Where did you serve

[ltljohn]

If you served in more than one branch pick the one you served longer in.

[bubbagazoo]

18 years Canadian Forces. Retired in October 1995. Wore a beautiful blue Air Force uniform.

[Belquar]

Army.

Dco 3/69 AR. Originally of the 24th Inf. Div (mech). Then reflagged under the 3rd ID (mech). Ft. Stewart, GA. Basic OSUT at Ft. Knox. Dco 2/13AR

Tanker. M1A1.

[KBikeKev]

Twenty two years and counting. :usa

[jpdetweiler]

I spent 4 years in the US Navy from the very beginning of 1968 to the very end of 1971. One year was spent on the USS America (CVA 66) and one year was spent on the USS San Marcos (LSD25). The rest was spent on shore duty, schooling and boot camp.

[bmwbil]

SSG in the ARMY 1995-2007 Combat Engineer
FT.Drum 41th ENG.
Germany 40th ENG
FT. Stewart 11th ENG
FT. Lewis 14th ENG
and
6 months in Egypt
1 Year in Kosovo x2
1 Year in Iraq x2
and a few other crazy places in this World
:drink

[r11rs94]

3 years active NAVY, then 24 years NAVY Reserve retiring in Jan 2000 as a Bos'n Mate Chief, 1st Class Deep Sea Diver.

After 9-11 came out of retirement and joined the RI ARMY national Guard serving 2.5 years as a MP. Served 1 year in Irag at Bagdad, Fallujah, and Balad, Retiring again in Aug 2004 as a Sergent First Class (SFC). :usa

[Belquar]

SSG in the ARMY 1995-2007 Combat Engineer
FT.Drum 41th ENG.
Germany 40th ENG
FT. Stewart 11th ENG
FT. Lewis 14th ENG
and
6 months in Egypt
1 Year in Kosovo x2
1 Year in Iraq x2
and a few other crazy places in this World
:drink

I hated you guys. No offense. 2 rotations at NTC. My first rotation I spent as much time with the Engineers setting up mine fields and running concertina wire as I did on my tank. SUCKED. That was a dirty job.

[BuckeyeClark]

I served in the US ARMY :usa as a Military Policeman from 1984 to 1987. Basic training and AIT school at Ft McClelland Alabama and then stationed at Ft Stewart Georgia before going to Germany:german until my ETS.

[MAINELYTRIUMPH]

USAF air traffic controller 1966-1970

[Motor31]

I served for 24 total in the Reserves. Started out as MP at first which lasted less than a year then went Armor. Was a Plt Ldr, Company XO, Commo Plt. Ldr, Bn S-2 and Company Cmdr.

Then I went to a School unit and taught for several years, MOS Enlisted non specific, Armor ops (Ft. Knox), Officers Advance course (non branch specific as well as Armor) and Command and General Staff College. In the middle of that I also had a nice trip to Panama for Operation Just Cause.

I finished up in several staff puke jobs in various locations. My last was Reserve Mobilization liaison at Ft. Jackson. I stacked arms to take care of my wife after her cancer surgery.

[PGlaves]

U.S.A.F. AC&W Operations, Electronic Warfare Countermeasures, 4/66 through 12/72.

[ltljohn]

Hey all you fellow veterans, try this site there are sections for the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps. I have found several old shipmates that I have lost track of over the years.

http://www.togetherweserved.com/

[cwoflyboy]

Oct 75-Dec 05
Cape May, N.J.
Governors Island, N.Y.
Hampton Roads, VA
Baltimore, MD
Mayport, FL
Johnston Atoll (twice)
Malone, FL (three times)
Lampedusa, Italy
Galveston Island, TX
Miami, FL

Dale/cwoflyboy
97 RT1100
Marianna, FL

[From MARS]

Oct 75-Dec 05
Cape May, N.J.
Governors Island, N.Y.
Hampton Roads, VA
Baltimore, MD
Mayport, FL
Johnston Atoll (twice)
Malone, FL (three times)
Lampedusa, Italy
Galveston Island, TX
Miami, FL

Dale/cwoflyboy
97 RT1100
Marianna, FL

You may have been my "guardian angel" back when I was sailing to many of those stateside areas.

The one time fatigue/bad judgement caused me to wind up on the beach on Santa Rosa Island, FL, it was the CG that came and pulled me off. There is always a beer or a meal for any Coastie at my place.

[dancogan]

USAF at SAC HQ, Offutt AFB near Omaha, NE. 4 years, 1968-1972 as a systems analyst in the underground command post. The real "James Bond" kind of place!

[stevehebert]

Started out life as a Marine in the Signals Intelligence community. After my first school in Pensacola, FL I was stationed at Misawa Airbase Japan. Left there for Monterey, CA and language shcool. Spent 47 weeks learning Tagalog (Phillipino). Joined a Radio Recon unit out of Hawaii and spent some time in the Phillipines and the Persian Gulf during 90-91.

I saw a different opportunity in the Army to fly helicopters and was selected for the Warrant Officer Flight Training Program. I did flight training at Ft. Rucker, AL and then headed to Ft. Campbell, KY for my first assignment. Went to Bosnia in 97-98 and then headed back to Rucker to teach.

I retired in 2004 and have been teaching as an Army Civillian Instructor Pilot ever since.

Life is good.

Steve:usa

[ChicotDave]

In 1969 Out 1972

Rough tour Marine Barracks Pearl Harbor. Loved it there.

Few months at New River then GI Bill to Kent State.

Great experience. Went in when they treated you like Full Metal Jacket.

[dbOnIce]

Where served? Lots of places, it's a mobile force, eh?
4 years active duty early 70s.
16 years USMCR
(Also spent my first 16 years of life as a USAF service brat. (Highlight... 2 yrs in Istanbul in the mid 60s with adventurous parents)
Worste duty, Helicopter door gunner HMM-165 / HMH-462.
Farorite food, Fire roasted Habu and fresh Bok choy is better than most c-rats!
Best duty...Night crew NCOIC El Toro, lots of days spent on Laguna Beach or Newport Beach surfing or prefecting mid weight frisbee and swiming skills. (unwitting training for 2 later decades of triathlons and marathons)
Or possibly NATO Ops Bodo Norway.

As luck would have it I have most crucial body parts intact.
And, so far the body has survived other complimentary service related afflictions.
And... I am happy to be riding the BMW brand , regardless of what the Germans think about the USA market.

Thought for the day; War is typically about personal power, rarely about personel empowerment. Win or lose the general population on both sides suffers!
Duh

[gambrinus]

Basic/Infantry/Airborne training at Ft. Benning, then off to Ft. Bragg for some fun times. 1985 - 1989 505th PIR, 82d Abn Div.

RW

[FifthGear]

:dance Loved my experiences..
Oct 93- May 94 Basic Training & AIT
May 94- Mar 95---Henry Caro NCO Academy(Staff). Fort Benning
Mar 95-Nov 99--SHAPE Beligum

[sgtbill]

23 years, 7 months, 11 days. Not that I kept count. If only I could have a job now I loved as much as soldiering...

8th Infantry Division (Pathfinder) E-1/E-4
1st Infantry Division (Big Red One) E-4 / E-6
3d Infantry Division (Rock of the Marne) E-6
Drill Sergeant Duty - Ft Huachuca AZ E-7
USAREUR Hqs, Heidelberg GE E- 8
V Corps, Heidelberg GE (Victory Corps) E-8
Ft Belvoir VA (1st IO Command) E-9
1st Infantry Division (Big Red One) E-9

Best rides... Odenwald while stationed in Heidelberg and Wuerzburg Germany:german ... And Arizona desert with my friend Craig Weaver.

Duty First!

sgtbill

[2beers]

4years at K.I. Sawyer AFB, Michigan. 410th OMS (Occasional Maintenance Squadron) working KC-135A air refuelers. Made a few trips to England and one to Alaska. Learned a trade and meet some lifelong friends.

:usa

[hlothery]

Army - almost 23 years. Must say I enjoyed 22 of them immensely. Last assignment was in DC.....reason I retired. Met my wife at Ft. Benning in 1976. Gained my current professional training at Ft. Sam Houston. I miss the mental toughness and the can-do attitudes. The wimp factor is mighty high in civilian life! Thanks to all who served and are serving. :usa

[SIBUD]

DOE 17 Feb 69

ETS 16 Feb 71


Basic and AIT at Fort Leonard Wood, MO

Then on to Ft. Benning, GA

Met life long friends while at Ft. Benning. Wouldn't have missed it for the world, wouldn't do it over again.

My office at Benning was next to the jump towers, our entertainment was watching the wind shift. Lots of guys blown into the tower.

Big hill at Benning where the guys in jump school ran up in the middle of summer singing "I wanna be an Airborne Ranger, I wanna go to Viet Nam." Some did.

[basketcase]

Spring and summer of 1972, boot camp at Parris Island, made PFC (USMC version) out of boot camp

Radio School (MOS 2531) at MCRD San Diego, CA

Camp Pendleton awaiting orders for 3rd MarDiv

3rd MarDiv, Okinawa (Headquarters Battalion)

Naval Gunfire School (MOS 0849) at Subic Bay, PI

TDY to Delta Battery 2/12, NGF Squad

TDY to 1/9 (the Walking Dead) for duty afloat with 2/12

"Observed" the USMC birthday (10 Nov 1974) at Subic ('nuff said)

Reassigned to stateside, MCAS Beaufort in December 1974

While at Beaufort, took side trips to:
- NAS Roosevelt Roads
- NAS Rota Spain
- Ft. Stewart, GA (weapons school)

Made PFC again in April, 1976. :brow

Semper Fi,
Rick

[monkeywork]

1550th OMS Alberquerque NM after training in beautiful Wichita Falls TX.

UH1F Crew Chief.

http://www.warbird-photos.com/marchfm-06-03/images/PICT3452.jpg

[AirForce]

US Air Force, MSgt. 1984-2005. Started out in POL gassing planes and ended up in Civil Engineering.
George AFB, CA
RAF Lakenheath (Libya mission)
Wright-Patterson, OH
Tyndall AFB, FL
Fort Leonard Wood, MO
Clear AFS, AK.

Currently a GS employee back at Fort Leonard Wood teaching soil and concrete analysis.

[tonymarshall]

U.S. Army 1970-71
Basic and AIT Ft Lewis, WA
MOS 11B20

1st Cav A Co. 2/5 RVN. Life changing experience, made some superb friends, seems like yesterday.

I honor my wife Tillie who was back home with our first son Chris, while I was gone, and those who went before and after. I was my privelege to have served.

Tony Marshall
Polson, MT

[ksolomon]

Drafted July 1966

Ft Leonard Wood - Basic

Ft Sill - AIT

MOS - 13E40 - Artillery - Fire Direction Control

Vietnam - May 67

1st Infantry Division

Lai Key

6th Bn 15th Atrillery - 105 Towed

Call Sign "Deadly"

[bigdelta]

70-74
Nike Hercules Fire Control Crewman(Acquisition Radar Operator)
Ft Jackson,Ft Bliss,Miami,White Sands,Ft Rucker,Ft Stewart,OKINAWA-I was there when we gave it back-May 15,1972,Japan TDY to play tennis,Korea for a week,
Clementon,New Jersey and out.:wave
Hey,I couldn't help if they kept closing down all the sites-or giving them to Japan!
Funny story about Okinawa & Japan-when we handed over our site to the JASDF, we staged a fake convoy to show/appease the locals that we were removing the nuclear warheads,when in fact,everything was intact when we left that day.
They were still touchy 27 years after Hiroshima/Nagasaki.Imagine that.

Forgot to add-Lottery victim too.Quit school-lost my 2S and enlisted because my lotto number was so low!

Some of us are old,huh?

[cjcoghlan]

Keeping the other services safe.
Saudi & Bahrain 1991
Turkey
Egypt
Panama
9-11 New York, Hampton Roads
GTMO

[PHMarvin]

QM2(SS), USS Nathan Hale SSB(N)623(G)
1968 - 1972
New London, CT
Pearl Harbor, HI
Guam

[Bullfrog]

ARMY - 1070-1991
Intell Branch - Humint and Sigint.
Some in S.E. Asia, Alaska, California, Massachusetts, Florida, Arizona,Germany, Spain, Italy, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Norway, Greece and Turkey.

Phew, when you sit and think about it, there sure were a lot of places. Aside from the one S.E.Asian trip, I spent my time chasing the Sovs around the world. That was interesting to say the least.

[OldNuke]

EM2(SS), USS Lafayette SSBN616(G), USS Silversides SSN679
Charleston, SC
Rota Spain
La Maddalena Sardinia
1968-1974

[ncscooter]

Basic Training: Ft. Jackson, SC 2/66 - 4/66
AIT: Ft. Devens, MA 5/66 - 12/66 MOS 05D
177th USASA Field Station. Camp Humphries, S. Korea 3/66 - 5/66
Paeng Yang Do S. Korea 5/66 - 3/67
USASA Southern Command Ft. Clayton, CZ 5/67 - 2/70

Good overseas duty, especially considering where I could have been sent. I would not trade the experience for anything, but would not recommend that anyone put themselves into military service, especially not under a war mongering Republican Commander-in-Chief.

[decorah]

I started out in the Naval Reserve as a way too keep from being drafted in the Army. Joined February 1973. Served 2 yrs. active as a "Hospital Corpsman" at USNH Annapolis. Spent one year attending Reserve mettings at USN &MC reserve center,Omaha,NE. Wanted to go active again but couldn't get a good shake with the Navy a second time around.
Instead Joined The Coast Guard, spent the next 18 years with them. CG dutiy stations:USCGC Gasconade (WLR75401) Omaha,NE, CG TraCen Petaluma, California, CG Airsta Sitka,AK,CG Hdqtrs,Wash,D.C.,CG Pay&PersCen Topeka,KS,CG Lorsta Marcus Is, Japan,CGAirsta Clearwater,FL,CG Liaison Rep,NavSupCen,Naples,Italy and CG Airsta Clearwater,FL. Retired 1994.

[jshuck]

Went thru ROTC at Indiana University 66-70. Got spit on a few times. Scabbard and Blade Military Honorary and an ROTC schloraship. Active duty at Aberdeen Proving Ground for Officers Basic MOS 4815 Mechanical Maintenance Officer. Then off to lovely Ft. Hood with the 1 Cav, 27 Maintanance Btn. Shop Officer with 300 man and a fix anything shop. ETS 6 Jun 70. Then Commander of a Postal Detachment in Rushville, Ind. Me and 23 enlisted men and a bunch of Rough Terrain Forklifts. My parents and brothers all served. I think I was conceived on a beach during WW2 in the Phillipines when me Dad was a surgeon with a MASH unit and mom was an officer nurse.
I have 3 brothers. At one time in 1970, we were all serving, brother Pat at the Coast Guard Academy, Mike as a medic in Viet Nam, Robert was an OR Tech at Ft. Sam. My brother Pat retired after 20 in the USCG after commanding the Daultlass, the number one dope boat.
Once destroyed a $30,000 tank engine by ordering an E6 to pick it up with an RT fork lift. He lifted it up off the truck, but it flipped off. The CG mark was a marked wrong on the container... Opps.

[erickson9502]

Basic Training: Ft. Jackson, SC 2/66 - 4/66
AIT: Ft. Devens, MA 5/66 - 12/66 MOS 05D
177th USASA Field Station. Camp Humphries, S. Korea 3/66 - 5/66
Paeng Yang Do S. Korea 5/66 - 3/67
USASA Southern Command Ft. Clayton, CZ 5/67 - 2/70

Good overseas duty, especially considering where I could have been sent. I would not trade the experience for anything, but would not recommend that anyone put themselves into military service, especially not under a war mongering Republican Commander-in-Chief.

20 years USN. This guy obviously wasn’t in during draft dodging slick Willie administration

[WildBlue]

8 Years USAF.

1994-2002

2A675

E-5

95-97 RAF Mildenhall, UK (Moldy Hole) Backshop for KC-135R, MH-53J Pavelow III, C-130 (various types, Slicks, Talon I and II, refuelers)
97-02 McGuire AFB, NJ Flightline Maint on KC-10

Many places via deployment, mostly the Gulf.

[pointman44]

USMC, May 1966- May 68. Enlisted to avoid the draft - seemed logical at the time. What did I know. After training at Pendleton spent Nov. 66- April 68 in I Corp, Viet Nam with 3rd Marine Division. End up mustering out in Buford S.C. in early May 68 after 20 days with MAG 32. Memorable experience - not all of them good.

[jlaban]

1965 OTS Lackland AFB, San Antonio
1966 Flight Training Craig AFB, Selma, AL
1967 B-52 upgrading Castle AFB, Atwater, CA
1967-69 B-52 Pilot Kincheloe AFB Sault Ste. Marie, MI
1969-70 FAC Nulori, Republic of Korea
1971 B-52 Pilot Plattsburgh AFB, NY

John

[afhrnfa1]

US Navy Hospital Corpsmen 1970-1974

Maine Army National Guard ( Army Nurse Corps) 1976-1997
Ret Major:usa










2006 R 1200 GS
2005 HD Road King

[Kenny2]

Parris Island 1975- Boot Camp

Military Policeman at MCAS El Toro, Camp Smith Hawaii, MCRD San Diego, Okinawa

EOS MCB Camp Pendelton, 1983

The Best and Worst of times!!!!!

Saepe Exertus, Semper Fidelis, Frater Infinitas

[r1dinman]

Joined the Air Force in '64 to avoid the draft. Liked it and stayed for 20. Figured that and Air Force aircraft maintenance officer might be a better deal than an Army private in the infantry. Worked on fighters, F-104, F-101B, helecopters, HH-1, HH-3 and HH-53, and carge, HH-130, WC-130, WC-135, and C-5A in the US, Viet Nam, and Belgium. Had a blast!:usa


Jay

[tkbaker4]

US Army.
Enlisted spring of 1970 before the lottery.
Trained at Ft Cambell and Ft Eustis.
Spent 1971 at Can Tho Army Airfield in Vietnam working on Chinooks. General Maintenance then Master Electrician for the Company of 16 birds.
Spent the rest of my enlistment in the NG.
Can't say I liked being in the Army but I wouldn't trade the experience if you paid me.
:usa

[Screamineagle]

four years active duty in the US Navy, then 20 years Army National Guard. UH1H
and Cobra AH1S

[ghostridery2k]

Air Force in 92 (Poland)mendatory 2 years,i got discharge after 6 monts do to helth reasons.

[77445]

Four years in the United States Navy 1966 to 1970. Two years flying on C-130's out of Guam (VQ-3) and two years flying as a crew chief on H-46's with one tour abourd the USS Camden off Viet Nam (HC-3).

[gbeemer]

USAF - White House Communications Agency: 1969-1971

[135307]

Enlisted 7/7/77
Basic Training: Ft Jackson, S. Carolina
MOT 05B Signal School - Ft Gordon. Ga.
1st duty station: HHC 1/502nd Inf - 101st Airborne Infantry
2nd duty station: Tuslog Detachment 155, Gelibolu ( Galipoli ), Turkey
3rd duty station: HHC, 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Ft Riley, Kansas
DD 214 = Sgt E5
The proudest four years of my life.

[Motorcyclist]

Went to the Virginia Military Institute and was commissioned in the Army Engineers. I served for about 5 years on active duty at various locations:

FT Belvoir, VA - '89-'90
44th Engineer Bn. - Camp Indian, Korea '90-'91
87th Engineer Co. - FT Irwin, CA '91-'93 (OPFOR Engineers)
FT Wood, MO - '93-'94

I absolutely enjoyed serving my country, and made many very special friendships along the way.

My hat's off to those who have served in the past, and those who are presently serving. You are a special breed of citizen! :thumb

[Axe]

HQ/HQ Co. 3 Inf. Div Arty. Kitizgen Germany, 1967 1968

[AKBeemer]

25 years as an Airborne, Ranger, Infantryman in the United States Army.

[Rpbump]

Nov 1959 > 1987 USNR, USNR-R(TAR), USN, Ret CPO, Worked on P2V, P3, S3 Simulators and still work on SH60B Sim's at NS Mayport.

[GSJIHAD]

U.S. Army – 3 years active
Basic: Fort Dix
AIT: Ft. Eustis
268 AHB Ft. Lewis
1/9 Cav. Ft. Lewis :drink :usa

Spent the college years in a reserve aviation unit outside of Conroe Texas...but I would hardly call that a military experience.:bolt

[tpr3cats3]

USAF 1983-1992

84-89 Admin Spec - HQ Air Force Communications Command, Scott AFB, Illinois
89-92 Mental Health Tech - Air University Regional Hospital, Maxwell AFB, Alabama

Great experience. Met some fantastic people. Earned my Bachelor's and Master's degrees while serving full time. I'd do it again in a heartbeat. :usa

[glennhendricks]

USN

2 years homeported out of Sasebo Japan on the USS MARS (AFS-1)

Went to San Diego and reported aboard the USS POINT DEFIANCE (LSD-31) and that thing went Westpac on me three months later.

MM2 Engine Room snipe.

[earello]

US Navy

Enlisted in '99 and currently an ET1 at the University of Washington's NROTC

Previously:
4 years on the USS Carl Vinson
2 years in Naples, Italy

:usa

[buckeye]

USAF, 1968 - 1972. U-Tapao Thailand 1969-1970 with B-52's, KC 135's and U-2. Base police overseas as well as F E Warren AFB, Wyoming and March AFB, Riverside Ca..

[EastKy]

Army, trained as airborne infantry. Stationed at Fort Myer, Va with the 3rd US Infantry the "Old Guard" January 1994 thru May 1997.