The navy still makes us put our name On everything lol

We still had to stencil our names on dungarees, jackets, hats, towels, etc. in the 90s. There’s a ball point gel ink/paint you need to use for authenticity to see the line marks. It was a plunger on the end of it.

@ChipperTheChipster

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Yup I remember this

Joined the Navy in 2018, we still had to stencile our gear in bootcamp!

Details are everything, when it comes to presenting an authentic appearance. Somehow, even when people don't know all the specifics, your kit reads better to them, the more authentic the details are.

You did a better job stenciling than the average soldier. They probably used a single gummed-up old sash brush for the whole company and bottles of black ink and it came out a blotchy and blurred.

Funny thing, just yesterday while unpacking boxes at my new house, I came across one of my first three Navy dixie cups that I owned. It was from boot camp because my name and last 4 were stenciled on it. Boot camp for me was in late Spring/early Summer 1986. I remember the day we stenciled all our gear with black or white "stencil pencils" (laundry markers that had to be pumped). Having a 14 letter last name, I can still hear the Company Commander (CC) yelling out to everyone while pointing at me, "When this man is done, everyone will be done". I finished before half the guys and no I didn't rush to get it done. It just wasn't a hard task for me. Also back in the 1980's we still stenciled our dungarees and my last letters "ski" actually reached the stitching and sleeve on my shirt. Throughout my career, five ranks on both sides of the fence, retired in 2015, the lettering of my last name was always scaled down on all my plastic or stitched name tags. lol

My dad’s navy peacoat from the 60’s still has stencils

Dude, I've never even been to a reenactment and this has made me want to do this to all my stuff..

Do you think you can take a picture of your bandage pouch contents thank you so much

We still stencil our things today with ink!

Thinking about starting a uniform. Should I do ww2 is or ww1 Canadian

We still stencil

The stencil size is a bit big tho

Are you a Smith my mother's maiden name is Smith

Hope that’s not your real social you used

@paulpski9855

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It doesn't have enough numbers for a SSN.

@ksmurphable

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@@paulpski9855 it's simply missing a set of numbers ( and they are easy enough to find if you know where they were born and when) also I said that because that's what the military used as your ID number.

@paulpski9855

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@@ksmurphable That's true if he used real numbers and left the first two off. If he left the last two off there are only 100 possible combinations including 00.

wicked job man! I'm so happy I found your channel in shorts!