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Badger52 · 01-24-2018, 06:53

Oct '69, must've been a transition period. Social, but with prefix.

I knew a couple draftees who re-up'd while they were in basic for a 3 or 4-yr to get something different but never saw them again after we graduated so don't know if they got a new prefix, sorry. At some point for some reason I had new dogtags issued during my career, maybe early 70's and there was no prefix. Have one of each in the drawer.

Anecdotal: That prefix was nice in BCT for evening chow, as in:
"RA's to the head of the chow line! Then you guys we had to come get - you NG's & AR's get to the back & gimme some pullups!"

01-24-2018, 06:53	#4
Badger52 Area Commander Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Western WI Posts: 6,982	Oct '69, must've been a transition period. Social, but with prefix. I knew a couple draftees who re-up'd while they were in basic for a 3 or 4-yr to get something different but never saw them again after we graduated so don't know if they got a new prefix, sorry. At some point for some reason I had new dogtags issued during my career, maybe early 70's and there was no prefix. Have one of each in the drawer. Anecdotal: That prefix was nice in BCT for evening chow, as in: "RA's to the head of the chow line! Then you guys we had to come get - you NG's & AR's get to the back & gimme some pullups!" __________________ "Civil Wars don't start when a few guys hunt down a specific bastard. Civil Wars start when many guys hunt down the nearest bastards." The coin paid to enforce words on parchment is blood; tyrants will not be stopped with anything less dear. - QP Peregrino
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