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wackafew said:
Hey Buckaholic and Chicken I suppose you guys know everything.
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If it involves physical injuries, Buckaholic has personal experience with breaking just about everything in the human body... :D

Yeah, sure, go ahead and be a "Marine medic"... ;) It don't bother me none...

I was at LeJeune in 1970 for two months; I don't recall there being any medical training unit there at that time, but it was a big base...Lots of satellite camps...

Back when JAG was a big hit, we used to sit at the bar in the Base Club and point out all the mistakes. They didn't have any real military technical advisors the first year, and it was pretty funny...

I spent about 10 - 12 weeks at the Philly Naval Hospital in 1971; the Navy Doctors, Nurses, and Corpsmen were all good people...lots of innovative medicine going on there, at that time...They bulldozed that hospital (one, if not the, biggest on the east Coast) to make a parking lot for the Spectrum/football field...The Flyers arena was kitty-corner across the street; the Eagles stadium/field was directly across the street...

I was at the St Albans Navy Hospital for about 10 days before being sent on to Philly; two Corpsmen sneaked me and another Marine out of the nerosurgery ward to a local pizzeria for thanksgiving dinner, 1971... :p:thumbup:
 
Like I said do a google on Camp Lejune. Click on Major Units. Your The one that doudted my service. And thank you for your service and all the other Vets here. And I wasn't a corpsman.
 
wackafew said:
Like I said do a google on Camp Lejune. Click on Major Units. Your The one that doudted my service...
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I just doubted your terminology... :D

I did look at the LeJeune Medical Training Unit page, but it didn't say when it started...No biggie...LeJeune is one of only two USMC Base Camps in CONUS; there's satellite camps all over the place...I got stuck on guard duty at Regimental Guard Post VL104; a field mess way out in the boonies...I watched a herd (?) of deer graze one morning...and Recon Marines grazing every morning... :p

If you want a good laugh, and have some time to spare, it's worth reading the Shrine Of The Mall Ninja...

http://lonelymachines.org/mall-ninjas/

It'll give you some idea of why old farts like me, Marv, Darryl, Dave, and others tend to view some claims with a grain of salt... ;)
 
Plumberdv said:
If you were going into combat in a similar situation, what Buck knife would you want to carry with you? Would it be one of the newer "tacticals" or one of the older style hunters?
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To get back to the OP's question... :p

I'd like to have an original Buck bayonet...Something that wouldn't attract attention, but still a quality knife...but one thing that hasn't been mentioned is the barter value of a nice Buck "bowie" knife...a 119 or 120 could be traded to a local for food or clothing, if you were on the run...I'm thinking "BAT 21", but there's one on HBO/ShowTime right now but I can't remember the name... :rolleyes:
 
Well to jump into this late, I spent my time on a main battle tank. It came with a complimentary axe, shovel, and pick axe. For the most part, I managed pretty well with my Buck 110...that MRE packaging got pretty fiesty some times so I had to let the 110 show it who was boss.

But I think the OP was really asking about what fixed blade you'd like and I'd have to say the Buck Bayonet.
 
wackafew said:
Hey Buckaholic and Chicken I suppose you guys know everything. ...
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No. But thanks. Until recently I didn't know that Hannah Montana was Miley Cyrus (just another bit of knowledge learned on the peripheral that I don't give a sheet about. But, I dunno what I dunno, and that was one of 'em.)

MWallace said:
Would that be the Intrepid I, 187T...?
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THANKS MW!!! I was too lazy to look for the box ;) Jarred my noggin so now I know the large one in the pic is the 189. Thanks again!

chickentrax said:
If it involves physical injuries, Buckaholic has personal experience with breaking just about everything in the human body... :D
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I was at the St Albans Navy Hospital for about 10 days before being sent on to Philly; two Corpsmen sneaked me and another Marine out of the nerosurgery ward to a local pizzeria for thanksgiving dinner, 1971... :p:thumbup:
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That's cool about the pizzeria for Thanksgiving chow Trax. Very cool :)

Here's a couple where I would've been shouting "MEDIC!!!!"
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I'd like to have an original Buck bayonet...Something that wouldn't attract attention, but still a quality knife...
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Trax beat me to it. I'd much rather have a M9 than the 184. But that's just a preference on my part and not a "I don't like the Buckmaster" type of thing.
 
Plumberdv said:
...If you were going into combat in a similar situation, what Buck knife would you want to carry with you? Would it be one of the newer "tacticals" or one of the older style hunters?
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I was in the Army '70-'72; saw no combat but in all honesty I think I'd like my M16 with a few extra full magazines and maybe try out one of the Buck #651 Intruders.
 
Buckaholic said:
That's cool about the pizzeria for Thanksgiving chow Trax. Very cool :)
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It was cool. They knew we'd both been in WestPac Ground Forces for ~13 months, and figured we could use the break... :)

Here's a couple where I would've been shouting "MEDIC!!!!"
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Hey, Marv! I didn't know you were jump-qualified!!! T-10 or Dash One Bravo??? :D:thumbup:
 
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Buckaholic said:
All my youth (from the day I was born until I joined the Army) was spent living "Navy" with a dad that served 20 yrs and is now a retired Chief that bartended at the Pearl Harbor Marine Barracks NCO Club, the Marine NCO Club at Subic Bay, and worked with Marines everyday, I've never ever heard a Marine or Sailor use the noun "Medic". In the Navy, they are Corpsman and if you were a Corpsman attached to a Marine unit you were a still a Corpsman but the Marines you served with called you "Doc". Even when in the Boy Scouts sponsored by a Navy unit in Pearl and Subic, when we went to simmer camp or on 50-milers, we always had a Corpsman and called them such. The Air Force scout troops from Hickam AFB or Clark Air Base called their guy "Medic".

Ok, now I want to know the model/name of the knife I have and posted at the bottom of the pic in my previous post: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=6908118&postcount=17
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187 Intrepid I, Brother Goose. That knife will open a tank to let you get at the soft bloody/body center:thumbup:

I would never use a knife to wage war, that's what a rifle and explosive artillery are for. But, if I had to make silent kills a small hawk would be my choice . A small sharp hawk will split a head like a ripe Mellon and they are easy to throw....just like a dart;).
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Take this for what its worth. I'm a big Buck fan, I'm on active with the US Army, an Infantry Platoon Sergeant, and I'm writing this from Iraq. Buck, IMO, doesnt have anything in thier current fixed blade line up that I would feel is acceptable as a military blade. Maybe a Nighthawk with a good MOLLE compatable kydex sheath or a SpecOps Combat Master sheath. But the sheathing would cost more than the knife. As for folders, I brought a Buck 560 and a SB882. The 560 snaped its point the first time one of my soldiers borrowed it but the 882 is still going strong. I chose to carry a Strider VB as my primary fixed blade in a custom kydex MOLLE rig. My unit issued each soldier a Gerber multi-tool, a Gerber Military automatic, and a Gerber EZ-Out with a S30V sheepsfoot black blade. All 3 knives are made in the US and top are quality tactical blades. Dont know how Buck missed out on the Military market but Gerbers are the most issued and used blades in theater. Now, back in the late 80's I carried a 119 and a 110 Bucklight on my duece gear. They both worked well statestide and on a deployment exercise in Korea. I replaced the 119 with a Randall #15 a couple years later. I've never carried a Buck fixed blade in a military context since.
 
Times have changed for sure Bob. Say do you remember what model of browning pump shot gun that was?
 
wackafew said:
Hey Buckaholic and Chicken I suppose you guys know everything.
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hay wack,
i am usn ss ret..
i doesn't agree or dissagree with any thing or every thing that is said here
nor do i make it a habbit (dang nun hat right?) to CPO any one
tho some here will dissagree with that..
tho i dont agree wit them an iota some times and
and neathere neanderthal has offered me a ride on a scoot
i like my BBF 's
yea ...what goose and trax dont know could fill a book
small one to be sure but still what my e-steamed collegians
dont know i can find out..
per a phone call to a4said mention base
(( and after iding my self as a squid and lowly pollywog for which i am ever ashamed of in the presdents of a mighty shell back))
the SMI and the CREST OIC on duty (whom wanted to know how i got his privet office phone number)
both said the grads there refer to them selves as
Corpsman
and nothing else,,,
the S-5 APC said they do not have any thing diff on the back of an id card
(at least that he kew of as of now)
and that Medic is a army term for the same type of MOS..
a nd he questioned me be cause as squid he thought i new better'
so i had to explain de whole forum thingy to him and
he found it odd as i did that ya used the term medic..

so while i dont dissagree wit ya nor am i saying ya is other wize
i wanted to ask ya why ya said medic? and to invite a respose ...
could things have changed? siome timez dey does...
the id card thingy realy intrigues (bothers) me
ya knows kinda like a splinter under the wast band of your skivys
or did i gets some bad 411 ?
like i says, i is not a jumping in the fray and blood letting me self
but i did have some stupid questions..
which now that dey is asked, is no longer stupid..
i posted as i was a wandering and had the stame brain farts they had..
yours most resapectfully
334 decaff dave
 
Colt6731 said:
Take this for what its worth. I'm a big Buck fan, I'm on active with the US Army, an Infantry Platoon Sergeant, and I'm writing this from Iraq. Buck, IMO, doesnt have anything in thier current fixed blade line up that I would feel is acceptable as a military blade. Maybe a Nighthawk with a good MOLLE compatable kydex sheath or a SpecOps Combat Master sheath. But the sheathing would cost more than the knife. As for folders, I brought a Buck 560 and a SB882. The 560 snaped its point the first time one of my soldiers borrowed it but the 882 is still going strong. I chose to carry a Strider VB as my primary fixed blade in a custom kydex MOLLE rig. My unit issued each soldier a Gerber multi-tool, a Gerber Military automatic, and a Gerber EZ-Out with a S30V sheepsfoot black blade. All 3 knives are made in the US and top are quality tactical blades. Dont know how Buck missed out on the Military market but Gerbers are the most issued and used blades in theater. Now, back in the late 80's I carried a 119 and a 110 Bucklight on my duece gear. They both worked well statestide and on a deployment exercise in Korea. I replaced the 119 with a Randall #15 a couple years later. I've never carried a Buck fixed blade in a military context since.
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buck has a new knife that they worked up with TOPS
i seen it and liked it..but..
i have never been in combat so dont know what would be needed
in 72 i acquired a 124 as some 1st class said it would be a good one
for camping yes combat use i dont think so..
a 184 i had i dont think would have been either..
for me i would ask if you to email Buck and tell them what you guys there
really need..

h b BOB, buck knives become so well known because they held an edge
before this all major knife companies used softer HT steel
so it would be easier to sharpen with stones, even a common rock..
did not mater you did it more
only that the knife/edge would bend and not break
most that held edges did break which in my HO
is why buck offered to back them with that 4 ever warranty..
 
334dave,
Like I said earlier, google Camp Lejeune, click on major units, you will see they have a Field Medical Training Battalion East. When I went thru everyone that comes out of there has "medic" stamped on the back of their military ID. I'm not sure if they still do it that way or not. That's the way it was when I come out of there. So perhaps that's not the way they do it any more, but that's the way they did it 40 years ago.
 
Please excuse me for being late to this party.After Rodeoing thru high school and one day branding I roped a crazy cows new calf. Which drew me the 4F tag.I did stay lost in the Gila wilderness (which is vast)a FEW days in the early 80's w/ a 3line Buck 120 and a saw.
It was during a spring bear hunt and no one came looking for me!Let me just say,when I finally found my way out I had enough smoked jerky on me to last several more days and great appreciation for the model 120.You can easily get splinters out w/ it.The one I may prefer even more is the model 124.With micarta handle and a lanyard hole.Men are driven to survive.Whether using a knife in combat, procuring food or building a shelter.A knife is indispensable.DM
 
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