1968 Department of the Army pamphlet

**Doc Safari** · 05-16-11, 14:20

Some of you may be way too young to get some of the little "in-jokes" they splashed around in that pamphlet.

For example, on one page a character suggests you "try TM", referring to the technical manual.

This is a joke on the 1960's Transcendental Meditation craze among hippie types, often referred to as "TM".

I'm old school enough to remember some of that shit.

**Cincinnatus** · 05-16-11, 14:23

Good stuff. Thanks for posting this.

**Bowser** · 05-16-11, 15:06

I saved some scans of this a while back. Pretty cool stuff.

**GunnutAF** · 05-16-11, 15:49

Great info for every NEWB to read!

**Doc Safari** · 05-16-11, 15:53

Don't take all of it as Gospel, though.

Some of the info is outdated, as I learned when I started reading some of the threads on this site.

**Cincinnatus** · 05-16-11, 15:55

Originally Posted by Doc Glockster

Don't take all of it as Gospel, though.

Some of the info is outdated, as I learned when I started reading some of the threads on this site.

Yes; it is fascinating to see how much has changed and how much has stayed the same.

**Suwannee Tim** · 05-16-11, 20:22

How'z 'bout the stacked hottie doing the narration?

**Heavy Metal** · 05-16-11, 20:34

That's Connie Rod. She was one of the regular cast of PS Monthly. A clever trick to get GI's to read it was to illustrate a good looking woman. She did tone down the innuendo in later years though.

I did once have a 1SG that bore an uncanny resemblance to MSG Half-Mast though.