12-28-2005, 18:07
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10th Group Survival Kit
One of the cadre out at PH-II, a 10th Grouper, wore a bunch of survival items around his neck. He referred to it as the "standard 10th group survival necklace." Any of you guys happen to know what those items might have been? I know one of them was chapstik.
I know, I know I should have asked him, but everytime he was around my mind was busy on other things.
Thanks for the help,
Crip
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12-28-2005, 18:19
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Probably a condom, a platinum AMEX card, and a roll of gold coins.  
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12-28-2005, 19:52
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Probably a condom, a platinum AMEX card, and a roll of gold coins.
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AMEX Card and COINS? redundant...any gold needed would be part of the bracelet on the Rolex...
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12-28-2005, 21:02
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Probably a condom, a platinum AMEX card, and a roll of gold coins.
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In the old 10th it would have been a wad of Deutsch Marks. They kept trying to shake us down before exercises but we were very inventive. 
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12-28-2005, 21:19
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smoking jacket, slippers, pipe and tobacco, little silver bell to ring for the batman, and the cricket schedule.
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Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimal food or water, in austere conditions, training day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon and he made his web gear. He doesn't worry about what workout to do - his ruck weighs what it weighs, his runs end when the enemy stops chasing him. This True Believer is not concerned about 'how hard it is;' he knows either he wins or dies. He doesn't go home at 17:00, he is home.
He knows only The Cause.
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12-28-2005, 21:23
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BTW Crip, don't start hanging around that bunch, me and The Reaper got plans for your young ass.
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Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimal food or water, in austere conditions, training day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon and he made his web gear. He doesn't worry about what workout to do - his ruck weighs what it weighs, his runs end when the enemy stops chasing him. This True Believer is not concerned about 'how hard it is;' he knows either he wins or dies. He doesn't go home at 17:00, he is home.
He knows only The Cause.
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12-28-2005, 21:37
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BTW Crip, don't start hanging around that bunch, me and The Reaper got plans for your young ass.
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No worries there. I aint pretty enough for 10th Group...
Plans huh...
Crip
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12-28-2005, 21:27
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smoking jacket, slippers, pipe and tobacco, little silver bell to ring for the batman, and the cricket schedule.
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That was standard issue when we went to Scotland in 67 on "First Fling". a 2lt gave us an area briefing before departing and he told us that the NCO Clubs were sedate reading rooms. I guess he got his info from ole timey English Movies. After the first night at an RAF Club the song England Rocks seemed more apropos.
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12-28-2005, 21:35
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smoking jacket, slippers, pipe and tobacco, little silver bell to ring for the batman, and the cricket schedule.
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only the medics and XOs dressed like that...senior NCOs wore lederhosen...
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12-29-2005, 06:01
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smoking jacket, slippers, pipe and tobacco, little silver bell to ring for the batman, and the cricket schedule.
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Ahh, you forgot the most important items which, like garlic to vampires, drove the likes of the starched fatique, spit-shinned jungle boot, high and tight, beret liner intact, reserved parking slot, do as I say not as I do upper echelon, status seeking, headquarters dwelling denizens: the mustache and German jump boots.
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01-05-2006, 19:51
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smoking jacket, slippers, pipe and tobacco, little silver bell to ring for the batman, and the cricket schedule.
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You say that like it's a bad thing, old chap.
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12-29-2005, 08:13
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Probably a condom, a platinum AMEX card, and a roll of gold coins.
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Now being the head honcho in the demo course I know you realize that the condum was only used for one of two things. The first was to waterproof the fuze lighter and the second as a container into which you could pack improvised plastique that you could fashion into a sausage charge. The platinum Amex card was folded into the thickness of a dime and a nickle as an improvised headspace and time guage for the M2 and what appeared to be a roll of gold coins was in reality were gold foil covered swiss chocolates for the area command meetings like the one depicted below.
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12-29-2005, 09:28
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Probably a condom, a platinum AMEX card, and a roll of gold coins.
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A condom, as in just one? Your 7th Group limitations are showing through. 
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12-29-2005, 10:06
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A condom, as in just one? Your 7th Group limitations are showing through.
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No - we just remember the good days when everybody else was "waste not, want not" and "nothing is too good for the troops so nothing is what they get". (LATAM was so much more fun with nobody in charge worried about counting pennies/condoms.) The real question is: "how many guys got caught by the inventory control officer when they replaced an expended condom with a local purchase item acquired after the fact just to keep the property book squared?" Peregrino
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12-29-2005, 10:12
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Must be OPSEC or something as I count (5) 10th Group team guys have responded and I still dont have anything useful. Except the knowledge that TR & NDD already have plans for me that does not include Gucci Group.
Still surviving,
Crip
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