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SideShow Bob
08-02-2015, 21:36
So, the field jacket that I was issued in basic training turns 38 years old at the end of August.
It has served me well over the years, and is thread bare, torn, stained, has an unserviceable zipper and missing the tab. Also it has faded so badly you can barely tell that it is OD Green.
The pull pin and ring from the first live grenade that I got to throw is now the pull tab. Most all the buttons are missing and what little Velcro that was on it is long gone.
It is time to dispose of this go to in any weather jacket and I am needing to know what is the proper way to dispose of this jacket ?
argonstrom
08-02-2015, 21:40
Keep it!!!

WTF are you doing wearing a jacket in August, anyway?
cstone
08-02-2015, 21:42
Remove any patches (should have been done when you got out) and either donate to a charity or from the sound of it, drop it in the refuse. The only other use I could imagine is to cut it up for cleaning rags.
SideShow Bob
08-02-2015, 21:43
I was just going through all the stuff hanging up by the garage door to put away or get ready for next winter.

Patches were removed the day I ETS'ed.
Great-Kazoo
08-02-2015, 22:52
Donate or trash, it's not an American Flag. I know it has sentimentalism and means something to you, as others who served. However it's time to let go. Definitely donating, would be a good way.
Bailey Guns
08-03-2015, 06:45
Any young neighborhood boy would probably love to have that. At least I would've when I was a kid.

ETA: ...or girl.
Great-Kazoo
08-03-2015, 07:49
Any young neighborhood boy would probably love to have that. At least I would've when I was a kid.

ETA: ...or girl.

One of those hipster thrift stores would probably give you a few $$.
Scanker19
08-03-2015, 08:00
Ceremoniously burn it. Sprinkle ashes on your favorite French fries. Mmmmmmmm..... Memories....
rondog
08-03-2015, 08:17
Burn it. In the company of good friends, good cigars and frosty beverages!
davsel
08-03-2015, 11:57
There's a taproom I heard about where the staff will gladly tear it off your shoulders and provide a loving home for it - they feel it is a sacred item.
BPTactical
08-03-2015, 12:23
Keep it.
Hang all of your ribbons and medals on it, from WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Grenada, Serbia, Desert Storm I & II.
Collect free beers, discounts on meals etc....[Coffee]
Aloha_Shooter
08-03-2015, 12:26
Give it to a homeless vet -- or hell, anyone who looks like they need something to wear this fall. It's a field jacket, not the flag.
Zombie Steve
08-03-2015, 13:34
Gotta be some stolen valor type out there that would pay top dollar for such a thing. [Coffee]
HoneyBadger
08-03-2015, 18:21
Wrap it in a carpet and dump it in the river.






OH! Wrong thread![panic]
Irving
08-03-2015, 18:23
Donate it to a Sovereign Citizen.
SideShow Bob
08-03-2015, 18:25
Keep it.
Hang all of your ribbons and medals on it, from WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Grenada, Serbia, Desert Storm I & II.
Collect free beers, discounts on meals etc....[Coffee]

[hahhah-no]
SideShow Bob
08-03-2015, 18:27
Donate it to a Sovereign Citizen.

It is so thread bare and tatered, a Taser would penetrate it with no resistance........
Irving
08-03-2015, 18:42
The weather would not abide by the normal rules of a jacket and get right through. Sounds like a perfect match!
Great-Kazoo
08-03-2015, 19:06
Keep it.
Hang all of your ribbons and medals on it, from WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Grenada, Serbia, Desert Storm I & II.
Collect free beers, discounts on meals etc....[Coffee]

Unless a fellow board member is tending bar.
hurley842002
08-03-2015, 19:22
Unless a fellow board member is tending bar.

LOLOL
Martinjmpr
08-04-2015, 09:15
Donate it to a hipster who will wear it "ironically." [hahhah-no]
BPTactical
08-04-2015, 12:19
I know Bob!

Trade it for a chainsaw!
SideShow Bob
08-04-2015, 21:43
I know Bob!

Trade it for a chainsaw!

[ROFL2][ROFL3][LOL]