Misspelled first name on the photo. Please note mother's and father's name here...

That is amazing! 2000 miles of ocean, divided by 29 days = 68(+) miles a day. In am truly in awe.

I totally missed the connection of the other two buckles I had posted. WOW!! Those were three are very interesting! Thanks for pointing them out, as I was... what three buckles? 

Why does it need to be WW2? The unit was reactivated in the early 60s, had a German made pocket patch similar design. At that time tour jackets were popular aswell. 

Good to know

It has an M4a2 on the inside, I find the whole line up of the series rather complicated, Ive come across M4 labels with penned in a2 as well as M4a1s crossed out with a2 inked in its place. Probably a case of using up old stock labels, or retrofitting previous iterations with later components maybe at factory or workshop level possibly even both.    Still digging for some C47 pilot images wearing them.    dmar, sounds fun to me and would be awesome, plenty of time for me to decide.    

Yes, I think they are both original early 70s patches.  From a quick look one appears US made and the other Japanese made. -Jeff

It has come to my attention the location has changed for this show, and the flier above is now outdated.  See attached for corrected information.  

Thank you BePhreed

Combined Forces Command - Afghanistan.   ETA: https://commanderschallenge.wordpress.com/2013/07/01/combined-forces-command-afghanistan-challenge-coin-circa-2003-2007/ is an article that briefly describes their mission.