Second Class Petty Officer (E5) Tin Can Sailor...haze gray & underway...
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What Was Your Rank
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carpriver
US Veteran
I made to E-6 Technical Sargent. I was told I had a attitude, I liked to do my job the safe way, not the air force way. retired 20 years 2 months 21 days. 60570, Air Transportation. I loved the service and would do it again.
MrTrolleyguy
US Veteran
E-2, E-3, E-2, E-3, E-4, E-3, E-4, E-5, E-3. E-2.
Hey, I was busy. Punching the Major in the face was worth it.
DW
My father was the same way in WWII. He was 28 years old and hated the 19 year old 90 day wonders. He was up and down a half dozen times. But he made it all the way to Japan.
My mother, back in the Stares, out ranked him. They married after the war.
I miss him.
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safearm
US Veteran
28 years US Air Force/Air National Guard. Enlisted as an Airman First Class (E-3) and retired as a Colonel (O-6). Master Navigator; 2559 flying hours in T-43A, B-52H, RF-4C, KC-135A/D/E/R.
safearm
US Veteran
E-5 1967 US Army
NATO Signals Battalion. CENTAG Central Army Group Company B (Ruppertshweiler Germany)
My avatar is the pocket fob we were issued.
A nice souvenir.
I wore the same badge with a blue background when I was assigned as a Strategic Air Command (SAC) liaison officer with 4th Allied Tactical Air Force. Our main office was at Ramstein AB as part of 7th Air Division, but whenever there were NATO exercises, we went to Ruppertsweiler and worked in the CENTAG bunker. We contracted with a local gasthaus in Pirmasens for billeting and meals; I normally worked the night shift (I was a Captain/O-3 then) and breakfast in the bunker mess hall was some of the best food I ate in my entire career. The German troops that cooked in the mess hall were not cooks, they were chefs.
Grayfox
US Veteran
Army 1972-75. Sp/4.
I was a senior E-4 with two years time in grade. All I had to do was appear before the promotion board and I would have been an E-5 Sergeant. But my Mother had a stroke. I went on emergency leave and missed the board. When I got back, they asked me if I had any plans to re-up. I said No and that was the end of that.
I was a senior E-4 with two years time in grade. All I had to do was appear before the promotion board and I would have been an E-5 Sergeant. But my Mother had a stroke. I went on emergency leave and missed the board. When I got back, they asked me if I had any plans to re-up. I said No and that was the end of that.
vigil617
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O-3, USCGR
1st Lt. Field Artillery, USAR, Vietnam & Germany
Chop
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MSG (E8) US Army...22 years 5 months.
Best years of my life. Spent 15 1/2 years overseas.
Best years of my life. Spent 15 1/2 years overseas.
rog8732
US Veteran
A few altercations in "combat alley", Fayetteville NC, kept my E4 stripes in my foot-locker more often than on my sleeve.
In a meeting with my CO and platoon Sgt. once, the Capt'n said,"son, your records and good accomplishments indicate you are a sharp soldier; you think maybe you are hanging around with the wrong crowd"???
My platoon Sgt. said "beg pardon sir, but off duty, he IS the wrong crowd"!
C O gave my hind-parts a right good chewing, but I kept my rank, and never had to face him again for that kind of subject.
Seems they both musta remembered being young once, and dumb.
In a meeting with my CO and platoon Sgt. once, the Capt'n said,"son, your records and good accomplishments indicate you are a sharp soldier; you think maybe you are hanging around with the wrong crowd"???
My platoon Sgt. said "beg pardon sir, but off duty, he IS the wrong crowd"!
C O gave my hind-parts a right good chewing, but I kept my rank, and never had to face him again for that kind of subject.
Seems they both musta remembered being young once, and dumb.
legelegel
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Thank you. My 30 day absence was not self imposed.
I'm trying very hard not to have another absence which may be more permanent. It seems that one's goodness does not always counter one's unwitting minor mistakes.
Three out of Five...
Enlisted in the USAF in 1966 (E-1), Served in the USNR as an E-5; accepted a commission in the USCGR, and retired out as an O-5 - with a total of 28 years of service. Great jobs, super people. I'd do it all again in a heartbeat. It was a honor to serve.
Enlisted in the USAF in 1966 (E-1), Served in the USNR as an E-5; accepted a commission in the USCGR, and retired out as an O-5 - with a total of 28 years of service. Great jobs, super people. I'd do it all again in a heartbeat. It was a honor to serve.
USAF Jun 63 to Jun 67. Airmen 1st Class E4.
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fiasconva
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Sep '71 to Dec '74 USAF E5
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BTW. This thread applies to all uniforms (well not band uniforms
Good,because I was going to ask permission first.
I topped out at Sergeant before I had to leave because of my Neurological probs .Now-a-days--what I was is now a CO-III. Thats akin to a full Corporal but not at Sergeants pay.
Other than that--I topped out in the Boy Scouts as a Life Scout--never went for Eagle.
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Straightshooter2
US Veteran
U. S. Army brat - 18 years - could spit shine shoes and polish brass for inspection by age 5.
U. S. Navy - Oct. 10, 1968 thru Sep. 15, 1972. Aviation Electronics Technician AT2 (E-5).
Figured I had done 22 years and it was time to retire.
CW
U. S. Navy - Oct. 10, 1968 thru Sep. 15, 1972. Aviation Electronics Technician AT2 (E-5).
Figured I had done 22 years and it was time to retire.
CW
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oldylocks
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Ensign 01 "90 Day Wonder" in 1982... Made Lieutenant 03 while on active duty... Early retirement as Lieutenant Commander 04 after 10 more years in the Navy Reserves, when Clinton drew down the military after the first Gulf War... My Dad was alive to see it all, and was very proud... My Old Man's gone now, so I'll speak for him... he did 2 years in the Army back in 1950... made E4 driving landing craft... got out raised a family and was the most decent person I've ever known in my life. I was and am very proud to be his son. He and my uncles were part of that greatest generation and all served their country.
