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Interesting info- thanks! I think I read that they returned to Ft. Sill in 2017 so they weren't at Ft. Lewis for very long.

My 2nd challenge coin for 5-5 ADA arrived today and it shows Korea as its location. I don't know if that would be a deployment or more like a permanent station. Either way these are pretty interesting.

I found a 5-5 ADA challenge coin and picked it up because of its prospective yet unconfirmed tie to my trucks history / stencils. People have been asking about the stencils lately so it'll be fun to have a conversation piece to show them and talk about my truck's origin suspicions.

My truck has two air filters because I'm planning to install a turbo in the near future and that turbo sits in the spot where the heater should be. Because the heater will have to be relocated to the driver side I decided to give myself a challenge and put the heater in the driver side air...

I got some paint mask stencils from Rick Larson and added the old unit ID numbers to the front bumper using 3" tall characters.

Gary, thank you for doing all of that research - this is a wealth of knowledge and history! My truck is titled as a 1979 so it could definitely have been part of that 9-3F-34 unit at Fort Lewis. I'm thinking that with a 40 year old truck it's possible that the dragon and the bumper number unit...

Both dragons are now back to their former glory

Here are the bumper numbers before they got wire wheeled off and painted over. I couldn't quite make out what they said and the numbers were painted on at least twice on two different layers: If I stare at it crossed-eyed long enough I can kinda make out an 'A-14' on the driver's side and...

Gary, by chance could you have an example of how the bumper numbers might read for this 5-5 unit? My tattered bumper number pics are on my computer so I'll post them up later. Maybe you guys could help translate them

Whoah, that challenge coin is the closest match I've seen yet. The seller said he bought the truck from a guy in Yakima (160 miles SE of JBLM) and the Yakima guy still had the remnants of the auction stickers on the hood & drivers door. JBLM is the only location I've heard of for military...

With that being the case, it could be much harder to match up my truck to a specific unit...

I've been working on restoring the dragon stencils on my truck. I used pin striping tape to outline the original with help from a large paint chip I saved from the pressure washer. Covered with this special massive masking tape and cut along the orange background with an exacto. The side...

Very interesting - thanks for posting up those pics Will. I don't believe my truck is a USMC truck since it has no fording kit or lockers so that probably rules out a 29 Palms origin. My coworker was stationed at 29 Palms so I may quiz him on their dragon symbol...

I replaced my driver's side seat cushion and the old cushion had a tag that was labeled 'HHC 1-161 INF (M)' I could not find any dragon clues from this as it led to Washington State Army National Guard. However, looking at pictures of the front bumper letters I can sorta make out a '9-3P-34' or...

Do you happen to know the history of your truck and who/where it was assigned to? I found another dragon on the front of my passenger fender...

haha. Does the dragon indicate a truck built on a Monday or Friday?? ;)

The passenger side of my M813A1 bed has this dragon stencil painted in black. Has anyone seen this or know what it represents? A unit? A shop? a rebuild facility?