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Title: For all the Vets out There.
Post by: wpeters on October 22, 2013, 02:41:11 PM
 A BIG   :salute to you guys out there.



Could you post a little info on where you served, the years, and your MO
Title: Re: For all the Vets out There.
Post by: ozrocker on October 22, 2013, 03:59:14 PM
<S> All at bottom of sig line on mine.
Germany-6 yrs-2 tours. Ft Hood, Tx. Ft. Dix NJ (Instructor),
Ft. Riley, Ks.
MOS-11C2H Indirect Fire Infantryman (Mortars).
Had numerous Secondary MOS' and ASI's (Additional Skill Identifier).
Served from 11/10/83- 5/31/95

                                                                                                                                   :cheers: Oz




                                                                                                                              
Title: Re: For all the Vets out There.
Post by: Rob52240 on October 22, 2013, 04:09:20 PM
Be careful when you ask this question.  I had the bad luck of being in a squad once with a guy who claimed to be a 91 year old hellcat pilot with 14 jap kills under his belt.  And the CO actually believed him.
Title: Re: For all the Vets out There.
Post by: Changeup on October 22, 2013, 04:11:42 PM
Be careful when you ask this question.  I had the bad luck of being in a squad once with a guy who claimed to be a 91 year old hellcat pilot with 14 jap kills under his belt.  And the CO actually believed him.

And there are lot that just keep it in their squad(s) for personal reasons.
Title: Re: For all the Vets out There.
Post by: The Fugitive on October 22, 2013, 04:32:11 PM
US Navy from 76-82 Most of my time was spent on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower out of Norfolk VA

(http://www.public.navy.mil/airfor/cvn69/PublishingImages/eisenhower_official_photo.jpg)
Title: Re: For all the Vets out There.
Post by: Shifty on October 22, 2013, 05:30:58 PM
USAF 1978-1994 Crew Chief on the aircraft below.

O-2A 1979 to 1980 Bergstrom AFB TX

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Cessna_Skymaster_O-2_4.jpg)

F-111E 1980-1983 RAF Upper Heyford UK

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/F-111E_20_TFW_dropping_Mk_82_bombs_1983.JPEG)

A-10A 1983 to 1992 Davis Monthan AFB AZ

(http://www.oocities.org/militarysnipe/a-10.jpg)
Title: Re: For all the Vets out There.
Post by: USRanger on October 22, 2013, 05:44:26 PM
'94-'04

(http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/6314/bfdf.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/543/bfdf.jpg/)

Title: Re: For all the Vets out There.
Post by: WWhiskey on October 22, 2013, 07:07:39 PM
1984/85 cable dog 36 Charlie, combat life span 12 minutes
(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg229/WWhiskey/cadf5c88ee296617096a2a66d1ae828a_zps46e60c80.jpg)
1985. Signal officer training school LAW rocket instructor,, stay on the right end and live forever
(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg229/WWhiskey/ad9cdc6245af05b2a90f74c384751cef_zps2b710773.jpg)
1985/90. Drone pilot ,, this job got me shot at, crashed into and eventually burned by jp4 ,, still a lot of fun!
(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg229/WWhiskey/95020ede7b85c26191a0c4231f6ba27d_zps9609c411.jpg)
(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg229/WWhiskey/0da9b8fcb7daded2ef5f711223f55a02_zpsb0957839.jpg)
(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg229/WWhiskey/7beaea83c9ca2725f357d455e227dd6d_zps520208de.jpg)
Title: Re: For all the Vets out There.
Post by: MWL on October 22, 2013, 07:19:04 PM
A BIG   :salute to you guys out there.



Could you post a little info on where you served, the years, and your MO

Sir,

  Thank you, and all of America, for trusting me with your sons and daughters.

82nd: 76 to 80 (Paratrooper, Inf 11B)

Got smart, i.e. tired of walking, became an Armor Officer . . .

2nd ACR (when it was a real Cav Regt! :) ): 83 to 86
5th ID (may it return some day): 86 to 90
Buried deep in the bowels of the bureaucracy at Ft. Leavenworth: 90 to 94
Kuwait: 94 to 95
Ft. Knox NGB command: 95 to 97
2nd ID Korea: 97 to 98
Ft. Irwin Operations Group: 98 to 00.

Regards,
Title: Re: For all the Vets out There.
Post by: Bosco123 on October 22, 2013, 07:29:39 PM
United States Marine Corps: 2010 to present.  Contract will be up in 2015 and it looks like I'll be going for a second shot at this.

I get to fly one of these:

(http://www.army-technology.com/projects/shadow200uav/images/3-tuas.jpg)

Eventually, one of these since the Marine Corps is transitioning out of the RQ-7B

(http://img.over-blog-kiwi.com/0/54/74/56/201306/ob_66c9fd_rq-21-integrator-photo4-source-flight-global.jpg)



<S>

Title: Re: For all the Vets out There.
Post by: JimmyD3 on October 22, 2013, 07:46:09 PM
USAF 1971 to 1976
1931st Comm Group
Elmendorf AFB Alaska
Title: Re: For all the Vets out There.
Post by: SEraider on October 22, 2013, 07:50:19 PM
A BIG   :salute to you guys out there.


Every Day....  :aok
Title: Re: For all the Vets out There.
Post by: JunkyII on October 23, 2013, 01:21:45 AM
I'm an Infantryman in the US Army.

First duty station was Korea where I served as a Guard Sentry for the United Nations Honor Guard Company.

PCSed to FT Drum where I served in Apache Company 2-87 IN RGT. I served a 12 month tour in Kandahar Afghanistan with them.

Currently serve as in B Co 2-27 IN The Wolfhounds on Schofield Barracks Hawaii. I was in the process of getting a warrant officer packet complete(flight warrant) but I dislocated and fractured my patella last week and I can't pass a flight physical.


 Funny story, the only  person I've met from this community in person was Selino30 (also an infantryman) while in Afghanistan, we were both at the same FOB for refit(think he was there for puma training) we were both on Facebook and I mentioned arty being shot from the base...he said they were shooting at his too...I asked him what base he was out and boom...we are a few tents from each other. We linked up did some smoking and joking, well I was smoking. Would have been better to have some beers!!
Title: Re: For all the Vets out There.
Post by: pangea on October 23, 2013, 08:03:22 AM
USAF 1976 - 1980
Jet Engine Mechanic

'76-78
Castle AFB, CA
worked on KC135s and B-52s

'78 - 80
Keflavic NAS, Iceland
worked on F-4Es
Title: Re: For all the Vets out There.
Post by: HellsAce on October 23, 2013, 10:13:53 AM
U.S. ARMY   1983-1989 
Title: Re: For all the Vets out There.
Post by: Rich46yo on October 23, 2013, 03:44:10 PM
USAF SP 1977 to 1981. Honestly I wish I stayed in.
(http://i478.photobucket.com/albums/rr149/Rich46yo/Misc/img001-b-2.jpg)
Title: Re: For all the Vets out There.
Post by: Goat1 on October 23, 2013, 05:39:05 PM
USAF 1973-1977  Avionics on the B52, KC135, F4 and UH-1

Goat1
Title: Re: For all the Vets out There.
Post by: bortas1 on October 23, 2013, 05:43:33 PM
 :salute thank you all
Title: Re: For all the Vets out There.
Post by: Blooz on October 23, 2013, 05:51:24 PM
(http://www.army-technology.com/projects/m60/images/m60_tank4.jpg)

19E (M60a3 tank crew)
1983-87 & 1992-93
24th Inf Div (Mech)
1st Arm Div
40th Inf Div
Title: Re: For all the Vets out There.
Post by: eagl on October 23, 2013, 05:52:12 PM
I'm a 91 hr old hellcat pilot with 14 kills.

 :noid

Actually I'm a USAF fighter pilot and I don't talk about my job much anymore because security.   :joystick:
Title: Re: For all the Vets out There.
Post by: lutrel on October 23, 2013, 06:08:51 PM
USAF Aircraft Crew Chief 1982-2006, crewed a little bit of everything and served all over the globe at one time or another.
Title: Re: For all the Vets out There.
Post by: Widewing on October 23, 2013, 07:19:36 PM
U.S. Navy
Aircrewman. Qualified in C-118, C-131, HU-16 and C1-A.
332 Traps on carriers in this.... COD-60.

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/1149728_10201850239803041_1342138312_o.jpg)

(https://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/2630_1100786885259_1712642_n.jpg)

(https://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/2630_1100938809057_3520533_n.jpg)

(https://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/2630_1100935648978_6151535_n.jpg)

(https://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/2630_1100784125190_7577264_n.jpg)
Title: Re: For all the Vets out There.
Post by: scott66 on October 23, 2013, 10:39:04 PM
USAF 84-88 Minot AFB ND, kunsan AB Korea, Clark AB Philippines, Ellsworth AFB SD.AFSC 81150 SP(Security Police) :salute :cheers:
Title: Re: For all the Vets out There.
Post by: Nypsy on October 24, 2013, 09:08:37 AM
USAF from 1969 thru 1973

UH-1N Crew Chief
Tour in Viet Nam with the 20th SOS.
Remainder of tour spent at Hurlburt Field in Fl.
(http://i819.photobucket.com/albums/zz115/William_Duenskie/UH-1N.jpg) (http://s819.photobucket.com/user/William_Duenskie/media/UH-1N.jpg.html)

(http://i819.photobucket.com/albums/zz115/William_Duenskie/200px-20th_Special_Operations_Squadron.jpg) (http://s819.photobucket.com/user/William_Duenskie/media/200px-20th_Special_Operations_Squadron.jpg.html)
Title: Re: For all the Vets out There.
Post by: Traveler on October 24, 2013, 10:24:23 AM
US Army 9/66 - 9/72
5th Special Forces Medic Viet Nam 11/67 - 5/69


Title: Re: For all the Vets out There.
Post by: Jenks on October 24, 2013, 07:04:42 PM
USAF 1978-1994 Crew Chief on the aircraft below.

O-2A 1979 to 1980 Bergstrom AFB TX

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Cessna_Skymaster_O-2_4.jpg)

F-111E 1980-1983 RAF Upper Heyford UK

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/F-111E_20_TFW_dropping_Mk_82_bombs_1983.JPEG)

A-10A 1983 to 1992 Davis Monthan AFB AZ

(http://www.oocities.org/militarysnipe/a-10.jpg)

<S> My fellow Bergstrom alum.

USAF 1972-76

Bergstrom AFB (now Austin International?) 1973-76

ROMAD, 702nd TASS then 23rd TASS, TAC.

When the FACs couldn't fly their O2's, they rode around with me in a MRC-107. ( a 1964 Ford jeep with BUNCH of radios in it )

 :cheers:

Jenks



Title: Re: For all the Vets out There.
Post by: Shifty on October 24, 2013, 09:39:39 PM
<S> My fellow Bergstrom alum.

USAF 1972-76

Bergstrom AFB (now Austin International?) 1973-76

ROMAD, 702nd TASS then 23rd TASS, TAC.

When the FACs couldn't fly their O2's, they rode around with me in a MRC-107. ( a 1964 Ford jeep with BUNCH of radios in it )

 :cheers:

Jenks





I remember you Romads!! You guys were still there when I got there.   :aok
By the way I got back to Bergstrom for the TAC NCO Academy in 1991 before she closed.
Thanks for the reply.  :salute
Title: Re: For all the Vets out There.
Post by: Rich46yo on October 25, 2013, 04:16:37 AM
I spent a lot of time TDY, luckily, in the era we were swapping older weapons for the GLCMs and Pershings in Europe so we were doing a lot of convoying to dissasembly and storage. To this day I dont talk in detail about it or say locations. "Secret" is "secret".

Now my son is doing the exact same job. Funny how that works. I was down at Lackland last spring to watch him graduate from BT. It was no nice being around those excellent young people and hearing "sir" and "m'am" being spoken and not having to hear 18yo's calling you "dude" or "guy" or "chief" like little dooshes.

I notice that with the young ones coming on my job out of the military. They are much more respectful towards the citizens then the other recruits. And professional.
Title: Re: For all the Vets out There.
Post by: -ammo- on October 25, 2013, 04:54:36 AM
USAF 1988-2011. 

I was an Ammo troop until 2000 when I cross trained into a desk job.  While the decision turned out to be a good one, I sure missed the flightline.

While an Ammo troop, I was at Homestead AFB providing A2A and A2G munitions for F-4 and then F-16s.  Wen't on the Osan AB, then to Carswell AFB in Ft Worth, then to Seymour Johnson AFB.
Title: Re: For all the Vets out There.
Post by: TOMCAT21 on October 26, 2013, 07:09:00 AM
Tomcat Tweaker, USN 92-96, 2001-2004, 13F USARNG 1996-2001/ Active Army 2004-Present. (3BCT 101 05-07, 1AD, 25th ID, 2 ID  and 1ID)About to be medically reitred.
Title: Re: For all the Vets out There.
Post by: ebfd11 on October 26, 2013, 10:04:25 PM
USMC 1987-1991
Air Craft Crash Fire Rescue/ Sesrch and Rescue
MWSS 172
MAG 17
1ST MAW

Okinawa Ja
Panama
Desert Storm 91

Loved every minute of it.
 :salute to Cpl David Giles end of watch 04/21/91 I'd take your spot but you took mine.

 :salute to all service men and service women past present and future.