Veterans On the Board

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dusted72 said:
How about we see how many Vets we have.
List your branch and years in, also if you served overseas. Middle East, Europe, South America don't matter. Let's recognize everybody.
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dusted72 said:
How about we see how many Vets we have.
List your branch and years in, also if you served overseas. Middle East, Europe, South America don't matter. Let's recognize everybody.
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USMC 82-88 8541 , then Army 2004-14 Combat disabled medical retired , Deployments yep 8 , been in Germany, Korea, PI , Oki , Panama ect
 
1982-1992
67J Aeromedical Evacuation Officer
Panama 1989
Desert storm

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Rick Buxton said:
Navy, SeaBee team 7108, 1970-71, VietNam
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GSXcite said:
U.S. Navy Seabees 1968-1972 , MCB6 & MCB62. Deployed to Vietnam 69-70. Although I was a fleet rate, HT2, I spent my entire four years with the Seabees.View attachment 1715601973
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Hoorah Seabees. I was in NMCB-74 in Gulfport, MS.

Also did time at Naval Special Warfare Unit 4, Special Boat Team 22, and ST-8.

Stationed in Puerto Rico 2 years.

6-8 month tours in Spain, Okinawa, Guam, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq.

Was in 2002-2011. Had a couple tough ones. Sometimes I wish I never would have joined but I would’ve done it all over again given the chance.
 
I joined the army 2002-2007 Field Artillery. 5 weeks after basic training was in Kuwait headed to Baghdad for 14months. Stationed in Germany came back for a bit headed back to Iraq 2006-2007 another 14 months. Ramadi and Talafar. 1st Armored Division.
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go-fish said:
Those were the good ole days, huh. Did you ever want to go back after you got home? For some weird reason when I got back from a deployment I didn’t feel comfortable in an American town. Weird ****.
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Yes definitely, life seemed sometimes easier in war. Had most my friends with me, had purpose, missions to do. Lot of my veteran friends miss it also. Oddly
 
go-fish said:
Hoorah Seabees. I was in NMCB-74 in Gulfport, MS.

Also did time at Naval Special Warfare Unit 4, Special Boat Team 22, and ST-8.

Stationed in Puerto Rico 2 years.

6-8 month tours in Spain, Okinawa, Guam, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq.

Was in 2002-2011. Had a couple tough ones. Sometimes I wish I never would have joined but I would’ve done it all over again given the chance.
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I knew several guys in 74. We were in Nam at the same time. I also spent time in Rosy Roads. Thanks for your service my fellow Bee!

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Dave_J said:
US Army Signal Corps. 1973-1994 all active.
Nov 1973 Basic Ft Ord, first Advance school (AIT) 36K wire and radio, 2nd AIT Ft Gordon for 36C Cable. 3rd was 36D Antenna/Tower installer.

1974 First assignment was Ft Lewis as tactical Cable.

1975 Then Heidelberg Germany for 1 year. Post telephone installer.

Then Ft Ord doing tactical cable for 6 months till I did a swap to Ft Lewis as a Post Telephone installer 3.5 years.

1979 Next was Stuttgart Germany. Post Telephone and Data.

1983 Went to Fort Jackson, S.C. for Drill Instructor course and back to Ft Gordon as Tactical Signal Operations for Signal Officers Basic training and did 2 years as AIT and then the Reserve Component Drill Instructor.

1986 Returned to Kaiserslautern Germany for 4 years. Digital Switching Systems.

Back to Ft Lewis for 2 years, Yakima Training Center Communications Commander.

1993 I went to Seoul Korea in Communications Operations, Post telephones, American Forces Koren Network TV and such.

Returned to Ft Lewis for my last 6 months for retirement. All just short of 21 years.

This training gave me the opportunity to get a job with GTE Communications at a very good living wage. Put in 18 years and retired in 2015.
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when were you at YTC?
 
Dave_J said:
US Army Signal Corps. 1973-1994 all active.
Nov 1973 Basic Ft Ord, first Advance school (AIT) 36K wire and radio, 2nd AIT Ft Gordon for 36C Cable. 3rd was 36D Antenna/Tower installer.

1974 First assignment was Ft Lewis as tactical Cable.

1975 Then Heidelberg Germany for 1 year. Post telephone installer.

Then Ft Ord doing tactical cable for 6 months till I did a swap to Ft Lewis as a Post Telephone installer 3.5 years.

1979 Next was Stuttgart Germany. Post Telephone and Data.

1983 Went to Fort Jackson, S.C. for Drill Instructor course and back to Ft Gordon as Tactical Signal Operations for Signal Officers Basic training and did 2 years as AIT and then the Reserve Component Drill Instructor.

1986 Returned to Kaiserslautern Germany for 4 years. Digital Switching Systems.

Back to Ft Lewis for 2 years, Yakima Training Center Communications Commander.

1993 I went to Seoul Korea in Communications Operations, Post telephones, American Forces Koren Network TV and such.

Returned to Ft Lewis for my last 6 months for retirement. All just short of 21 years.

This training gave me the opportunity to get a job with GTE Communications at a very good living wage. Put in 18 years and retired in 2015.
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I was at Ft Gordon going through the 31E10- Field Radio Repair course in 1984. Got there in May and left in November 1984. Sounds like we were there at the same time.
 
1970-72 Army, Ft. Sill Artillery, 105 & 155 towed, 175, 8" & 155 self propelled, instructor on 105 & 155 towed, gunner on 155 self propelled.
 
I served in the Army National Guard, 2000-2012. Sergeant/E5 11B Infantry. 4 years on active duty, including 2 combat tours in Iraq. I was wounded in a rocket attack in ‘04. Unfortunately lasting injuries from that eventually led to me leaving the military. I’m still glad that I had a chance to serve.

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US Navy, 1987-2007, Cryptologic Technician Maintenance. Spent most of my career on Submarines until they decomm’d them for being too old, built in the 60’s. Pretty much under the ocean for everything from 1988-2000.
 
tjpatte said:
US Navy, 1987-2007, Cryptologic Technician Maintenance. Spent most of my career on Submarines until they decomm’d them for being too old, built in the 60’s. Pretty much under the ocean for everything from 1988-2000.
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Is it true you get nose bleeds at the surface? Just Kidding. After my tour in the Marines, I spent 4 years at AUTEC in the Bahamas. I was an In-Water Controller, I might know more about your boat than you know. Sush...... I love ASW warfare and tactics. We won't talk about the USS Dallas on the reef in the early '80's.
 
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70dart340 said:
Is it true you get nose bleeds at the surface? Just Kidding. After my tour in the Marines, I spent 4 years at AUTEC in the Bahamas. I was an In-Water Controller, I might know more about your boat than you know. Sush...... I love ASW warfare and tactics. We won't talk about the USS Dallas on the reef in the early '80's.
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No, but sometimes this happens.

Hitting reefs is nothing, read about some of the things that happened with Sturgeon (637) class boats 60’s-80’s.
 
Active duty US Army signal corps 32G fixed cryptographic equipment repair 1978-82 E5/SP5. 72nd Signal Battalion Karlsruhe Germany and Ft Ritchie MD Site R alternate pentagon site.

Cold War peace time party soldier!
 
I'm just curious, have any one of you had shore leave on AUTEC, Andros Island? I was the youngest In Water controller, at 25. You Submariners partied hard ashore.
 
ls23h said:
Active duty US Army signal corps 32G fixed cryptographic equipment repair 1978-82 E5/SP5. 72nd Signal Battalion Karlsruhe Germany and Ft Ritchie MD Site R alternate pentagon site.

Cold War peace time party soldier!
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I’ve been to Ft. Ritchie and to Site R (ANMCC) I helped install an EMP hardened communication system at Site R and the mountain top. It was the GWEN system. It was scrapped after 6 months online. It took a total of 4 years to construct that nationwide comm system for the USAF. I also did it at NORAD CMC in CO and the NMCC at the Pentagon.
 
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