Prior service?

[repeter1977]

Ok, since ive been in for a little bit, this might take awhile
A Company, MPA (Military Police Activity), Fort Rucker, AL 96-98
55th MP CO, Yongson, Korea 98-99
411th MP CO, Fort Hood, TX 99
64th MP CO, Fort Hood, TX 2000-2001
64th MP CO, Operation Joint Forge
410th MP CO, Fort Hood, TX 2003
HHC 89th MP BDE, Security Platoon 2004 Fort Hood, Operation Iraqi Freedom I, II
178th MP DET, Fort Hood, TX 05-08
USAREC, Northern NJ, 08-10
527th MP CO, Hohenfels, Germany 2010
CBWTU, (Community-Based Warrior Transitional Unit) NWI 10-current
sorry, took a book, but get to go all sorts of fun places and they keep letting me stay in. Still hoping that they let this continue.

 

[Cemetery-man]

USAF '74-'80

 

[ryanbr]

Marine
0311
96-2000
3/7 Kilo
29 Palms with a few deployments

0341
91-95
3/7 Lima Wpns Plt

 

[Birds Away]

US Navy '79-'05.
USS Duluth (LPD-6)
USS Estocin FFG-15)
FTC Mayport
COMCARGRU SIX (USS Forrestal CV-59)
USS Dale (CG-19)
Bureau of Naval Personnel
USS Gonzalez (DDG-66) Plankowner
USS George Washington (CVN-73)
ATG Norfolk
2 Westpacs, 5 Med/IO and one Central American SPECOPS.
More LEO Ops then I can count.

I wish I had a dollar for every beer I have drank in a bar whose name I could not pronounce (and probably didn't know anyway). I could buy lots more guns.

 

[RGriff69]

0341
91-95
3/7 Lima Wpns Plt

I had a buddy in 3/7 Lima, I think he was in weapons platoon but he didn't get there until 96. His last name is Moore and I believe he is from Marion. Been trying to find him.

 

[Mike H]

USAF 68'-72'.
Crew Chief T-37, Craig AFB Selma Al.
Crew Chief F-4, King Salmon Alaska.

 

[spec4]

273rd ORD Det (Hawk GM/DS), Okinawa 61-63

 

[wizard_of_ahs]

TMC USN (ret) 68 - 89
USS DIXIE AD-14
USS PUGET SOUND AD-38
0718 (WMD)
0746 (WMD)
2 WESTPACS, 2 MED'S, VARIOUS LOCALS
TOO MANY PLACES TO LIST OR REMEMBER: BUT, I DO REMEMBER HAVING A GOOD TIME

 

[N8RV]

USAF '72-'76

Given my job there, it doesn't really qualify as having "served."

However, our son is a Marine. He really enjoyed sharing this pic with me ...

 

[usaf64]

USAF 1964-68 Aircraft Mechanic C-135s and C-141s McGuire AFB, New Jersey

I was TDY to Athens Greece after the '67 war between the Arabs and Israel.

I was TDY at Yokota AB, Japan for three months after the Tet Offensive started in '68. At the same time, the North Koreans captured the Pueblo and we were pretty busy with stuff moving to Korea in case anything broke out there.

I went in the reserves for four years up at Grissom in 1980. That was as a firefighter (my civilian occupation).

I had some good times in the service. I got to see a lot and learned a lot.

 

[repeter1977]

USAF '72-'76

Given my job there, it doesn't really qualify as having "served."

However, our son is a Marine. He really enjoyed sharing this pic with me ...

Any service job is helpful to the whole effort. Don't cut yourself down. Trigger pullers cannot pull a trigger if they dont have bullets. Mind won't be on the job if their finances are messed up, if they have no arty or air support. The air support has no support to keep them in the air. If they have no food to eat, no supplies for any or anything else. I could continue to go on, but you get my point. Thanks for your service. Even if it was in the Air Force. hahaha just kidding.

 

[U.S. Patriot]

2001-2005
U.S. Coast Guard
Small Boat Station Kauai, Hawaii

 

[upalot]

1968-1988
USS NORTHAMPTON CC1
USS LEARY DD879
USNAF SIGONELLA, SICILY
FLEET TRAINING CENTER, NORFOLK VA.
SAUDIA NAVAL EXPANSION PROGRAM
USS J.F. KENNEDY CV67
USS STUMP DD978
USS SIERRA AD18

 

[Redtbird]

US Army Security Agency (ASA), August 65 to August 69, 33B20. Ft Devens, MA;
Ft Wolters, TX; not quite a year in Beautiful Southeast Asia (Pleiku); one year at
Herzo Base, Germany and one year in Augsburg, Germany, at Flak Kaserne.

 

[Kagnew]

Gerryowen!

Garry Owen, actually.

 

[Kagnew]

US Army Security Agency (ASA), August 65 to August 69, 33B20. Ft Devens, MA;
Ft Wolters, TX; not quite a year in Beautiful Southeast Asia (Pleiku); one year at
Herzo Base, Germany and one year in Augsburg, Germany, at Flak Kaserne.

Good for you, T-Bird. My first four years in Sam's Green Dream (September 1966 - August 1970) were as a member of the Agency. Almost a year in training (BCT at FLW and 05K AIT at Devens - following what seemed like a never-ending "hold" waiting for school), one year on beautiful Shemya ("The Black Pearl of the Aleutians"), and two years at Asmara. Four of the best years of my life, and I'll always be proud to have been ASA!

P.S. Soft-pedal that bit about Pleiku. As we all know, there was no ASA in Viet Nam!

 

[remauto1187]

USN 94-98
Aviation Electrician (AE3)

USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT CVN71, BOSNIA '95, VFA-37 Ragin Bulls (F/A-18c Hornet squadron), NAS Cecil Field, NATTC Pensacola, USS ENTERPRISE CVN65

 

[blamecharles]

19 kilo HHC 3/67 Armor 4th Infantry at Ft Hood, started as 2nd Armor Division. Spent more time in operations and planning than on a tank. Driving MSG's around had some perks mostly we ended up setting up and tearing down TOCs( tactical ops center).

 

[Hkfiend]

US Army Active Duty, 11B (Infantry), spent 10 years in before my last major injury (tore my ACL) and decided to get out before I completely fell apart. Spent 4 years at Fort Lewis, Washington and and 6 at Fort Riley, Kansas.

In that time, 3 deployments to Iraq between 2004 and 2010 for a total of about 37 months.

Good times.

 

[ranger justus]

US Army Airborne Ranger Co.D Ranger 151 st Inf. Worked as Long Range Patrol, Patrol Leader. Viet Nam 68/69 29 missions, wounded only once.