Travel Bug Origins - United Kingdom That Others May Live

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Owner:
JRizzle72 Send Message to Owner Message this owner
Released:
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Origin:
Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Recently Spotted:
In Vayus Niederkunft

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GOAL:Travel and educate people about the Green Feet symbol.

 

About This Item

Two Green feet is the trade mark of Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) Units of the United States Air Force (USAF).  The USAF is the only service that has dedicated CSAR forces trained to recover personnel that have been shot down or isolated in hostile territory.  The symbol was first used by Pararescue (PJ’s) in Vietnam who had it tattooed on their buttocks as a souvenir of their combat tour or first combat save.  The Green Feet Symbol originated from the “Jolly Green” nick name and call sign of rescue helicopters used in Vietnam.

The tradition continues to live on today and is not only used by Pararescue, but also helicopter crew members and maintenance personnel that execute the CSAR mission.  If you take note, this set has five toes on one foot and six on the other and is from the 56th Rescue Squadron assigned to RAF Lakenheath in the UK.

Tracking History (444.7mi) View Map

Dropped Off 9/2/2012 Oraclefour placed it in Graf Dracula Baden-Württemberg, Germany - 87.23 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 8/26/2012 Oraclefour retrieved it from Ramstein Cache Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany   Visit Log

Grabbed the Green Feet on a quick visit to Ramstein. They'll move south. I like this trackable.
Discovered It 8/25/2012 v-raptor discovered it   Visit Log

Gesehen!!!!
Discovered It 8/22/2012 D Force discovered it   Visit Log

Saw this one in the Ramstein cache in good shape. Thanks for sharing.

D Force
Tucson, Arizona, USA
Discovered It 8/21/2012 bambussprosse discovered it   Visit Log

Gute Reise :-)
Discovered It 8/14/2012 GeoHedgehog discovered it   Visit Log

Discovered it when checking on cache !!
Dropped Off 8/12/2012 JRizzle72 placed it in Ramstein Cache Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany   Visit Log
Visited 8/12/2012 JRizzle72 took it to Ramstein Cache Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany   Visit Log
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