What Branch of the Service did you serve in and when

[JB]

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After a Mod Squad review and consensus, I have once again purged this thread of off topic, hostility and responses to the deleted material.

Some of the language and personal attacks here were disgraceful and repeats will not be tolerated.

Reminder: Admin can suspend or ban any member, any time, for any (or no) reason.

 

[treedancer]

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Kinda like pruning the trees in the spring eh JB.8)

 

[Bondo]

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Reminder: Admin can suspend or ban any member, any time, for any (or no) reason.

Good Thing I haven't been given That power.......

I can think of 1 or 2 that are WAY over Due..........

 

[Andrew Leigh]

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Thread Hijack,

I have not served in the US military but that was not what this thread requested.

I am proudly an officer in the South African Infantry. Foot soldiers you may understand. I have risen to the rank of Captain and have a love for the tradition and rules that go with combat and camp life.

I have done special ops and made a bunch of cash. Have faught in Namibia, Zimbabwe, Angola and South Africa. I have watched men die and have been in fear of my own life. I have considered the price of being a mercenary, firm offer on the table, BIG BUCKS. Were it not for marriage I would be a "dog of war" for which I am ashamed. Youth and the attraction of money is a disgusting attribute.

I managed to escape, barely.

Cheers
Andrew

 

[rottenray6402]

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Navy 68 - 72
Trained as a radial aircraft mech but worked ground support towing airplanes around in Corpus Christi, Texas for over 3 years! Good place to be, especially during that time frame! We were however one of the first lines of defense if Mexico would have attacked.

 

[TomNJ]

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Yes I was. I was with embarked units. And again on the Spiegel Biegel in 76' for the evacuation of Lebanon

Hey TomNJ---I made the Med 1-71 Cruise on the Spiegel Grove--were you there?

 

[clanton]

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Air Force 1955-1975

 

[woodduck17]

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Cool,TomNJ---Good liberty on that cruise....

 

[Bob Fort]

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USN 1958 - 1962

Signalman 1st class

COMSERVRON 4

USS Truckee
USS Tutuila
USS Hyades

 

[Daddy O]

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rmmpe


Navy, enlisted 1959 - resigned in 1966
Submarines, Ammunition ship, Coronado, Bremerton, WA.

Good years all.

I was in Bremerton Wa.. very pretty country.

USN 82-89 Submarine Radioman,
Bangor/Bremerton Wa. Charleston S.C
Last 3 years Naval Reserves.

 

[treedancer]

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We?ve had several new members that joined here lately that are service connected, thought it would be a good idea to bump this up so they could get a handle on where were coming from. Hope the Mods don?t mind.

 

[RustyC]

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USN 83-89
USS America CV-66, 85-87
White House Communication Agency, 87-89

RustyC

 

[Gabby]

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U.S. Army, Retired. 1982- 2004.

Ft. Gordon, Georgia
Camp Casey, Korea, 2nd Infantry Division
Berlin, Germany, Berlin Brigade, Allied Staff Berlin
Ft Knox, KY, 194th Armor
Desert Storm, 194th Armor.
Camp Casey, Korea, 2nd Infantry Division (again) (man I HATED being a turtle)
Ft Gordon, again.
Saudi Arabia, US Military Training Mission to Saudi Arabia. (again)
Ft Hood, TX. 1st Cavalry Division
Beltway Bandit, 97 - 02. While there served in PERSCOM / ARL / USSS
Ft Campbell, KY, 101st Airborne. Afghanistan / Iraq.

Currently work for US Special Operations Command as a DoD Contractor. Still serving...

oldest son, USAF, Little Rock AFB, heavies.
2nd son, Army, 2nd Lieutenant, Ordnance. Currently in school, Aberdeen Proving Ground.
3rd son just told me he wants to go Navy. I'm all for it.
I got three left, if I can get one to be a Gyrene I got it all covered.

Cheers. And thanks to all my brothers and sisters that served. I miss it, but not enough to go back. Time to go do some PT...Hoorah!


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[JasonJ]

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U.S. Army, Retired. 1982- 2004.

(man I HATED being a turtle)


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Ha Ha...What was even better was as soon as you were out of the turtle farm you invariably yelled through the fench, calling the new meat "turtles", even though you had just went to your unit the day before. At least thats what I did...

 

[Plainsman]

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When were you at Camp Casey? I was there 85-86, 1/72 armor. I remember the Dragon Club. Lovely ladies there! Maybe some soju to drink?

 

[justin65]

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USMC. 1980-1989.

So who?s up for a ride down the ?chit river??

 

[JasonJ]

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When were you at Camp Casey? I was there 85-86, 1/72 armor. I remember the Dragon Club. Lovely ladies there! Maybe some soju to drink?

Ahhh....Dragon Club number 1! I may or may not have down my share of embalming fluid during my stint there, and we won't discuss the ladies...

Then of course there was the Silver Star Outlaw club. That was where the more country oriented guys went. I did have a female GI drag me in there and teach me to line dance, what a guy does for action...

I was there from mid 93 to mid 94...It was a real joy.

 

[Gabby]

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Camp Casey and the lovely TDC...

1/72, was that the one in Dragon Hill or was that 2/72?
I was in Sevon Oh Deuece both times, (702 MSB), just down the hill and around the corner from the fire department. 83/84 and 88/89.

In those days the Montana club was the country bar, 702d owned Cheers in those days. Ever have a kettle? I was once told I did, but I have no recollection of the alleged event.

Once in a while we'd go hang out at Camp Hovey and the nasty litle 'ville out there, what was it's name? Toko Ri?

 

[ob]

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USMC. 1980-1989.

So who?s up for a ride down the ?chit river??

You talkin about the one under Magsaysay Blvd in The PI?

 

[justin65]

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You talkin about the one under Magsaysay Blvd in The PI?

Oh I see we have another survivor of Olongapo! ....LOL...
Lets take a stroll down ?Maggot-Saysay? to the Florida club?
I was there from 85-87.





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