Veterans sound off

[hillybilly]

6 years MM2 (SW) (nuke) USS Bainbridge CGN-25

 

[seigex]

Hooah ... 6 years US Army SATCON (MILSATCOM) Army Space and Missile Defence Command. Camp Roberts, CA & Fort Buckner, Okinawa JP.

 

[hatedheretic]

6 years Army ('00-'06) Medic/Radiology Specialist... spent time at Ft. Jackson/Sam Houston/Leonard Wood/Wainwright/Knox..

 

[Rbeckett]

Horaah, 16P20(P) Air Defense (We are the duck hunters!!!). Ft Bliss, Kitzingen Germany, Ft Stewart Ga, South Korea, Iraq.....Had a blast, wouldn't trade it fer nuttin.....

Wheelchair Bob

 

[Varmintman]

Army all the way.

 

[Yooper]

I was at Ft Huachuca (military intelligence), followed by Germany. It was 30 years ago, though!

 

[GrogNerd]

6 years US Navy, Sonar Tech Surface STG3

3 years San Diego (RTC, FLEASWTRACENPAC, SSC), 1987 - '90
3 years USS Hawes FFG-53, '90 - '93. 2 deployments; 1 to Persian Gulf for Desert Shield/Desert Storm, 1 to Med/Adriatic

best time was '92 BaltOps; 2 month deployment with a visit to all countries on the Baltic Sea. Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark & Germany plus visits to former Soviet-bloc countries Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland & Russia. For those countries, we were the first US Navy warship there since WWII

 

[Rbeckett]

Cmon Yoop, You can't be older than 22 or 23.......Right? It isn't physical age anyway, it all mental. So I can be a horny 15 year old boy till I die. I never wanted to grow up and I have resisted it fiercly in the last 4 years, but alas Kidney failure is slowing me down and making me behave like an older more staid gent. It's one of those scratchy and itchy things around you neck in church on Sunday, and you just wanna rip it off and get back to jeans and a T-shirt before the itch drives you absolutely insane.....

Wheelchair Bob

 

[cody6173]

Marine for life. 5 year active duty USMC (04-09). Crew chief/QAR on the now decommissioned CH-53D. That's me on the tail gun. Semper Fi.

 

[JerseyJoe]

Semper Fi Operation Desert / Shield Storm

 

[jmendez29]

6 years MM2 (SW) (nuke) USS Bainbridge CGN-25

Must have been a while ago.

8 years 4 months 13 days. MM1 (nuke) USS Enterprise CVN-65, decommissioned.

 

[Varmintman]

While I went Army I have to say I am rather proud of my Dad. He was on the first sub to circle the globe submerged. I think it was the Triton but I have not read the Nat Geo article lately.

 

[hillybilly]

Must have been a while ago.

8 years 4 months 13 days. MM1 (nuke) USS Enterprise CVN-65, decommissioned.

yep 1987-1991 onboard ship

 

[jungatheart]

I was at Ft Huachuca (military intelligence), followed by Germany. It was 30 years ago, though!

What was your MOS?

I was a 97b40 out of the older school at Ft. Holabird.

Bet Arizona was nicer than Baltimore, Maryland.

I always liked listing my job title on resumes: Counter Intelligence Special Agent.

 

[Evan_L]

Sgt, USMC, 0351 - 8 years

 

[Stoneciphes]

OIF VET. USAF 2002-2005 Med/Honorable discharge. 90% VA disability.

 

[Subsailor]

Retired Boomer Sailor

SSBN 618
SSBN 641
SSBN 658

 

[kosmokramer]

OIF VET. USAF 2002-2005 Med/Honorable discharge. 90% VA disability.

when were you at keesler? 338th right? i was 2e2, 02-06

 

[cabron99]

USMC - 66-67 veet nam

 

[Yooper]

What was your MOS?

I was a 97b40 out of the older school at Ft. Holabird.

Bet Arizona was nicer than Baltimore, Maryland.

I always liked listing my job title on resumes: Counter Intelligence Special Agent.

Started as 96B, went to 97B. After that, I worked in PsyOps.

Arizonia was great- I loved it. I loved Germany too, as it was the height of the Cold War and I had a lot of duties- but spend weekends in Paris, Amsterdam, Salzburg, Vienna, etc.

 

[cluckk]

US Army Airborne infantryman with the 82nd in '84-86. Infantry mechanized, Korea 86-88. Infantry "Light Attack" at Fort Lewis 89-91.

 

[Yankeepride15]

USAF Nuclear,Chemical,and Biological Warfare Defense Technician (Disaster Preparedness) 1989 - 2001
Cannon AFB, NM
Elmendorf AFB, AK
Saudi x 3 (90/91, 94, 96)
Gitmo in 97
Korea
and various other lovely places

 

[kelitore]

GMG2 onboard USS Canopus (AS-34) and USS Abraham Lincoln. '88-92, Desert Storm '91-'92.

What do you do with a drunken sailor??...

 

[Dan]

This is a great thread! Well done, HillyBilly.

Just want to take a chance to say thank you to all veterans. There is healthy camaraderie among the different services but we're all on the same team.

"Any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction, 'I served in the United States Military,'" wrote President John F. Kennedy in August 1963.

Me?

Senior Chief Petty Officer, United States Navy. Retired.

 

[JohnSand]

Am I the only Coastie? Well, it is the smallest service.
USCG, Boatswain's Mate, six years active, 1981-87. CGC Decisive, Rescue Station Fort Totten NY (closed, but I still see my old boat 41412 sometimes), PB Cape Horn (also gone). I loved that job, sunrise at sea, or sunsets over NYC.
But I'm glad younger guys are going out in those storms now.
There is some impressive service here, I salute you all.

 

[seigex]

"It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived." -- Patton, George S.

 

[PerfectD3]

USAF 3E571-Engineering '05-'13. Four times down range - Bagram, Eskan, and 2 undisclosed.

 

[Dan]

"It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived." -- Patton, George

Wow! You pulled that out.

Couldn't agree with you more.

 

[jerryteague]

US Army, National Guard- SGT (19K, and 19D)

1/70 armor-Ft Polk, La
1/66 armor-Ft Hood, Tx
2/68 armor-Baumholder, Germany
HHC-45th infantry, Mcalester, ok

Was in the military for a total of 13 years. ETS'ed just before the 45th went to Afghanistan. Did 3 tours in Kuwait as well...

 

[RuffRider]

Active duty Master Chief stationed in Charleston, SC! I retire in November.

 

[yosysfire]

Air Force 2000-present. 5 tours to the middle east, 3 to the Pacific. Great Times! Currently stationed in nowhere Virginia....

 

[hillybilly]

I've been to nowhere VA I was stationes in Norfolk

 

[yosysfire]

I've been to nowhere VA I was stationes in Norfolk

That might be somewhere compared to Dahlgren Va..ha

 

[seadad9903]

22 year Signalman/Bosun's Mate. Retired in Feb. 10 years on ships, a few at NS Norfolk and the rest doing force protection

 

[Retire2016]

Chief with 19 years in the USN as a CT. Retiring in a couple years.

 

[fluidmechanics]

Am I the only Coastie? Well, it is the smallest service.
USCG, Boatswain's Mate, six years active, 1981-87. CGC Decisive, Rescue Station Fort Totten NY (closed, but I still see my old boat 41412 sometimes), PB Cape Horn (also gone). I loved that job, sunrise at sea, or sunsets over NYC.
But I'm glad younger guys are going out in those storms now.
There is some impressive service here, I salute you all.

I'm a MK2 I have been in 2007-present.

 

[kosmokramer]

Chief with 19 years in the USN as a CT. Retiring in a couple years.

Love the screen name, That's awesome... total respect for all the lifers on here, i loved my time and the people but 4 was enough of the bs for me...


On a side note, I just opened an LHBS and i have to go back to my day job soon... Does the va have a list of vets looking for jobs? not to much pay but if I can help a vet I'd love too

 

[lumpher]

usn 6 years. got out as gmm2. 1 westpac tour, 1 persian gulf tour

 

[brewinginnc]

Sgt usmc 0331 03-07

 

[JohnSand]

I'm a MK2 I have been in 2007-present.

Great! I loved the CG. I left to spend some time with friends and family, and because the PD offered me a job. Keeps those boats running!