From reading posts on here, I've noticed there is a lot of Vets that frequent this site.
I'm retired Navy. 22 yrs (Hull Tech. The sailors will know what that is)
Veteran of Desert Storm and the Iraq War. Stationed mostly in Norfolk Va and a little stint in south east Georgia.
I did't get to bowhunt much while I was in, spent a lot of time deployed and at sea. Feels great to have some time to get out in the woods finally.
Give a post of who and where you served our great country. Thanks in advance of your service and sacrifice.
Washington Army National Guard 1997 - 2005
A Co, 181st Brigade, WARNG, Actived to Regular Army, 14th Combat Engineers, 555th Engineer Group, Fort Lewis, Wa. Served 18 months as an Army combat engineer, 12 months in Iraq 2003 / 2004 with the 3rd ACR. We were light engineers ( wheeled ) attached to an armored battalion. Spent the war shooting it out and blowing things up while running around in light skinned aluminium dump trucks. We were the fastest and quietest company in the battalion. Guess who got all the QRF missions and raids.
It was a lot of fun and a lot of bad times all rolled into one wild ride. We had a 3 month train up and demob. on either end of the tour in the sand box. I got out at the end of my 8 year contract.
SSG Walker Lowell C.
B Co, 14th Engr, 555th Engr Group
Vietnam; 11TH Armored Cavalry Regiment (Tanks)
68-69 Commanding officer was Col. George S. Patton Jr.(The famous WW2 general's son)
3rdBattalion,2nd Marines stationed in Thailand,Hong Kong,Korea,Philippines,Norway and Japan twice.And loved every minute of my military time.Remember those before us.SemperFi :clapper:
Aco 327th Signal Fort Bragg NC 84-88
USAF (Active) 1983 - 1992
Philippines, North Dakota, Korea, Alaska
Alaska Air Guard 1992-2003
Eielson AFB
XVIII Airborne Corp. FT Bragg, 1973-1976.
I woulda stayed in too but they wouldn't let me fly a Cobra 8-(
Hey Badger Subic Bay ?
Active Army from '84 to '05.
NJ, MA, TX, FL, GA, MD.....Germany, England, various deployments to 3rd world garden spots.
US Navy 1954-1984. Served two tours with the U S Marines as a
Hospital Corpsman in Vietnam.
US Army
1st Cav
11th Aviation Group
Republic of Viet Nam (1968)
Quang Tri Province
Here is the view I had for a good portion of the time.
(http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll58/genecharb/gene-rvn.jpg)
USAF Langley AFB, VA '92-'96...just up the road from ya.
Josh
Texas Army National Guard
Det-1, 6th / 112th 49th lone Star
Served w/25th ID out of Hawaii
Detached to ROK Army, Korea for team Spirit "87"
GO USA, Land of the Free & the Brave
US Navy 1980-83
Whidbey Island, Washington
USS Coral Sea
Dan
4th Infantry. US Army.
Iraq 2003-2004 as an Infantryman.
USAF (Retired) 1985-2005
Eielson AFB AK, Shaw AFB SC, Shemya AFS AK, Altus AFB OK and Little Rock AFB AR.
Supply 13 years, Medical 3 years, Ground Safety last 4 years.
When I retired a video covering my 20 years was presented to me. My Father is the paratrooper in the beginning. I continued a family tradition albeit in a different branch Dad never held it against me. My own son is now serving in the AF. I'm so proud of him for his commitment.
If you would care to see the video just select the link below.
http://www.pactaclures.com/retirement%20ceremony.htm
US Navy Chief Petty Officer (SW), Retired
1972-1993
USS Grand Canyon,Naval Air Station Pensacola,USS Puget Sound, USS Frank Cabel, Naval Guided Missle School,Naval Air Station Guam, Naval Submarine Facility Groton.
Newport,RI,Mayport,FL,Pensacola,FL,Gaeta,Italy,
Charleston, SC, Naval Guided Missle School, Va Beach, Va.,Naval Air Station, Guam, Groton, CT.
Danny
9 years, 1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, (1RAR) Recce.
Tours in East Timor x2, and Solomans. Worked in Iraq as a convoy operator and later PSD, after that moved to Afghan as a body guard.
Now trying my had at the civvi way of life.... hmmm....
Cheers,
ak.
U.S. Navy 1988-1995. Naval Aircrewman, NDI Tech., Airframer.
NAS Patuxent River, MD
NAS North Island, CA.
U.S. Army 1966-1969, CINCPAC, J3 Operations Division,Camp H.M. Smith, Oahu, HI. Communications specialist.
Air Force 1986 - 2006, Aircraft Fuel System Mechanic, retired as Tech Sgt. Spangdahlem Germany, Kirtland AFB New mexico, Osan Korea, Mountain Home Idaho. Directly or indirectly involved in everything from the Cold War to Iraqi Freedom.
PRC(AW), Retired, US Navy
1977-1998
That's Parachute Rigger Chief (Air Warfare) for you black shoe types (they know who they are..lol)
VAQ-133, NAS Whidbey Island, Wa; Water/Land Survival Instructor, NAS Pensacola, Fl; VA-75, NAS Oceana, VA Beach, VA; Training Wing Two, NAS Kingsville, TX; VA-165, NAS Whidbey Island, WA; and NATTC Millington, TN & NATTC Pensacola, FL
U.S. Marine Corps. First Mediterranean float I went to England, Spain, France, Italy, Turkey, Greece, Israel, and Mombasa Kenya. My second Med float we got dropped off in sunny Beirut Lebanon for 4 months of R&R. My third float was a NATO, I got to see Norway, Denmark, and Amsterdam Holland. My MOS was communications, I was attached to an artillery battery for 4 years, then a wing squadron for my last three years. In the middle there somewhere I did a year and a half teaching at a comm school. I don't regret a day of my service. I'll admit a few times I said to myself "what the hell am I doing here".
11B. A co, 1-87 INF, 10th Mtn. Div, Ft. Drum, NY and 1-16 INF, 1st ID Ft. Riley, KS. Heading to Nat. Guard in Arkansas this fall. OEF IV '03-'04.
U.S. Navy 1971-1980 Naval Aircrewman
USS Enterprise - flying over lovely SE Asian countries!
USS FDRoosevelt - Yom Kippur - isn't this supposed to be a Med cruise?
VP-10 - tracking Ruski subs in the Atlantic
VP-30 - teaching folks about tracking Ruski subs
801st Maintenance Battalion, 101st Airborne
MOS 45B Small Arms Repair
US Navy- NMCB-5 (Seabee battalion) Steelworker.
Deployed to Guantanamo Bay Cuba, Yokosuka Japan, Guam, and The Philipines ( Subic Bay Naval Base and Clark AFB in ANgeles City.) 1981-1986. Home Ported in Pt Huememe, CA.
USAF 1976-1982 Avionics Technician Fighter Jets
Keesler AB MS-Tech Training
Homestead AB,Florida-2 years on F-4 Phantoms
Kadena AB Okinawa,Japan-3 years on F-15 Eagles
-18th Tac Fighter Wing
-Mobility Squadron(travelled all over
Asia with one TDY to Australia)
I liked the Philippines so much I used my G.I. Bill and returned there to go to college. Lived there 9 years as a civilian.
US Army 1968-1972,one tour in Vietnam 69-70. I thank God to have survived it.
God bless,Mudd
nmbc 62 seabees 1980-1988 " CAN-DO "
U.S.A.F. Ret.from 1975-1995. Desert storm vet.been most all over world. Guam,Panama,Turkey,Saudi,England,Germany, ect. Enjoyed just about all of it good times and bad ones. Worked everthing from Red Horse construction, Electronic Warfare on the B52s, and last with the AWACS. Would not give up the experance for anything! Thanks to all that have served and are serving now.
USMC 1970-1996 RVN, DSDS and other interesting points between that we do not talk about in public. I love this nation-and having been to many others, like the rest of you, know why. I think we are free for what our forefathers did for us and the rest of the world. I hope we have a government that understands the sacrifices and pains the women and men endure-and use their talents wisely and with purpose.
3rd.battalion 2nd Marines Went where thay told me to!Thank you all for your service.semper fi
U.S.Navy from 1978-1998 AO1 (AW) F-14 Fighters did 10 west pacs. First carrier on station after Iraq invated Kuiatt. CV61, CV62, CV63, CV64,CVN70, and LHA1. What a ride!!!! Fleet reserve 1998-2008 Done....30 years. Loved it and would do it all over again...
Now a Proud father of a Marine Saw Gunner w/2 tours in Iraq 2003-2009.
Take care and God Bless you all.......
USMC Grunt!!! 87-91 1st Battalion 6th Marines Bravo Co.OOOOORAH! Too many countries to type. Desert Shield and Desert Storm was my last hoorah. My avatar is me placing the American flag on a birm on the Highway of Death. Death being the Iraqs. One of the most memorable days of my life.
US NAVY MCB1 Seabee electrician 1962-1968
USAF reserve and then active duty 72-75.
Infantry Scout, US Army, '82-'84, 101ABN
Security Specialist, EST/CAT designated marksman, USAF, '84-'93, Greece, Turkey, Germany, ND, Desert Shield/Desert Storm.
U.S. Army 66-69
61st Aviation Company Vietnam 66-67
Crewchief, DeHaviland CV2B Caribou
USMC 1966-1970
Vietnam, 1st Marines 1968-1969
Grunt
Proud to serve!
U.S. Army from 87-91. Ft. Riley, Kansas, Ft. Carson, Colorado, and Wertheim, Germany.
U.S. Navy, GMG3. I was in from 93-97. Served onboard USS L.Y.Spear AS-36 and USS Kearsarge LHD-3.
US Army 78-80, 1st MP Co, 716th MP Bn, 1st Infantry Division.
We got recalled as we were boarding Starlifters in 79',deploying in prep to square away Iran. I often wonder how different the world would be today had we gone in back then...
My son (The Primate) is career Army, currently stationed at Ft Knox, with two tours in Dirka-Dirkastan under his belt...
Cal. army national guard 1960-1966 Served in the big war.The battle of LA Watts riots. Glad it was'nt any bigger!
US Army 71-14 RVN 238th AWC, 60th Av Co. AH-1G Crew Chief
USAF Ellsworth AFB, SD 1993-1997
US ARMY, 82-89, 513th MI GP, 2nd INF DIV, 1st CAV, and lots of side trips all over the world. Got to see the good and the bad.
USN 62-66
Chicago 62-63
Iceland 63-64
Vietnam 65-66
Hap
3/327 Infantry 101st airborne,92-96,Panama,Ft.polk Louisiana,West Point New York,Ft.Campbell Ky.,Ft.Benning Ga.THANKS everybody.
U.S. Army 1987-1993: Ft Sam Houston, Korea, Ft Stewart, Desert Shield/Desert Storm with 24th Mech Inf Div, Korea again. Joseph
US Navy 1980-present. Retire this fall! NAS WHidbey for all but 2 years, mostly with A-6 and EA-6B squadrons deploying to many different carriers and places.
US Navy, Radarman on USS Waddell DDG 24, out of San Diego CA...70-74 [ Viet Nam 71, 72, & 73 ]
Gene :wavey:
U.S. Navy 1966-1972; ICISSDV; Made four patrols aboard polaris missile submarine USS Henry Clay (SSBN625) out of Guam. San Diego - Mare Island, CA - Idaho Falls, ID - New London, CT - Charleston, SC - Key West, FL - Pearl Harbor, HI - Guam. Thanks to all who have served and are serving our country.
Take care all - Charlie
U.S.Navy retired ETC,1973-1995
Active Army from 97 to 02. Most time was spent in aviation, Apache's, as a fueler... driving 2500 gallon fuel tankers around. Spent most my time in TX, some in KY and a short stint in Bosnia. Never played in the sand box, which was bittersweet (didn't really want to go but didn't want my buddies to be there w/out me.) My wife also served 4 years, same time frame as a truck driver (moving tanks mostly) TX and KY also.
Picture from the dedication of the Veterans Memorial in my hometown on Veterans Day 2009.
(http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e116/ke5etx/DSC02052.jpg)
God bless those who defend us, in the past and in present... allowing us to live our lives in the glory of Freedom.
USMC 89-93, (0311 grunt). Barracks Duty United States Naval Academy Annapolis, Md. (2nd,Blt 2nd Mar Div.)
US Army
FT Benning GA
181st Pershing II Missle Battery Neu Ulm Germany Aberdeen Proving Ground MD
82-86
US Navy
1981-1985
Charleston Naval Station
USS Wainwright CG28
Gunners Mate Missles
U.S. Army 2nd Armored Cav. 1975-1978.
USN 1977-1999
Pensacola, FL
Rota, Spain
Diego Garcia, BIOT
Pensacola, FL
San Vito, Italy
USS Fletcher (DD-992)
Pensacola, FL
USS Ticonderoga (CG-47)
COMMARFORLANT, Norfolk, VA
CTRC(SW) USN(RET)
USAF RETIRED MASTER SGT 1982-2002
MEDIC, NUKE MISSILE FACILITY MANAGER, OR SCRUB TECH
Scott AFB, IL
Elmendorf AFB, AK
FE Warren AFB, WY
Nellis AFB, NV
Landstuhl Army Hospital, Landstuhl Germany
Macdill AFB, FL
Army 66-70, Army Active Reserve 72-77. Helicopter pilot; Biggie, they let me fly Cobras!
Gunship driver, 25th ID out of Cu Chi, RVN, 67-68. Flight instructor at Ft Wolters, Texas after Vietnam.
USAF '69-'73, Ssgt. Helped activate the 1st wing/base of F-111's at RAF Upper Heyford, England. Still an awesome bird...
"Thank You" to all Vets ! And Please take a disabled Vet hunting with You this Season !!! Believe me It will be the time of your hunting life!!!!
GMM1(SW) US Navy retired October 1st. 1996
Duty stations RTC Great Lakes, NTC Great Lakes, USS Lawrence DDG4, USS Stump DD978, NRD St. Louis, USS John Rodgers DD983,and my last tour was back at Great Lakes on instructor duty. I was also in the ship yards in Philly, Brooklyn, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Charleston. I wish I had stayed for 30!
And as an EXTREMELY proud grandpa I will add that
My oldest granddaughter joined the Navy yesterday and my oldest grandson (her kid brother) is in the USMC serving in Afghanistan.
My most sincere thanks to you all!
US Army 1970 to 1972 173rd Airborne RVN grunt
u.s navy 1989-1997
fc2
uss carl vinson cvn70
uss halsey cg-23
uss california cgn36
55b tracking radar
mk 74 tracking radar
mk 86 gun fire control system
U.S.Army, 1972-1976
91 Bravo- Corpsman
Ft. Sam Houston then Augsburg Germany
USAF, 2002-2008
366th, Mtn. Home AFB, ID
332nd, Balad AB, Iraq
Thanks to all the vets out there!
USMC CPL E-4, 67-69
USAF 68-72 ATC radar repairman 69-72 March AFB , Ca
USMC 95-99
2nd Battalion 7th Marines
Echo Company
60mm mortars
USAF Retired. 21 years of service. Served in Desert Storm and Provide Comfort. Retired after a deployment to Afghanistan. Ken
Ft. Benning 93-95
Illinois NG 95 - Present
England 95, Poland 97, Kuwait 00-01, Germany 02,
Bulgaria 05, Iraq 05-06, Afghanistan 08-09.
11B Grunt, is there any other !!!
USAF (active) 98'-07'
Pavements & Equipment Operator ; aka (Dirt Boyz)
Security Forces
-Keesler AFB, MS
-Ft Leonard Wood, MO
-Little Rock AFB, AR
-Al Jaber, Kuwait
-Osan AB, ROK
-Fairchild AFB, WA
-Al Dhafra, UAE
-Tallil AB, Iraq
-Vandenberg AFB, CA
*Free at last!!! :wavey:
I do miss it though but they won't let you stay in with a broken back. :(
USN ET3 1998-2004
tried to be a "frogman" a few times.
Deployed five times, 4 averaged about 8 months and spent the majority of my time "over yonder".
Now I am the oldest 31 year old at my University. Not many folks with a wife, two kids, and six years in the service in the University of California system.
USMC 1977 to 1993
rifleman
MP
Drill Instructor
Avionics
Stationed at Quantico, San Diego, Yuma, Jacksonville fla., Millington Tn.,
Visited Thailand, Philipines, Korea, Japan, Okinawa.
Enjoyed most of it. Also Wife was Army and Daughter was Navy on the Lincoln.
BigArcher
U.S. Coast Guard, Boatswain Mate Chief,
Surfman #270
Active duty 1991-present
CGC Sherman WHEC-720, CG Station Siuslaw River, CG Station Umpqua River, CG Station Yaquina Bay, CG Station Morro Bay, CG Station Yaquina Bay
I love Search and Rescue and busting waves on MLB Victory...
QuoteOriginally posted by ren sarns:
US Navy 1980-present. Retire this fall! NAS WHidbey for all but 2 years, mostly with A-6 and EA-6B squadrons deploying to many different carriers and places.
Whidbey was my first stomping grounds!! AE2. VAQ-129 from 86'-90'. Was with VXE-6 90'-94'. Spent a couple deployments down in Antarctica!!! Glad that was over!!!!!!
Navy.1969-1971. Uss Canesteo AO99. Heard they turned her into a reef!
Army National Guard, 1073rd Maintenance Company
1986 - 1994
Operation Desert Storm
Operation Desert Shield
USMC, '70-'73.
85-89
USMC 0311/rifleman 8531/marksmanship instructer
India Co, 3rd Btn., 1st Marines, 1st Mar Div.
Camp Pendleton
'87 West Pac-Team Spirit-Cobra Gold
now
1st Civ Div, Force recline, Camp Living room.
US Army 69-71
95B
Camp Red Cloud ROK 69-70
USMC, Golf 2/9 Vietnam 65-66
USAF 65/68
Photo Tech
RVN 66-67 Det 6 600 Photo
US Army
Retired
9 years active duty, 13 years Reserves
2 combat tours - Panama and Desert Storm/Shield
Signal Intelligence Voice Interceptor (Spanish)
U.S. COAST GUARD (ACTIVE SERVICE) 62 - 66; AVIATION SAR CREW GRUMMAN ALBATROS SEAPLANES, HO4S PISTON HELOS, RESCUE SWIMMER. AVIATION STRUCTURAL AND HYDROLICS MECH. THEN CREW ON SIKORSKI HH52A JET ENGINE SAR HELO.
1972 - 80 USCG ACTIVE RESERVES, SAR COXSWAIN, 42 FOOT PATROL BOATS, MIAMI, CA. WA.