Ramjet38 Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Checking the population here on who is as old as I. USN, Tonkin Gulf, USS Ranger 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucky Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Never served, something I’d change if I got a do over. Just wanted to shout out a thank you to all that have. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fynky Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 TDY in and out Nha Trang, Cam Rahn and Tachikawa, Feb '68 to Aug '68, comm/nav repair on C-130E's, USAF. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPM Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Navy CT 64-68, last 2 years in Kami Seya. Never in country, rating limited assignments. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistoleer Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 (edited) Vietnam, 1st Cavalry Division, 1969-70. Edited July 4, 2018 by Pistoleer 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borg warner Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 69-73 USAF I had orders for Tan Son Nhut AFB in 1970 but those orders were cancelled and they sent me Alaska remote for a year instead. They changed them at the last minute after I got all my overseas shots. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistolay Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 I was in my 6th week at Parris Island in the summer of '72 when they announced that a peace agreement had been reached. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army66 Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 5th Inf Div, Quang Tri RVN June 68-Jun 69. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie-pete Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 I volunteered to go to SEA. Had orders to Korat in 1973 and the war ended in VN. A guy in VN took my spot in Korat and I was involuntarily cross-trained into missiles. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citra47 Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 '69-'73 USAF Never in country. Spent 18 mo working the Operational Relay, Kadena AB Okinawa which was at that time under US control. Rest of time was in the States, last 18 mo. at F E Warren AFB, Cheyenne, Wyoming.........that was cold! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citra47 Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 On 7/4/2018 at 8:36 PM, Borg warner said: 69-73 USAF I had orders for Tan Son Nhut AFB in 1970 but those orders were cancelled and they sent me Alaska remote for a year instead. They changed them at the last minute after I got all my overseas shots. At least the medics got to practice giving you all those shots 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie-pete Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 On 7/5/2018 at 8:51 PM, Citra47 said: At least the medics got to practice giving you all those shots Funny story time. When I got to my first base as a new LT, I was the Fuels Officer in the POL section. Soon after I got there, I got the Shot Record Card from the Base hospital with a request to go down and get a bunch of shots. I was bemoaning that fact in the office one morning and my QC MSGT heard me. Sgt. Snodgrass said " No problem, LT. Give me your Record Card. " I did and when I got back from lunch, it was sitting on my desk. It looked like I had had ever shot the AF could think up, all duly noted by the signature and stamp of some doctor at the hospital. Ahhh, another bullet dodged. Until I got orders to SEA three years later. After hearing about all the nasty diseases there, I took my card into the hospital and said " I need all the shots on this card ". The clerk looked at it and said, " No Sir, you are all current for SEA." I said, " No, I need ALL the shots on this card." I think he understood the situation and said " OK, I understand; be right with you " The gamma globulin was the worst. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mario Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 Navy 1967 - 1970 USS Yorktown 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borg warner Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 On 7/7/2018 at 12:40 PM, willie-pete said: Funny story time. When I got to my first base as a new LT, I was the Fuels Officer in the POL section. Soon after I got there, I got the Shot Record Card from the Base hospital with a request to go down and get a bunch of shots. I was bemoaning that fact in the office one morning and my QC MSGT heard me. Sgt. Snodgrass said " No problem, LT. Give me your Record Card. " I did and when I got back from lunch, it was sitting on my desk. It looked like I had had ever shot the AF could think up, all duly noted by the signature and stamp of some doctor at the hospital. Ahhh, another bullet dodged. Until I got orders to SEA three years later. After hearing about all the nasty diseases there, I took my card into the hospital and said " I need all the shots on this card ". The clerk looked at it and said, " No Sir, you are all current for SEA." I said, " No, I need ALL the shots on this card." I think he understood the situation and said " OK, I understand; be right with you " The gamma globulin was the worst. Was that the one that didn't hurt until about 30 seconds after you got the shot, and then it hurt like a Mo-fo? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F350 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 On 7/5/2018 at 6:34 PM, Citra47 said: '69-'73 USAF Never in country. Spent 18 mo working the Operational Relay, Kadena AB Okinawa which was at that time under US control. Rest of time was in the States, last 18 mo. at F E Warren AFB, Cheyenne, Wyoming.........that was cold! Ah come on now, I live in Laramie, 1,200 feet higher in elevation; it gets a bit brisk at times and the wind blows a little but it ain't bad. 1972 was in AFROTC first year and a half at college, didn't like the AF and was talking to Marine Corps PLC about changing when I came down with Mono and strep throat and was sicker than hell and took incompletes for the semester and too sick to start the next. Well you have to have successfully completed the previous semester to get into the PLC program so I didn't qualify; I was friends with the local USMC recruiter and he said an officer really aught to see the Corps from the bottom up first, so I enlisted in the reserves. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie-pete Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 23 minutes ago, Borg warner said: Was that the one that didn't hurt until about 30 seconds after you got the shot, and then it hurt like a Mo-fo? That was it; and it kept hurting for a long time. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citra47 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 1 hour ago, F350 said: Ah come on now, I live in Laramie, 1,200 feet higher in elevation; it gets a bit brisk at times and the wind blows a little but it ain't bad. 1972 was in AFROTC first year and a half at college, didn't like the AF and was talking to Marine Corps PLC about changing when I came down with Mono and strep throat and was sicker than hell and took incompletes for the semester and too sick to start the next. Well you have to have successfully completed the previous semester to get into the PLC program so I didn't qualify; I was friends with the local USMC recruiter and he said an officer really aught to see the Corps from the bottom up first, so I enlisted in the reserves. Yea, but you probably stay inside your nice, warm, toasty cabin on cold days. Cheyenne was the only place I have seen people playing golf in 2 1/2' to 3' of powdered snow wearing heavy parkas. Painted their golf balls iridescent colors so they could find them. Would you believe I turned down an assignment in Anchorage, Alaska because I foolishly thought Cheyenne would be warmer. What did I know? Dumb boy from South Texas. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramjet38 Posted July 10, 2018 Author Share Posted July 10, 2018 On 7/7/2018 at 2:40 PM, willie-pete said: Funny story time. When I got to my first base as a new LT, I was the Fuels Officer in the POL section. Soon after I got there, I got the Shot Record Card from the Base hospital with a request to go down and get a bunch of shots. I was bemoaning that fact in the office one morning and my QC MSGT heard me. Sgt. Snodgrass said " No problem, LT. Give me your Record Card. " I did and when I got back from lunch, it was sitting on my desk. It looked like I had had ever shot the AF could think up, all duly noted by the signature and stamp of some doctor at the hospital. Ahhh, another bullet dodged. Until I got orders to SEA three years later. After hearing about all the nasty diseases there, I took my card into the hospital and said " I need all the shots on this card ". The clerk looked at it and said, " No Sir, you are all current for SEA." I said, " No, I need ALL the shots on this card." I think he understood the situation and said " OK, I understand; be right with you " The gamma globulin was the worst. You're right about that gamma GLOB shot. My gawd that hurt! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borg warner Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 4 hours ago, Ramjet38 said: You're right about that gamma GLOB shot. My gawd that hurt! I never knew what it was until now. They didn't tell me or even warn me that it was going to hurt. But years ago I was working for a general contactor and we were dealing with raw sewage extending a leach field and I was up to my knees in **** for a couple of days and the boss mentioned that it might be a good idea to get a Gamma Globulin shot in case I had any cuts anywhere but I never developed any cuts so I never got the shot. But If I had, then I would have known what a gamma globulin shot was. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LKPlank Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Drafted in Oct. 1970, discharged 1972. Because of my MOS 01E20 I got sent to the basement of the pentagon to program computers instead of wade rice paddies. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flags Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Tail end of Vietnam. Joined Navy in 74 after graduating High School. On Coral Sea for evacuation of Saigon. Retired in 94 after desert Storm so guess I am 1 and 1 for conflicts 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F14Scott Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 I'm not old enough to have been in Viet Nam, but I sailed aboard Ranger twice, both times for CQ dets, walking aboard as a JO not yet trained to fly aboard, once stashed with VF-1 and once as a RAG student with VF-124. She was a great ship in 1991 and 1992. My favorite memory was hooking my new Sega Genesis to the Ready Room bungavision, triggering epic, all-night John Madden football tournaments amongst the JOPA.Sent from my phone using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F350 Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 On 7/9/2018 at 10:10 PM, Citra47 said: Yea, but you probably stay inside your nice, warm, toasty cabin on cold days. Cheyenne was the only place I have seen people playing golf in 2 1/2' to 3' of powdered snow wearing heavy parkas. Painted their golf balls iridescent colors so they could find them. Would you believe I turned down an assignment in Anchorage, Alaska because I foolishly thought Cheyenne would be warmer. What did I know? Dumb boy from South Texas. NEGITIVE GHOSTRIDER!!! That is when the ice fishing is at it's best (you don't know what fun is till you sit on a block of ice in -5* temps with a stiff wind for a few hours) and the cold and snow drive the elk out of the high country into the valleys where a fat old man can get at them. Never did get the point of golf. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pax Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Mobile Riverine Force, Mekong Delta 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fyrtwuck Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 1975-1978 USAF active duty 1978-1981 USAF Reserve 1981-1994 Oklahoma Air National Guard 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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