The Washoe Jeep Squadron

Sharkey

Word Ninja

• May 21, 2013

• #1

Pretty cool piece of Jeep history. My dad was part of this squadron when he was in high school and college.

 

Bullwinckle

Hooked

• May 21, 2013

• #2

Pretty cool I love history and when Jeeps are in it it's even better! Thanks for sharing Sharkey!


Ray

 

OverlanderJK

Resident Smartass

• May 21, 2013

• #3

That's pretty cool!

 

MTG

Caught the Bug

• May 21, 2013

• #4

That's a pretty cool find! I like that in 1958 the same arguements were going back and forth between jeeper and pencil dicked environmentalist (referred to as conservation groups in the article) as they do today.

 

Sharkey

Word Ninja

• Jul 22, 2013

• #5

Total self-serving bump. I'm sitting in my backyard drinking wine and talking Jeeps with my 78 year old dad (who was part of the squadron). The squadron was formed by "Tommy" Thomas because his son, my dad's best friend (Tom junior), got lost and there was no organized search and rescue in Washoe County.

Sometimes life doesn't suck.

 

Last edited: Jul 22, 2013

Berzerker

Supporting Advertiser TrailJeeps

• Jul 22, 2013

• #6

Totally worth a self bump, thanks for sharing!

 

Sharkey

Word Ninja

• Jul 22, 2013

• #7

Thanks man. I think it's cool too. Funny how Jeep runs through your blood and you may not even know why.

 

Sharkey

Word Ninja

• Jun 27, 2016

• #8

Bump because I brought it up in another thread, and also because some of us Wayalifers were exploring Smoky Valley over Memorial Weekend (look at the pictures in the above article).

 

NevadaZielmeister

Caught the Bug

• Jun 27, 2016

• #9

Thanks for sharing Sharkey. Having a slight background in search and rescue, this was an awesome read. Glad to see there were a cool bunch of good dudes even back then.

 

MR.Ty

Token East Coast Guy

• Jun 27, 2016

• #10

Way cool! Thanks for bumping this!

 

Labricon

Caught the Bug

• Jun 28, 2016

• #11

Can't say enough good things about the folks involved in search and rescue either as a career or volunteers. Great people to spend time with! [emoji482]

 

TRLJNKY

New member

• Jun 28, 2016

• #12

Now you have me curious
Flagging this for a later read. Wifey aka "General Foreman" giving me the stink eye for not working and playing lol

 

Desert Crawler

New member

• Jun 28, 2016

• #13

Great read. Here in neighboring Storey County since 1961 our search and rescue has been the Storey County Jeep Posse.

 

JKbrick

Active Member

• Jun 28, 2016

• #14

Sharkey said:

Bump because I brought it up in another thread, and also because some of us Wayalifers were exploring Smoky Valley over Memorial Weekend (look at the pictures in the above article).

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Thank you for the bump, thank your father for giving of his time for others

 

benatc1

Hooked

• Jun 28, 2016

• #15

this is really cool Sharkey, bet your Dad had a very cool experience in his younger years. thanks for the bump

 

sipafz

Caught the Bug

• Jun 28, 2016

• #16

Nice piece of Jeep history! Neat to hear that your dad was involved. Thanks for sharing!

 

Sharkey

Word Ninja

• Jun 28, 2016

• #17

He makes fun of me when I talk about wanting 35's or 37's for the rubicon. I fire back and tell him their Jeeps had the wheelbase of a side by side.

 

Scoop315

Caught the Bug

• Jun 29, 2016

• #18

Sharkey said:

Thanks man. I think it's cool too. Funny how Jeep runs through your blood and you may not even know why.

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I know... Three years later, but...

My dad had a mid-1950s Jeep that he kept in our garage. That, and a 1928 Model A were my playground 40 years ago. It never completely left me, I guess.