Anyone know what this vest is?   It's an odd one. The tag says "this vest provides protection equal to that of the heavier standard 12-ply nylon Body Armor, fragmentation protective vest with 3/4 collar"   Lower on the tag is says: “Body Armor, Lightweight, Fragmentation Protective Vest with 3/4 Collar M-71 N” There is a spot for manufacturer and contract number on the tag, both are blank.   M-71 N isn't a model I've ever heard of.    Is this some sort of Post-M69 but Pre-PASGT item?

USS Missouri (BB-63) moored next to USS Iowa (BB-61) at Yokosuka, Japan, October 1952.              

Hope it's OK to post this here   Regards, Paul  

Thank you.  Late 1941 gun.  WaA 103 marked.   The RR is a late 43early 44 gun. HS barrel.  Number and Ord wheel are in the white.

I had similar problem, every time something went 'bang' when it shouldn't do it was always my fault according to Andy. Even when sat next to him and it happened he still blamed me. He was right of course I just employed more sneaky methods of achieving the ' bangs'.

Keeping the topic on track with "Run For Your Life", here are more examples gleaned from the 'bay.   

Just adding to the thread. Running was big in the 80's. Three interesting examples from McDonnell Douglas:  

it is what it is  keep it .

My family lineage has veterans going back to the Lewis & Clark expedition. I grew up fascinated with military history and family stories. A few years out of high school with jobs I did not want to do as a career, my best friend thinking about joining, and the awareness that I needed to somehow jump start myself to adulthood (and away from my small home town for a while) all added up.  My buddy and I visited the local recruiters to the extent we hung out with them off duty. Really awesome Marine Gunny Sgt whose quips I remember to this day and influenced my outlook on life.  USAF Sgt. Mac McGowan was the great guy that sold us. He had been USMC in Vietnam then jumped to the Air Force for the long term. He shared his personal photos and momentos, took us out shooting, and never sugar coated anything.  So four years after Vietnam was over we signed the dotted line, got inspected, detected, neglected as the song goes - and away we went. Some of the best years of my life and I thank God I did it. A lot has changed in society in the near half century since but I would do it again today. You have to do that sort of thing for yourself first and foremost. 

I finally found one of the 506th Infantry Regiment's battalions, specifically 2nd Battalion, wearing a new organizational beret flash--patterned after their airborne background trimming--on the Army black beret. I say new because I don't think 2nd battalion was with the 101st in the 70s when they wore organizational beret flashes on their dark-blue air assault berets, so they would not have a historical flash to fall back on. Also, this new flash for 2-506th follows the design of their battalion's trimming vs following the design of what the 1-506th's wore back in the 70s. I am still looking for evidence that 1-506th is now wearing an organizational beret flash vs the Department of the Army Beret Flash. If you find one, please pass it along. Very interesting stuff, at least to me.