I'm sure this has come up before, but I was just wondering how many brother's I have here on this forum.

Who's served in the Military? What was your job?

Me.. Army Infantry for 8 years. Served in 'Nam.

Naval Air Reserve, 1969-1975. I think I partially qualify. Regular duty always looked down on us 'weekend warriors'.

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PC, censorship
with a smile.

Army, MP, 22 years so far. Just Cause, Desert Storm, Iraq, Afghanistan, due up for another tour in August to either Iraq or Afghanistan..

Not anymore. Almost half the troops in theater right now are either Reserve or National Guard

US Navy, Sonarman, Destroyer USS Charles R Ware, DD865, 1958 to 1961... reserve and regular time added together.

U.S. Air Force 2003 - 2008. Aerial Gunner. Sr. Airman (E-4)

Served in (over, rather) Iraq and Afghanistan in one of these bad boys. (see attached photo)

Got discharged because of complications after a head injury. Just got cleared for re-enlistment.

I'm attending school in the fall to use my GI Bill.... but I'm going into the AF Reserve as soon as possible also. Doing something fun like in flight re-fueling.

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- The Federalist #46 -

US Army 1975 - 1981 91C-20L (Clinical Specialist)

US Army 1967-1971, 11B, 12B, discharged as an E-5. ROTC in college, USAR and National Guard 1976-1998, retired as an LTC.
Regarding the Reserves and National Guard in the 1960s, I recall hearing an instructor in BRMC in BCT refering to them as "legalized draft dodgers". I do remember that when I started BCT I read a news story that said the Pentagon said Vietnam veterans no longer had to serve in the active reserves, they could go right into the IRR.

Did my time in the Army Security Agency 1969 thru 1972. Served as Communications Traffic Analyst/Cryptanalyst. Spent 18 months in Turkey spying on the Ruskies, the last 15 months at Homestead AFB, spying n the Ruskies in Cuba. I think you will find a very high number of vets on this forum.

I'm former ASA too. ASA was Cancun for the army. Except for basic it hardly felt military at all.

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Regards, Ron
USASA 1965/69

11 years. Enlisted at 17yo, got out to start my own business.

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Shoot fast & live long
Warren

RA 6 yrs 19E (armor crewman) NG 17 yrs 54B NBC (chem puke) 1 tour VN, 1 tour "Joint guard "= the goat-rope in the balkins.

U.S. Army: June 30, 1969 - December 29, 1971

Fort Ord, CA - Basic

Fort Gordon, GA - Signal School

MACV, RVN - 1st Signal Brigade

Presidio of San Francisco, CA - San Francisco Signal Team -Attached to Army Air Defense Command (ARADOM) and assigned to the Joint Communication Center, Mill Valley Air Force Station (MVAFS) on Mount Tamalpais, Marin County, CA. Most importantly, the mess hall was run by the Air Force - gooooood chow!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mill_Va..._Force_Station

If you follow the link above, I worked in the building under the dome in the photo entitled "SAGE search radar." If you scroll down to the photo of the "Station support area," you will note the facility is above the fog/low clouds. More days than not we would be sitting in the sun while The City (S.F.) would be socked in by fog. My view of the Bay on a clear day was unbelieveable! Great duty station . . .

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1st Signal Brigade, RVN '70

Two branches here. Started in the Marine Reserve as a Air Control Electronics Operator and tried to go AD but that didn't work so I went AD in the Air Force. Started in Supply and cross trained into ICBMs at the first chance. Retired after 22 years.

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Mike
USMCR 84-87, USAF 87-07

U.S Navy 1962-1968 Aviation P5M seaplanes, and P3 Orion

U.S.Navy 1959-1978 retired on 20 in 1978. Musician 1st Class.
3 tours of sea duty, USS Coral Sea, USS Yorktown and USS J.F. Kennedy.
3 years ashore in Yokosuka, Japan. Stateside in Corpus Christi Texas, Seattle, WA (twice) and Norfolk/Little Creek Va. Boot camp in San Diego and A school in Washington D.C.
Just had a 50 year reunion with members of my first unit. 10 out of 16 attended. What a hoot! It was like it was just last year we were together instead of almost 50 years ago.

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Dean
SWCA #680 SWHF #446

U.S. Army, Feb. 1969 - Jan. 1972.

67A1F - Helicopter Doorgunner.
RVN 12/2/1969 - 12/4/1970, 1st Aviation Brigade, 213th ASHC (CH-47C Chinooks), III Corp, Phu Loi.
Here's a pic of my duty station for 10 1/2 months.

Bruce

U.S. Army, Military Police, 1982-1985, 7th Corp. HQ, Stugartt Germany.

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ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ

USN 93-97 Boatswainsmate 3rd class USS CONSTELLATION CV-64

US Army 69 to 71. Denver Dick, you and I may have crossed paths. I was at Ft Gordon in 69 and then Long Binh from Dec of 69 to Nov of 70. Ft Sam Houston until July of 71.

USAF Firefighter 83-03

4 trips to the sandbox, a few other locations . Never saw combat, we dealt with aftermath, sometimes combat related, most times human error. Worked with all of our branches in various joint taskforces, Marine ARFF's ROCK!! They were some of the best troops I've had the honor to lead.

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NRA Life Member

US Army 1982 - 2009, retiring in two weeks. First Infantry (icon is 47th inf regiment), then Transportation Corps.

"...Transportation Corps."

Does the Army still teach how to run a steam locomotive? I was at Ft Eustis VA back in the '70s for a North-South Skirmish and saw a steam train there.

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John 3:16
WAR EAGLE!

u.s. army military police 1962-1965

fort knox basic

fort gordon mp school

camp howze korea 1962-1963

fort carson colorado 1963-1965

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DEDUKE

U.S.M.C. 1956-59 Sea Going.

USAF 63 to 67. Electronic spy (morse intercept operator), monitored soviet missile traffic from Turkey. Transferred to Security Service monitoring USAF radio traffic for security leaks. I'm a ham. Still playing with radios and electronics. Retired from the local power co.
Phil

U.S. Army 1972-75
Primary MOS 63B20 Wheel Vehicle Mechanic. But I spent alot of my time working on tracked vehicles too as my unit had both.
Secondary MOS 63F20 Recovery Specialist. Basicly a wrecker operator. Only my wrecker weighed 27 tons and ran on tracks.
Yeah, I was a Mud Diver.

U.S. Air Force 1959-1963 - Weather Observer. Nothing too exciting except this was during the Bay of Pigs situation and I was stationed in England. We were sure we were going to get hit first by Russia just before they attacked the United States. Pretty tense times..

Navy AMM Dec. 7, 1942-Jan. 6, 1946. Enlisted at the age of 17 and was discharged a little over a month prior to reaching 21.

US Army Reserve 1958- 1962.

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G.P. Charlie

USNR 1962-3. USN 1963-88. Photographer.

USAR AD 2 yr 7 mo 18 D (From my DD 214)

NOB Norfolk, then Ft Monroe Va 1973-1976

Best vacation I have ever had.. On the NOB, on the telephone, I was Capt, but when I showed up as an Army Cpt, they were not amused.. seems a Navy Capt is one step below the divine being of ADM. Heady stuff for a 25 yr old.

A navy friend said the ideal job in the Navy was the responsibility of a seaman, pay of an Admiral and the freedom of a Chief..

USAF 59-64. Spent the whole tour on 3 bases in Texas.Went back to Bastan! and ended up back in TX with Uncle Sugar for 26 more.

USMC, 1970-77. Avionics and Comnav.

Max wrote:Ah, it looks like President Nixon let you leave RVN 30 days early, too. It also looks like I was running about month behind you. I arrived in country at Camron Bay on my way to Da Nang, but "the needs of the Army changed" so my orders were changed sending me instead to the 160th Group in Long Binh by way of Bien Hoa Air Base. Once the guys at 160th saw my MOS was 72B20, they said, "Hey buddy, you want to go to Saigon?" I thought, wow the Paris of the East . . . "Yeah, sounds good." Well, it wasn't Paris, but it sure beat the heck out of working a communications trailer in the field outside of Rocket City . . .

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1st Signal Brigade, RVN '70

U S Navy, enlisted 1972-1977, Personnelman First Class
U S Navy, Commissioned, Surface Line, 1977-1985, Lieutenant
U S Navy, Commissioned, Civil Engineer Corps, 1985-1994, Retired as Lieutenant Commander

What a ride !!!

Dan R

Sir, 0311 (Marine Rifleman). First tour was from '84 to '88, then went back in '91 for GWI.

Hope this helps, and Semper Fi.

Ron H.

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Wishin' don't make it so.

Navy.....Served on SSN 571 boat, the USS Nautilus 1972-1978, the first and finest.

US Army 1966-1988.
Texas Guard 1989-1999.

rayb

USMC 1979-82 E-4
3rd Bat 2nd Mar Div
MOS 0341 81mm Mortors

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Regards,
Guy-Harold Smith II

US Army Military Police 1973-1976 (728th & 503rd MP Bns). My father served in the Submarine Service for 20 years and both my daughters are currently serving in the Army (one is playing in the sandbox).

God Bless Our Warriors!

US Army 1976-1980

Army National Guard since 1988, still serving.

One all expense paid vacation to Afghanistan 2006-2007.

One MOS my whole career, 63B, now 63Z.

Dan

I was Military Police stationed in Germany with 1st Armored Div. 1973-1975.

USAF 1972 - 1992, MSgt., Munitions Maintenance Technician. Three years in Thailand, where I met and married by wonderful wife, a short time at Holloman AFB,NM, 8 years in Europe, Holland and Germany with about two years of that time spent in Denmark, Kirtland AFB,NM, Hill AFB, UT, Carswell AFB, TX, MacDill AFB, FL, which is where I retired. A short stint in Desert Storm in 1990. Had to leave early as my Mother was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. I returned to TX. for about a week and the Air Force gave me a humanitarian reassignment to Florida so I could be closer to mom for her few remaining months. Out of all the places I visited I do believe Denmark is the MOST pro American. While I was there I attended a Fourth of July celebration in the city of Alborg. Keep in mind the 4th is not any thing special to Denmark other than their support of the US. There were approximately 250,000 people at this celebration. If you went into a bar or club, when it was discovered you were US military, your money was no good. Everyone was buying you drinks or food. Loved the Danes!!

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USAF Retired IYAAYAS

Not trying to hijack thread, but wanted to say a personal "thanks" to each and every one of you. I am indeed in your debt.

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Barry, youngest son of Claud

US Army 1966 -1968

Ft. Campbell, Ky. Basic

Ft. Dix, NJ. AIT

Ft. Bragg, NC, 39th Arty, 18th Abn

Cam Rahn Bay, RVN, USASUPCOM,

USCGR,BM2,1972-1977
Guarded the Coast? Regulars called us "Strawberry Preserves".
Kevin

USAF 1976-1995, Retired VIA Clinton Early out Program at 19 years.
Lackland AFB TX - BMTS
Lowry AFB CO - Tech Training
Langley AFB VA - 1ST TAC Fighter Wing, F-15 Avionic Maintenance
Lowry AFB CO - Cross Training Tech School - Disaster Preparedness
McChord AFB WA- 62 ABG Disaster Preparedness - Nuclear/Biological/Chemical (NBC) Specialist
Sembach AB Germany - 601 TCW, 66 ESW Disaster Preparedness - NBC Specialist
Lowry AFB CO - AFDPRC - Special Duty Assignment Air Staff Logistics Technician
Rhein-Main AB Germany -614 TAW Air Base Operability, Disaster Preparedness - NBC Technician
Little Rock AFB AR - 314 TAW Disaster Preparedness NCOIC - NBC Technician Retired!
Assigned to ATC, TAC, MAC, USAFE, AMC, ACC

Proudly we all served!

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Rick
American Blacksmith

USAF 1962-1983..Randolph (twice), Laredo, Sewart, Seymour, MacDill(JCSE), Lowry, Bangkok (Embassy), Clark Field, Kunsan, PhanRang. Too many TDYS' to count.
regards

20 yrs military, 4 Navy, 16 Air Force, 1951 to 1971.
Fredzo