[MRCA] PRC-74 Active Duty 1995

[scottjohnson1]

Doubtful. As a past CAP wing DOC, I can tell you that in 1995, all  CAP comm gear needed to be NTIA compliant.  The PRC-74 is not on the list.  I would say reenactment, or some lame advertising stunt.


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-------- Original message --------From: Scott Pastor <scottpastor at gmail.com> Date: 3/22/18  06:35  (GMT-07:00) To: KA1LHZ <sboard.ka1lhz at gmail.com> Cc: MRCA at mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [MRCA] PRC-74 Active Duty 1995 
Has anyone explored the possibility that this was taken at the Nation Blue Beret event?  A past CAP wing DOC NBB is a cadet special activity under the auspices of the Civil Air Patrol.  From the NBB's site, it appears to have been founded in the 1960's, so it would have been around in 1995.  Training on a past military communication equipment seems to be within the purview of an event like that, and the uniform inconsistencies are about what you'd expect to see at the cadet/auxiliary level of experience.  According to the brief research I did on this event, cadets are selected from their local chapters on a competitive basis, and are given the opportunity to earn their blue beret through a series of challenges.  Being newly issued could explain the lack of forming and shaping we observe, and labeling the photograph "active duty" is a forgivable mistake on the part of some archivist with only rudimentary understanding of military terms and jargon.  

Here are some sites I found in my brief search:  
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Blue_Beret   
http://www.blueberet.org/blueberethistory.htm

Just a thought.  

73's from merry old England
de, Scott
kc8kbk 

On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 1:15 AM, KA1LHZ <sboard.ka1lhz at gmail.com> wrote:

  
    
  
  
    I blew the picture up on my computer and looked closely at it.
      The field jacket doesn't look like US issue. The flap on the
      pocket is wrong. There is no rank insignia on it either, nor name
      tapes etc. The  beret doesn't look right either. The uniform looks
      worn past the serviceable stage. I was in the USAF 1985-1991.
    73
    DE KA1LHZ (AFSC 32656A F-15 avionics)

    
    

    On 03/09/2018 05:15 PM, Mark Burgess
      wrote:

    
    
      
        Found this picture of an Air Force soldier on active duty
          January 1995 operating the PRC-74 radio.  Interesting that
          this radio was still in service that late.  Picture comes from
          the National Archives Library.  They also have two films of
          soldiers operating the 74 in Vietnam and during Alaska
          survival operations.  Getting a copy of the film looks to be a
          major procedure, I may try but it looks like a third party
          film company must be hired to make a copy.

          

          73

        
        K1HF

        

        ​

        

      
      

      
      

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