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Posted: 6/13/2015 6:48:14 PM EDT
to remember when one of these was one of the most important items in your kit?
I recall many occasions of being huddled under a poncho in the woods/jungle/tundra trying to read a map. 
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Posted: 6/13/2015 7:36:04 PM EDT
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ours was a green plastic right angle red lens flashlight
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Posted: 6/13/2015 7:55:12 PM EDT
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Moonbeam!
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Posted: 6/13/2015 8:06:39 PM EDT
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ours was a green plastic right angle red lens flashlight Yes, we had those too, but when you're carrying everything you need for a 2 week mission, weight gets to be a serious consideration. We left those lights at home and opted for the little pilot pen lights. They even had a red lens on them. |
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Posted: 6/14/2015 8:01:47 AM EDT
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Don't think I've ever seen one of those
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Posted: 6/14/2015 11:53:13 AM EDT
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to remember when one of these was one of the most important items in your kit? https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xat1/t31.0-8/11422668_10155787458505096_4727825954834449318_o.jpg I recall many occasions of being huddled under a poncho in the woods/jungle/tundra trying to read a map. https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/10286994_10155787458870096_4739614723655587332_o.jpg How old do you have to be? I was Army from 1969 to 1971, and I never saw one of those. |
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Posted: 6/14/2015 7:43:59 PM EDT
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Well, I spent 10 years in SF, all the guys on my team had one, and most of the guys in the other teams in our company had them.
May have been just an SF thing. |
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Posted: 6/15/2015 5:20:41 PM EDT
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Heck I would like one or two now!
Jim |
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Posted: 6/15/2015 8:44:32 PM EDT
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I had one. It was big time neato gear when I was in 1/75, 86' to 90'. Long gone now.
Once that MiniMag hit the market, most used it instead of that little pilot issue gem. |
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Posted: 6/15/2015 11:37:04 PM EDT
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I had one. It was big time neato gear when I was in 1/75, 86' to 90'. Long gone now. Once that MiniMag hit the market, most used it instead of that little pilot issue gem. Yes, that Mini Mag was the bees knees and lasted until the early Surefire's came out. |
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Posted: 6/16/2015 11:57:47 AM EDT
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I think I still have one packed away with my old gear.
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Posted: 6/16/2015 12:45:56 PM EDT
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Posted by Nick710
Quoted: I had one. It was big time neato gear when I was in 1/75, 86' to 90'. Long gone now. Once that MiniMag hit the market, most used it instead of that little pilot issue gem. Yes, that Mini Mag was the bees knees and lasted until the early Surefire's came out. We'd take the IR lense for a crook nect, cut it down for use with the MiniMag colored filter adaptor, tape the MiniMag to front of the hand guard of an M16A2 at either 10 or 2 o'clock, clip on the 5's, then shortly later the 7A's, and kick doors! Lot handier than lugging around, and mounting the early PAQ-4A to the side of carry handle. |
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Posted: 6/21/2015 6:16:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryHad that, NOT the other 
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Posted: 6/24/2015 8:06:03 PM EDT
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Well, I spent 10 years in SF, all the guys on my team had one, and most of the guys in the other teams in our company had them. May have been just an SF thing. Is that the one that the bulb gets up to like 84 million degrees on and melts the laminate on your map, or burns the fuck out of your finger? |
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Posted: 6/24/2015 8:16:44 PM EDT
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No, actually with its 2 AA batteries, it barely put out enough light to read the map.
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Posted: 6/24/2015 8:19:16 PM EDT
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The one I had was a 2 aa too,
Come to think of it mine had the luminous green tip around the bulb, other than that it was the same |
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Posted: 7/2/2015 8:37:21 PM EDT
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Has the military moved to an LED fleshlight yet? Flashlights have evolved a lot since the GWOT started.
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Posted: 7/2/2015 11:53:24 PM EDT
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Nope, still angle neck
They basically expect you to provide your own flashlight after you get out of basic |
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Posted: 7/3/2015 12:25:27 AM EDT
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Has the military moved to an LED fleshlight yet? Flashlights have evolved a lot since the GWOT started. Yep and they are all available for soldiers to purchase out of pocket! |
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Posted: 7/3/2015 1:09:18 AM EDT
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Yep and they are all available for soldiers to purchase out of pocket! Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Has the military moved to an LED fleshlight yet? Flashlights have evolved a lot since the GWOT started. Yep and they are all available for soldiers to purchase out of pocket! Yep. But really only need them for staff duty nights. Not much call for a flashlight in PPT briefings about SHARP, EO, trannies and what not. |
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Posted: 8/4/2015 9:09:46 PM EDT
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Had one issued as "team gear" once. I was dumb enough to turn it back in.
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Posted: 8/6/2015 8:47:42 PM EDT
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Lol, guys they have museums now to show the kit we served with.
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Posted: 8/6/2015 10:01:58 PM EDT
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Lol, guys they have museums now to show the kit we served with. LOL, so true!! |
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Posted: 8/6/2015 10:07:17 PM EDT
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Shit, you boots.
Old Corps used flint. No, really I had one of those but it never worked, the angle one was all I used. |
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Posted: 8/9/2015 9:55:53 PM EDT
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We just turned the red lights inside the tank on.
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Posted: 10/13/2015 6:25:32 PM EDT
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I'm a Marine. We have extraordinary minds and better kit than the Army.
We could read by flickering lighter. LF |
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Posted: 10/14/2015 8:57:22 AM EDT
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I'm a Marine. We have extraordinary minds and better kit than the Army. We could read by flickering lighter. LF Stop drinking the USMC koolaid
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Posted: 10/17/2015 10:33:22 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/17/2015 10:34:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yes, that Mini Mag was the bees knees and lasted until the early Surefire's came out. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I had one. It was big time neato gear when I was in 1/75, 86' to 90'. Long gone now. Once that MiniMag hit the market, most used it instead of that little pilot issue gem. Yes, that Mini Mag was the bees knees and lasted until the early Surefire's came out. My first trip to the PX is when I got mine, funny that we loved that thing so much. Free |
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Posted: 11/17/2015 3:22:09 PM EDT
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Never saw one in the Infantry (73 - 79), but got them isued in Aviation (80 - later).
Th cap had a red lens cover that was put in plas with a little knob. I might have one still tucked in an old helmet bag. |
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Posted: 11/17/2015 4:31:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: How old do you have to be? I was Army from 1969 to 1971, and I never saw one of those. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: to remember when one of these was one of the most important items in your kit? https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xat1/t31.0-8/11422668_10155787458505096_4727825954834449318_o.jpg I recall many occasions of being huddled under a poncho in the woods/jungle/tundra trying to read a map. https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/10286994_10155787458870096_4739614723655587332_o.jpg How old do you have to be? I was Army from 1969 to 1971, and I never saw one of those. He was using His GI Bill, while on AD, to get His Commercial Pilots Ticket.. The light was part of the gear He bought.... I think it was a Copy of a Military one..... It had a different Head on it, could be switched between Red, Green, or White Light...... |
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Posted: 11/17/2015 4:33:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yes, that Mini Mag was the bees knees and lasted until the early Surefire's came out. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I had one. It was big time neato gear when I was in 1/75, 86' to 90'. Long gone now. Once that MiniMag hit the market, most used it instead of that little pilot issue gem. Yes, that Mini Mag was the bees knees and lasted until the early Surefire's came out. |
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Posted: 11/17/2015 4:36:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Nope, still angle neck They basically expect you to provide your own flashlight after you get out of basic It's more shock resistant than a regular bulb... |
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