Veterans

[GobblerKnob]

After reading the"What's in a Name" post and seeing a couple Vets there, I wanted to ask who else served.
I was an infantryman with the 1st Armored Division in Germany from '82 to '86, then came home to the 24th Infantry Division at Ft Stewart, GA from '84 - '86.
Thanks to all who have made the sacrifice. :thumbsup: I've been a conservation officer in Pennsylvania since 1988. How 'bout you?

 

[roundball]

USAF '63-'67...volunteered for in country Viet Nam but never could get out of South Carolina...kept the new McDonald-Douglas F4 Phantoms flying for pilot acceptance testing & ferrying over to Nam for their tours

 

[jtmattison]

USAF 1989-Present.

Huntin

 

[No Powder]

Navy 65-69 RA-5C Vigilante, on USS Forrestal and USS Kitty Hawk. Roundball We could run away from your Phantoms.

 

[bulletman]

Combat Engineers 77-80

 

[musketman]

USAF '63-'67...volunteered for in country Viet Nam but never could get out of South Carolina...kept the new McDonald-Douglas F4 Phantoms flying for pilot acceptance testing & ferrying over to Nam for their tours

And I kept those same F4's flying from '76 to '82 at Shaw AFB, Sumter South Carolina... :thumbsup:

 

USAF Sgt - Airborne Navigation Specialist
Served: Philippine Islands, Vietnam, Thailand and Fla. Got to see the '68 Tet Offensive real close up in Bien Hoa.
Welcome home all!
:thumbsup:

 

US ARMY 75-92
USAR 92-95

 

[roundball]

Navy 65-69 RA-5C Vigilante, on USS Forrestal and USS Kitty Hawk. Roundball We could run away from your Phantoms.

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Lightweight Fighter Interceptor vs. heavier Fighter Bomber.
PS: The F4's were originally made for the Navy.
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[roundball]

USAF '63-'67...volunteered for in country Viet Nam but never could get out of South Carolina...kept the new McDonald-Douglas F4 Phantoms flying for pilot acceptance testing & ferrying over to Nam for their tours

And I kept those same F4's flying from '76 to '82 at Shaw AFB, Sumter South Carolina... :thumbsup:

Yup...Shaw it was...might have still had my fingerprints on some of them!

 

I also was in the 1st Armored Division (5th BN, 6th Inf). At the time I was there, it was at Ft Hood Texas (62 to 65).

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Black Dog

 

[SquirrelsaurusR]

Enlisted right after I turned 17, then left for boot camp after I finished high school.
U.S. Army, '84-'94
Desert Shield/Desert Storm, '90-'91
Various locations: Ft. Sill, OK; Ft. Hood, TX; Ft. Knox, KY; two different units in Germany; Middle East; came within a hair's breadth of going to Bosnia in '92, but orders changed at the last minute; now raising three kids and shooting guns just for fun.

 

[doverdog]

US Army from Aug 63-Feb 72. Vietnam from Jan 69- Jan 70. Also in Korea, Alaska, Germany, Maryland, and Colorado. Tank crewman the whole time. Got out as E6. :thumbsup:

 

[Gary]

Full time coward. "Run Away! Run Away!" - Monty Python and the Holy Grail. :redface:

 

[Keith]

Nope, listened to my parents when Iwas 18 and didn't join. Probably the one time I think they gave me bad advise. Instead I got into law enforcement. I spent this afternon with the deputies and troopers chasing an armed suicdal teenager around. Yeah, :bull: much safer.

 

[RJR]

Out a Huntin', I put you through the range at Lackland, retired in '91. Couldn't stand South Texas any more after 8 years on the basic training line.

 

[Old Charlie]

USMC 1956 to 1964

 

[roundball]

When I went through Lackland in '63, they had the "Green Monster"...you walked in on one end of this huge long building, took off everything you weren't born with, and came out the other end in a set of green fatigues...what an experience for a dumb, naive, 17yr old farm boy !

 

[No Powder]

Navy 65-69 RA-5C Vigilante, on USS Forrestal and USS Kitty Hawk. Roundball We could run away from your Phantoms.

The Phantoms were good planes, they were our escorts when we got one. Our Vigilante was the unarmed recon version. The bomber was a bust.
The best to all our Troups. :thumbsup:

 

[roundball]

The Phantoms, state of the art at that time, were awsome to a 20yr old Automatic Flight Controls Tech who was lucky enough to get a 'check ride' in the back seat of one at Shaw AFB, SC...seems like it was yesterday...never forget it as long as I live!
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