What was your military specialty?

[T0RMENT]

I saw this over on glockforum.com and thought it was interesting to hear some of the background of our past and present military.

Post up your job title(s), ratings, MOS, AFSC, etc.

I was in the Air Force as a 462X0/2W1X1, Aircraft Armament Systems on the F-15 at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia from '87-90 in the 48th Fighter Interceptor Squadron.

Retrained into 304X6/2E1X1, Satellite and Wideband Communications Equipment, and was stationed at Offutt AFB, Nebraska working AFSAT. Then it was Camp Humphreys in South Korea working mobile SATCOM in the field. Finally, fixed SATCOM at Buckley AFB, Colorado.

After getting out of active duty in '96, I waited nine years to go back in to the Air National Guard to work SATCOM again for ~3 years in a mobile Space Warning Squadron, 137th SWS.

I love my time in the military and miss it.

What did you folks do in the military? Post up.

[Barth]

I had a Secret Security clearance.
And worked as a Consultant for the NAVY on the cruise missile project.
That is all...
http://cdn.breitbart.com/mediaserver/Breitbart/Big-Peace/2013/Military/cruise_missile_launch_navy_photo.JPG

[BarryinPa]

11B 1968-1970 18th Infantry First Infantry Division
Barry

[Dirt doc]

I was a gunners mate on a destroyer in the early 70's. I worked on a 5" and was the PO in charge of small arms. Initially we had M1's, BAR's and Thompsons. Eventually we off loaded those and got M14's. Spent one westpac cruise to the Gulf of Tonkin (firing naval gunfire support among other things) and a second to the Gulf of Oman (chasing a carrier).

[O'Dell]

Navy Lt. and F-4 pilot.

[Glock23]

Navy Aviation Electronics Tech for about 10 years. Finished up my time as the Quality Assurance Supervisor at a detachment site in northern Japan. Got out as an E-6.

[deadeye]

Navy '62 - '66. E4. Flight engineer C115D transport plane.

[Bob T]

13B1P Field Artillery Crewman

Btry C, 1st BN, 319th Field Artillery, 82nd Airborne - '75-79

:Amflag2:

[Badwolf75]

3P051 Air Force Security Police.

[AJBert]

US Navy from '82-'08


Came in as a Boiler Tech, made Chief, pick up LDO with the 6130 designator (Surface Engineer). My designator was changed to 6149 (Security Officer) for my last five years. Went from E-1 and retired as an O-3E.


Five ships, three shore duties and eleven deployments, with the last one in Iraq in '07.

[AIRret]

Air Force
Air weapons controller
Taught at the Air Force Academy

[Ol'coot]

Army 44E20 machinists Rank E-5 Sgt

[ohio lock]

Radioman 2nd class petty officer 1983-1987 on the USS Nimitz - stationed at Norfolk Naval base. Made 2 Med cruises, a NATO and a couple of trips to Gitmo. Loved it.

[dkmatthews]

US Navy 1990-1997 OS-0324 (Anti-Submarine Tactical Air Controller)

[T0RMENT]

US Navy 1990-1997 OS-0324 (Anti-Submarine Tactical Air Controller)


Cool. My father-in-law was a TACCO/MC on P-3's. He was 30 years USN.

[dkmatthews]

Cool. My father-in-law was a TACCO/MC on P-3's. He was 30 years USN.

I had some excellent control hours with P-3 squadrons.

Sent from my SGH-T999L using Tapatalk

[muggsy]

U.S. Navy 1966 -1972 Machinist Mate 2nd Class E-5. Steam propulsion engineering USS Fremont APA 44, USS Nitro AE-23.

[RevRay]

My Dad was drafted in WWII and stayed in after the war to make a career of it. So my story starts in 1946 in Ft. Benning, GA, where I was born. As an Army brat I lived mostly at Ft. Bragg, NC, with side trips to Panama for grades 3-5 and to Okinawa for grades to 9-10. My Dad retired from Active duty as a Major the year I graduated from high school.

I then went to West Point and graduated in 1969 as an Infantry officer. Following that I went to Airborne school and then Berlin, Germany, before heading to Vietnam. After Nam I qualified for the Special Forces, but eventually resigned my commission after fulfilling my obligation. Just prior to leaving the Army I came to faith in Jesus Christ which is partly why I felt led get out.

I eventually went to seminary in Dallas, TX, to study for the ministry. After that I worked in corporate America for a while and then took a church up in Bangor, ME. While in Maine I joined the National Guard as a Chaplain and served 17 years there. I rose to become the State Chaplain and retired from the Guard as a full bird.

We left Maine and moved to England for three years, and now I'm pastoring a church in Rockville, CT. God and the military have been good to me my whole life. Thanks for the opportunity to share my story.

[T0RMENT]

My Dad was drafted in WWII and stayed in after the war to make a career of it. So my story starts in 1946 in Ft. Benning, GA, where I was born. As an Army brat I lived mostly at Ft. Bragg, NC, with side trips to Panama for grades 3-5 and to Okinawa for grades to 9-10. My Dad retired from Active duty as a Major the year I graduated from high school.

I then went to West Point and graduated in 1969 as an Infantry officer. Following that I went to Airborne school and then Berlin, Germany, before heading to Vietnam. After Nam I qualified for the Special Forces, but eventually resigned my commission after fulfilling my obligation. Just prior to leaving the Army I came to faith in Jesus Christ which is partly why I felt led get out.

I eventually went to seminary in Dallas, TX, to study for the ministry. After that I worked in corporate America for a while and then took a church up in Bangor, ME. While in Maine I joined the National Guard as a Chaplain and served 17 years there. I rose to become the State Chaplain and retired from the Guard as a full bird.

We left Maine and moved to England for three years, and now I'm pastoring a church in Rockville, CT. God and the military have been good to me my whole life. Thanks for the opportunity to share my story.

That was great. Thank you for sharing.

And thanks to all the rest that have and will share their stories.

[Shadetree]

Was in the Air Force from Mar 1966 to Dec 1969, jet engine mechanic AFSC 43250, worked on C-130s and C-141s at Charleston AFB, SC

[bob98366]

Navy Supply Corps 26+ years. Nuclear submarine, nuclear aircraft carrier and aviation capable amphib. Steamed all seas/oceans except South Atlantic, Arctic and Antarctic. Trusty Shellback. Enlisted as E-1 and retired as O-6.:Amflag2:

[mp95b]

U.S. Army 1979-1985 95B20 Military Police, proud to have served, and loved it!

[Barth]

Not military.
But I also worked as a consultant for NASA.
At the Dryden Flight Research Center Edwards Air Force Base.

It's funny how NASA isn't military.
But seemed like 1/2 the folks I saw there were Air Force - LOL!
I was standing on the tarmac when the first space shuttle landed.
http://spinoff.nasa.gov/spinoff1998/webart/255_36.jpghttp://www.urbanghostsmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/SR-71B-Takeoff1.jpghttp://files.abovetopsecret.com/files/img/hj4f003f58.jpg

[tony k]

^^^Those are awesome pics, Barth^^^

Air Force 94-98
jet engine mechanic, KC-135R/T
Grand Forks AFB, ND

[340pd]

In the day, at Ft. Benning, I was pretty good at putting down two Pall Mall cigarettes on the allotted ten minute break. Glad that habit is 40 years in my past.

[JohnR]

I was scheduled to be one of the guys in a missile silo, with the key to launch nukes.

When they fired me from OTS they told me, among other reasons, I had too creative a mind for military use.

[AJBert]

U.S. Navy 1966 -1972 Machinist Mate 2nd Class E-5. Steam propulsion engineering USS Fremont APA 44, USS Nitro AE-23.
One of the ships I was on was the USS Flint AE-32. It was the only steam ship I worked on that had Otto at the controls. Odd plant to say the least, three boilers and yet a single main engine combined in one space.

[Bill K]

USMC 1962-1966

After Basic Infantry Training went to Naval Air Stat'on Memphis, TN and schooled to be a Fire Control Technician.
Joined reforming VMFA-542 @ Marine Corps Air Station El Toro.
Atsugi Japan, Okinawa, Vietnam, Iwakuni Japan, El Toro, Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, SC [guard for transit of secret/sensitive avionics equipment] and out

[TheTman]

I never made it out of ROTC due to circumstances beyond my control.


A BIG THANKS to all those that served. It appears we have some pretty talented veterans among us.

[Armybrat]

Mine?

Being a snotty little brat Army dependent. :o

[Armybrat]

My Dad was drafted in WWII and stayed in after the war to make a career of it. So my story starts in 1946 in Ft. Benning, GA, where I was born. As an Army brat I lived mostly at Ft. Bragg, NC, with side trips to Panama for grades 3-5 and to Okinawa for grades to 9-10. My Dad retired from Active duty as a Major the year I graduated from high school.

I then went to West Point and graduated in 1969 as an Infantry officer. Following that I went to Airborne school and then Berlin, Germany, before heading to Vietnam. After Nam I qualified for the Special Forces, but eventually resigned my commission after fulfilling my obligation. Just prior to leaving the Army I came to faith in Jesus Christ which is partly why I felt led get out.

I eventually went to seminary in Dallas, TX, to study for the ministry. After that I worked in corporate America for a while and then took a church up in Bangor, ME. While in Maine I joined the National Guard as a Chaplain and served 17 years there. I rose to become the State Chaplain and retired from the Guard as a full bird.

We left Maine and moved to England for three years, and now I'm pastoring a church in Rockville, CT. God and the military have been good to me my whole life. Thanks for the opportunity to share my story.

Great career Rev. I was born at Benning too, in '44.

[big bear]

Air Force 1963-67 E-4 Fire Protection Specialist / Crash Rescue.

[xaircav]

67V20 OH-6 helicopter repairman. Told Mom I worked in the hangar but I hung out the door of a Loach with an M-60 on a Pink Team in a cav unit. See the avatar.

[wyntrout]

I joined the USAF out of HS in August 1964. I had been planning that for years. I went down on a Saturday to sign up for the Army warrant officer helicopter pilot program, but the Army recruiting office was closed, so I went ahead and joined the AF. That was probably one of the best things I ever did. We lost a LOT of helicopters over there!

My first job was learning Arabic for a year at DLIWC at Monterey, CA. Then the AF had too many Arabic linguists, so to get out of Goodfellow AFB, Texas, after all of the tech schools for using the language, I volunteered for a short course in Vietnamese. After all of the tech schools following that 4-month course in DC, I was on my way to Yokota AB, Japan, when the 6-Days war kicked off around April '67 and the AF needed more Arabic linguists, but I was in a higher priority language then.

After a few months in Japan we started a new squadron on Okinawa and I flew missions out of there on the RC-135’s and also RC-130’s while TDY to Da Nang and Cam Rahn Air Bases. I was at Da Nang for the First Tet Offensive the end of January 1968 as our Detachment Project NCO, having just made SSGT the first of January… exciting times.

I got out in August of ’68 as a SSGT(E-5) and went to college on the GI Bill and working part time. I graduated in ’72, went to OTS and then Navigator training at Mather AFB, CA. I got into the B-52’s just after they returned from SEA early in ’74. I was at Dyess AFB, TX for almost 9 years(Radar Navigator or Bombardier & Instructor RN in B-52D’s & B-52H’s), then 3 years in the command post at Zweibruecken AB, West Germany. I met my wife-to-be there and we’re coming up on our 28th anniversary in a few months. We married in March after I returned in February ’86.

I had to get re-qualified in the B-52G out at Castle AFB, CA, and spent a couple of years at Loring AFB, ME, until retirement as an Captain(O-3E) the end of June ’88. While in the BUFF’s I had several TDY’s to England and got to fly all over Europe… high and low level… fantastic to fly through areas I had traveled over there… climbing up the ladder to look out and UP at the mountains we were flying between.:D

Click on wyntrout to see my info/pictures. Click on each picture for more info or comments.

Wynn:)

[T0RMENT]

^ good stuff Wynn. Thanks for sharing that.

[Armybrat]

Actually I signed up for AF OTS after graduating college in '67. Passed all the tests ok, then went down to the San Antonio induction center for the physical.
That's when I found out I had some medical problems that disqualified me from serving. It was a terrible disappointment, as that had been my planned career path.
Didn't feel abnormal, and those problems didn't affect me until 33 years later.

[TheShadow]

75-88 US Navy
Ocean Systems Technician/Analyst
I told the P3s where to go to put the torpedo up the Soviet boomer's ass.

Terry

[RevRay]

I always enjoy reading these kind of stories ... thanks guys.

[AIRret]

Wyntrout, you must be pretty smart!
It's pretty tough to qualify as a linguist in the AF!
Good for you!

[ced_56]

Air force brat was my specialty. Always planned on joining and then life lead me in a different course. My dad who did 21+yrs told me to go to college first and by the time I was done with that I was married and my wife had a good career.

I thank all who servered and am very proud of growing up in that life.

[SGT5711]

USMC 1994-1998, 5711 Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Defense Specialist

Served with the 3d Marine Division in Okinawa and the 2d SRIG at Camp LeJeune

[wyntrout]

Wyntrout, you must be pretty smart!
It's pretty tough to qualify as a linguist in the AF!
Good for you!

Thanks! And thank ALL of YOU for YOUR service, too. We all made a difference. And thanks, too, to all of you who volunteered but were denied the chance to serve due to reasons beyond your control.

Yeah, that includes the "Colonel", too!

:amflag:

Wynn:)

PS: I love languages and have studied many. I've studied as many as four at a time including English.

[ced_56]

USMC 1994-1998, 5711 Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Defense Specialist

Served with the 3d Marine Division in Okinawa and the 2d SRIG at Camp LeJeune

Nice. I was on Okinawa in 87-91....but that was ages 7-11 for me

[Sgt01]

USN 1973-1977, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42), G-Division, Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class (E-5), Flight Deck Ordnance Crew. Was one of the last crew members on board before her decommissioning.

[okieshooter1]

63B 1974-1984 US Army FT Bragg FRG FT Sill OK

[Bob T]

63B 1974-1984 US Army FT Bragg FRG FT Sill OK

Ha...I was at Ft Bragg from 76-79....Howdy friend!

[usmcchet]

LCPL USMC 0311 from 1992 to 1996
2nd Btn 5th Marines Golf co. 2nd Plt.
11th MEU/SOC deployed to Somalia in 1994
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Signature copy-v2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhermesmeyer/6314062844/) by usmcchet92_96 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jhermesmeyer/), on Flickr

me with R Lee Ermey
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[DKD]

My job was to close with and destroy the enemy. Army Infantry / Airborne 05 P.
Second Infantry Division, Platoon Leader, & XO, Black Hat Infantry School Officer Candidate School Senior Tactical Officer. S-3 Operations Officer, if and when the balloon were to go up Path Finder CO.

[jlottmc]

Cpl, USMC MOS 1171 (turd chaser) and a secondary of 2111 (armorer) served with MWSS 274, and got a trip to Bosnia and Norway out of the deal.

[muggsy]

Nice. I was on Okinawa in 87-91....but that was ages 7-11 for me

My Uncle John was on Okinawa on April 1, 1945 he was a 20 year old Marine. In February of the same year he was on Iwo Jima.

[Glock Holiday]

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x42/Glockholiday/A10crewchief.jpg (http://s181.photobucket.com/user/Glockholiday/media/A10crewchief.jpg.html)

USAF crew chief 1976-1996 crewed many airframes.
Mostly fighters and at the end of my career -135's.
But I'll have to say the old A-10 was my favorite.

Davis-Monthan AFB AZ Circa 1984

[DavidS]

LT, USN, 1973-1980
I planned on enlisting AF after high school graduation but my brother (Army) was shipped to Vietnam the winter of my senior year, I was only 17 at graduation, and Mom said no way (needed her signature).
Went to college instead, got a degree in engineering, and joined the Navy. Did not need her signature any more. Went the nuclear power route - submarines. My longest continuous submerged cruise was 73 days.
By the way, submarines are called 'boats', not ships.
Took this shot one day when I was Officer of the Deck getting underway from Holy Loch, Scotland shortly before we shut the hatches.
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h134/DScholten/Slide0356_zps955fb601.jpg
"There are only two types of ocean going vessels - submarines and targets."

[O'Dell]

Nobody on board ever called the carrier anything but 'the boat', and I was on three, Saratoga, Constellation, and Kitty Hawk.

[DavidS]

Nobody on board ever called the carrier anything but 'the boat', and I was on three, Saratoga, Constellation, and Kitty Hawk.

The surface guys I knew did not like their's to be called a boat, always said a 'boat' is what the Captain rode when going from the ship to the shore.

Always in good fun though, maybe they really didn't care, just friendly rivalry.

[knkali]

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x42/Glockholiday/A10crewchief.jpg (http://s181.photobucket.com/user/Glockholiday/media/A10crewchief.jpg.html)

USAF crew chief 1976-1996 crewed many airframes.
Mostly fighters and at the end of my career -135's.
But I'll have to say the old A-10 was my favorite.

Davis-Monthan AFB AZ Circa 1984

LOVE the A10. The Warthog's purpose was very clear and so was its design. Everything about that plane was just sick. If I was on the ground and that thing was after me, I would die of a heart attack before you got to me. I cannot imagine being on the receiving end of that weapon system.
How rugged was that cannon?
What did the guys wish that bird had that it didn't have? Other than a force field and maybe another 500 in top speed LOL

[100percent]

Torment
I trained as a an intercept recording systems repairman, with the Army Security Agency. Was stationed in Korea at Humphreys and up at Camp Red Cloud as the signal security maintenance person. I arrived in Korea in 71 and left in 73.

One day our CWO of Electronic Maintaince took myself and another Mech over to Osan AB. For some reason we got to see what the USAF was doing with the AQM-34Q Combat Dawn Firebee. They were flying it with a pilot at a console and I think they said there was a another console that was airborne in the mother ship. Was way more exciting than fixing tape recorders.

Years later I bought an R390 receiver which I still have.
http://veloliner.com/images/ASA.gif

[tv_racin_fan]

I was just a simple ole combat engineer.. enjoyed playing with explosives so when I got out I went to work drilling and blasting.

[downtownv]

LCPL USMC 0311 from 1992 to 1996
2nd Btn 5th Marines Golf co. 2nd Plt.
11th MEU/SOC deployed to Somalia in 1994
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Signature copy-v2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhermesmeyer/6314062844/) by usmcchet92_96 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jhermesmeyer/), on Flickr

me with R Lee Ermey
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3237/2424085359_68c9e1cf6b_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhermesmeyer/2424085359/)
WOH2006 054 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhermesmeyer/2424085359/) by usmcchet92_96 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jhermesmeyer/), on Flickr

Now That's cool!

[downtownv]

MOS 67A1F Door Gunner 1st of the 9th Air Cav 1970-1972 winner of the Draft Lottery.
Dad B-17 8th Army Air Corp 33 Nazi Germany Bombing missions member of the "Lucky Basturds Club"

[O'Dell]

The surface guys I knew did not like their's to be called a boat, always said a 'boat' is what the Captain rode when going from the ship to the shore.

Always in good fun though, maybe they really didn't care, just friendly rivalry.

Technically a boat is a vessel carried by a ship. This would be a neat trick with a 95,000 ton carrier or an 8000 ton 688 for that matter. However, I was not a part of the surface Navy. I was a Naval Aviator [a brown shoe if you please] and we did things our own way. The 'boat' was just a place to park our jets and chill between mission.

[Rob K]

Marine Corps 1968-1972. Field Radio Operator. 2nd Batalion, 1st Marines, Viet Nam.
A a radio man my issue weapon was a 1911. I opted to also carry a rifle which was for 9 months an M14 until we were finally issued M16s. That's why I still have a love for the 1911
and have a RIA 1911 now mainly for target shooting and home protection. It is too big for concealed carry and that is why I got my CM9 for concealed carry. After a lot of research on what to buy I got my CM9. I love everything about it and carry it daily.

[miketafc]

Us Army
SP-E4 Medic
Vietnam Vet

[Shadetree]

Air Force, 43250, jet engine mechanic

[Flieger]

LT - USN - Most of my hours racked up driving a Beechcraft T-34c Mentor (I was a bit of a bagger) I loved it.

[DavidS]

LT - USN - Most of my hours racked up driving a Beechcraft T-34c Mentor (I was a bit of a bagger) I loved it.

Shortly before returning to civilian life, an aviator buddy of mine flew into town in a T-28. Told me he came to give me a ride before I got out.
IT WAS GREAT! He would explain a maneuver and then we would perform it. Yeah, he gave me a barf bag which I used after about 15 minutes. He asked if I wanted to quit but then he would explain the next maneuver and I just had to do it. Three more encounters with the bag before we were done, but what a hoot!

My only other experience in a small aircraft was in college. The president of the flying club took me on a flight a few hundred feet above Mt. Rushmore. It was an incredible view.

[Pointblank]

ARMY, 0804 Cargo Officer, but I never worked in it. I ended up as the CO of a HQS and HQS Company as a 1LT, 1970-72.

[rjinaz85308]

USAF. Photo Recon - 1966 to 1972 (7 years) got out as E-6


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[cohoskip]

USMC 1945-52. Staff Sergeant, MOS 0848. Artillery operations man, Survey section and Fire Direction Control. (when I wasn't the CO's errand boy :))
11th Marine regiment, 1st Marine Division...

[DLButler]

Navy 1971 to 1981. FTG1 NEC 1126 (MK 56 Gun Fire Control System) and 1127 Basic Point Defense Missile System

[skychief12]

U.S. Army Helicopter Pilot CW2 during Vietnam 69-70. I flew as an insert pilot with the 195th Assault Helicopter Company supporting Special Forces Recon Teams working the then Classified Military Assistance Command Vietnam Studies and Observations Group (MACvSOG) missions operating in Cambodia.

[sharpetop]

USAF, Security Police/K-9 handler.

[happypuppy]

USN corpsman


When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race. --H.G. Wells

[FelixD]

Army, Explosive Ordnance Disposal. RVN 70/71.

[ltxi]

Air Force. Enlisted 306X0. Officer 28 and 14.

[Armybrat]

U.S. Army Helicopter Pilot CW2 during Vietnam 69-70. I flew as an insert pilot with the 195th Assault Helicopter Company supporting Special Forces Recon Teams working the then Classified Military Assistance Command Vietnam Studies and Observations Group (MACvSOG) missions operating in Cambodia.
Chief, maybe you ran across my cousin before he was shot down:

http://www.vhpa.org/KIA/K10553.HTM

[DavidS]

Chief, maybe you ran across my cousin before he was shot down:

http://www.vhpa.org/KIA/K10553.HTM

:'(

[Dirt doc]

Navy 1971 to 1981. FTG1 NEC 1126 (MK 56 Gun Fire Control System) and 1127 Basic Point Defense Missile System

It looks like you may have been on a 1052 class DE. At least those weapons systems look familiar. Which one? I was on one out of Long Beach '72-'74.

[HSparrow]

Jack of all Trades U.S.C.G. Currently hold a clearance in my civilian job

[CPTKILLER]

1204 Armored Cavalry Officer - Now 12C
1203 Armor Officer - Now 12B

In Vietnam I was an infantry company commander even though I was a Cav guy.

[340pd]

4th Tank/33 Armor. I was particularly good at keeping my Company Commander away from the Colonel. He appreciated it very much.

[collector rob]

95B MP Army 3rd MP 2plt 3rdID 1988-1991 Kitzingen FRG

[wganz]

13A(aka Forward Observer) Army, 5th ID @ Fort Polk & 25th ID @ Schofield Barracks.

[RevDerb]

Feb. '66 to Feb. '72. Last two years were Ready Reserve to finish my contract. Communications 2nd class (CTT2). Served in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for a year and Todendorf, Germany for 2+ years. Schools in Pensacola, FL and Fort Meade, MD (NSA). After completing 6 year contract I was done until 1980 when I needed a part time job to supplement our family income. Joined the USNR where I drilled for 12 more years also as a CT. Got too old and too fat to keep up with the younger folks so 1992 was my last year.

:Amflag2:

[dkmatthews]

Feb. '66 to Feb. '72. Last two years were Ready Reserve to finish my contract. Communications 2nd class (CTT2). Served in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for a year and Todendorf, Germany for 2+ years. Schools in Pensacola, FL and Fort Meade, MD (NSA). After completing 6 year contract I was done until 1980 when I needed a part time job to supplement our family income. Joined the USNR where I drilled for 12 more years also as a CT. Got too old and too fat to keep up with the younger folks so 1992 was my last year.

:Amflag2:
CT's were like the secret squirrels when I was on active duty. Thanks for your service!

[CPTKILLER]

Cav, Armor, and Infantry Officer from Vietnam to CONUS to Europe to the Texas Army National Guard.

[MTCSS]

US Navy '73 to '93. Poseidon Missile Technician on Fleet Ballistic Missile submarines USS Lafayette, USS Robert E Lee, and USS Benjamin Franklin. Also served on sub tenders USS Simon Lake and USS Canopus as Nuclear Weapons Quality Assurance Inspector. Disaster Preparedness Officer at Strategic Weapons Facility Kings Bay, Georgia. Training Technician at Strategic Weapons Facility Silverdale, Washington. Instructor at Naval Submarine School Groton, Connecticut.

[downtownv]

Nam Vets- Welcome home Brothers!

[muggsy]

Thanks! And thank ALL of YOU for YOUR service, too. We all made a difference. And thanks, too, to all of you who volunteered but were denied the chance to serve due to reasons beyond your control.

Yeah, that includes the "Colonel", too!

:amflag:

Wynn:)

PS: I love languages and have studied many. I've studied as many as four at a time including English.

Wynn, you should have a sit down with old Jocko. Maybe you could teach him to speak English. I'm sure that he could teach you a few new words. Probably has a few choice ones for me, too. :)

[Blackhawk83]

Combat medic / infantry

[taroman]

US Army Signal Corps 1972-1995
Combat Communications
Communications Systems Engineer
Radio Frequency Engineer
German Linguist
Expert pistol and rifle
Excellence in Competition - Pistol
Retired as a LTC (O5)

[CPTKILLER]

Armored Cavalry Officer

Infantry Company Commander in Vietnam

Armored Cavalry Officer Again

Tank Company Commander after the Regular Army in the Texas Army National Guard

[kenemoore]

Machinist Mate 2nd Class (E-5). 1977-1985