...Who would know what I meant?

I ask because a few kids had an inspection this week, and I said "get your deuce gear ready" and I swear they had no idea.

So if you have ever stood a "deuce gear" or 782
inspection sound off!

Good old "Junk on the bunk".

Yep, BT/DT!

Better not have any brass showing on those eyelets too!

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Originally posted by CPD SIG:
Better not have any brass showing on those eyelets too!

Attention to detail! They do not understand, trust me..

Sir, Yes, Sir!

Not a Jarhead, but I know what you are referring to.
Ah... I remember it well! My DI charging through the door every morning, hollering "drop your cocks and grab your socks"! "I wanna see assholes and elbows"!

"Well I'm On the Downeaster Alexa..."

TA-50 gear for us Army types.

If they don't know what (or where) it is, perhaps they'll become familiar with another quaint military term - Statement of Charges - when they get to replace it.

LOL

Sorry, it's a junk on the bunk display.

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Originally posted by motor59:
TA-50 gear for us Army types.

LOL

This. One set for inspection - one set for the field.

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Yeah, loved CG inspections. I always ran the PT test instead of the JOB.

Not many people (even some Marines) know where the term "782 gear" comes from..... the custody card you sign when the gear was issued.

Yep ta-50 for us army types. It was customary to have two sets a working set you beat on and a set bought brand new at clothing sales to do layouts. Over time the layouts became more elaborate with more and more gear. By the time I deployed this Iraq the amount of gear we were issued was mind boggling, 2 duffles and a ruck barely fit it all. With just a "basic combat load" when boarding a c17 for a second deployment to Afghanistan, they weighed each one of us prior to boarding. My dry weight at the time was 200 pounds but my boarding weight was 310! This included my armor helmet carbine pistol associated magazines water and med kit. One thing I learned fast in both deployments as soon as you see you have excess gear ship it home. By the end of the deployment I was down to just a ruck.

Numerous inspections in the Marine Corps. What a pain in the ass and a total suckage of man hours.

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Originally posted by Valpo Fz:
Numerous inspections in the Marine Corps. What a pain in the ass and a total suckage of man hours.

Well maybe; I learned a lesson long ago from a company first sgt. on the matter of inspections.

We had an inspection scheduled by the Commanding general and we were ready. All buttons buttoned, all zippers zipped, green side out ready to go in all respects. But the generals helicopter broke or crashed or was misplaced or something, didn't care then don't care now, so our visit was cancelled.

The 1st sgt delivered the news and I remarked that I'd have my platoon stow there gear. He said "I wouldn't advise that, lieutenant." by which he meant, "Jesus Christ do I have to explain everything to you people?"

His point, at length, was if the company has spent two days in prep for an inspection then they deserve to be inspected. The situation is unfortunate we won't make it worse.

that conversation was 50 years ago and it has stuck with me through a civilian career; don't ask anyone to do anything that doesn't matter to you, don't ask anyone to do anything that you aren't going to read or review or check, it's disrespectful.

P.S. I knew what 782 gear was and I knew why it was called that.

For my Marines onboard the Tarawa, I referred to it as their 911 gear (this pre 9-11) because if they had to use - it was a true emergency.