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cold weather us army us marines

Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 3:00 pm
by norge
this is how i remember the us army and us marines was
when i was a kid,time impression about 1978 to 1986.

and yes i gott snow :D

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cheers from norge,finaly back on the web,had trouble with
the internet conection...since friday

Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 3:59 pm
by mreheater72
Great Photos norge, thanks for sharing :D !

The white winter cover uniform is very hard to find in Germany, also the white Mickeys. I guess in Norway it is the same, is it?

I can´t remember that US Army used the white uniform during winter exercises in Germany. Sometimes vehicles were painted in winter camouflage (MERDC with white stains)!

Did you ate an RCW while wearing your uniform :) :?:

So long mreheater72

Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 4:29 pm
by housil
Me neither!
OD allways. Never saw any snow paintings or white dresses over here.

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Norge,
it´s 17°C over here, that snow is made from flour? Sugar? Bed sheets? Theater background?

Confess!! :wink:


Folks, let´s go see norge and test our stuff in snow and have some RCW, hot tomycooker coca and a cosy night in a MSS on a cot 8)
Someone need´s a ride? My Iltis is having a heater inside and I have a pair brand new Canadian Mukluks... :D

Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 4:43 pm
by norge
yes i have snow :D
its real and cold,hot cocoa for al if you can show up
here in my place and attend my privat exersice :D :D

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here is some real pictures of the us marines in norway
just 2km from my home in the 1980s.
found this pictures on the web 8)

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my favorite picture

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cheers from norge

Canadian Mukluks

Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 4:49 pm
by jfko6
Housil:

You got any pictures of those Canadian Mukluks or were you just joking?

JFK

Re: Canadian Mukluks

Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 6:13 pm
by housil
jfko6 wrote:Housil:

You got any pictures of those Canadian Mukluks or were you just joking?

JFK
No joking!
See my never used, €7 brand new Canadian Mukluks:

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Photos

Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 6:52 pm
by jfko6
Good Photos.

I'll have to pull some of my extreme cold weather stuff. Actually, it can get real cold where I am in NY right near an ocean during the winter.

But it doesn't stop the surfer dudes here. I fought for there right to surf, democratic style. They can now surf.

I've got a neighbor; she lives close to me. She's the first black women to visit Antarctica. I'd vote for her for President.

Barbara Hillary
http://www.barbarahillary.com/index.html

Barbara Hillary CNN Video
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living ... ideosearch

JFK

Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 7:12 pm
by george94
norge wrote:yes i have snow :D
its real and cold,hot cocoa for al if you can show up
here in my place and attend my privat exersice :D :D

here is some real pictures of the us marines in norway
just 2km from my home in the 1980s.
found this pictures on the web 8)

Nice, an RCW on the snow mobile. 8)

my favorite picture

cheers from norge
Nice, an RCW on the snow mobile. 8)

Re: Photos

Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 8:25 pm
by housil
jfko6 wrote:Good Photos.

I'll have to pull some of my extreme cold weather stuff. Actually, it can get real cold where I am in NY right near an ocean during the winter.
New York (City) winters are allways like this

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to me. But I saw in news over here about "horrible" Blizzards and snow strom over NYC.

Due to the National Weather Service, there is an URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...
http://www.weather.gov/view/national.ph ... interstorm
...for South Dakota :shock:

The CIty

Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 8:57 pm
by jfko6
Central Park. Been in and around that area many times. There's a good IMAX movie theater near 68th and Broadway. I haven't been there in awhile but I used to see those expensive movies with big 3D glasses. Those movies had to be short on purpose.

If you visit NYC that's a place to walk around. 42nd street is also walkable from Broadway and 68th Street. 42nd Street has been cleaned up a great deal during the Giuliani Administration.

North Dakota is consistently the coldest place within Continental United States (CONUS). Had a friend and roomate stationed at Minot, AFB, N.D. which is close to Fargo, N.D. The cold weather gear he was issued was an absolute necessity. People would often drive off the road into a ditch because of the icy snowy conditions. So the weather in S.D. is not surprising.

But if you haven't seen this film, I highly recommend this.

Fargo