Dorian Gray Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 After two weeks of long days and meetings out the wazoo. The event went off flawlessly and I got coined by the Secretary of Defense. It was a good day and a great start to my 3 day weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fawzo Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 Congrats Dorian.....for us non military folks what does "coined" me it sounds painful if it was anything bigger than a penny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorian Gray Posted February 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenge_coin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fawzo Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 I love that step and reach rule.....thanks for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bro. Hex Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 (edited) Congratulations, Dorian....and thanks for "refreshing my memory"I haven't thought about that "coin" for years...it had the image of an old crow on it.Now I have to figure out what I did with it. Edited February 18, 2012 by Hexalpa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorian Gray Posted February 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 Assoc of Old Crows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bro. Hex Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 Yeah, that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorian Gray Posted February 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 It's a comm troop organization. Good folks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplicitys-brother Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 Goodonya Josh.I still have mine from putting a carrier into commission in 1962. It got me a few drinks along the way.Proud to still display it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator murphzlaw1 Posted February 18, 2012 Administrator Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorian Gray Posted February 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 Your old unit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator murphzlaw1 Posted February 18, 2012 Administrator Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 yup. 17th Infantry. I was in 1st battalion when I was up in AK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorian Gray Posted February 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 (edited) here is the coin Edited February 18, 2012 by Dorian Gray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fawzo Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 I'd like to ask you guys how many times has your coins been washed in the wash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorian Gray Posted February 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 the St Michael one that I carry on a day to day. Atleast once a week I forget to take it out of my ABU pants and it gets washed. The rest stay on my coin rack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fawzo Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 the St Michael one that I carry on a day to day. Atleast once a week I forget to take it out of my ABU pants and it gets washed. The rest stay on my coin rack.Wow that is cool thanks for sharing.....are some of them valuable like regular coins due to rarity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorian Gray Posted February 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 You can sell them on eBay but really they only are "valuable" for coin checks...gotten tons of free drinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mererdog Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 Thanks for linking the wiki page. "(particularly useful if one is challenged in the shower, a tradition in the Navy)" - Just may be the single greatest parenthetical comment I have ever read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorian Gray Posted February 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 I have been present in the locker room in the gym on base when someone accidently coin checked the locker room. One guy in the shower did not have a coin within reach. He had a big tab at the base club that night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark 45 Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 my unit never had those.i was given one by a caption at a unit in ft campbell,ky.don't know what happened to it,but i suspect it was stolen when my apartment was broke into.in germany,we did pfenning checks.i carried a one pfenning coin for a long time,and still have one of those somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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