About Tools of the Trade
The book is
titled, "Guidebook for Marines." It is handed out in boot camp.
The dog tags contain:
- Last name, initials
- Blood type
- Social Security number
- Service Branch; M (Gas mask size S, M, or
L); Religion
The knife is a Marine
combat/utility knife usually referred to as a KA-BAR (one of many subcontractors that
produced it) and is issued to pistol bearers.
The pistol is the
immortal US Government Model 1911 .45 ACP, which was adopted in 1911 and used until the
M-9 Beretta was adopted in the late 1980's. |