This came from a buddy in TX:
http://i.imgur.com/5eunt.jpg
This came from a buddy in TX:
http://i.imgur.com/5eunt.jpg
A guy I work with who was an ex-Ranger gave me his coin as a good luck charm before I went in to get my contract. It worked, too [Tooth]
I'm sure there's others, that's just the first that comes to mind.
My son was in Iraq with the 4th ID. When he got back he gave me his CIB that he got in Iraq. It meant more to me than he will ever know, because he came back
My in-laws gave me this arisaka
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i4...ka/overall.jpg
my dad gave me his purple heart he traded a kid a baseball card for.
also met a army doctor on an airplane that gave me a challenge coin after I gave him a Larue Tactical Dillo. that was pretty sweet too.
Years ago when I was a Marine Reservist I was working on a construction job in Grand Junction. The older gentleman who's house we were working on asked me about my high and tight. We got to talking over the next couple of days and as we were cleaning up the job and getting ready to leave he gave me his set of Eagle, Globe and Anchors he had as a WWII Marine. He fought on Tarawa and earned a battlefield commission.
I wore them on my dress greens until I got out and still have them to this day.
I was a groomsmen in a buddies wedding last year. For all his groomsmen he (with his dads help) made us all knives. Damascus steel, caribou or moose antler grips and cut and sewn leather sheaths. I will work on getting a pic up, Beautiful knife. All of us got one and they were all different to better "fit" the new owner.
A few years ago when I graduated tech school I was talking to on of my NCO's husband about his former job as a AF sniper, I thanked him for his time and shook his hand and in his palm handed me a coin and said, " hold onto this, it will win you alot of drinks"
I didn't realize exactly what it was at the time but turned out to be a CentCom coin given to him by General Petraeus
My buddy gave me a headspace and timing gauge for the .50 when I passed the SSG board. Said all good tank commanders needed one. I put one back in his coffin a few years ago.
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Originally Posted by Chaffee2
now that is damn cool
lol mine is lame in comparison.
so I was up near buckley visiting a buddy of mine. at the time he was going to dental school.
that day happened to be my birthday, when he found out he said "wait here a sec"
went into his closet and brought out an oral b electric toothbrush. being an orthodontist in training he got stuff like that all the time.
I had wanted to get one for a while, but never did because of the price. (It was the super expensive one, like over $100)
use it to this day.
cool, random, useful, thoughtful.
another birthday when I was expecting socks and a bag of m&m's my Dad gave me a samurai sword. that was pretty neat.
Anything my son made when he was a little boy and it was for "Daddy". Still have a lot of them even now. [Beer]
I was given an "infection" once, but I didn't think it was a very cool or thoughtful gift.....
Out of the blue my step-mother gave me my fathers gold USMC ring he wore for as long as I can remember...
Wasn't expecting that until... well... you know.
Not really random... but still cool.
One birthday my friends all pitched in and got me two real-deal Kobe steaks. One was for me and the other was for them to share. I learned that the American wagu doesn't hold a candle to it.
Another year right after I got my first lower I was given a loaded 30 round mag.
Both were complete surprises when I wasn't expecting anything.
The best thing I ever got unexpectedly came from my pastor. He gave me a Ruger Super Blackhawk with an 8.5 in barrel. Great shooting gun. I now use it in CAS.
My wife gave me kids, does that count?
Were they random?Quote:
Originally Posted by spyder
Are they cool?
Are they thoughtful?
[LOL]
A Marine friend of mine gave me a Vietnam era flak vest. It's in very good shape.
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Originally Posted by rondog
Now that made me laugh...
Don't know if this counts but when I was about 5 years old my grandmother gave me a sears pocket knife with a eagle on it. I still have it to this day and consider it one of my most prized possession's.
When I went to the Basic Airborne Course in Benning, an old CO of mine (he was a full colonel then) pinned my wings on me.
He said that my dad sent the wings to him, and that they were my grandpa's wings from WWII (and right after).
Then that guy told me that I finally wasn't a Pansy (used a different word).