Ahh yes, I remember it well...except for the washin' brushes. All we did was pile all our clothes together for one big wash down at the Laundry pool, then got them back with more wrinkles than any hand could iron out... and that, if you could find your own skivvies and dungarees in with the pile from the rest of the company... we'd just form a big circular line around the open bay sleep-all berracks, then everyone would reach into the basket on their way walkin around the circle and pull something out... keep the cirlce going around the room until you wander by the right rack and throw it on the guys rack, then circle in line back to the basket and grab another piece of clothing... after that, pull out that recruit iron (hand), smooth it out and fold it as you mention below, stuffing it ever so properly into the shoe box size locker.... Only to be pulled out and stomped underfoot by the Comp'ny Commander cause ya did it all wrong... Hehe. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Duane Wheeler Sent: Thursday, January 28, 1999 11:26 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: The PERFECT UNIFORM [RR] Most Class B Ribbons *Let me admit my IGNORANCE<g> to the maintence of the Perfect Uniform... also let me say, my thoughts are valid from one ear to the other and no further than the tip of my nose... I spent 12 weeks of US Navy Bootcamp folding-packing-creaseing Uniforms inside out with only my hand... Washing was done on the floor as I showered, carried in a bucket outdoors.. scrubed out with a brisle brush and hosed off then hung from a line.. with lanyards all tied to stratigic puckered places and secured with squareknots all faceing north. An excellent Uniform can be stored in a square 12" and 4-5 " thick.. and only improved by being crushed in a locker just bigger than a lunch box. *When the entire Training event was over... I was instructed to store my uniforms in a canvas sea bag.. pile 'em at the hatch and prepare to hit the beach! The US Navy did not beleve in "irish pennents" or "protruding geedunk medals" clustered upon the chest... *they might foul you on the ladder below or encumber you from dogging the hatch in condition "X-ray" Your entire wardrobe was ment to double as a life preserver more than a showcase of achievement and the majority of time it's windproof quality outshined it's beauty<G> ...tho in spartan dignity it shined! 13 buttons on the britches for the 13 colonies and a shoe string to snug the aft<g> *pockets were sparce, and the only outward emblem was a ship tag on the sholder... and a rank/rate identifyer on the sleeve... *all creases soft and inside out... ribs and valleys on the socks<g> *Square that whitehat LAD! -=A=- "Take it- EASY " -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ----****X****---- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "Royal Rangers... A Lifetime Adventure." NWOP207 For the BOYS! * For Mitch Silvers! FcF July '66 :: Duane -=A=- Wheeler * Portland,Oregon * Jesus is Lord :: -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -----****X****---- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- _______ From Duane Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> via RangerNet To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Eat the hay & spit out the sticks!" RTKB&G for JC! Autoresponder: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rangernet.org _______ From "Andy Burns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> via RangerNet To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Eat the hay & spit out the sticks!" RTKB&G for JC! Autoresponder: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rangernet.org
