Becker Patrol Bag

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I JUST realized that the bag that I carried all deployment was a Blackhawk Becker bag... Wow

And after deployment I traded it for a medical pos bag.

This was all before I knew anything about Beckers.
 
Bummer, I would have hung onto that for sentiment as you used it whilst deployed.

Never mind always wiser in hindsight. And even though I'm an Aussie, thank you for your service.
 
Well, for me, the straps were too thin. The bag wasn't designed for what I was using it as.

I was Rista, which is like infantry scouting, except we had snipers, mortars, and forward observers attached to us. We spent a lot of time on observation points.

I would often have to carry my load and 300-500 rnds of 7.62/51 for the Mk48. THe straps were too thin for that.

Also, I bought it used from another guy who had had it on a previous deployment.

Some of the buckles had hairline cracks in them.

But I did really like the bag. But I wanted something larger.

Should have kept it, like you said, hind sight is 20/20

Thanks Gassy
 
Just keep thinking of all the things that you didn't like about it. That might make it better. Hindsight is a b***h sometimes.
 
When I got back from Vietnam, the only sentiment I had was to forget that SE Asia ever existed. I went to my favorite men's store, in San Francisco, and bought a bunch of new clothes, put on a camel hair sports jacket, stuffed my Class A's into that duffel bag full of other unwanted garbage, which I never intended to wear/use again, took a cab to Sausalito to meet my girlfriend (who I hadn't seen in six months) for dinner. Had the cabbie stop on the Golden Gate Bridge and threw the duffel bag in the bay. LOL
 
ichor said:
When I got back from Vietnam, the only sentiment I had was to forget that SE Asia ever existed. I went to my favorite men's store, in San Francisco, and bought a bunch of new clothes, put on a camel hair sports jacket, stuffed my Class A's into that duffel bag full of other unwanted garbage, which I never intended to wear/use again, took a cab to Sausalito to meet my girlfriend (who I hadn't seen in six months) for dinner. Had the cabbie stop on the Golden Gate Bridge and threw the duffel bag in the bay. LOL
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Great story! and yeah i bet you went to dinner;)
 
ichor said:
When I got back from Vietnam, the only sentiment I had was to forget that SE Asia ever existed. I went to my favorite men's store, in San Francisco, and bought a bunch of new clothes, put on a camel hair sports jacket, stuffed my Class A's into that duffel bag full of other unwanted garbage, which I never intended to wear/use again, took a cab to Sausalito to meet my girlfriend (who I hadn't seen in six months) for dinner. Had the cabbie stop on the Golden Gate Bridge and threw the duffel bag in the bay. LOL
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"I am wondering, what is in that bag?"
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I dunno, you're out for a day on the water in the skiff, do some fishin'. You head up toward the point, check the tide swing, when "BAM", what looks like a "jumper" hits the water. :eek:
"Man overboard!" you holler, as if someone knew what to do about a jumper from "the Gate".
You scoot on over to recover the body, only to find .... a duffel. o_O What the ....

I found a well loved Becker Patrol Bag some time ago, it needs a few repairs. One of the optional side compartments seems to be missing. Maybe I can copy the one remaining pocket as best I can for a project.
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