Vets/Current Military?

[skorpx1]

US Army Infantry 2008-2016

United Nations Command Honor Guard
A Co 2-87 3 BCT 10th Mountain Division(OEF 11-12)
B Co 2-27 3 BCT 25th Infantry Division

And did OSUT with D CO 1-50 at Benning.

Currently out dealing with VA healthcare....Somehow they dropped my coverage because I didn't use it enough?????

Just did a JRTC rotation with 2-87 in January. Had their delta units attached to our platoon. Cool dudes. 2-87 is now in 2nd BCT at 10th Mtn. I arrived at Drum right before my unit got back from deployment, so I missed out on OEF 14 deployment.

Also got the chance to meet a few British soldiers at that rotation. Most of them were from the Poachers and Desert Rat units. They were pretty cool too.

[JunkyII]

Junky, my company was OPCON to the 25th Division South of Saigon for a short time in 1968
and visited the current 199th HQ at Benning after the outfit was reactivated.  11b's rule.

I loved that Vietnam history of the 25th while I was there. The 27th Infantry Regiment, The Wolfhounds, are an amazing unit.

Nec Aspera Terrent  (No Fear on Earth)

Just did a JRTC rotation with 2-87 in January. Had their delta units attached to our platoon. Cool dudes. 2-87 is now in 2nd BCT at 10th Mtn. I arrived at Drum right before my unit got back from deployment, so I missed out on OEF 14 deployment.

Also got the chance to meet a few British soldiers at that rotation. Most of them were from the Poachers and Desert Rat units. They were pretty cool too.

I was sad when I heard the Spartans were being disbanded but was glad when I heard the kept the Catamounts active in the division. Conquer Men and Mountains

 

[WpnX]

Skorpx,
You chose the right MOS, 11B. No matter what your job or branch of service; quartermaster, logistics, intel, artillery, tanker, or even if you fly a cool jet like Serenity... you're either in the Infantry or you work for the Infantry. Every job in the service is designed to support you in order to take the objective - whether it be a building, bunker complex, terrain, etc... Non Infantry guys sometimes seem to get upset when they hear this but it's in no way demeaning to them as they all contribute to the final outcome (one big team).

Was 11H4V, 11B4V, 18B, 18F and retired as 18Z
1-325 AIR (Abn Inf Rgt), 82nd ABN DIV
3-502 INF, 101st ABN DIV
1st, 5th and 10th SFG(A)

Elvis

[JunkyII]

Skorpx,
You chose the right MOS, 11B. No matter what your job or branch of service; quartermaster, logistics, intel, artillery, tanker, or even if you fly a cool jet like Serenity... you're either in the Infantry or you work for the Infantry. Every job in the service is designed to support you in order to take the objective - whether it be a building, bunker complex, terrain, etc... Non Infantry guys sometimes seem to get upset when they hear this but it's in no way demeaning to them as they all contribute to the final outcome (one big team).

Was 11H4V, 11B4V, 18B, 18F and retired as 18Z
1-325 AIR (Abn Inf Rgt), 82nd ABN DIV
3-502 INF, 101st ABN DIV
1st, 5th and 10th SFG(A)

Elvis

"But I'm a <insert any other job other then Infantry>, we are pretty much Infantry"

My response....Funny I didn't see you on the objective.

[Widewing]

VC-10 had a US-2B, which was an old S-2F rebuilt for utility use.

I was stationed in GTMO from January 1976 through July 1977. I qualified as an FE on the C-131s, was in process of qualifying in the HU-16s, but they were retired when my training was only partially complete. I crewed the C-118's regularly. However, I transferred only a few months after passing my check ride.

I requested a 6 month voluntary extension of my tour, while working with a Detailer to get a new assignment. I volunteered for sea duty, flying from Saratoga. I thought then and still think that if you're going to fly Naval Aviation, even as an enlisted man, you HAVE to do a tour flying from a carrier. Two cruises and an awful lot of flying and traps, deck runs and cat shots, and it was worth every minute...

[skorpx1]

Skorpx,
You chose the right MOS, 11B. No matter what your job or branch of service; quartermaster, logistics, intel, artillery, tanker, or even if you fly a cool jet like Serenity... you're either in the Infantry or you work for the Infantry. Every job in the service is designed to support you in order to take the objective - whether it be a building, bunker complex, terrain, etc... Non Infantry guys sometimes seem to get upset when they hear this but it's in no way demeaning to them as they all contribute to the final outcome (one big team).

Was 11H4V, 11B4V, 18B, 18F and retired as 18Z
1-325 AIR (Abn Inf Rgt), 82nd ABN DIV
3-502 INF, 101st ABN DIV
1st, 5th and 10th SFG(A)

Elvis

A lot of truth to those first few sentences. Never will you do anything other than be the trigger puller or the one who helps the trigger puller.

At the end of the day its still one team one fight.

[Serenity]

"But I'm a <insert any other job other then Infantry>, we are pretty much Infantry"

My response....Funny I didn't see you on the objective.

My favorite story came from a former Army Infantry dude trying to switch to become a Navy Officer (And pilot specifically).

He was on hour x of an excruciatingly long march through the desert in Iraq, just hating his life, when he heard the distant sound of engines and looked up to see a pair of Hornets go overhead. He paused and thought to himself "Man, I bet THOSE guys don't have to march anywhere! I gotta become a pilot!"

I'm fine being support, if it means I get to fight from the seat of an air conditioned cockpit

[10thmd]

Oi. 10th Mtn here as well. 2-14 Golden Dragons man.

Were you infantry as well?

Damn sure wasn't no pouge

[nooby52]

Thanks to each and every one of you for your service! 

[JunkyII]

My favorite story came from a former Army Infantry dude trying to switch to become a Navy Officer (And pilot specifically).

He was on hour x of an excruciatingly long march through the desert in Iraq, just hating his life, when he heard the distant sound of engines and looked up to see a pair of Hornets go overhead. He paused and thought to himself "Man, I bet THOSE guys don't have to march anywhere! I gotta become a pilot!"

I'm fine being support, if it means I get to fight from the seat of an air conditioned cockpit

Heck we all thought that every time a fly boy came over. I always envyed the A10s because they killed so many bad guys.

[redcatcherb412]

My favorite story came from a former Army Infantry dude trying to switch to become a Navy Officer (And pilot specifically).

He was on hour x of an excruciatingly long march through the desert in Iraq, just hating his life, when he heard the distant sound of engines and looked up to see a pair of Hornets go overhead. He paused and thought to himself "Man, I bet THOSE guys don't have to march anywhere! I gotta become a pilot!"

I'm fine being support, if it means I get to fight from the seat of an air conditioned cockpit

When you're getting your asz handed to you with a 5 to 1 disadvantage, there's nothing sweeter to a grunt as the sound of screaming turbines and crash of afterburners of the CAS dudes, nothing sweeter.

Here's the swing


annnnd  the hit


Now that's CLOSE air support.
I hope that Huns pilot had his AC at max 

[scott66]

Great thread

[SIM]

US Navy 83-87

Cannoncocker
Boat'sun with a hunting license

5'38 Mk 30 Single Dual purpose gun
Gunners Mate Guns (GMG3)

The day this image was taken I had climbed out of the forward mount to try and secure access panels on the front of the mount. As I was working the dogs on the panel, we took blue water over the bow. I was picked up and washed from the front of the mount back to the windbreak on the starboard side. If not for two other Gunners manning my safety line, my ticket would've received its final punch. I remember Dave screaming at me about the water and then there is a blur of blue and a roar. Next thing I remember is hanging on to a life line stanchion.
 We ended up turning the mount so that water didn't hit directly on the access hatch.
Tincan Sailors rule the Sea!

[mikeWe9a]

USAF, retired last year as a major.  Pilot, flew mainly turboprops - C-130, E-9, MC-12, with a few years of C-21 thrown in.

Mike

[Ramesis]

VC-10 had a US-2B, which was an old S-2F rebuilt for utility use.

I was stationed in GTMO from January 1976 through July 1977. I qualified as an FE on the C-131s, was in process of qualifying in the HU-16s, but they were retired when my training was only partially complete. I crewed the C-118's regularly. However, I transferred only a few months after passing my check ride.

I requested a 6 month voluntary extension of my tour, while working with a Detailer to get a new assignment. I volunteered for sea duty, flying from Saratoga. I thought then and still think that if you're going to fly Naval Aviation, even as an enlisted man, you HAVE to do a tour flying from a carrier. Two cruises and an awful lot of flying and traps, deck runs and cat shots, and it was worth every minute...

I'm sorry Widewing but during my tour at gtmo, we had 4 stoofs, no 131s and 1 stoof c. We also flew F-8ks (an F-8U varient) with 2  kept fully
loaded and on alert 24hrs/day
I was a flight crew member on week ends only for the extra flight pay. We towed targets for ships as well as
the fighters. As I understand it, VC-10 recieved the A-4 sometime after my tour and then was de-commissioned as a squadron
My memory isn't that great but that is what I remember