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thomas pars



Joined: 29 Jan 2009

PostPosted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 7:47 pm    Post subject: Military gear. Reply with quote

Anyone know where i can get some used military gear?

Camo jackets. Maybe some MREs.

Don't suggest that douche in the Itaewon PX that has the
foreigner tax. @#$% that dude.

later.
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greenshirt



Joined: 04 Aug 2010
Location: Korea

PostPosted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 8:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ill sell you some used MREs real cheap.
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brento1138



Joined: 17 Nov 2004

PostPosted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 8:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

greenshirt wrote:
Ill sell you some used MREs real cheap.


I saw a place when walking outside of Sinyongsan station towards Yongsan station. Lots of military stuff. Never went in though,but it's clearly displayed from outside.
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Fishead soup



Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Location: Korea

PostPosted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 9:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've seen all kinds of different camo jackets, Parka's and pants and coats in Namdemoon Market. You can even get those cool flight jackets skinheads wore in the Eighties. I've even seen the new camo the American army wears there.

In the good ol days there was a place in Iteawon that had vintage cold war Russian stuff. The kinda stuff the Norks wear. Long overcoats with Brass buttons really horrorshow.
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madoka



Joined: 27 Mar 2008

PostPosted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 1:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Fishead soup wrote:
I've seen all kinds of different camo jackets, Parka's and pants and coats in Namdemoon Market. You can even get those cool flight jackets skinheads wore in the Eighties. I've even seen the new camo the American army wears there.


There is a dedicated section of Namdaemun for military surplus stuff. Get the tourist map in English and you'll see the area between two buildings. I believe MREs sell for about 5,000 with a slight discount for buying a lot.
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greenshirt



Joined: 04 Aug 2010
Location: Korea

PostPosted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 3:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

brento1138 wrote:
greenshirt wrote:
Ill sell you some used MREs real cheap.


I saw a place when walking outside of Sinyongsan station towards Yongsan station. Lots of military stuff. Never went in though,but it's clearly displayed from outside.


thay didnt have mres when i went there
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greenshirt



Joined: 04 Aug 2010
Location: Korea

PostPosted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 3:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

madoka wrote:
Fishead soup wrote:
I've seen all kinds of different camo jackets, Parka's and pants and coats in Namdemoon Market. You can even get those cool flight jackets skinheads wore in the Eighties. I've even seen the new camo the American army wears there.


There is a dedicated section of Namdaemun for military surplus stuff. Get the tourist map in English and you'll see the area between two buildings. I believe MREs sell for about 5,000 with a slight discount for buying a lot.


thats the place. they got everything from mres to camelbacks. 55 for a case of mres.
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Troglodyte



Joined: 06 Dec 2009

PostPosted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 6:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have no idea why anyone would by a surplus military MRE. There are plenty of companies that make them. The military ones can be a bit risky. Even if you can read the numbers on them and confirm that they haven't reached the best before date (which some of them HAVE passed) you still don't know in what conditions they have been stored.
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HagwonKanobi77



Joined: 16 Oct 2010
Location: Gwangju, South Korea

PostPosted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 7:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Do they have French Police sweaters--those kinds that have the padding on the shoulders and usually have a pocket on the upper sleeve? I've been looking for one forever. They are so comfortable and look really cool--and make you feel like being rude to people for some reason Very Happy.
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madoka



Joined: 27 Mar 2008

PostPosted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 10:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Troglodyte wrote:
I have no idea why anyone would by a surplus military MRE. There are plenty of companies that make them. The military ones can be a bit risky. Even if you can read the numbers on them and confirm that they haven't reached the best before date (which some of them HAVE passed) you still don't know in what conditions they have been stored.


True, but for what it's worth, I found that the MREs at Namdaemun were all quite recently made. I suspect they are getting them from one of the local bases and refresh their stock quite frequently.

At "normal" temperatures, they last about three years. Ten years if stored in a cool environment. All the ones I saw in Korea were a only a few months old.
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winterfall



Joined: 21 May 2009

PostPosted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 3:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

madoka wrote:
All the ones I saw in Korea were a only a few months old.


lol almost all my korean friends that did their service at us bases, talked about moving inventory out of Supply Depots every year cause of a "Fire"
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