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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Hornet33 on June 23, 2007, 04:56:07 PM
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Had a good chat in the MA today with a bunch of people and found it rather interesting just how many people that play are either in the military or have been in the military.
So just out of curiosity I was wondering how many of you have or are serving and where all have you been stationed and when.
Me....
1989-1992 Oklahoma Army National Guard. HQ Battery 1/171FA, and A Battery 1/158FA(MLRS) Both units kept most the gear at Ft Sill and the 1/158 took me to Desert Storm in 1991
1992-1994 US Coast Guard Cutter Scioto, Keokuk Iowa (Mississippi river and was in the middle of the BIG flood in 1993)
1994-1995 Coast Guard Training Center Petaluma California for Electronic Technician school
1995-1997 Coast Guard Electronics Engineering Center Wildwood New Jersey
1997-1999 Coast Guard Engineering Logistics Center Baltimore Maryland
1999-2002 Coast Guard Electronics Support Detachment Portsmouth Virginia (Worked on a counter narcotics program during this time for Tactical Law Enforcement Team North as their comms and navigation tech for their 38ft Deployable Pursuit Boats. Deployed on the Cutter Legare for her 4 month 2001 Med cruise during the summer of 2001. Also deployed to New York for Operation Guarding Liberty on Sept 12th 2001 with TACLET North)
2002-2003 US Coast Guard Cutter Legare Portsmouth Virginia
2003-2007 Coast Guard Command and Control Engineering Center
May 25th 2007 medically retired from active duty with 100% disability:( Really wish I could have stayed in for anouther 10 years or so. I miss it already.
So where have you guys been and what cool things have you done in the service???
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Navy
1982-83 Fleet Area Control and Surveillance Facility (FACSFAC)
1983-86 USS Leahy (CG-16)
1986-87 VF-191 Satan's Kittens
1987-90 VF-51 Screaming Eagles
1990-92 Naval Warfare Center, China Lake
I don't miss it a bit.
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US Army Retired
'75 Ft Gordon, Ft Benning, Ft Bragg, Panama.
'76~'77 Bragg.
'77~'80 Korea.
'80~'81 Bragg.
'81~'84 Korea.
'84~'86 Gordon.
'86~'89 Germany.
'89~'94 Korea.
'94~'95 Huachucha.
My 20 Years '75 ~ '95.
SFC
ABN/RCN
Mac
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Just took ASVAB recently for USAF. Medical (oh boy!) is next. I scored well so hopefully I can go into the nuclear weapons field. If all goes well in 22 years or so I can I say I put my 20 years in.
Investigator: What was your fith grade girlfriends last name?:D
To those who have served, serving, or like me actively planning to serve.
CFYA
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USAF
73-75 BMT, weapons mech tech school, and Myrtle Beach SC (2 months tdy to panama)
75-76 Kadena AB Okinawa (couple of weeks tdy Korea, Team Spirit)
76-77 Carswell AFB
77-78 Keesler, retrained ATC radar tech
78-79 Cannon AFB
79-81 separated, went to college
81-85 rejoined and went to Grissom AFB
85-90 Kadena AB, a few tdys
90-93 Nellis AFB
93-94 Osan AB Korea
94-95 Little Rock AFB
Retired at 20 in '95 as MSgt
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Navy.. 94 to 97
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AKIron <<
>> Bro.
Mac
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Originally posted by Nilsen
Navy.. 94 to 97
Nilsen
HaaaaaR.....
I knew it Gilligan!!! You were supposed to be a Pirate!!! Or Captain!
Did yer shipmates make a curly beard for you?
LOL
Mac
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Originally posted by AWMac
AKIron <<>> Bro.
Mac
Back at ya Mac <<>>
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85-90 Kadena AB, a few tdys
Man I know we walked the same turf in Korea... maybe at the same time!
Team Spirit & Ulchi Focus Lens.
You know a girl named Kim?
LMAO
Mac
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Originally posted by Sandman
Navy
1982-83 Fleet Area Control and Surveillance Facility (FACSFAC)
1983-86 USS Leahy (CG-16)
1986-87 VF-191 Satan's Kittens
1987-90 VF-51 Screaming Eagles
1990-92 Naval Warfare Center, China Lake
I don't miss it a bit.
They don't miss you either :p
1992-1993 DLI, Monterey Ca.
1993-1997 NSGA Misawa AB Japan
1998-2000 NSGD, Imperial Beach CA. (Reserves)
Eh, I would have stayed in had things broken a different way. I do miss some of it, but by and large am happy with how it all worked out.
-Sik
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Originally posted by AWMac
Nilsen
HaaaaaR.....
I knew it Gilligan!!! You were supposed to be a Pirate!!! Or Captain!
Did yer shipmates make a curly beard for you?
LOL
Mac
Nope, but i did have a beard the last year
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NH Army National Guard 1/172 FA 2003 to present
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USMC 1982-1993
MCAS Kaneohe Bay was by far the best of the assignments, even with the 6 months in Desert Storm/Shield.
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US Army 1983 - 1987
Fort Stewart GA, 2/9 Cav, 24th Mech Inf Div
Erlangen W Germany, 3/34 Armor, 1st Arm Div
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US Air Force, 81 - 87, Seymour Johnson and Elmendorf AFB's. Worked F-4E Phantom II's and F-15A/B's as a weapons mechanic.
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Originally posted by Hornet33
1997-1999 Coast Guard Engineering Logistics Center Baltimore Maryland
So where have you guys been and what cool things have you done in the service???
Really? I retired from the Coast Guard in Nov '98, I was stationed at the ELC at the time :) Was working up in the bouy section branch, doing part time at the mail room and of course, standing watches over at the new building. What a way to waste the end of a glorious career :( Boy do I regret being married to the ***** I had at the time!
So where were you working?
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Army,
83-87 19tg SFG(A) (Utah)
87-92 pirmasens Ger (side trip to Iraq) 21st TAACOM 66th MBN
92-96 Ft Riley 101 FSB
then out on disability....
but joined the DOT and all my mil time counts for seniority (Grin)
currently an Air ways system specialist 2101/H
Gunns
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Originally posted by derelict
Really? I retired from the Coast Guard in Nov '98, I was stationed at the ELC at the time :) Was working up in the bouy section branch, doing part time at the mail room and of course, standing watches over at the new building. What a way to waste the end of a glorious career :( Boy do I regret being married to the ***** I had at the time!
So where were you working?
I was in the new O2L lab that came down from EECEN when it closed. I also stood watch over in the Ordinance Rd building for a while until I got on the unit Color Guard. That got me out of that stupid watch.
ET3 Jason Whiting
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Royal Navy
1982 Basic Training HMS Raleigh
1982 Basic Communications Training HMS Mercury
1983 HMS Londonderry (visited Pensacola.....wooo......very nice ppl;) )
1983 HMS Glamorgan (Carribean, West Indies, America, Middle East, then Norwegian Guardship)
1987 HMS Warrior (shore base)
1988 SNOFI (Falkland Islands)
1988 HMS Argonaut (Loads of visits)
1990 HMS Danae (Loads of visits)
1992 Gibraltar
1994 HMS Dryad
1995 HMS Brilliant (Loads of visits all over the world)
1998 COMUKTG (Admirals staff)
1999 - Went mad and invited to leave Navy (Medical Discharge(Honourable))
2000 to present - Computer Geek/Nerd/Oddball
Wurzel
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Originally posted by gpwurzel
Royal Navy
1982 Basic Training HMS Raleigh
1982 Basic Communications Training HMS Mercury
1983 HMS Londonderry (visited Pensacola.....wooo......very nice ppl;) )
1983 HMS Glamorgan (Carribean, West Indies, America, Middle East, then Norwegian Guardship)
1987 HMS Warrior (shore base)
1988 SNOFI (Falkland Islands)
1988 HMS Argonaut (Loads of visits)
1990 HMS Danae (Loads of visits)
1992 Gibraltar
1994 HMS Dryad
1995 HMS Brilliant (Loads of visits all over the world)
1998 COMUKTG (Admirals staff)
1999 - Went mad and invited to leave Navy (Medical Discharge(Honourable))
2000 to present - Computer Geek/Nerd/Oddball
Wurzel
Cool!. Do you remember the name of the norwegian coastguard ship?
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Nah, was being a bit cynical fella.......for ages we were in and out of the fjords etc........which btw is absolutely beautiful, especially in the midnight sun season.......but we were always there.........hence refering to the Glamorgan as the Norway Guardship........
Wurzel
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ah ok :D
Been in and out of most of those fjords myself.
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Boy scouts 1971,ATC 1973......................... ......I'll close the door on my way out.
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US Navy
1975-79
USS Bigelow (DD942)
http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/942.htm
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3ID Fort Stewart Ga 4/02 5/06 11th Eng, 3/7Inf Combat Arms Battalion
OIF 1 OIF 3. Now Nasty Guard heh 181 Sapper company :rolleyes: <> Guys thank you for your services :aok
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US Army Reserves 1975-2000
76 spent 3 months at Ft. McClellen (MPOBC)
77 - 86 8th Bn 40th Armor (plt ldr, staff and Company Comander)
87 - 96 6224th USARF School, Student, Instructor & Staff also Just Cause (Panama)
97 - 2000 IRR
97 Ft. Sam Houston G2
98 - 2000 Ft. Jackson Mobilization Officer and severe weather tracking (hurricanes)
2000 - Retired
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To all those who currently serve or are retired. Thank you
I missed my chance and kick myself for not doing it. I had a guard slot and passed it up. Why? I dont know. I was partying it up civilian flying thinking that was my ticket. It all worked out in the end. I love instructing and torturing Military Pilots when they try to transfer their ratings to civilian types. Its fun to watch B-52, B-1 and heavy transport pilots flare a C-206 at 40 feet in the air with the stall warning horn going off!
True story. Military pilot has 6000 hrs in C-130 needing to get a check out in a C-206 so he can take his exam for civilian tickets.
Me: You are high and too slow go around please.
Student: why I have 40 feet on the altimeter.
Me: Right and I rather not die in those 40 feet. Plus you forgot your gear.
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USN
Aug '01-Nov'01 DEP NAWS China Lake, Ca.
Nov '01-Mar '02 Basic Training RTC Great Lakes, Il.
Mar '02-Jun '02 RTC Corpsman "A" School Great Lakes, Il.
Jun '02-Feb '03 NAVSTA 32nd BMC NMCSD San Diego, Ca.
Feb '03-Nov '04 MCAS Miramar BMC "Miramar ONE" Ambulance. Miramar, Ca.
Nov '04-PRESENT USS COMSTOCK LSD-45 COMNAVPACFLT San Diego, Ca. Just returned from 9 month deployment OIF in the following theatres NAG, CAG, SAG, GOO, and HOA in support of NCB-VBSS MIO.
CORPSMAN UP!
~Doc
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Originally posted by AKIron
USAF
73-75 BMT, weapons mech tech school, and Myrtle Beach SC (2 months tdy to panama)
75-76 Kadena AB Okinawa (couple of weeks tdy Korea, Team Spirit)
76-77 Carswell AFB
77-78 Keesler, retrained ATC radar tech
78-79 Cannon AFB
79-81 separated, went to college
81-85 rejoined and went to Grissom AFB
85-90 Kadena AB, a few tdys
90-93 Nellis AFB
93-94 Osan AB Korea
94-95 Little Rock AFB
Retired at 20 in '95 as MSgt
How hard is it to be a pilot. Btw Carswell(NAS JRB) is pretty close to me.
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Originally posted by ForrestS
How hard is it to be a pilot. Btw Carswell(NAS JRB) is pretty close to me.
Carswell was an active duty Air Force base when I was there, had a slew of B-52Ds. All Air Force pilots are officers. All Air Force officers have a minimum 4 year college degree. That's a good place to start if you haven't yet.
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Nov 83-Mar 84 Basic Training (Harmony Church) Fort Benning Ga. 11C (Mortar Maggot) Indirect Fire Infantryman.
84-85 Kirsche-Goens (The Rock) Germany 3rd AD
85-86 Ft Hood Tx 2nd AD
86-88 Conn Barracks Schweinfurt, Germany 3rd ID Promoted to E5
88-92 Joint Service Ground Combat Skill Course Instructor Ft Dix NJ TRADOC
92-95 Ft. Riley Ks 1st ID
Got out in 95 with 30% disability as an E5(P)
Now a Letter Carrier (Buying back military time). Retiring in 9 years with 32 years gubment :)
Oz
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USAF Retired 1961-81.
PCS
Lockbourne AFB, Ohio
Goose AB, Labrador
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
Offutt AFB, Nebraska
Hickam AFB, Hawaii
Pentagon
TDY
Lackland AFB, Texas
Maxwell AFB, Alabama
Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts
Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota
Andersen AFB, Guam
Vandenberg AFB, California
Clark AB, Philippines
Elmendorf AFB, Alaska
Thule AB, Greenland
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Originally posted by 1HAMMER1
USN
Aug '01-Nov'01 DEP NAWS China Lake, Ca.
~Doc
You graduate from Burroughs?
-Sik
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I was a 3 star from 1978 to 1984, 3 star private that is;) in the Irish army reserve. I really wanted a career in the military as a pilot but achieved the dubious distinction of being turned down by five air arms of three countries. Ireland, Britain and the US for strictly bureaucratic reasons which had nothing to do with my abilities or otherwise as a pilot or military officer. What I should have done was enlist like a couple of my friends did and use the money saved by serving overseas to fund my flight training.
It remains my biggest regret that I never was full time or had a career in the military. The reserves were fun, but it's not the same. In the end I left that because my civilian boss wouldn't give me time off to train as an NCO and you can't be a private forever.
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1990-1996
1-101 Avn,
101st Airborne
Tap
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Royal Air Force 1974-1989
74 basic training RAF Swinderby
early 75- trade training RAF Brize Norton
75-76 RAF Lyneham
76-79 RAF Northolt
79-80 Belize 6 month detachment
80-late 80 back to RAF Northolt
80-81 RAF Lyneham
81-83 RAF Gibraltar
84-89 RAF Lyneham serving on UKMAMS with a world wide comittment, during this time numerous detachments for up to 6 months at a time , Ascension Island, Cape Canaveral, Calgary, Hong Kong, Oman-various places in Oman, plenty of USAFB's. From 84-89 it was basically 9 months of the year away touring the world.
Finally out in 89 on a compassionate discharge, and all I can say is that it was the time of my life but I wouldn;t trade my life now for it.
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USMC 0351 93-97 with the 7th Marines.
" " 97-99 with the 23rd Marines.
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Since my memory has been stirred in regards to the B52 D model I'd like to express my indignation at the exclusion of an ejection seat for the tail gunner. Every other seat in that beautiful beast offered an easy and quick means of exit to the officer occupying it. The poor enlisted puke in the back had to fire the explosive bolts securing that four 50 cal gun pod and then crawl through the hole it left behind. That's just indignant if not outright insulting. ;)
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I think I've watched the three loudest planes made takeoff though I have trouble choosing the loudest. A fully fuel ladened KC-135 rolling out on a cloudy day pierces yer soul. A pair of F-111s in full afterburner rattles yer teeth. An SR-71 rumble shakes the ground beneath yer feet. Can't say fer sure which is the loudest but the SR-71 had the greatest gooseflesh factor.
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Army. 1992 - 1996. MOS: 93C
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USN
Great Lakes Boot camp. Dec. 12th through Feb 16th.
Great lakes Advanced Technical Training (ATT) Feb 17th through April 11th
North Island Coronado Cali. Aviation Electricians Mate "A" school. April 16th through June 20th.
North Island Aviation Electricians "C" school. September 21st until unknown.
Norfolk Virgina, Squadron HSC-2 "Fleet Angels" Upon "C" school grad. until end of 5 year enlistment.
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A pair of F-111s in full afterburner rattles yer teeth. An SR-71 rumble shakes the ground beneath yer feet.
When I saw F-111's taking off while TDY to Nellis AFB, I swear I could feel the vibrations in the ground over a mile a way. I've seen KC-135 tankers take off while stationed at Seymour Johnson AFB.....F-111 is definately louder imo.
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Originally posted by xbrit
Royal Air Force 1974-1989
74 basic training RAF Swinderby
early 75- trade training RAF Brize Norton
75-76 RAF Lyneham
76-79 RAF Northolt
79-80 Belize 6 month detachment
80-late 80 back to RAF Northolt
80-81 RAF Lyneham
81-83 RAF Gibraltar
84-89 RAF Lyneham serving on UKMAMS with a world wide comittment, during this time numerous detachments for up to 6 months at a time , Ascension Island, Cape Canaveral, Calgary, Hong Kong, Oman-various places in Oman, plenty of USAFB's. From 84-89 it was basically 9 months of the year away touring the world.
Finally out in 89 on a compassionate discharge, and all I can say is that it was the time of my life but I wouldn;t trade my life now for it.
And there's me thinking I would be the first of the RAF on here :D at least my trade is a proper trade xbrit ;)
May - June 85 - RAF Swinderby Basic Training.
June 85 - Jan 86 - RAF Cosford, Weapons Mech Trade Training.
Jan 86 - May 87 - RAF west Raynham (Norfolk) Bloodhound Missile Support.
May 87 - May 90 - XV Sqn RAF Laarbruch (Germany) Tornado GR1's and 1a's.
May 90 - Mar 94 - 111 Sqn RAF Leuchars (Scotland) Tornado F3's.
Mar 94 - Sept 94 - Stn Armoury RAF Lyneham. Small Arms & Hercs.
Plus loads of Detachments with the Sqn's to Goose Bay (Maple Flag and lots of Skimo's!!!), Nellis AFB (Red Flag, kicking Yanks arse and show girls!!!), Deci (Bombing defenseless islands in the Med and Deci Red!!!! The birds here had hairy arm pits YUK!!!!), Akrotiri (Shooting 30mm Mauser's Cannons at poor old 100 Sqn the Banner monkeys and loads of Brit Birds on their Holidays) Then on the Herc's as an Armourer as they were fitted with Chaff and Flares for the runs into Sarajevo, Split and others, doing the re-arms on landings and bringing home shed loads of duty frees :)
Plus other Stuff ;)
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USAF 1978-1994
Bergstrom AFB Tx 1979-80 O2A Crew Chief
RAF Upper Heyford UK 1980-83 F-111E Crew Chief
Davis Monthan AFB Az 1983-92 A-10A/OA-10A Crew Chief
Moody AFB Ga 1992-1994 Disaster Preparedness Specialist
TDY's.................... Can't remember all of them, a few I do remember.
Turkey
Germany
Nellis AFB
George AFB
Peterson Field
USAF Academy
Biggs Army Air Field
Lowery AFB
Eglin AFB
Ft Stewart
Ft Sill
Camp Pendelton
Wright Pattereson AFB
Gila Bend AFB
Randolph AFB
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USAF
Jan 79 Lackland -Basic
Mar 79 - Goodfellow AB - San Angelo Tx, Tech School
Jun 79 - Sheppard AFB, Tech School
Aug 79 - Oct 84 - Lackland AFB, Wilford Hall Med Center
Nov 84 - Oct 94 - Mountain Home AFB, 366th Med Group (lots of F-111's :) )
Oct 94 - Oct 98 - Ramstein AB Germany, 86th Med Group (no tdy's but a lot of trips to Amsterdam and Oktober Feast ;)
Oct 98 - Jan 99 - Randolph AFB, terminal leave and retirement outprocessing :cool:
not a lot of TDYs
Sheppard AFB Oct 82 - 16 weeks
Sheppard AFB Mar 89 - 2 weeks
Little Rissington RAF - 2 weeks
Greenham-Common - 1 day
Bergstrom AFB - 8 weeks
Barksdale AFB - 2 days - leave
Kessler AFB - 2 days leave
Cannon AFB - 2 days - leave
Hill AFB - 2 days - leave
Davis - Monthan AFB - 1 day leave
Croughton RAF - 3 days leave
Geilenkirchen, Germany, but just for USAFE softball tournaments :p
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Halo, when were you at Goose Bay? My wife and her family was stationed there 1963-66. TSgt or Msgt Dowd. I think he was working at the Survival School
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Army 85 - 05
Ft Benning, GA
Ft Bragg, NC
Ft Gordan, GA
Ansbach, Germany
Wurzburg, Germany
Ft Benning, GA
DC
Camp Parks, CA
Korea (Camp Casey)
Ft Leavenworth, KS
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(quote) Halo, when were you at Goose Bay? My wife and her family was stationed there 1963-66. TSgt or Msgt Dowd. I think he was working at the Survival School (unquote)
Unaccompanied briefly in early '60s but didn't know anyone at Survival School.
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CLASSIFIED
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Airscrew,
My father was stationed in Goose Bay in 1965 and 66. I attended Goose Bay HS those years, small world huh?
Army 67-72.... Tanker
cars
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Originally posted by ozrocker
Nov 83-Mar 84 Basic Training (Harmony Church) Fort Benning Ga. 11C (Mortar Maggot) Indirect Fire Infantryman.
84-85 Kirsche-Goens (The Rock) Germany 3rd AD
85-86 Ft Hood Tx 2nd AD
86-88 Conn Barracks Schweinfurt, Germany 3rd ID Promoted to E5
88-92 Joint Service Ground Combat Skill Course Instructor Ft Dix NJ TRADOC
92-95 Ft. Riley Ks 1st ID
Got out in 95 with 30% disability as an E5(P)
Now a Letter Carrier (Buying back military time). Retiring in 9 years with 32 years gubment :)
Oz
Conn Barracks?
You met my Mortor Boyz... 1/2 ACR from Binlach, FRG.
Kicked yer arse in the BIG competition.
I was their PSG.
Mac
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Korea?
Grenada?
Panama?
Somalia?
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Originally posted by cars
Airscrew,
My father was stationed in Goose Bay in 1965 and 66. I attended Goose Bay HS those years, small world huh?
Army 67-72.... Tanker
cars
You might have known her brothers, Bill and Bob, They went to HS in Goose bay also. Bob played the guitar and had a small band I think. My wife says Bill graduated 65 and Bob in 66. They both joined the Air Force. Bill was a navigator on B-52s, I dont remember what Bob did but he retired in 90 or so as a LtCol. Bill got out after Vietnam and worked for the IRS, I think he's retired now too.
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Originally posted by AKIron
Carswell was an active duty Air Force base when I was there, had a slew of B-52Ds. All Air Force pilots are officers. All Air Force officers have a minimum 4 year college degree. That's a good place to start if you haven't yet.
K, dident they change the name of Carswell To NAS JRB.
There building the X-35 Lightning II there. :D
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I flew out of Meacham Field when Carswell AFB had B-52 alert practices. Very interesting especially the lack of vis withing a 4 nm area around Meacham and Carswell. Always interesting when F-16 dancing in and out of airspace that I WAS PRACTICING STALLS WITH A STUDENT! If that wasnt nerve racking enough.
JUGS the mans soft pillow
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Sweet. Do you still teach i could really go for a discount.:D
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Originally posted by ForrestS
K, dident they change the name of Carswell To NAS JRB.
There building the X-35 Lightning II there. :D
I'm not 100% sure what it is called now. In 1976 it was called simply Carswell AFB.
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Originally posted by P47Gra
I flew out of Meacham Field when Carswell AFB had B-52 alert practices. Very interesting especially the lack of vis withing a 4 nm area around Meacham and Carswell. Always interesting when F-16 dancing in and out of airspace that I WAS PRACTICING STALLS WITH A STUDENT! If that wasnt nerve racking enough.
JUGS the mans soft pillow
I was taking flying lessons through the aero club at Grissom in '82. Seems we were in one of the clubs Piper Warriors though my memory could be faulty. We took off behind a KC-135 with what we thought was enough distance to avoid those heavy wingtip vortices created by a plane loaded with enough fuel to put the Exxon Valdez to shame. About 200 feet in the air we hit a downdraft that dropped us about 50 feet. Only time I had an instructer jerk the controls from me and **** his pants. :D
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One of our AKs is currently active duty and flies B1s. He sent this to us a couple of days ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fWoqa5nGmk