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USN, based at NAS Oceana, and CVN-72, WestPac cruise Persion Gulf bound for 3mo. Of 7mo. Tour. VF-31 working on the MIGHTY F-14D Tomcat! That was a bad *** aircraft!
 
I speak this constantly....... Please people, if you live in a "military" area.. Please take the time to hold a door at 7-11 and tell em' thanks! I NEVER felt gratitude in the Navy area I live in and it irritated me and still does. Please just let em know you care for the sacrafice they make for you!
 
1973- 1976 USMC radioman H&S 2/4 Third Marine Division - "The Magnificent Bastards". Japan, Korea, Okinawa, Hong Kong, Singapore, Cambodia & Vietnam '75. Also with MAC6 at Cherry Point, NC for about a year. OOhrah!
 
USN 93-97 .BM3 stationed on USS Areligh Burke DDG 51
USNR seabee unit 24, 97-2000
USAF 2002-present (2T370 vehicle maintenance)I have been stationed at
Eglin AFB FL
Ramstein AFB Germany
Minot ND
Kunsan AFB Korea
and now Seymour Johnson AFB NC. I have been Deployed to Qatar and Iraq. Going back to Iraq in 5 weeks.
 
USAF 55th Stratigic Reconnaissance Wing, Kansas England and Turkey 1962-66.
 
us army 1april69 to 21jan71 americal divison vietnam 198lib chu lai 31aug69 to 1sept70 at lz bayonet
 
US Navy 94-00 AT2, RTC Great Lakes, NATTC Millingon, TN; NAS North Island; TPU Treasure Island (while waiting for my ship); USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72 (got tired of waiting). Did one and a third WestPac deployments, made it to Hong Kong, Singapore, Jebel Ali, Bahrain, Australia and Tasmania, Pearl Harbor, and did many circles in the Persian Gulf. Survived EDSRA at Bremerton, WA from late 95 to early 97. (Ever see a Nimitz-class carrier drydocked???) Started with an NEC (MOS for you non-squid types) of 6614, S-3B Radar repair, switched to 6633, RADCOM, for F-14D Super Tomcat radar repair. GO NAVY! BEAT ARMY!!!
 
US Navy from 86-89 boot camp at great lakes and stationed at 32nd street. Stationed on the USS CAPE COD AD43. went on one west pac and partook in the ship convoy exercise in the gulf of oman between irag and iran. saw all the places that a west pac would take ya.
 
USNR active duty 9-64 to 8-66.
Served abd the USS O'BANNON DD 450. (most decorated destroyer in WW2)
Made two tours of Viet Nam in the Gulf of Tonkin.
Homeported in Pearl Harbor Hawaii.
Yokosuka,Japan,Hong Kong,Subic Bay (Olongapo), Kaioshung Taiwan,Guam,Midway.
Was on way down under in nov 64 when we turned around and went directly to the Gulf to support the carriers and also some "Desoto patrol" up near NVn.
I was a SM3.
Go NAVY!
 
USMC 1973-1976 - 2nd Bn. 4th Marines, 3rd Mar Div, Okinawa. Radio operator, Vietnam & Cambodia 1975, operation Frequent Wind and Eagle Pull.
 
USARMY 1983-'84 Ft Dix NJ- Boot and AIT
1984-1985- Ft Campbell 101st- 372nd Trans Maint platoon
1985-1987 Heilbronn W. Germany- Badnerhof Kaserne A Btty 3/84th FA
TDY in White Sands NM to fire off 6 Pershing missles
63B/52D- LTwheeled vehicle mechanic/Power generation mechanic
 
Well guys I get to add Iraq 2011 Operation New Dawn to my resume.
Oh and I finally got promoted to E-5 March 1st.
 
I never served overseas, and fell between conflicts, but I was a 63s in the early 80s at Ft. Sill. My unit was HHS 6/27 MLRS. You don't want to be the target for MLRS rounds!
 
US Army Sgt. 11F40, 1969-71- Ft. Dix, Ft. Lewis, Ft Benning, Ft. Hood, Viet Nam.

Dusted72, congrats on the promotion and thanks for the thread and your service.

God bless all of you and God bless America!
 
hemidup said:
I was US Army, 1973-1976 2nd AD "Hell on Wheels" My older brother Jim was with the 82nd AB Div. He severd in Nam in late 71 till 72 (Americal) until a command detonated RPG took both his legs in Mar 72 during an ambush. Wounded and under fire he was awarded both the Bronze and Silver Star with Valor while supporting fire so the rest of his platoon could take cover. The MASH hospital in Da Nang patched him up the best they could and then he was sent to Fitsimmons for rehab. Jim died exactly 13 years ago today. He was 46. His war wounds caused his early death yet his name will never be seen on any wall.
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WAR IS HELL! i`m so sorry about JIM!!.....HE`S on your wall! (but i know what you mean)....ALL GAVE SOME....SOME GAVE ALL!!! Bao-LOC VIETNAM....,20th Eng. 39th grp. 554th.combat batt...1971...Serious trauma to a person does short`n their life-span!!! Still have metal in my neck, has to stay, to close to spinel cord.... to operate...THANK YOU for your service!!And I salute you!!! When i was in nam ,they brought in a gun truck for our cover TET (year of the monkey) was drawing near..did`nt want another 1968...Truck was a 5-ton with 6" thick walls filled with concreat. Had quad 50tys mounted on it....,,every night they let loose couple hundred rouhds just to let charley know they were there it was bad-*** when those 4 50ty cals. fired!!! Gun crew had painted on the side of truck: ( Hell on wheels)
 
1981-1985 Based, camp lejune, quard duty naval air base, guam.camp henson, oki.,tinian for some walks on the tarmac.cali,29 stumps,and many more.mostly west pac. 71 dart
 
US Army Reserve. 1966-1972 6th Armored Division. Active duty at Fort Knox, KY.
 
US Navy 1985-1990, VFA-82 Marauders (F/A-18C Strike Fighter aircraft). Based at Cecil Field, FL, deployed on the USS America, 1 North Atlantic cruise and 1 Mediterranean cruise.
 

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USAF MSgt (Ret) 1984-2006 Aircraft Armament Systems, 3 1 year tours to Korea, several trips to the sandbox, been there done that. Hats of to all the men and women, brothers and sisters of the Military. Still serving as an Equipment Specialist providing technical support to the Warfighters.
 
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