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pbwalker wrote:

Purplehood wrote:That is why they have a PX on base. So you can take your paycheck and go issue yourself a watch.

Bingo!

I thought this fell under the same category as, "If the Corps wanted you to have a wife, you would have been issued one."

G26ster wrote:Back in the 60's I was issued a military watch. It was OD, with black face, white hands and numerals. Looked like this one on eBay

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When I went to USAF Basic Training in 1989, they told us we should get a watch the first time we were allowed to go to the little Exchange they had in the training area...and that was almost the exact type of watch most of us bought. "Matched" the uniform, not flashy, and wouldn't have the sergeant yelling at you for being "faddish".

I heard the Army was issuing these, but with a NATO band:



Bwahahaha They'd probably be overrun by enlistees.

Yes, this is the one :-)

grumble wrote:Yes, this is the one :-)

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You can get those in Turkey really cheap.