I ran into one of those cammed up jimmys myself a number of years back. I was only home a week or two from a JLC course in Wainwright, when we had to head back again for a RV. After the RV, we mechanics got to stay another couple weeks repairing M113s for some summer task which was upcoming. So long storey short, I, and a bunch of the others were getting a little stir crazy being in Wainwright far too long. So we absconded with a 5/4 ton, and headed for Lloydminster, where it was rumoured the beer flowed a-plenty, and one could watch dancing girls while partaking of aforementioned spirits. But as we pulled up into the establishments parking area, who else was there but a camaflouged blazer with a big 9 on the door. This was in 1989, so it may very well be the same truck Terry is talking about.
Not really wanting to crowd the establishment with another military truck, we headed elsewhere in town, grabbing a little bit of McDonalds before heading back. Of course, with the luck we were having, our ET was waiting in the parking lot for us.
Ahh, the good old days.
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