It’s time to come out of the closet…for one of GD’s most hated jackets.

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Posted: 9/22/2022 8:00:21 PM EDT

The humble M-65. It’s a bit chilly outside tonight so I got it out of the back closet. No, it’s not good in the rain or in sub-zero temps. But for the next month or two will be great and then I can throw the liner in.

Gaze upon it and let the hate flow through you!

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ETA: @dtrosch I am still loving it. Thanks again for hooking me up!

Posted: 9/22/2022 8:14:05 PM EDT

[#1]

I have an M-51 jacket I like to wear occasionally. One day I’ll pick up a M-65

Posted: 9/22/2022 8:15:20 PM EDT

[#2]

I pull mine out when I go panhandling.

Posted: 9/22/2022 8:19:52 PM EDT

[#3]

It was 97F with a feelz like of 102F I won't be thinking about a coat for some time.

Posted: 9/22/2022 8:19:59 PM EDT

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I have a woodland camo one with more wear for that. This one is too nice, it’s my church jacket.

Posted: 9/22/2022 8:20:51 PM EDT

[#5]

Ex cheered when I gave mine away for $5 after non stop badgering about being a hoarder.

Posted: 9/22/2022 8:21:30 PM EDT

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It was 97F with a feelz like of 102F I won't be thinking about a coat for some time.

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It’s 62 currently. If I was doing anything it would be too warm but just walking around or sitting it’s a bit chilly. The mornings are heading to the forties this week, praise the lord!

Posted: 9/22/2022 8:24:11 PM EDT

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It was 97F with a feelz like of 102F I won't be thinking about a coat for some time.

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It was that here yesterday. It's only going to get to 70 tomorrow.

Posted: 9/22/2022 8:25:03 PM EDT

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It's 62 currently. If I was doing anything it would be too warm but just walking around or sitting it's a bit chilly. The mornings are heading to the forties this week, praise the lord!

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Lows in the 40's and highs in the 60's are perfect weather.

Posted: 9/22/2022 8:25:10 PM EDT

[#9]

I thought that the N-3B was also not popular?

Posted: 9/22/2022 8:27:36 PM EDT

[#10]

Ex wife sold my woodland one after we split , along with a ton of other things that were mine. ??

Posted: 9/22/2022 8:28:21 PM EDT

[#11]

Loved mine.
But don't think it'd fit anymore.

Posted: 9/22/2022 8:29:11 PM EDT

[#12]

I like em,have 4or 5 in various sizes I've accumulated over the years.

Without liner nice jacket,gets colder add liner,colder still I will add fleece vest between liner and jacket.
If it rains hard enough,gortex.

Posted: 9/22/2022 8:31:17 PM EDT

[#13]

I dont think anyone hates it, it's just not very good compared to modern offerings.

Posted: 9/22/2022 8:32:31 PM EDT

[#14]

M-65 gets me like 90% of the way through winter here

Occasionally gotta bust out a heavier one.

Posted: 9/22/2022 8:32:54 PM EDT

[#15]

Posted: 9/22/2022 8:34:52 PM EDT

[#16]

I love mine.

Posted: 9/22/2022 8:36:06 PM EDT

[#17]

I don’t hate them at all.

Posted: 9/22/2022 8:37:31 PM EDT

[#18]

I have unobtainium! A Multicam M65! Also a leather one which is a really good coat. I'm now shopping for a warm liner for it that is actually a stand-alone garment but I don't want to pay the $65 at Kohl's - its a Columbia fleece-like jacket, zip up with a standing collar. It'll go on sale before too long and I'll take the old lady's 'Kohl's cash' down there and steal it. The coat is fairly warm as is because it has a layer of thin insulation behind the sateen liner. The Multicam one came with a camel dung-colored liner so I'm set there.

Posted: 9/22/2022 8:40:50 PM EDT

[#19]

But muh plastic “performance” wear!!!

Posted: 9/22/2022 8:43:38 PM EDT

[#20]

M65 is better than Arcteryx

Posted: 9/22/2022 8:56:09 PM EDT

[#21]

I have the one my Dad wore in Korea at the end of the war.

Posted: 9/22/2022 8:58:35 PM EDT

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I wore my dad’s M51 from Korea out. Wish I still had it

Posted: 9/22/2022 9:01:21 PM EDT

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I used to like your posts. You're now on ignore

Posted: 9/22/2022 9:01:56 PM EDT

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Posted: 9/22/2022 9:03:05 PM EDT

[#25]

I work around the yard in my dad’s old M-65

Posted: 9/22/2022 9:07:10 PM EDT

[#26]

I took the patches off an old fatigue blouse from when I was active duty in the mid 70s and had sewed on my fat-body M65. It's ambiance when driving my 151.

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Christmas parade last year

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Posted: 9/22/2022 9:08:08 PM EDT

[#27]

I don’t know what happened to my issued one. I used to carry so much stuff in it.

Posted: 9/22/2022 9:08:25 PM EDT

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I don't shop here.

Oh, wait

Posted: 9/22/2022 9:08:38 PM EDT

[#29]

I wore out my Dad's back in the 80's. I loved that coat. Miss you Dad, thanks for the coat.

Posted: 9/22/2022 9:08:53 PM EDT

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Seems a lot of folks here like the M-65, maybe enough we can do away with the stupid "Arfcom's most hated jacket" bullshit.

I've always liked the M-65. It looks good, it feels good, it's relatively water resistant, and with layering, does well in cold weather. I may have a large/long I wore back in the 70-80s, if I do I'll put it in that giveaway thread.

Posted: 9/22/2022 9:08:58 PM EDT

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Loved mine.
But don't think it'd fit anymore.

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For some reason they tend to shrink when put into storage.

Posted: 9/22/2022 9:09:40 PM EDT

[#32]

Depends on whos wearing it...

She's so cute.

Posted: 9/22/2022 9:10:03 PM EDT

[#33]

Glad you got your unicorn.

Posted: 9/22/2022 9:13:18 PM EDT

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Seems a lot of folks here like the M-65, maybe enough we can do away with the stupid "Arfcom's most hated jacket" bullshit.

I've always liked the M-65. It looks good, it feels good, it's relatively water resistant, and with layering, does well in cold weather. I may have a large/long I wore back in the 70-80s, if I do I'll put it in that giveaway thread.

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Go ahead and look at some of the other posts about M-65s particularly the one I started a year ago when I was looking for this one and you will get my joke about most hated…sorry to offend you.

ETA: in truth GDs most hated is one of my waxed jackets.

Posted: 9/22/2022 9:17:05 PM EDT

[#35]

I had one in high school, lost it some time after on drunken binge. I really loved that jacket. It was great, durable, roomy, lots of pocket space, kept you pretty dry and pretty warm.

Posted: 9/22/2022 9:18:20 PM EDT

[#36]

Best jacket ever made. Works well in the rain but excels in sub-zero, arctic like conditions. No finer jacket in existence….other than perhaps a waxed cotton knee length duster.

Posted: 9/22/2022 9:28:27 PM EDT

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Best jacket ever made. Works well in the rain but excels in sub-zero, arctic like conditions. No finer jacket in existence….other than perhaps a waxed cotton knee length duster.

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Is joke?

Posted: 9/22/2022 9:29:19 PM EDT

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Seems a lot of folks here like the M-65, maybe enough we can do away with the stupid "Arfcom's most hated jacket" bullshit.

I've always liked the M-65. It looks good, it feels good, it's relatively water resistant, and with layering, does well in cold weather. I may have a large/long I wore back in the 70-80s, if I do I'll put it in that giveaway thread.

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If you don’t leave mom’s basement except on sunny fall days it’s fine.

A British wind proof smock with a wooly pully sweater is warmer than a M65.

Posted: 9/22/2022 9:31:05 PM EDT

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If you don’t leave mom’s basement except on sunny fall days it’s fine.

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Seems a lot of folks here like the M-65, maybe enough we can do away with the stupid "Arfcom's most hated jacket" bullshit.

I've always liked the M-65. It looks good, it feels good, it's relatively water resistant, and with layering, does well in cold weather. I may have a large/long I wore back in the 70-80s, if I do I'll put it in that giveaway thread.

If you don’t leave mom’s basement except on sunny fall days it’s fine.

Well, at least I didn't go as far as pdm.

Posted: 9/22/2022 9:33:28 PM EDT

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Depends on whos wearing it...
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She's so cute.

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Lindsey Weir. Swing

Posted: 9/22/2022 9:35:29 PM EDT

[#41]

I thought we liked the M65.

Posted: 9/22/2022 9:37:47 PM EDT

[#42]

I still have my M-65 I had to buy at Ft Sheridan because MCRD Glenview ran out of them to issue. The Reservists stole all the serviceable ones. At various duty stations in my career the commands tried to confiscate it; but I retained the purchase receipt from the Army uniform store.

Posted: 9/22/2022 9:37:58 PM EDT

[#43]

Skip the liner and get a Woobie Hoodie

Posted: 9/22/2022 9:39:02 PM EDT

[#44]

That’s not Members Only

Posted: 9/22/2022 9:40:54 PM EDT

[#45]

I don’t hate them. There are just better options these days.

Posted: 9/22/2022 9:41:17 PM EDT

[#46]

I could be wrong, it happens all the time, but it seems like the only people that really like those have never been anywhere where that was the only option…

Posted: 9/22/2022 9:43:23 PM EDT

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I thought we liked the M65.

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Every thread, except this one apparently, it gets lambasted for not being a 3 layer Gortex extreme cold weather parka. Apparently a comfortable jacket for cool/cold weather isn’t good enough for the walk to the mailbox.

Posted: 9/22/2022 9:43:38 PM EDT

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I could be wrong, it happens all the time, but it seems like the only people that really like those have never been anywhere where that was the only option…

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Yeah the jackets were okay, but now we have hard and soft shells that combined weigh less