Military uniform long underwear

[MQAAord]

My dad finally got around to cleaning out his closet, and he found gobs of uniform parts he'd refused to get rid of. Included in that was two bags of the long underwear he was issued in the early 70's. There's no way it would fit him anymore,he's a bit more stout about the tum than he used to be, so he gave it to us to see if we could use it. I don't know what this stuff is made of, but I just ran it through my washing machine and most of it looks like new. I half expected it to fall apart, it's over 30 years old!

Damn, the military makes some long-lasting clothes!

[Doug Taylor]

I still have my late father's rucksack from when he was in the Korean War.

I guard that thing like no one's business! Built to last! Even transported clothes back and forth in it during college.

[woodreau]

Don't know about the old stuff, but the new polypro stuff now is awesome. We were in the field in Hokkaido, where the temp was 20F at night, wearing polypro, with the bivy sack, cold weather and patrol bags stuffed into each other, it was warm and toasty sleeping on the ground... The only bad thing was having to get out of the cocoon every two hours to go pee...

[mtsu_av8er]

Man, I was in Hokkaido when all of that new-fangled cold-weather gear was brand new to the Marine Corps. It was good stuff, but it sucked trying to figure out how to used it when everything is frozen....

The tents are neat, too....until somebody loses half of it...