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mike4066
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That is nicer than the ones I had in the Marines. Must be the Air Force model with the decorative center band 
Dalecamino
Local Chapter Leader
They gave us pens??
If I ever had one, I didn't have it very long :redface::biggrin:
If I ever had one, I didn't have it very long :redface::biggrin:
jd420214
Member
Gotta be Air Force ours in the Army didnt have the fancy center band either in fact I still have a few of them around found them in one of those mystery boxs that we forgot about what we put in them.
Whaler
Member
Back when I was in the Air Force this is what we were writing with.
tbroye
Member
When I was in the Army the didn't trust us with sharp pointy things and no lead in the pencils . Also No writing your Congressmen, Senator and if you wrote you girlfriend or parents all was great.
MTViper
Member
I thought the Army and Marines were only allowed to play with crayons or grease pencils ....
Steve (USAF Ret)
Steve (USAF Ret)
wolftat
Product Reviews Manager
We were allowed to write letters? I have no recall on that matter.
Mr Vic
Member
Only used grease pencils on the tip of helicopter blades. Red and Black and then while it was rotating at full speed rub a canvas strap flag into them to check the alignment (track and balance).
MTViper
Member
Spent some years as a forward air controller, airborne and ground - lived on grease pencils. Laminated maps on the ground and insides of aircraft canopies in the air. What a mess, but I was pretty good at cleaning it up when I got on the ground rather than leaving it for the crew chief to clean.
TellicoTurning
Member
Navy guy.... We used mechanical pencils in boot camp, but once in the fleet we could use whatever suited us.
Navy --- we might have been issued a scripto mechanical pencil in boot camp...My watch station as an ET was usually in CIC and we used grease pencil for plotting target tracks (either air or surface targets). Don't know what the "gravel agitators" and "jr birdmen" used in those days of wooden ships and iron men.