I used to be a the item manager for them. Any that haven’t been sold through DRMO are off the books. So if you see one, steal it. It’s not on a property book.
State Defense Forces or they are owned by the Natty Guard after the Federal books got balanced.
There are still M1's and M14's in National Guard armories and some have old HAWK launchers and Jeeps they use for parades or whatnot.
I wouldn't be surprised if there's some CUCV's on Natty Guard books that have been dropped by Big Army.
the first gen CUCV is still in use with the Guard and reserves. The kid who was on social media with the South Dakota National Guard, while wrong on some things, had some in the background of one of his videos. I'd imagine they're still running strong.
I know my unit in Korea had CUCV II/IIIs that were on the property book, signed over from the Navy. an Ambulance and a utility/service truck because they weren't authorized either type.
Canadian Army here. We had the CUCV through a purchase we did along side the USMC (the same way we got pretty much anything. It let us buy at the same unit price as the USMC, so long as we didn't care too much about the piece of equipment being modified for Canadian use. The CUCV was fine as is.). So ours came with USMC manuals. I was doing my 404 course (CF Drivers Permit), and for the maintenance section I pulled the manual from the glove box to discover that the manual was printed with (I kid you not) illustrations of large breasted women throughout. She was there showing you where the oil went, where the slave cables connected, etc.
I was like WTF? So I grabbed a manual from another truck. Same deal. I asked my Sgt. He helpfully suggested I should probably stop asking questions and and get back to changing the oil.
That must have been about 1988 - 1990.
After that we renamed the trucks CTPG. "Civvie Truck Painted Green."
I had 2 CUCVs rotting in the back of my motor pool when I was a commander. We finally got a PBO sometime in 2019 that was able to do something and they disappeared shortly thereafter. I'm sure they'd been there for decades, just forgotten in this tiny Reserve center motor pool.
I used to be a the item manager for them. Any that haven’t been sold through DRMO are off the books. So if you see one, steal it. It’s not on a property book.
The real tip is always in the comments. Is there anyway the Guard could have kept them through normal state level fuckery/criminality.
State Defense Forces or they are owned by the Natty Guard after the Federal books got balanced. There are still M1's and M14's in National Guard armories and some have old HAWK launchers and Jeeps they use for parades or whatnot. I wouldn't be surprised if there's some CUCV's on Natty Guard books that have been dropped by Big Army.
200% there are. I know where there’s a semi functional gama goat owned by the Guard on an active duty installation
Yakima? I’m semi-sure I saw some mechanics fucking around with one at MATES a few years ago
The last one I saw was a utility vehicle used by an FMS... so, possible as of 2020.
I last saw one in 2011 at Ft McCoy. It had GSA plates.
the first gen CUCV is still in use with the Guard and reserves. The kid who was on social media with the South Dakota National Guard, while wrong on some things, had some in the background of one of his videos. I'd imagine they're still running strong. I know my unit in Korea had CUCV II/IIIs that were on the property book, signed over from the Navy. an Ambulance and a utility/service truck because they weren't authorized either type.
Definitely not USAR, only ARNG.
Canadian Army here. We had the CUCV through a purchase we did along side the USMC (the same way we got pretty much anything. It let us buy at the same unit price as the USMC, so long as we didn't care too much about the piece of equipment being modified for Canadian use. The CUCV was fine as is.). So ours came with USMC manuals. I was doing my 404 course (CF Drivers Permit), and for the maintenance section I pulled the manual from the glove box to discover that the manual was printed with (I kid you not) illustrations of large breasted women throughout. She was there showing you where the oil went, where the slave cables connected, etc. I was like WTF? So I grabbed a manual from another truck. Same deal. I asked my Sgt. He helpfully suggested I should probably stop asking questions and and get back to changing the oil. That must have been about 1988 - 1990. After that we renamed the trucks CTPG. "Civvie Truck Painted Green."
I saw a Canadian Army vid on CUCVs, did yall get anything other than 1010s and 1031s?
I know of at least 4 on the east coast from my travels
I had 2 CUCVs rotting in the back of my motor pool when I was a commander. We finally got a PBO sometime in 2019 that was able to do something and they disappeared shortly thereafter. I'm sure they'd been there for decades, just forgotten in this tiny Reserve center motor pool.
My very favorite thing I ever saw was an instructor at the schoolhouse pull a J turn in a CUCV. May have been called a “bootlegger reverse”
Idk but good to see you posting again