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Posted: 8/8/2011 4:45:32 PM EDT
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Well that shows you how tier 100 I am, I didn't know there was such a thing.
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Posted: 8/8/2011 4:46:04 PM EDT
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Probably depends on the mission/area
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Posted: 8/8/2011 4:47:11 PM EDT
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87 dollars. Duh.
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Posted: 8/8/2011 4:47:42 PM EDT
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It's probaly Pounds now.
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Posted: 8/8/2011 4:48:25 PM EDT
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$100 in gold, $100 in rubles, three pair of nylons, one lipstick,.....................
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Posted: 8/8/2011 4:48:49 PM EDT
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I've never heard of that. Back in the day pilots used to get gold sovereigns in their kit for bartering/bribing the local populace, don't know if that's still the case. In Bravo Two Zero Andy McNab said the SAS apparently also kept gold sovereigns on their person for the same reason.
Whether or not it's current practice any more I dunno. I'd think a fat wad of Euros would be a better choice really. How's some reprobate, living in a mud hut know how much gold is in a sovereign and what it's worth? Or if it's even real. |
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Posted: 8/8/2011 4:49:15 PM EDT
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$100 in gold, $100 in rubles, three pair of nylons, one lipstick,..................... and a Hershey bar......... might be for him though. 
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Posted: 8/8/2011 4:50:43 PM EDT
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Probably depends on the mission/area Come on now, that's silly!!! Its got to be a set amount that was decided years ago and is in their operators hand book. |
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Posted: 8/8/2011 4:50:51 PM EDT
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Gold sovereigns, of course.
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Posted: 8/8/2011 4:50:51 PM EDT
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$100 in gold, $100 in rubles, three pair of nylons, one lipstick,..................... and a Hershey bar......... might be for him though. It's nine packs of chewing gum. Hershey melts. |
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Posted: 8/8/2011 4:51:39 PM EDT
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Seems like $2k our more would be appropriate
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Posted: 8/8/2011 4:52:21 PM EDT
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Quoted: I guess I never thought of it either.Well that shows you how tier 100 I am, I didn't know there was such a thing. |
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Posted: 8/8/2011 4:53:01 PM EDT
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I've never heard of that. Back in the day pilots used to get gold sovereigns in their kit for bartering/bribing the local populace, don't know if that's still the case. In Bravo Two Zero Andy McNab said the SAS apparently also kept gold sovereigns on their person for the same reason. Whether or not it's current practice any more I dunno. Allegedly in the left cargo pocket. Some form of currency is in there to bribe to get the f out of bad places when mission goes shitty. |
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Posted: 8/8/2011 4:53:10 PM EDT
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Someone else is watching Discovery Channel.
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Posted: 8/8/2011 4:55:20 PM EDT
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Someone else is watching Discovery Channel. LOL 
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Posted: 8/8/2011 4:56:01 PM EDT
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Bah weep gragnah weep nini bong! Doesn't work anymore ?
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Posted: 8/8/2011 4:56:29 PM EDT
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Howard Wasdin said in his book "a couple hundred". So I would assume 2-300 bucks.
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Posted: 8/8/2011 4:56:57 PM EDT
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I thought they were all issued Rolexes as part of that.
Or was that the CIA? Rolex is legal tender worldwide. |
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Posted: 8/8/2011 4:57:35 PM EDT
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Complete bill of materials for his kit: - One forty-five caliber automatic - Two boxes of ammunition - Four days' concentrated emergency rations - One drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills - One miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible - One hundred dollars in rubles - One hundred dollars in gold - Nine packs of chewing gum - One issue of prophylactics - Three lipsticks - Three pair of nylon stockings. |
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Posted: 8/8/2011 4:59:16 PM EDT
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I thought they were all issued Rolexes as part of that. Or was that the CIA? Rolex is legal tender worldwide. G-Shocks seemed to be more common. |
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Posted: 8/8/2011 5:04:44 PM EDT
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Quoted: Complete bill of materials for his kit: - One forty-five caliber automatic - Two boxes of ammunition - Four days' concentrated emergency rations - One drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills - One miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible - One hundred dollars in rubles - One hundred dollars in gold - Nine packs of chewing gum - One issue of prophylactics - Three lipsticks - Three pair of nylon stockings. That sounds like a good night in Vegas. |
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Posted: 8/8/2011 5:05:00 PM EDT
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I used to carry $500 in cash. I know a guy who contracted before Iraq and Afghanistan back when it was more being a mercenary than contractor. He wears a large gold wedding band (not his actual wedding band so no emotional attachment) with 4 or 5 diamonds in it and a rolex. You can get a ticket out of just about anywhere with those two things.
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Posted: 8/8/2011 5:10:52 PM EDT
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That sounds like a good night in Vegas. It was a good night in Dallas, until JFK was shot. Then they over-dubbed Vegas in the place of Dallas. Next time you watch it, read his lips. They can't fix that. |
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Posted: 8/8/2011 5:11:33 PM EDT
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Quoted: Bah weep gragnah weep nini bong! Doesn't work anymore ? You also forgot to offer an energon treat. |
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Posted: 8/8/2011 5:24:02 PM EDT
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I used to carry $500 in cash. I know a guy who contracted before Iraq and Afghanistan back when it was more being a mercenary than contractor. He wears a large gold wedding band (not his actual wedding band so no emotional attachment) with 4 or 5 diamonds in it and a rolex. You can get a ticket out of just about anywhere with those two things. Can I ask "what" you were when you carried $500? |
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Posted: 8/8/2011 5:43:57 PM EDT
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Complete bill of materials for his kit: - One forty-five caliber automatic - Two boxes of ammunition - Four days' concentrated emergency rations - One drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills - One miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible - One hundred dollars in rubles - One hundred dollars in gold - Nine packs of chewing gum - One issue of prophylactics - Three lipsticks - Three pair of nylon stockings. That sounds like a good night in Vegas. More Morphine |
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Posted: 8/8/2011 6:02:53 PM EDT
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$100 in gold, $100 in rubles, three pair of nylons, one lipstick,..................... sounds like a good weekend in Vegas... and "russian" is pronounced "roooshin". 
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Posted: 8/8/2011 6:29:37 PM EDT
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$100 in gold??? Can you even see it without some type of aid?
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Posted: 8/8/2011 6:32:05 PM EDT
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Quoted: $100 in gold??? Can you even see it without some type of aid? Wouldn't it just float away? |
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Posted: 8/8/2011 6:34:57 PM EDT
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$100 in gold??? Can you even see it without some type of aid? This was a hundred bucks back in the World War 2/ Cold War days. A hundred got you a lot farther back then. |
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Posted: 8/8/2011 6:35:39 PM EDT
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What's an evasion kit?
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Posted: 8/8/2011 6:37:27 PM EDT
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What's an evasion kit? I will quote myself here.. Allegedly in the left cargo pocket. Some form of currency is in there to bribe to get the f out of bad places when mission goes shitty. |
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Posted: 8/8/2011 6:37:32 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: I used to carry $500 in cash. I know a guy who contracted before Iraq and Afghanistan back when it was more being a mercenary than contractor. He wears a large gold wedding band (not his actual wedding band so no emotional attachment) with 4 or 5 diamonds in it and a rolex. You can get a ticket out of just about anywhere with those two things. Can I ask "what" you were when you carried $500? Space Shuttle door gunner. Lots of us retirees on this site.................. |
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Posted: 8/8/2011 6:38:41 PM EDT
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I used to carry $500 in cash. I know a guy who contracted before Iraq and Afghanistan back when it was more being a mercenary than contractor. He wears a large gold wedding band (not his actual wedding band so no emotional attachment) with 4 or 5 diamonds in it and a rolex. You can get a ticket out of just about anywhere with those two things. Can I ask "what" you were when you carried $500? Space Shuttle door gunner. Lots of us retirees on this site.................. It's just good to know that someone is keeping lower Earth orbit safe.... for the children. 
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Posted: 8/8/2011 6:48:17 PM EDT
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Bah weep gragnah weep nini bong! Doesn't work anymore ? You also forgot to offer an energon treat. And there wasn't any weird al. |
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Posted: 8/8/2011 6:55:53 PM EDT
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$100 in gold??? Can you even see it without some type of aid? This was a hundred bucks back in the World War 2/ Cold War days. A hundred got you a lot farther back then. Yep. $100 in gold in in 1955 would have been roughly 2.5 Ounces. Today, that $100 would be worth about $4,200. Realistically though, pre-inflationary gold would only be about $2,000. 
Yes, I just said that the value of gold is only worth about half what it is going for now.
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Posted: 8/8/2011 7:04:44 PM EDT
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I used to carry $500 in cash. I know a guy who contracted before Iraq and Afghanistan back when it was more being a mercenary than contractor. He wears a large gold wedding band (not his actual wedding band so no emotional attachment) with 4 or 5 diamonds in it and a rolex. You can get a ticket out of just about anywhere with those two things. If everyone is carrying at least $500 of the OPFUND you always have what you need. 
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Posted: 8/8/2011 7:15:46 PM EDT
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When I started contracting in Iraq I carried 2K Cash. Heading back this fall It will be 3K in 1/10oz Maples.
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Posted: 8/8/2011 7:22:13 PM EDT
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When I started contracting in Iraq I carried 2K Cash. Heading back this fall It will be 3K in 1/10oz Maples. Inflation. LOL |
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Posted: 8/8/2011 7:40:30 PM EDT
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a dozen little plastic toy soldiers to keep him busy.
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Posted: 8/8/2011 7:57:27 PM EDT
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When I started contracting in Iraq I carried 2K Cash. Heading back this fall It will be 3K in 1/10oz Maples. Inflation. LOL More like deflation...of the Fiat US Dollar. |
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Posted: 8/8/2011 8:05:56 PM EDT
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I used to carry $500 in cash. I know a guy who contracted before Iraq and Afghanistan back when it was more being a mercenary than contractor. He wears a large gold wedding band (not his actual wedding band so no emotional attachment) with 4 or 5 diamonds in it and a rolex. You can get a ticket out of just about anywhere with those two things. If everyone is carrying at least $500 of the OPFUND you always have what you need. Or you end up with a fuck ton of rugs and hadji movies. |
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Posted: 8/8/2011 8:10:43 PM EDT
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I used to carry $500 in cash. I know a guy who contracted before Iraq and Afghanistan back when it was more being a mercenary than contractor. He wears a large gold wedding band (not his actual wedding band so no emotional attachment) with 4 or 5 diamonds in it and a rolex. You can get a ticket out of just about anywhere with those two things. If everyone is carrying at least $500 of the OPFUND you always have what you need. Or you end up with a fuck ton of rugs and hadji movies. Same thing. |
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Posted: 8/8/2011 8:12:08 PM EDT
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Quoted: Bah weep gragnah weep nini bong! Doesn't work anymore ? LMAO ! |
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Posted: 8/8/2011 8:12:55 PM EDT
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When I started contracting in Iraq I carried 2K Cash. Heading back this fall It will be 3K in 1/10oz Maples. So you're only bringing 2 coins eh? 
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Posted: 8/8/2011 8:18:54 PM EDT
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I used to carry $500 in cash. I know a guy who contracted before Iraq and Afghanistan back when it was more being a mercenary than contractor. He wears a large gold wedding band (not his actual wedding band so no emotional attachment) with 4 or 5 diamonds in it and a rolex. You can get a ticket out of just about anywhere with those two things. If everyone is carrying at least $500 of the OPFUND you always have what you need. Or you end up with a fuck ton of rugs and hadji movies. Same thing. It wears the donkey out though. |
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Posted: 8/8/2011 8:22:40 PM EDT
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Dunno about SEALs, but USMC HUMINT guys carry thousands and a bunch of other stuff in the native languages too in case they need assistance from the locals.
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Posted: 8/8/2011 8:23:13 PM EDT
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I used to carry $500 in cash. I know a guy who contracted before Iraq and Afghanistan back when it was more being a mercenary than contractor. He wears a large gold wedding band (not his actual wedding band so no emotional attachment) with 4 or 5 diamonds in it and a rolex. You can get a ticket out of just about anywhere with those two things. If everyone is carrying at least $500 of the OPFUND you always have what you need. Or you end up with a fuck ton of rugs and hadji movies. Same thing. It wears the donkey out though. I thought it was condoms and plastic beads for trading. |
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Posted: 8/8/2011 8:23:32 PM EDT
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Gold sovereigns, of course. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u7tq43sF4-U/SOp8JbhHU0I/AAAAAAAAAAM/m2hLyb4n1KA/s320/Briefcase.png That picture shows a brass nub on the bottom of the briefcase which is in fact one of four tubes of ammo for his. 32acp PPK. The fifty Sovereigns were inside. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 8/8/2011 8:37:08 PM EDT
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I used to carry $500 in cash. I know a guy who contracted before Iraq and Afghanistan back when it was more being a mercenary than contractor. He wears a large gold wedding band (not his actual wedding band so no emotional attachment) with 4 or 5 diamonds in it and a rolex. You can get a ticket out of just about anywhere with those two things. If everyone is carrying at least $500 of the OPFUND you always have what you need. Or you end up with a fuck ton of rugs and hadji movies. Same thing. It wears the donkey out though. I thought it was condoms and plastic beads for trading. I just... It was... No dude. No. Not going there. |
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