continued to be worn by soldiers of the 82nd for quite awhile after the operation was over (at least a Year). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
63 RECON Posted July 5, 2015 Share #154 Posted July 5, 2015 The Dragon launcher. yes of course. my bad. kind of the pre javelin yeah? You are right on the fatigues for "urgent Fury" as there are heaps of pics of a mixture of the 3 being worn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted July 7, 2015 Share #155 Posted July 7, 2015 Ranger, wearing a combat patch probably from Grenada, mid-80s. Note the foliage on his gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3505 Posted August 20, 2015 Share #156 Posted August 20, 2015 1/187th Inf in Panama on Empire Range in 1988. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted August 22, 2015 Share #157 Posted August 22, 2015 Female soldier of the 193rd Infantry Brigade in Panama. I assume there was no female version of the uniform so this was just a standard jungle jacket she is wearing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted August 22, 2015 Share #158 Posted August 22, 2015 Female soldier of the 193rd Infantry Brigade in Panama. I assume there was no female version of the uniform so this was just a standard jungle jacket she is wearing. Correct, there was not a female version of the four pocket jungle jacket per se, although there was a two pocket hot weather female fatigue uniform during the Vietnam War. However, it was pretty much not suited for field wear. The later BDU's were the same pattern for men and women, just with the women normally wearing the smaller sizes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted August 30, 2015 Share #159 Posted August 30, 2015 Members of ther U.S. Army Chemical Activity, Pacific Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted August 30, 2015 Share #160 Posted August 30, 2015 Military policeman on Johnston Atoll wearing a brassard with the U.S. Army Hawaii SSI. Note the brassard is pinned to his shoulder with a Specialist 4 rank insignia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted August 30, 2015 Share #161 Posted August 30, 2015 Our Military Policeman is standing right next to a sign that says no photography! That is funny. I realize this photo has not revealed any state secrets, but it is a bit alarming to see the words "nerve agent" on the sign behind him. The place was considered easy duty, but I would have preferred never to have been assigned there. Eniwetok Atoll was another one that was an easy assignment for 6 months at a time... as long as you weren't concerned about the residual background radiation from the atomic tests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FtrPlt Posted August 30, 2015 Share #162 Posted August 30, 2015 LIke a few others, I was at Ft Hood in the mid/late 80s and wore jungles. The BDU cap was the specified headgear at the time -- at least within 6th Cav Bde. There were still issues with whether or not the nametapes/US Army tape should be horizontal or parallel to the tops of the pockets. I thought the wear out date was sometime in 1987? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B229 Posted August 30, 2015 Share #163 Posted August 30, 2015 Military policeman on Johnston Atoll wearing a brassard with the U.S. Army Hawaii SSI. Note the brassard is pinned to his shoulder with a Specialist 4 rank insignia. Note that he is also wearing the rarely seen Pocket for shotgun ammunition on his Individual Equipment Belt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B229 Posted August 30, 2015 Share #164 Posted August 30, 2015 Ranger, wearing a combat patch probably from Grenada, mid-80s. Note the foliage on his gear. Definitely Grenada. That's the old style 1st Bn scroll, which he is wearing on both shoulders. It was replaced with the current style when the Ranger Regiment was stood up in 1984. So, this photo has to be right after Urgent Fury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted August 31, 2015 Author Share #165 Posted August 31, 2015 Military policeman on Johnston Atoll wearing a brassard with the U.S. Army Hawaii SSI. Note the brassard is pinned to his shoulder with a Specialist 4 rank insignia. Very interesting. http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/facility/johnston_atoll.htm Hey if you GOOOLGE images of Johnston, it looks like a Flat Top floating flush to the ocean, like it was tailor made, man made, unbelievable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chief_919 Posted August 31, 2015 Share #166 Posted August 31, 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. When I was at JROTC summer camp at Ft Bragg in 1989 we spent a day at the Recondo course and the instructors there were still wearing them- I think they were among the last at Bragg outside the SF guys who were allowed to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt_Rock_EasyCo Posted September 10, 2015 Share #167 Posted September 10, 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. I went throught the school and graduated in October 25, 1984 and they were still wearing jungle fatigues that late in the year. The Jungle Fatigues continued being used for a long time after that by the 82nd Division and likely the 18th Airborne Corps. Great uniforms. Loved them. Rock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
63 RECON Posted September 10, 2015 Share #168 Posted September 10, 2015 Command Sgt. Maj. ® Joseph Callahan, then a junior Noncommissioned Officer, trains an El Salvadoran soldier in El Salvador in an undated photo. (U.S. Army photo) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
63 RECON Posted September 10, 2015 Share #169 Posted September 10, 2015 U.S. Army Special Forces Advisors with Colombian Army Paratroopers. Not dated but going off the Mitchell helmet covers and pockets on the jungle trousers I'm fairly positive they are jungle jackets. Most likely late 80s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
63 RECON Posted September 12, 2015 Share #170 Posted September 12, 2015 ODA 231 C/2/12th SFG(A) Republic of Korea 1980 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
63 RECON Posted September 13, 2015 Share #171 Posted September 13, 2015 i have no info on this pic but failry sure its post VN. Looks like full color flags being worn on the JJs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3505 Posted October 5, 2015 Share #172 Posted October 5, 2015 i have no info on this pic but failry sure its post VN. Looks like full color flags being worn on the JJs My best guestimate is 4th or 3d of the 325th PIR at Vicenza circa 1983-1996. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted October 5, 2015 Share #173 Posted October 5, 2015 Great pics ! Keep em coming. owen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atb Posted October 5, 2015 Share #174 Posted October 5, 2015 My best guestimate is 4th or 3d of the 325th PIR at Vicenza circa 1983-1996. Jeff Looks like SETAF SSI's with "AIRBORNE" tabs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted October 5, 2015 Share #175 Posted October 5, 2015 ERDL fatigues worn by an airborne trooper at Fort Rucker, AL around 1979. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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