Administrators Eric Posted November 11, 2019 Administrators Share Posted November 11, 2019 What branch of the service were you in? What MOS ( or whatever the lesser services call their job classifications. )? Where were you stationed? I was 11-B light infantry, in the US Army. I went to Basic in Harmony Church, FT Benning, GA. I can tell you that digging foxholes in Georgia's red clay is a bitch. I'm just glad I went through Basic there in the winter. I was stationed in the 3rd US Inf Regiment, TOG, FT Meyer, VA. How about the rest of you? 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueiron Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 USMC. MOS: 311 and 331. Like the avatar says: "Suicide Charley" Company, 1st BN, 7th Marine Regiment, 1stMarDiv. Yep, Chesty Puller's Battalion in 1942 on Guadalcanal. Posted up ashore at Camp Pendleton, CA. and I still remember Mount Maternal Fornicator. Did my high seas time on the WestPac. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 (edited) US Navy. PO3 Radioman on MSO Minesweepers out of Charleston SC, Atlantic Minecraft base , late 1950's Edited November 11, 2019 by janice6 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 US Navy, 1110. NROTC in college, active from 1972 until 1978. Spent a few tours in the Tonkin Yacht Club on a destroyer escort looking for submarines and occasionally lobbing 5-inch shells at the dirt part of the country. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fnfalman Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Not the right camo for a winter forest. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vito Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 (edited) U.S. Army. I served 24 years from 1966 to 1990, retired as a Lieutenant Colonel. Only spent one year in a combat theater, Vietnam. Retired just days before the first Iraq war. Its very odd to think about how I have been retired from the Army for more years than the career that I was on active duty. I still am bound by my oath to defend this nation from enemies foreign and domestic. I'm old, but I'm not blind and can still pull a trigger. Edited November 11, 2019 by Vito 5 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Eric, we've said it before and we'll say it again. Thank you and your regiment for seeing our brothers ans sisters to their final rest with the dignity they deserve. 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deputy tom Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 While I'm not a Vet, I thank you all for your service and welcome home. tom. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted November 11, 2019 Author Administrators Share Posted November 11, 2019 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 I was a 316x0 (Missile Systems Systems Analyst Specialist) for a couple of years, busted my knee, and then crosstrained to 511x0 (Computer Systems Operator Specialist). That's SAC's fancy way of saying I swapped black boxes and sump pumps in Minuteman silos and then ran punched cards and tapes. Damn, you think about it, most young folks have no inkling of a sump pump, much less those other things. 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rellik Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 (edited) USAF retired Weapon Control Systems, Radar maint, F-4 E's, & D models SAC ABN Command Post, Comm Maint Tech, EC-135 A, G, C models Predator UAV Maint tech, before the world could spell UAV. Edited November 11, 2019 by Rellik 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dric902 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 United States By God Army 13b34j4m5 Special Weapons for 6 years Recruiter for 3 (never, ever do that) ducking and hiding for 1 (worked for the Sergeant Major as S-4 liaison at the post Skills Development Center) thanks to all that are still there, and the ones that aren’t . 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 1963 - 1965, 5th inf div. Mech. Ft. Carson, weapons squad Sgt. 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueiron Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 3 hours ago, tous said: Not the right camo for a winter forest. It stuck out even worse in the Kuwaiti and Iraqi deserts. 3 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWARREN123 Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 U.S. Army 1970 - 1992 11 series, ever man pack a Tow missile system up a mountain? Ft Bragg, Campbell and around the world 3 times. One thing that sticks out is all the holidays I missed away from family. 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar_ml Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 (edited) Army, 2005-2009 15P, Aviations Operations Specialist (Fancy way of saying I'm supposed to do paperwork in an aviation unit. I never did do much paperwork though) 3-2 GSAB at USAG Humphreys, South Korea for all of it. Edited November 12, 2019 by Cougar_ml 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zonny Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 (edited) I'll boast for my daughter. 13 years Army Guard; 89D. EOD. Deployments to Afghanistan, Kuwait and Iraq. Top left: Edited November 12, 2019 by Zonny 3 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 You have every right to be proud! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 (edited) I would also echo my pride in my Grandson serving in the ME. He is a graduate of the, "...Defense Language Institute is a United States Department of Defense educational and research institution consisting of two separate entities which provide linguistic and cultural instruction to the Department of Defense, other Federal Agencies...", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_Language_Institute He spoke a number of local Middle Eastern dialects and regional languages, and was specifically tested to determine that his speaking was indistinguishable from the locals. He served in an Intelligence capacity with Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance aircraft over Afghanistan and neighboring countries. What was interesting to me was that my company outfitted the aircraft he served in. Edited November 12, 2019 by janice6 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zonny Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 5 minutes ago, janice6 said: I would also echo my pride in my Grandson serving in the ME. He is a graduate of the, "...Defense Language Institute is a United States Department of Defense educational and research institution consisting of two separate entities which provide linguistic and cultural instruction to the Department of Defense, other Federal Agencies...", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_Language_Institute He spoke a number of local Middle Eastern dialects and regional languages, and was specifically tested to determine that his speaking was indistinguishable from the locals. He served in an Intelligence capacity with Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance aircraft over Afghanistan and neighboring countries. What was interesting to me was that my company outfitted the aircraft he served in. Impressive. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 1 minute ago, Zonny said: Impressive. He says he has an inordinate ability for languages and they all come very easy for him. He chose not to re-enlist but to enter government service in another capacity. We are proud of him, as you rightfully are proud of your Daughter. He is quick to say that he didn't serve in a battlefield capacity, so he doesn't think what he did was special, as what your daughter did/is doing. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borg warner Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 (edited) USAF 1969-73 AFSC Power Productions Specialist. I ran back-up generators on base and supplied power in remote locations. I started out at a SAC Base an got sent TDY to work with SAC's Radar Bombing Squadron first at Bergstrom AFB TX and then on the Radar train which was located first in Alberta, Canada, and then in Beaver, Utah. Then the replacement for the man I was filling in for at Bergstrom showed up and I was sent back to my permanent duty station at Fairchild AFB Washington state. When I got back to Fairchild AFB I had orders to go to Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Viet Nam and I was all ready to process out and had my overseas shots and everything when word came down from assignments said my orders were canceled because I was still supposed to be TDY and so they cut me new orders and sent me Alaska remote to Tin City Radar station on the Bering strait for a year. After that I was stationed at Travis AFB in Northern California which was a MAC base. It was there on Feb 12 1973 that I ran the generators for the news crews when the first POW's returned from Viet Nam. I was very close, right up with the cameramen and got to see the looks on their faces when they got off the plane. Edited November 12, 2019 by Borg warner 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holyjohnson Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 (edited) I never served in the Military and it is a Regret i have to this day. Thank You All for Serving and Thank You for having Children that Served! Edited November 12, 2019 by holyjohnson 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syntaxerrorsix Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 12B20 Combat Engineer 19991-2001 841st Eng (Cbt/Hvy) 81ARCOM, 84th Eng (Cbt/Hvy) 2ACR, 40th Eng (Mech) 1AD, 588th Eng (Mech) 4ID 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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