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Mandoman Offline
#1 Posted: Sat, Jan 1 2011, 12:11 PM EST
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These are the coins from the cigar clubs I was a member of when I was in Iraq. All three are in Baghdad.

Front Side:

Top 2 - Victory Cigar Club new and old coins
Bottom 2 - Slayer Cigar Club, Cropper Cigar Club
Coins Front.jpg
Bombdawgy Offline
#2 Posted: Mon, Jan 3 2011, 8:38 PM EST
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Very cool, I really like these. Would kinda be cool to get a coin to send out on all the trades with a log to sign and track milage...
hombre Offline
#3 Posted: Mon, Jan 3 2011, 9:00 PM EST
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Awesome and thanks for your service!
engletl Offline
#4 Posted: Mon, Jan 3 2011, 9:14 PM EST
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That new VCC coin is way cool...gonna have to talk to Doug about them :)

Slayer & Cropper are way cool too
t33bone Offline
#5 Posted: Mon, Jan 3 2011, 9:43 PM EST
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Great collection Mandoman.

Hope to see u at the MS herd.
t33bone Offline
#6 Posted: Mon, Jan 3 2011, 9:44 PM EST
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Herd = herf
Mandoman Offline
#7 Posted: Mon, Jan 3 2011, 9:52 PM EST
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t33bone wrote:
Great collection Mandoman.

Hope to see u at the MS herd.



Considering the size of the crowd last year, it WAS a herd!!!!

Current plans are to attend. (Hope to) see you all there.
chiefburg Offline
#8 Posted: Mon, Jan 3 2011, 11:12 PM EST
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I like the one on the top right........how can I get my hands on one of them?
Mandoman Offline
#9 Posted: Tue, Jan 4 2011, 9:23 PM EST
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chiefburg wrote:
I like the one on the top right........how can I get my hands on one of them?




Send a nice package to Victory Cigar Club, in Baghdad. They should (at least IMHO) return fire with some club swag.

I believe engletl has a current address.
chiefburg Offline
#10 Posted: Tue, Jan 4 2011, 9:39 PM EST
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Mandoman wrote:
Send a nice package to Victory Cigar Club, in Baghdad. They should (at least IMHO) return fire with some club swag.

I believe engletl has a current address.

Aye. I've done that (a couple of times, I think).

Frankly, no big deal. I'm just happy they have cigars and the opportunity to get together and enjoy them. I've been deployed myself and it's these moments that help make the time away from home more bearable. I just thought they might be for sale from someone and I could buy one.
TTHunter Offline
#11 Posted: Wed, Jan 5 2011, 12:34 AM EST
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First - Thank you for putting you a$$ on the line protecting our freedom. I can't thank you enough for that.

Second - What is a Baghdad cigar club? Is it where you go to smoke cigars? Is it a membership thing?
Mandoman Offline
#12 Posted: Wed, Jan 5 2011, 9:31 PM EST
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TTHunter wrote:


Second - What is a Baghdad cigar club? Is it where you go to smoke cigars? Is it a membership thing?



There are three cigar clubs that I know of in Baghdad - Victory, Slayer, and Cropper. VCC has a facebook page and Slayer has a website. They both have a lifetime membership. The fee may have changed since I departed Iraq, but when I was there, the fee at Slayer was $50 - that included a golf shirt embroidered with the club logo. AT VCC, the fees were $10 (all E-5 and below were free), $30 - included a club t-shirt, and $50 - included an embroidered golf shirt.

The clubs operated differently. Cropper held their meetings in an area that had restricted access. I could only attend as a sponsored guest. At Slayer, members signed in and were given the cigar of the night. Non-members had to bring their own. At VCC, the had the members special cigar, but anyone who showed up got a smoke (or 2, or 3).

There were many folks who were members of both VCC and Slayer. VCC met every 2 weeks, on Sat. Slayer met every Sat.

As to where to go tho smoke cigars, I smoked 'em pretty much anywhere.
TTHunter Offline
#13 Posted: Wed, Jan 5 2011, 11:44 PM EST
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So they were more or less social clubs with a cigar theme. And membership privileges. Could you drink in there? Was it a problem drinking in Baghdad.? I guess not once you occupy the place you can make the rules, right?
Mandoman Offline
#14 Posted: Thu, Jan 6 2011, 7:31 PM EST
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TTHunter wrote:
So they were more or less social clubs with a cigar theme. And membership privileges. Could you drink in there? Was it a problem drinking in Baghdad.? I guess not once you occupy the place you can make the rules, right?



Definitely social clubs. You can drink anything there - as long as it does not contain alcohol.
TTHunter Offline
#15 Posted: Thu, Jan 6 2011, 11:44 PM EST
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Sad but probably a good thing since I would imagine if you are anywhere in Iraq and you're an American soldier you are pretty much on duty 24/7.
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