What branch of the Armed Services were/are you in?
 

Let's do it again, same way as before...

you sure are fucked
3 years 6 months, 15 days, 12 hours, 15 minutes (but who's counting)

texas
colorado
II corps

second squad, second platoon, 547th Combat Engineer Battalion, 130th Brigade. Hated every minute of it. After I left, I look back and respected every minute of it. Good times, sad, but, good times. Good freinds, the likes you will never know until the shit hits the fan. That is when you know a good friend, team player.

I spent 20 years in the Air Force, and retired just a little over 10 years ago.

ARMY 82-85

4-40 armor in colorado
1-38 infantry Korea

i know i'm not the only Marine around here :)

Swedish MOUT-soldier. Left two weeks ago, kinda miss it.

Army 79-01

Torii Station, Okinawa
Ft. Irwin, CA
Kunia, HI
Ft. Meade, MD
Kunia, HI
Ft. Huachuca, AZ

not yet

Navy 1972-1976

San Diego (boot)
Treasure Island
Guam 1973-74
San Diego

Electricians Mate
Submarine Tenders USS Proteus AS-19, and USS Dixon AS-32
Pacific Fleet

boy scouts when i was 12. wasn't my cup of tea

Good to see this thread back again.

OK, Navy, but not long enough to count for anything.

In light of our forces fighting and dying daily, I retract my attempt at humor. Army vs Marines seems not so funny now that there is a shooting war going on. My respect is offered to all active duty/reserve troops who are giving the utmost and getting very little in return.

No sarcasm, just something from my heart.

hey zero let me know also please.

joke wasn't that funny.

Nebraska National guard 10 years
U.S. Army Reserve 4 years

Army ,78-84.

hey, poof...thirteen buttons for the original thirteen states...

Vietnam. 70-72, 18 months "in country". 2/7 CAVALRY! Gary "freaking" Owen.
Pete7, Denver
(Paid my dues)

Army 89-95. Intel Geek. Presidio of Monterey, Ft. Huachuca, D.C. area.

Never mind, that was then, now is now. An old man won't regale the board with old stuff unless he feels the need to brag. Different war, different times.

Say a prayer for the warriors now. Warriors are always revered after the fact, yet, during the battle they are often chastised as cruel, mean, unforgiving. That is the way of war.

This is a new time, new war, new cause. Support our comrades in service to their country, our country!

Air Force Brat
'78-'96

Active Duty Navy, since August 1995.

AT1(AW)

-Mikey

Navy pilot, combat decorated seven times.

Sgt Jensen, Göta Helicopterbatallion, Sweden.
Rescue Man/Diver (not sure of the english word) and combat medic on a Super Puma. 2000-2001

more people out there - this was getting buried - gotta bump...

A salute from me to the Peetster.

I swore off saluting but maybe just this once.

Heck, one for the rest of you too. I get a little partial about the Navy sometimes. Sorry.

Like last time - What Rockogre said works fine for me.

United States Marines '90--'94

Desert Storm/Shield - Task Force Papa Bear

1st Battalion/4th Marines, 1st Marine Division.

Coast Guard. Two weeks

Medical/Honorable Discharge.

Hehe, that's what I wanted after two weeks. Would have paid a lot for it.

US Army 19D
What fun it was too....lol

Missouri Army National Guard - 6 years

bump - getting buried here
 

nice, look reconmike we have a new Marine on board :)


welcome to the board J-Dubs

NAVY- Hospital Corspman
Boot- San Diego
Hospital Corpsman School- San Diego
Naval Medical Center Emergency Room- San Diego
BUDS- Coronado; washed due to injury
FMSS- Camp Pendleton
K-Bay- Hawaii
All over

i'd like to bump this; seems like there are a few more people on board now...

What do you mean by bump this

Thanks.

It means reply to an older thread to push it up into the spotlight some.

Uncle Phil, your efforts in recognizing the sacrifices of those that served are admirable. Thanks for keeping this thread alive.

bump...

Marines... 73 - 77 Grunt - 0351 - then Dog School and barracks duty...

ill jump in now
USMC '79-'01
0331 m60 machinegunner 1/1 1 mar div
0321 recon 1st recon battalion, 1st mar div.

Tried to delete this post but couldn't. If you can, please do.

United States Air Force
1981-1989
Security Police
Reagit ut defendatis

USMC '63-66
1st Engineers, 1st MarDiv
(2541) communications
Talega, Hansen, Chu Lai

USAF
Security Police

bump...for memorial day...

U.S. Army - 21 years - Retired

Torri Station Okinawa
Ft. Irwin, CA
Kunia, HI
Ft. Meade, MD
Kunia, HI (again)
Ft. Huachuca, AZ

I voted "other" 'cause from '65-'69, I was a Seabee; all ex-Seabees know that the United States Navy is a branch of the Seabees (and the Marines are just everybodys bellhops).:D :D :D

1995-2003 Navy

bump for the 4th...

United States Navy 89-95

DS3(SW)

Boot - San Diego
A+C Schools - Mare Island
SIMA Long Beach CA
Proud USS Kearsarge (LHD3) Plankowner - 92-95
Current Navy contractor

2-227 Avn. Reg. 1CD.
Currently TDY in Soto Cano in Hondoraus.

bump...

U.S.A.F! 1985-? Im still going on. Getting close to my 20 but I can stay for 26 if I want to???? I will have to see what kind of job is available around the 20yr mark.

My favorite assignment to date has to be Elmendorf AFB, Alaska. Oh what a beautiful place....I will be going back soon to retire there for a while..I think everyone should at least take a vacation up there at some point in there life!

bump (go Navy)...

Leave for Air Force BMT Dec 14th

4 in the Corps. 91'-95'
0351 Dragon (Ninja of the battlefield).
WPNS 2/3 KMCAS, HI

US Navy 4 years 1996-2000 Sonar Tech on Submarines.

/agree with booyah I lived up there for 7 years as a kid and it was incredible.

USMC 1976-80

Semper Fi!

71-87 Navy.

Hooo-Yah.

Navy. Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club. Yankee Station 1966-1969 Two tours. The cold air vent in CIC was 110. It felt good.

USMC, 2nd Air Wing, Cherry Point, NC.

MASS-1, Calling in fire from above.

Semper Fi

MAG-3, 1977-1980

bump for veteran's day...

And for Remembrance Day ;)


I'm getting more and more Canadian by the day...

My Grandpa was in the Navy as a Signalman 1942-1944, on a ship in Europe and Africa. He wore his dress whites when he married, I don't think you'll find a better looking picture than him and my Grandma just then. I have his dress blues and his dog tags. He passed away a few weeks ago, and we'll have his flag soon.

And take the Marines with ya. ;)

AIR FORCE!! Booya!

Just kidding. My flag will be flying tomorrow for all veterans, of all branches.

Be nice to the Corps, its our birthday.

Navy 2001-?. Wanna-be pilot (aka praying to get into flight school atm).

US Army
52 Charlie - Utilities Equipment Repairier (AC and Heating Mechanic)
1991-1995

Air Force ROTC here.
almost can't wait to be commisioned, however i still have over 2 years still to go.

USMC
9/84 - 6/90

Air Traffic Controller, Marine air station, Cherry Point, NC.

Coast Guard, 5 years and counting. Counting the time till I get out that is.

MN ARNG, 2000 - present.

Enlisted at age 33. Worth every minute.

US Navy 68-72
Gunners Mate
69-70
Cos-Div 13 Cat lo, Vietnam You know, the Swift Boats that got a lot of press, this last election. And, NO, I did not know Kerry.
70-72
USS Tripoli LPH-10 Made Wes-Pac cruise 71-72

US Navy

Orlando Boot Camp
went in as Navy Nuke ended up MS
San Diego A School
served aboard the USS TC HART FF1092
Homeport Nofucky in the Vagina or Norfolk, Virginia

Hospital Corspman 3rd class
last duty station NavHospBremWa
4 years 9 months 22 days

Honorably discarged on April Fools day 1991. Ironic and somewhat fitting.

Military service 7,5 months in Sweden:
Urban Infantryman.


Hated it like nothing else, the Shooting was awesome though! :thumbsup:

67V - Observation/Scout Aircraft Mechanic/Crewchief
Maintained and flew in OH-58 A & C model Helicopters (Bell Jet Ranger)

Fort Jackson, SC - Basic Training 1983
Fort Rucker, AL - Advanced Individual Training - 1983
Fort Campbell, KY - B Trp 2/17th Air Cav, 101st ABN DIV - 1983 - 1986

Discharged in June 1986 as a Specialist/E-4

USMC, 89-93.

7th Comm BN, Camp Hansen, Okinawa.
3rd Force Recon Co, det 11, attached to the 11 MEU and/or the 5th MEB, during storm/shield/stay. Shell back and blue nose with 15 months of sea time. Most of it on the Fort fisher or the Ogden.

Oh-Rah....and Semper Fi.

-bear

I'm not in any of the Armed Services, but my guy is. Corporal in the USMC, Field Artillery :) Just over 5 years for him.

U.S. Army, 79-85. i395, 3rd batallion, 5th special forces (18C special operations engineer).

basic: ft. leonard wood, MO
airborne: ft. benning, GA
SOF: ft. bragg, NC

I'm currently in the process of joining the RAF (Royal Air Force).
I was originally going to be a helicopter pilot, but they won't let me fly because I have hay-fever! I was so gutted...
So now I'm grounded I'm going to be an Avionics Engineer.

US Air Force
Cryptologic Linguist (German)
1980-1984
Basic Training, Lackland AFB, San Antonio, TX
Defense Language Institute, Presidio of Monterey, CA
Goodfellow AFB, San Angelo, TX
6912th Electronic Security Group, Tempelhof AB, West Berlin, Germany

How does having hay fever affect you being able to fly? I'm confused.

US Air Force
1987-1992
Security Police

Lackland AFB, San Antonio - Basic Training (where they all go)

Ft. Dix, NJ - Air Base Ground Defense Training (Air Force had no combat training at the time so the Army had to do it for us - they didn't know how to treat us since we weren't Army, hilarity ensued)

Bitburg AB, Germany - 1987-1991 (sadly this base closed in 1993 I believe)

Grand Forks AFB, ND - 1991-1992 (Coldest winter of my life)

after i left lackland, they opened up amarillo afb for a while...but that could have been before you were born... :)

That was probably before I was born too... :)

That's a new one for me ..... being rejected for Hay Fever. I would still feel good about avionics though.... You can build all the airframes, engines, and flight controls you want, and then assemble them. But, if you don't have a good set of avionics to tie everything together, that ship ain't gonna fly.

I spent 12 years as a general mechanic... and I always had a deep respect for our "wire chasers". I can read a wiring schematic, and about half the time make sense out of it, as long as I understand the systems on that particular ship... but it takes a lot of patience and attention to detail to work that side of aviation maintenance. When a general mechanic works on a component such as an engine, rotors, or what not...it is easy to see the progress he/she is making. But in avionics so much of it is hidden behind everything else.

While I worked for DynCorp AeroSpace, we trained a team of mechanics as well as their pilots from the Royal Netherlands Air Force. They purchased a fleet of Apache Helicopters, and went through the same training at Ft.Hood that the US Military sent their aviation battalions through.

Good luck ! :thumbsup:

nope.......

US Army 91-95
12F Engineer Tracked Vehicle Crewman

I have never served but the important men in my life have:

Dad: Enlisted, Navy; WWII. Bombardier in the Pacific in a makeshift civilian aircraft. Shot down three times; spent last six months of war in a psych hospital for "battle fatigue."

First Husband: Drafted, Army, 101st Airborne; Viet Nam. Ground pounder on point for the incursion of Cambodia. Untreated PTSD sent me running from that marriage.

Current Husband: Volunteered for the Navy on a bet with drunken buddies and was the only one accepted; Electronics Engineer E-5, but two or three Captain's mast's for being insubordinant with his immediate officer. Honorable Discharge. Claims to secondary fame: His ship picked up John Glenn (USS Noah); he calculated and strung a communication line for sending an SOS after his ship's upper deck was taken out by a hurricane; and he decoded and delivered the CoC's (JFK) message to his captain to meet the Soviet fleet and prevent their arrival to Cuba.

Overall, not bad for a nonconformist sob. :)

good luck! even if you had your heart set on flying rotary wing, i think you got a good backup plan. i've had some contact with RAF officers, they're all top-notch... no one i'd rather go to war with more than you Brits.

Me: USAF

Commissioned in 04... enjoying my first assignment with the Fightin' Fifty-Fifth at Offutt AFB.

Hey! I know where that is! ;)

97-present
Canadian Army Lineman
98-2004 2nd Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery CFB Petawawa
2004-now 76 Communication Group CFS Ottawa

Mr. Medusa was Marine Corps, 1999-2003. Infantry, Camp Lejeune, NC.

Yeah, I was too! They didn't specify exactly why I couldn't, they said I could re-apply in 2008 if my symptoms were gone! I guess it's because I'd have the mask on and I might be a bit too 'sniffely'. Not that you get much pollen at 15000ft...
I decided to go for avionics cause I'm thinking about when I leave the forces, I'll have a trade I can apply as a civvy.

Heh, helos don't normally fly at 15,000 ft.. 1500 ft is more like it.

ba-da-bump..