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Veterans on the Board

Well, this is my first attempt at using this forum, I joined a week ago, after purchasing my 70 RR drop top. I have been amazed at the information available on this site, truly the best resource I have found. But today I am inspired by the vets on this topic real patriots live here.

I served with the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Nam 68-69, just a ground pounder. I also spent 3 years in Iraq 04-07 and now I am in Afghanistan as a civilian. Just want to say the men and women of today's Military are as good as ever, I spend everyday with them and they still give their blood for the flag.

Morgan
 
Army Veteran here.

I joined in March 1985 (Military Police Basic and AIT at Fort McClellan, Alabama)
142nd MP Company, Yongsan Seoul Korea (Aug 85-Dec 86) MP
USA MP Detachment-Korea, Yongsan, Seoul Korea (Dec 86-Mar 88) CSM Driver
MP Company USARMC, Fort Knox, KY (May 88-May 90) Senior Patrolman
2ND MP Company, Camp Casey, Tongduchon-Si, Korea (May 90- May 92) Squadleader/Desk Sergeant
MP Company USARMC, Fort Knox, KY (June 92-96) Squadleader/Desk Sergeant
21st MP Detachment (CID), Yongsan, Seoul Korea (June 96-July 97) CID Agent
410th MP Company, Fort Hood, Texas (Dec 97-May 2000) Platoon Sergeant
(Sep 98-Mar 99) six month deployment to Bosnia-Herzegovina with the 1st Cavalry Division (Eagle Base near Tuzla)
HHC, 8th MP Brigade, Yongsan, Seoul Korea (June 2000-July 2002) Rear Operations NCO / Schools NCO)
34th MP Detachment, Fort Knox, KY Aug (2002-Nov 2003) Company Operations Sergeant
SPC/PCF, Fort Knox, KY (Dec 2003-Nov 2004) Platoon Sergeant
HHD, Task Force Cerberus, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan (Jan 2005-Dec 2005)
S-3 Operations NCOIC
34th MP Detachment, Fort Knox, KY (Jan 2006-Mar 2007) AWOL APP/Company Operations NCO
1 April 2007: Retired with 22 years AFS.
Currently a fulltime College student courtesy of the VA.
Completed my Bachelors in HR Leadership in 2010
Halfway thru my Masters in HR Leadership.


Jim
 
69 to 76 USAF..worked F4-d's,B52c's,B52d's and F's
1984 to 2003...Fulltime Air Guard technician...worked F4c and d's, F16's Pmel and finished in Civil Engineering.

Been to southeast Asia,England,Panama, and supported every event during My tour. Retired SMS in 2003.
 
Active duty air force here. Just hit eight years. Contracting by trade, been stationed at Lackland and Dover. Three tours in Afghanistan and a fourth on the horizon.
 
the few the proud-1971-1974-stationed ad headquarters Marine Corps D.C. brought my first GTX(69)-worked in admin had the best job-damn recruiters didn't tell me that until i had got out. Thank a Vet when you get a chance-the VA/Govt sure doesn't:(
 
Wow! What an interesting variety of military experiences. Thanks to all for their service and sacrifices.

I enlisted in the USAF in March of '67 due to a hassle with the draft board over college credits to that time. Chose Electronics as career field and ended up being put in a combination ground and airborne operator/technician flying on converted SAC KC-135's. No extra gas, just filled front to back with racks of equipment. We monitored Cold War activities outside the US.

Stationed out of Sacramento, flew out of Hickam at night, re-fueled 3x in-flight if we went the whole distance.

Govt decided we should ply our trade over near the Korean DMZ at a ground site in our "off season" when not flying. Enjoyed both the monsoon and snow up to your waist seasons there.

Did get to partake in the USAF survival school up in the wilds of Washington, trained on prototype equipment at various supplier facilities looking to sell their stuff to the USAF as an upgrade to the existing systems. Then over in Korea got to operate one of the systems I helped build at a supplier facility.

Got tired of the BS and decided I wanted to get back into the Automotive field and left in March '71 after my 4 yrs were up. Got an Automotive Engineering degree and worked on a variety of brake systems from '74 to 2008 when the economy and "rightsizing" encouraged me to retire a bit earlier than expected. Been joyfully dogging it ever since.

Thanks again to all you vets and your families.
 
US Army 25th CAB "Little Bears" CW3, UH-1 pilot... also flew medivac.
 
Thank you to all who have served and those still serving. Because of you , we have our freedoms that we all enjoy that most just take for granted. Freedom is not free. I did not serve, but my father was in WWII as a B-29 flight engineer and my father-in-law served in Korea.
 
USAF from 1981 through 2001. Started out as Security Specialist, crossed into Law Enforcement and then they combined everyone to Security Forces.
F.E. Warren, WY
Aderson, Guam
Ellsworth, SD
Princilik, Turkey
Norvenich, Germany
Clear, Alaska
Whiteman, MO
And a lot of assorted deployments mixed in.
 
9th marines 67-68 survived operation buffalo whacked on kingfisher july 67 in dmz back in time for tet68 hue city
 
Served in US Navy from 78-82 as an aircraft electrician's mate at NAS Alameda, CA.
Dad and 6 uncles served in WWII. Dad made 16 round trips across the atlantic escorting transports and dodging u-boats. One uncle was on a ship that was sunk in the pacific and two weeks later assigned to another. All survived and lived to ripe old ages. I thank God for that!
 
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Viet Nam Vet. 67-69. Cu Chi Viet Nam. 25th Infatry Div. 125th Signal Bat. Thought I had a good MOS 52B30 generator repair. What they didn't tell me is that the generators where on fire support bases, go figure. I was drafted and felt lucky not to be in the infantry. ALL GAVE SOME, SOME GAVE ALL.
 
guess its my turn now.

86-2004 u.s.army three tours
6.5 months learnin to walk again at BAMC
67n,67u,67y,67r
15n,15t,15u all with a P and F identifiers and also the ALSE identifier.
TI shop also

ft bragg,and a short stay at ft hood with a few layovers across the globe.

Panama, Iraq and a few other places that are still hush.
 
I don't belong here gents, as I've never served. But I do want to thank each and every one of you for defending our freedoms and rights. I don't take it for granted and I wish all the best for you and your families. God Bless you all.:icon_pray:
 
Not sure how I missed this....

Nearly 21 years in the USAF as a Life Support Technician....

4 years active duty from 86-90 working with RC-135's in Alaska

17 years as a full time Guard member from 90-07 working with KC-135's
 
Me USN 1983-1993
Wife USN 1984-1994
Son USAF 2011- present
Me again USNR 2011- ??
 
68-72 1st BDE , 1st Air Cav, "flying circus" CWO-3 UH-1 A and B pilot, Quang Tri Prov, Tay Ninh, Viet nam
 
My Turn...

Grew up in the Navy. Dad was a career aviator and flew everything but jets in WWII & Korea.

I signed up in the Navy in 1968 and got out in 1972. In '73 I went to work for the Navy as a civilian and retired from there in 2003 with 35 yrs total service.

I was an Aviation Electronics tech ( ATR-2) and worked on KA and EKA 3B's. I also got to fly as a 3rd seater, ECM/Radio operator, deployed to the MED and North Atlantic.

I did a little family history and asked any family member to send me their military history. I was amazed at how many had served and where. Just from WWII on, we had over 40 members in all services. Over half were combat vets, and 15 or so were combat pilots. I have one cousin that flew helos in 'Nam and had 2 or 3 shot out from under him.

Out of all those there were no combat losses! In fact, the only combat loss I was able to find in the family was a company commander, Capt, in the 39th Alabama, Civil War, at the Murfreesboro, TN.

2 of my brother-in-laws are vets as well, on Army (Viet Nam) and the other Air Force career.

And I want to add my thanks to those that have served and to those still serving!

Jeff
 
I just retired 1 November this year after 27 1/2 years in the Air Force. I am a Logistics guy by trade and spent almost 7 years since 1990 deployed to various sandboxes in the Middle East. Twice with the ARMY in a forces buildup capacity going door to door, village to village looking for lost or left behind ARMY equipment. I spent 4 years as a Military Training Instructor and my last 2 years I spent instructing and preparing young men and women for outside the wire ARMY taskings that Air Force personnel are filling. It has been a remarkable career and although the missions have always sucked...the people in the various services have made it worthwhile. I would definately do it all over again..

Scott
 
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