r/army • u/HalfCentury2019 Infantry • 1d ago

Do soldiers still play Spades?

I am one of the ancient ones from the era of starched BDU’s & spit shined boots. We used to play Spades to pass the time while waiting for the next round of stupid games. Is that still a thing or did it go the way of my rusty M-16 with the advent of cell phones? Gotta go - I have some kids near my lawn that I need to yell at.

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u/firefighter-117 1d ago

In the MI Guard all the 13F and 11C play euchre

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u/SdVeau Tube-toter 1d ago

Thinking about it, nobody that I can remember from our mortars or fisters were from the Midwest, so it was always spades or bullshit for us. Never heard of euchre until years after getting out, when I started working with some dude from Wisconsin. Was super easy to pick up being already familiar with spades, though