Roll Call - Who Served?

[Dirty Dan]

I spent 3 years in the Marine Corps from 1975 to 1978. Bootcamp was in San Diego and my first duty station was Marine Barracks - Naval Ammunition Depot - Mc Alester, OK where I spent my first two years. My last year was spent back in CA at Camp Pendleton...Lima 3/1 in Camp Horno.

My experience was positive and I had a lot of fun. But it was a strange time to serve as Viet Nam really soured the nation toward the military during those years. Frankly, we weren't very popular at the time. It's nice to know times have changed.

[Jams]

Semper Fi :patriot:

USMC 0311 1970-1972 , MCRD, ITR Camp Pendleton , Marine Barracks NAS Bermuda -- Camp Pendleton / San Mateo, India Company 7th Mar / 1st Mar Div -- L/Cpl Honorable

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[CDouthitt]

USMC Reserves
1994-2002

MCRD San Diego
Camp Lejeune (Courthouse Bay)
Combat Engineer, switched in 1997 to Supply

Units:
South Bend IN, Cleveland OH, Saginaw MI

Honorable Discharge
Corporal

[Dirty Dan]

YEA...Devil Dogs! Oooooh Rahhh.

[Keeper]

US Navy 1974-1978
USS Kitty Hawk
USS Nimitz

Loved every minute of it and regret not staying in

[tibs]

VAW-116 1992-1996 - USS Ranger and USS Constellation (Both razorblades now)

[y2k king]

another jarhead here. us marine march '68-72. semper fi boys.:USA:

[hogg831]

Army 75-99



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[dwarthog]

U.S Army 1977-80.

[Stone Cold]

VAW-116 1992-1996 - USS Ranger and USS Constellation (Both razorblades now)

I don't know about the Connie, but the Ranger is in mothballs in Bremerton, WA

[Stone Cold]

USN
1980-2002

USS Nimitz 1980-1984
ComTraWing Six, NAS Pensacola 1984-1987
HC-5, NAS Agana, Guam 1987-1989
USS Independence 1989-1991
USS Ranger 1991-1993
DFAS, San Diego 1993-1996
USS Tarawa 1996-1999
Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, San Diego 1999-2002

[Dirty Dan]

USN
1980-2002
That explains living in Chula Vista.

[Dirty Dan]

another jarhead here. us marine march '68-72. semper fi boys.:USA:
Heh...the golden years. I bet you have a story or two.

[BigAlsRK]

USAF 73-77.....Edwards AFB CA.....Southeast Asia......73:USA:

[chnpostal]

USN
77-83........From Carter years to Reagan years :blink:
VS-22 at Cecil Field (Jacksonville, FL)
USS Saratoga
USS John F. Kennedy

[duhast]

I was USNR from 1970 until 1976, went on active duty from 1972 until early 1974, then active reserve until 1976.

Before active duty, I drilled at the Armed Forces Reserve Center at the USMC helicopter base at Tustin, CA.

Served active duty on USS Mispillion, AO 105 as a Boiler Tech (BT) steaming Babcock & Wilcox superheated 450lb sectional header boilers. We were home ported in Long Beach, CA.

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My first Active Reserve billet (monthly weekend meetings + 2 weeks active) was USS Peacock MSC 198, as a Hull Tech (HT). This was sort of what it sounds like, plus damage control responsibilities, as well as standing wheel watch (steering the ship).

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Then I went to USS Pledge MSO 492, again as HT, but usually standing sounding and security watches (that's making sure the ship doesn't sink while everyone is sleeping). Both the Pledge and Peacock were minesweepers with wooden hulls.

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Then for a short time I was billited in the Photo lab at Naval Air Station Los Alamitos, CA.

[TalonChief]

USAF 82 to present.

Oct - Nov 82 BMTS
Nov 82 - Jul 83 Keesler AFB, MS
Oct 83 - Jul 85 Andersen AFB, Guam
Jul 85 - Feb 88 Homestead AFB, FL
Apr 88 - Jul 91 Clark AB, Philippines
Jul 91 - Dec 03 Eglin AFB, FL
Dec 03 - Dec 04 Kunsan AB, Korea
Dec 04 - Oct 06 Moody AFB, GA
Oct 06 - Nov 08 Hurlburt Field, FL
Now retired and working for AF Special Operations Command

[Stone Cold]

That explains living in Chula Vista.

How so??

Maybe Chula Vista is THE Garden spot of southern California.

It's not, but I'm just sayin'...

[TerryMiller]

USN 76-82 Paul F Foster 77-80, lived in Chula Vista for a while. Seemed like the garden spot while I was there. At least it was off the boat.

[Scabbydoo]

While I don't consider what I did as "serving", I did report after receiving the now infamous "Greetings" letter. U.S. Army 4/68 - 7/68 before a Colonel (the Head of Orthopedics at Ireland Army Hospital) decided my wheels were not fit for combat.

To my two brothers and the rest who picked up the slack, my deepest respect.

[nvsteve]

Army 1966-68

[tibs]

I don't know about the Connie, but the Ranger is in mothballs in Bremerton, WA

I didnt know that.

I actually toured her one last time for several hours while she was being stripped down in preperation for being moved to WA - was told by the skipper is was going to the shredder. I think I still have the Badge sticker on my Shellback card.

[Dinero]

USAF, '65-'69. The turbulent times as I recall.

[FXDRYDR]

Navy Active '81 - '88, USNR '88 to present.

[SeaHag]

US Navy 1990-92...Instrumentman [IMSN] aboard the USS Frank Cable AS-40...Charleston, S.C.

[Dirty Dan]

How so??

Maybe Chula Vista is THE Garden spot of southern California.

It's not, but I'm just sayin'...

I thought Chula Vista was a large naval retiree community. Nothing wrong with the place...hell, I even got laid there once.:blink:

[Keeper]

we sure have alot of squids onboard..........anybody got some good liberty stories? :cheers:

[Squish]

US Army 19D30 1994 to present. been heavy cav for the last 10 years and loving it.

[duhast]

we sure have alot of squids onboard..........anybody got some good liberty stories? :cheers:



Ah....yes.

[Stone Cold]

I thought Chula Vista was a large naval retiree community. Nothing wrong with the place...hell, I even got laid there once.:blink:

Probably is, I am.

See, I told you it was a garden spot....


we sure have alot of squids onboard..........anybody got some good liberty stories? :cheers:


A couple.

You wanna hear about the Buddhist temple I visited in Singapore?? :D

[Keeper]

I'll start a fresh pot of coffee .......... :coffee: .......let er rip!

[duhast]

This is my Chief. Look at the guy...he's just a kid, I was 21 and thought he was an old man. Well, he was tough but fair. I don't think I ever saw him smile, but once when I got into some trouble, he dragged me to the Chief quarters and dug out a business card of a lawyer friend of his and gave it to me.

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Well, he was kind of a loner. In Olongapo, we never ran into him on the beach. It turns out he would take the first right after crossing Sh!t River and go about a block to a little quiet 2nd story bar.

One of the E-5's found out where he would go and one afternoon about 15 of us from B division snuck up on him, crept up the stairs quietly, and burst in..."HEY!!!!! CHIEF!!!! HOWYADOIN'!?!?!?!?!?!?!!!!!!!!!!

So...he left soon and since we all started going there, we never saw him there again....



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On the Peacock (the small minesweeper) a guy announced his wife had just had a baby and he passed out cigars. I happened to be in the wheelhouse at the time. It was small, and the ship was conned from the bridge one level up, so there was a voice tube from the wheel to the bridge. I stood there smoking my cigar and blowing smoke up the voice tube every so often. That went on for about 5 minutes, then the Captain, who was on the bridge, popped in the door wanting to know what was going on. I had to mumble some sort of bs apology about standing too close to the voice tube.....

[My name is Doug]

USMC Jan '93 to present. Currently recruiting. Done tours with Security Forces in Goose Creek S.C., 3/4 (0341), 4th Tank Bn (1812), VMFA-112 (0431) and now recruiting (8411). Do have a few other MOS's but who's counting. Considering another tour recruiting if I can get to Miramar or Pendleton area unless I can be guaranteed a trip to the sandbox with duty station in SoCal so the OL is happy and at home with family and friends.

[TerryMiller]

The really good one's should really be shared in private.

Chin-Hae, Olongopo, Taipei and Honkong - Private.

Japan - OK.

The walk up Mt. Fujiyama to be there as the sun rose was pretty cool.

[CDouthitt]

I learned quickly to never call a Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps a Master Sergeant...whoopsies...friggen rank is hard to distinguish on cammies.

[tibs]

I had oodles of fun when deployed - the nice thing about being in an air wing was you did sea detachments and you did land detachments. I enjoyed the sea detachments the most because you got to see alot of great places and felt like you were doing something. The land detachments were nice as well, but too long - a week is about all I wanted to see in some of those places.

We were heading back from down under when the Oklahoma Bombing happened, and every single one of us wanted to turn the battle group to the left and head right for Iraq - where we just returning from doing Desert Shield II. We were convinced it was terrorism from abroad. When we found out the truth many of us felt bad for assuming, and we all felt worse that it was one of us - a veteran.

Serving in peacetime isnt the same as wartime, and my hat is off to any of you who did, or are doing, or have anyone who is serving. Its a whole different league in my opinion to be in harms way. I do not discount the service one does when in peace time, but during war is a whole different thing.

The best stories (Not meant as happy either) I have heard are from those who served in Vietnam, any time I get the chance to listen I do - I'm in a different generation (Born in 1970), but the moving wall tugged at my gut when I saw it here locally a few years back and I was impacted by it in a way I never expected - I have no idea who they were - not a single one - and seeing thier names impacted me.

We must never forgot those who serve. I was just talking to Zaray the other night about how I hope we dont have another situation where we forget about the troops who have been through this hard time.

[pairofnines]

but the moving wall tugged at my gut when I saw it here locally a few years back and I was impacted by it in a way I never expected - I have no idea ho they were - not a single one - and seeing thier names impacted me.

We must never forgot those who serve.

Tibs: First, I am pleased that none of your friends and comrades are on the Wall. Second, It says a lot about your character in that you found the Wall a moving experience even though you were not connected to it with your service.

Sadly many of us know to damn many of the names that appear on the Wall and counted those individuals as friends. They gave their lives for our country and were sadly, treated like shite never receiving the honor and respect they deserved.

The issue is not about whether one supports a particular war but rather about honoring those Americans willing to risk life and limb to defend our freedom.

Any Vietnam area serviceman will stand, weep, and pray in silence in the presence of the Wall. It is indeed a most moving experience.

I agree: We must never forget those who serve.


US Army
Air Defense Artillery
1965-1967

[SeaHag]

I too had the opportunity to visit the 'traveling' wall while in college in Mitchell, SD. They set it up in the park a half block from my Dad's house and I visited with him. He has several friends up on that wall; and he still feels badly that he was not able to be there with him as his bad knees and pigeon-toed feet made him unfit for active duty.

My uncles who served made it home alive, and never really wanted to talk about there service so I didn't expect to 'feel' anything when I saw it myself....but it does move you whether you want it to or not. Even in its shrunken size, it is immense and their are sooooo many names...I mean I know there was something like 58,000 troops KIA over there, but for many of us, I don't believe we have a realistic idea of how many that is...until you see all those names written down; and think about all those families and friends directly and indirectly affected by that loss.

It was a very sobering experience. Props to those of you who served during Vietnam.:bowdown: By comparison my 'duty' during desert storm on a ship in the carribean was a vacation.

[george248]

Army 89-92

Ft. McClellan, AL
Camp Humphreys, Korea
Ft. Benning, GA

[Keeper]

I learned quickly to never call a Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps a Master Sergeant...whoopsies...friggen rank is hard to distinguish on cammies.

holy shit :pointnlaugh: :outtahere:

[DeaconK]

USAF 1970 - 1978

Wurtsmith AFB - SAC
U-Tapao RTNAF - Thailand
Lackland AFB - Officer Training School (Staff)

[tibs]

I agree: We must never forget those who serve.


I hope we (the people) don’t. I cannot stand seeing our troops, some of which are friends of mine on thier second tour there, marginalized and used for political gain. The media does it, and so do the politicians.

I have a friend who served in the air force during Vietnam. He told me he wanted to turn around and get back on the plane after being spit on and called names. His kids are handicapped and his skin has to be “scraped” as he liked to call it because of the damage done over there. I’m guessing it was the orange that got him - but he really doesnt like to talk about it and I dont blame him or pry.

Anyway, I know this is drifting the hell out of this thread, but the Portland, OR demonstration really bothered me, and I fear it’s going to get worse – not because they are right, but because they are getting attention.

[Dirty Dan]

I learned quickly to never call a Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps a Master Sergeant...whoopsies...friggen rank is hard to distinguish on cammies.

Yea...I bet you only did that once.

[dwarthog]

Got a good story for you.

Served with a guy who started out his military career in the Marines. He transferred out of the Marines into the Army somewhere along the way.

He was telling me that one time in boot after the DI's had been working them over pretty good, his mouth got the best of him and he asked when was all the bullshit going to stop... Said it was very big mistake as once the words left his mouth the crap really started for him then... :roflback:

[Keeper]

Pardon if this is thread drift



One of my favorites and most embarrasing tales is getting thrown out of port.

Gitmo Bay, Cuba.

So many drunken sailors on leave at the same time. And it was only one side of the ship at the time. What did they expect a couple thousand guys to do?

I much preferred the east coast to the west coast.

Couple of snipes almost came off the count that night by taking a long walk in the wrong direction.

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[duhast]

The Mighty Miss got thrown out of Sasebo in 1972, and we had a crew of only about 200-250.

[Keeper]

we need a sea bat patch:roflback: ask Mike (8) if he's ever seen one

[kenhorse]

mt home idaho 1980-1981
tinkerafb ok 1981-1982
beale ca 1982-1985
osan korea 1985-1986
beale ca 1987-1990
wurtsmith mi 1990-1992
hill ut 1992-2000
OUT OF THEIR
now the good stuff
proud saber 83
135 rebuild sta 960
ol classified
ol classified
again and again
desert storm 92 ? 7 days
desert storm 94 95 days
southern watch
southern watch
southern watch
aef 1 alaska
aef 1 southern watch bombing
northern watch 180
aor classified 1999
not counting state side stuff.
i like sunsets mountains and harley davidsons
turn offs are the beach (seen enough sand!!!)
1073

[tibs]

We called them sea snakes.

[BigSwede]

USAF Feb 1993 to Present.......

[Highmiles]

U S Army - June 1969/June 1971
Active Reserve June 1971/June 1975

Highmiles

[chickenman]

U S Army 1970-1972

[Woody218]

US Air Force enlisted 1973-1977 officer 1978-1990

[flhpi-ohio]

Army, 82nd Airborne. 92-95
Parachute Rigger

[pairofnines]

Parachute Rigger

Not a man you want to pi$$ off.:roflback:

[chickenman]

Not a man you want to pi$$ off.:roflback:

Hell no...................just saying.

[Fe Butte]

USN
1972-1974 Santa Barbara AE 28
1974-1977 Coral Sea CV-43

[Fe Butte]

we sure have alot of squids onboard..........anybody got some good liberty stories? :cheers:

If you drink too much Wild Turkey while in port in Pusan Korea you kinda wonder how you made it back to the liberty launch and back aboard, just a few memory flashes of making my way back with help from the other guys in R division, thanks guys.

[Homesick]

Tibs, that happened to me too, on the USS Arizona Memorial. I was in 4th grade and had only a vague understanding of where Dad was taking me, But it was powerful.

A friend of his gave me the wrist watch he was wearing during the Japanese sneak attack. It was stolen or lost by a furniture mover.

I was active Navy 72-76, stationed at NAS Corpus Christi. The only time I saw a boat was when I went to the beach. Air National Guard 91- this coming November. I find it odd and interesting that I did all my globe hopping in the Air Guard, and not in the Navy. Alaska, Guam, S. Korea, Greenland, Kuwait, Germany, Nebraska, Kansas, etc.

joe

[Big MAK]

USMCR 1982-1990. 3 Years of active duty while training (the Government toally wasted money on me) -- I'd have re-upped but they wouldn't let me do my job... so I left. 2 months later my unit was deployed to one of many "police actions" :blink:

I was lucky; primarily served during the Reagan Era. No one messed with us in those days... unless you count the poor bastards in Lebanon that were blown up courteousy of congress not allowing them to have loaded weapons. :huh:

My heart goes out to all the active duty and reserves/national guards that are serving today. Gov't not willing to pay for full timers so the reservists and guards get rotated in and out like they're following a revolving door. It's BS.

ANYWAYS... glad I found this site. Appears to be a bunch of folks that like to have a good time.

And how appropriate I get to post this as my first message since I think I just bought one of the last '07 Patriot editions. Ultra Classic (FLHTCU).

Sergeant; Honorably discharged.

[jimmymac]

US Navy - Equipment operator 2nd class
1982 -1985 active, then a couple years active reserve.

[oldmick]

U.S. Army - '71 and '72 received personal invitation from Uncle Sam.

[rk custom]

US Navy 77-81
R-Div. Pipe shop
Dwight D. Eisenhower CVN69
post V.N. when everybody thought we were sh!t.
I've had more fun in more foreign countries than I can remember
We made the best of a bad situation.
Let me add that when I got out they had just started drug testing
We partied hard and worked hard

[Dinero]

I've had more fun in more foreign countries than I can remember
We made the best of a bad situation.
Let me add that when I got out they had just started drug testing
We partied hard and worked hard

A coincidence? I think not.:roflback:

[dynageno]

U.S. Army, got a letter from the President to come play solider in 69 and 70...

[TimmyD]

United States Air Force
1981 - 1984
304x0 - Wideband Communications Technician
Hessisch-Oldendorf, Germany (Yep, H.O.G.)
609th Tactical Control Squadron - We were a Mobile Radar site
Worldwide Deployable
N.A.D.G.E. (NATO Air Defense Ground Element)
Cold War Warrior
Amazing that after over 20 years how easily I remember it.

The Bad Munder Radar Site (where 609th was located when not deployed for NATO war games-yep, we slept in tents, played the games, in the mud, snow, or heat depending upon what time of the year) does not exist anymore.
Hessisch-Oldendorf Air Station (where we, 619th & 629th TCFs billeted), and the 600th CSS was located does not exist.

We were a GSU and the East Germany border was only about 60 miles due east of Bad Munder.

Most interesting memory: Seeing 2 MIGs do a fly over our site, I wasn't smiling for their cameras. Reds caught the Allies with their 'pants down' that day, they were in & out of West Germany air space within 3 minutes.

Most unforgettable memory: One of the plane crashes (this one an F-4) I was deployed to; for setting up secure communictions. Story goes that the pilots had two choices: 1) Eject out of the barely-controllable aircraft and live. 2) Fight the controls of that S.O.B. all the way down. When control was lost, the plane was going down, heading for a civilian elementary school. They were able to get it 'turned' to go down into a nearby forest ~1000 yds from the school...they went with it.

The Cold War has turned into a distant memory for many in the U.S., and some news pundits even question whether the 40 year effort meant anything.

For those two pilots and everyone who served to keep Europe and the World free from Soviet aggression...damn straight...we made a difference...it was worth it.
Sorry about being long-winded. I salute all my brothers & sisters who in the past and present have worn the uniform of the United States military.
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1776 - 2007: 231 years and countin'

[TalonChief]

[LEFT]The Cold War has turned into a distant memory for many in the U.S., and some news pundits even question whether the 40 year effort meant anything.

Interesting you bring this up. Some of the old heads at work were discussing this the other day. The kids, ooops I'm supposed to call them that, uh the Airmen and JNCOS have no idea what the cold war was.

Sometimes I do miss the days when I knew going to work every day that the mission was simply to assure the destruction of millions of commie bastages.

[Geezer-Glide]

USAF '71 to '73. McChord AFB to DaNang and back again. Got caught kinda havin' too much fun, too many times. They asked if I wanted an early out with Honorable and full benefits. DOH!!

[juski]

22 years, 2 wars, 4 presidents
Had a blast in 79 hunting beemers on my KZ1000 LTD.
11th SOG S.E.A.
10th SOG Ft.Devens, Germany, Nicaragua/Honduras
7th Cav, Korea
5th Army Readiness Group, Ft.Leonard Wood
93rd Evac Hospital, Kuwait
716 FSG, Anchorage, AK

[Ol Mike]

US Army 1965-1968
Viet Nam 1966-1967 ..3/7/199th light infantry brigade.

[Yosamite Sam]

U.S. Army 1975-1978
Army Security Agency- Ft Devens, Ft Bliss, and Ft. Clayton, C.Z.
U.S. Army Reserves 1981-1997
352d Civil Affairs CMD
220th MP Bde
108th Tn Div, 6th Bn Intell. School Ft. Bragg MI Instructor
Retired as a MSG

[Stone Cold]

US Navy 77-81
R-Div. Pipe shop
Dwight D. Eisenhower CVN69
post V.N. when everybody thought we were sh!t.
I've had more fun in more foreign countries than I can remember
We made the best of a bad situation.
Let me add that when I got out they had just started drug testing
We partied hard and worked hard

I served on Nimitz from 80-84.

We had the crash on the flight deck that started the drug testing. Come to find out after all the hoopla, the crash was pilot error.

[Bofinn]

I was on the USS Mahan DDG-42

http://www.ussmahan.org/Mahan%20DDG42.jpg


I was a 2nd class Fire Controlman working on the 55 radars:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/SPG-55

[fr8dog]

USAF 1981-1988:
Columbus AFB, MS 1981-1986
Robins AFB, GA 1986-1988

NYANG 1990-2005:
Schenectady County Arpt, Scotia, NY

Temporary duty locations: 6 Continents and both Poles!


Hot War/Cold War; some gave their all in the prosecution of war, others in the prevention of it. All contributed to the freedom and security we enjoy today! Thank you to all who have or will serve; past, present, and future!!

JD
http://www.thesmilies.com/smilies/military/flag-airforce.gif (http://www.thesmilies.com) , Retired

P.S. Oldest son (18) just signed on the dotted line with the US Army a few days ago...adding a little Green to a Blue Family!!

[HARLET]

navy ussn mispilon
uss mount venon
from 73-77 whent in when i was 17

[Hillside]

Basic at Ft. Polk La.
Permanent Duty Station:
1/12 Cav
1st Cav Division, Ft Hood, Texas
TDY at Wildflicken/Fulda Gap, West Germany

[Kenney]

USN 66- 70
USS Valley Forge LPH-8

Vietnam 68 and again in 69

[Sparky]

320 TRS, Lackland AFB, TX July-August 1998
343 TRS, Lackland AFB, TX August-November 1998
4 Security Forces Squadron, Seymour Johnson AFB, NC November 1998-September 2003
Deployed to: Eskan Village, KSA November 1999-March 2000
Ahmed Al Jaber AB, Kuwait December 2001-March 2002
Al Udied AB, Qatar January 2003-August 2003
Forward deployed from Qatar to damn near 20 different locations in Iraq from June-August 2003
331 TRS, Lackland AFB, TX September 2003-August 2005 (Military Training Instructor Duty)
37 TRSS, Lackland AFB, TX August 2005-present (Military Training Instructor School Instructor)

I've loved EVERY DARN MINUTE of my career and plan on staying in until they kick my cranky a$$ out!

[johnnyG]

USN 66- 70
USS Valley Forge LPH-8

Vietnam 68 and again in 69

We were shipmates, served at the same time, same place. Remember the back to back tours in the Gulf of Tonkin?

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[fxr4mikey]

US Army - Dec 1966 / Dec 1969
Army Active Reserves Dec 1969 / Dec 1972

Good times and Bad Times

[Backroad Mike]

Am I the only token Coastie?

U.S. Coast Guard; October 1977 to November 2005

I didn't get to vist some of those famous overseas ports my Navy counterparts got to visit. Most of my underway time was spent in cold northern waters (Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea). My ports of call were Cold Bay, Akutan, Sand Point, Adak, Attu, Dutch Harbor. Walked over the frozen sea in Nome so we could have liberty (beer) ashore. You ain't seen Ugly women till you've been to Nome, just saying.

[johnnyG]

Am I the only token Coastie?

U.S. Coast Guard; October 1977 to November 2005

I didn't get to vist some of those famous overseas ports my Navy counterparts got to visit. Most of my underway time was spent in cold northern waters (Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea). My ports of call were Cold Bay, Akutan, Sand Point, Adak, Attu, Dutch Harbor. Walked over the frozen sea in Nome so we could have liberty (beer) ashore. You ain't seen Ugly women till you've been to Nome, just saying.

I also spent 18 months on Adak, still a small world. Welcome home.

[Kenney]

We were shipmates, served at the same time, same place. Remember the back to back tours in the Gulf of Tonkin?

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How are you doing? Small world. Sent you private message.
Don't miss it for nothing but would do it again though.

[Dirty Dan]

How are you doing? Small world. Sent you private message.
Don't miss it for nothing but would do it again though.

Do you guys remember each other, or is a carrier so large crew members don't know everyone?

[AGlocker]

Just saw this Bofin. When were you on MAHAN? I was there from '87 to '91. I was on the USS Mahan DDG-42

http://www.ussmahan.org/Mahan%20DDG42.jpg


I was a 2nd class Fire Controlman working on the 55 radars:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/SPG-55

[johnnyG]

Do you guys remember each other, or is a carrier so large crew members don't know everyone?

No Dan, I didn't know Ken. Population? I think around 3500 souls on board is close, so I never had the pleasure. We probably drank at some of the same bars at one time or another on r&r though:pirate_cheers: (Ken, remember Olongopo....Village #2 up the road a bit, Subic nco club, Hong Kong?)

The Valley Forge was a converted aircraft carrier, (still had wooden flight deck) her mission was ferrying marine squadrons and their choppers when I was aboard. Semper Fi brothers.
john

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[Kenney]

Same here, More than likely saw each other, talked with each other in passing, but just don't remember.
No, I never did go into those kind of places, :Poke: :Poke: :roflback: real Sailors just swabbed the decks and tied knots.:roflback: :roflback: :roflback:

[Dirty Dan]

No Dan, I didn't know Ken. Population? I think around 3500 souls on board is close, so I never had the pleasure. We probably drank at some of the same bars at one time or another on r&r though:pirate_cheers: (Ken, remember Olongopo....Village #2 up the road a bit, Subic nco club, Hong Kong?)

The Valley Forge was a converted aircraft carrier, (still had wooden flight deck) her mission was ferrying marine squadrons and their choppers when I was aboard. Semper Fi brothers.
john

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yea, that stands to reason. Heck, I didn't even know everyone in my company when stationed in Pendleton.

Now, regarding the Philippines, I never left stateside...but I sure wanted to visit Olongapo....yes I did!

[johnnyG]

yea, that stands to reason. Heck, I didn't even know everyone in my company when stationed in Pendleton.

Now, regarding the Philippines, I never left stateside...but I sure wanted to visit Olongapo....yes I did!

Soooo, you've heard the stories I take it?:roflback: :boobies: :roflback:

[TalonChief]

Soooo, you've heard the stories I take it?:roflback: :boobies: :roflback:

There are stories?

[Dirty Dan]

Stories wives don't hear...

[Jams]

I was with the 3/5 -- 3rd Bat 5th Marines Amphibious Brigade for a while at Pendleton and did three or four maneuvers from ships to the beaches of SoCal.
Heck I may have ate chow on your boat....Navy chow was good stuff. :)

I still have trouble eating chicken after all these years from eating semi raw uncooked chicken in Marine Corps mess halls. :(

[Dirty Dan]

I was with the 3/5 -- 3rd Bat 5th Marines Amphibious Brigade for a while at Pendleton and did three or four maneuvers from ships to the beaches of SoCal.
Heck I may have ate chow on your boat....Navy chow was good stuff. :)

I still have trouble eating chicken after all these years from eating semi raw uncooked chicken in Marine Corps mess halls. :(

I was Lima 3/1

[Jams]

I was with 3/5 before I got orders to Marine Barracks N.A.S. Bermuda and when that was done I finished up with India Company 7th Mar / 1st Mar Div at San Mateo - Camp Pendleton.

[TalonChief]

Stories wives don't hear...

Oh, they hear 'em. BTW, I spent 38 months at Clark AB.

[Dirty Dan]

I was with 3/5 before I got orders to Marine Barracks N.A.S. Bermuda and when that was done I finished up with India Company 7th Mar / 1st Mar Div at San Mateo - Camp Pendleton.

Barracks duty in Bermuda...man, I bet you hated every minute of that.:roflback:

I got Marine Barracks NAD McAlester, OK before Camp Horno.

[Jams]

Barracks duty in Bermuda...man, I bet you hated every minute of that.:roflback:

It was fun for about six weeks -- then it became a rock one mile wide at it's widest point and nine miles long and 1971 beer cost a dollar a can off base.

Rode out three brushes with hurricanes and numerous alerts for the "Weathermen" :badmood: who we were told had picked our base as a target.

We guarded AWACS Russian sub hunters.

[Dirty Dan]

It was fun for about six weeks -- then it became a rock one mile wide at it's widest point and nine miles long and 1971 beer cost a dollar a can off base.

Rode out three brushes with hurricanes and numerous alerts for the "Weathermen" :badmood: who we were told had picked our base as a target.

We guarded AWACS Russian sub hunters.

Ever seen the women in McAlester, OK?

[Jams]

Ever seen the women in McAlester, OK?

:gAZINTaBabes: :nope:

[Gazoo]

Navy 74 to 79. Aircrewman on EA-3 and EP-3E's.

Hated the idiocy of the Navy

[GPO03Fatboy]

USMC 1977-87
USMCR 87-2000

Semper Fi!

[kootiej]

U. S. Army: Army Security Agency - 1958, 59, 60, 61

Basic - Fort Ord, California
Code School - Fort Devens, Massachusetts 18wpm S&R
Radio Finger Printing - Fort Devens, Massachusetts
Radio Direction Finding - Fort Devens, Massachusetts
Strategic Operations - 14th USASAFS, Hakata, Japan
TDY - Plain of Jars, Laos - Jamming Operations - ASASOD
Trick Chief - RDF 14th USASAFS - Hakata, Japan

Offered but quit because of 1st wife (dumb **** - stupid me):

Jump School, 101st Airborne
Halo Jump School, Army Security Agency Special Operations Detachment

Dumb Deeds:

Pulled fire alarm at 3AM to get the company officers out of bed.

Failed to re-enlist.

Obtained a truck military driver's license by driving a truck 20 feet in one direction in low gear only. Never drove a truck after that.

If shot at was supposed to hide - I shot back. Don't know if I got the gook or not. He stopped shooting.
-----------

Best Deeds: Unclassified ones

Top Secret - Cryto Clearance

Could send and receive 30 wpm manually. Morse.

Best company rifle range record.

Mean.

Barfed out of a Japanese taxi going 60 MPH. No wounds.

Military photos at www.livelyroots.com under the name of Gerald Lewis Lively.

Caught a spy. Dumb luck!

[The Batman]

USN 91-99
CV-66 USS America from 92-96
NAS Cecil Field From 96-99

Saw both duty stations to decom.

Was an AT2 when separating. Spnt the last 3 years fixing computers and supporting the network at Cecil. Was a one man show for the 450 computers and base wide network at the end.

Many good times, 2 Med cruises, many ports and a few stories that come to mind every now and then.

[kenhorse]

[QUOTE=kootiej;248964]U. S. Army: Army Security Agency - 1958, 59, 60, 61

Basic - Fort Ord, California
Code School - Fort Devens, Massachusetts 18wpm S&R
Radio Finger Printing - Fort Devens, Massachusetts
Radio Direction Finding - Fort Devens, Massachusetts
Strategic Operations - 14th USASAFS, Hakata, Japan
TDY - Plain of Jars, Laos - Jamming Operations - ASASOD
plain of jars, we were not even in that country:roflback: i thought all the people were working for the company --- i know if you tell me you have to kill me:Scared:

[mountainkowboy]

USN 76-80 DDG-8 Lynde McCormick OS-2

Re-enlisted for Desert Storm, got put in a holding company. Said that the systems I was trained on were to old and it would cost to much to re-train me. I did get to stand for decomission of DDG-8, funny still had the same Capt. and he remembered me too.

[Vulcan]

87-Present

Retiring in April 2008 :outtahere:

[kootiej]

Kenhorse;

My time was before the Vietnam thing. Eisenhower was President for most of that time. Nobody was concerned about Vietnam, Laos was the big deal. It was a hot war there with the NVA supplying the Khmer Rouge. My TDY was in support of the Royal Laotian Army under a program called "Hotfoot", later "Whitestar". I didn't know about the White Star designation until recently. Most of our time was spent in the northeastern provinces.

We did two things for the most part; jamming operations and location intell of military units. Get this - we wore civilian clothes.

Spent most of my time in Japan. Later the TDY unit was recognized as ASASOD and you had to go through jump school. I missed that part.

Okay, now I have to shoot ya! If we ever sit down for a quiet talk, I'll tell you about U2's and other ancient events.

I thought I'd barf when I got a certificate of recognition signed by Donald Rumsfeld acknowledging my service in the - get this - COLD WAR.

[Dinero]

During my little stint in Hawaii, a U2 saved my career.


I had fallen asleep on the beach (Ala Moana, I believe) and couldn't wear my uniform. I spent about a week in a hangar guarding a U2. At that time they were still so top secret that they had to go straight into a hangar after landing.

My strange looking outfit for the week probably would have provided great protection without any weapons. A spy would have laughed themselves silly upon seeing me.

[kenhorse]

i was on that trip, spent the week working on a broke piece of shit tanker that had are gear on it

[kemosabe]

USMC, 2nd Bridge Company, Camp Geiger, NC 1971-1973

[HARLET]

I spent 3 years in the Marine Corps from 1975 to 1978. Bootcamp was in San Diego and my first duty station was Marine Barracks - Naval Ammunition Depot - Mc Alester, OK where I spent my first two years. My last year was spent back in CA at Camp Pendleton...Lima 3/1 in Camp Horno.

My experience was positive and I had a lot of fun. But it was a strange time to serve as Viet Nam really soured the nation toward the military during those years. Frankly, we weren't very popular at the time. It's nice to know times have changed.

was in the navy from 73 to 77 spent most of my time over seas and transporting mariens to veit nam .spent time at the evacuatint also what a fukced up time

[VABeachRK]

US Navy 83-03
Basic in San Diego
A and C school in Mare Island CA 83-84
USS Harry E. Yarnell CG-17 84-89
FASCFAC JAX shore duty Jacksonville FL 89-92
pre-commissioning crew USS Kearsarge LHD-3 92-97
Shore duty FTC Dam Neck VA 97-00
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower CVN-69 00-03

Started as a DS and end up as a FC1(SW)
I want to thank all the Vietnam era vets for nocking some sense into a young punk kid, my best boss was a two tour mud Marine who came back on active duty in the Navy. It was men like these who turned me into the man I have become. I also want to thank all the other vets out there and all the best to the yong men and women serving now, stay safe.
:patriot:

[brain eater]

USAF 98-06
AWACS Radar
Stationed at Tinker AFB, OK

[Kingpin]

USAF 98-06
AWACS Radar
Stationed at Tinker AFB, OK

:roflback: I know you. Still at Tinker, been in the AF since '91, will retire in a few years. Originally worked on big missiles, now work on the E-3 and loving it.

[TalonChief]

Either of youse two, Brain Eater & Kingpin, know a big crew chief named Jessie who just PCSed in from Hurlburt Field?

[brain eater]

Kingpin's got the better chance of that one. I haven't worked around there for over a year now. I'll stay on him to look around for ya.

[Kingpin]

Either of youse two, Brain Eater & Kingpin, know a big crew chief named Jessie who just PCSed in from Hurlburt Field?

Name doesn't ring a bell...but I also don't get a chance to meet new people outside my shop as much as I used to when I was deploying all the time.

[TalonChief]

Chances are he's in an AMU. He was a pro super here and should have been out there for a few months. He's got quite the northern Wisconsin accent and he don't miss much gym time--you can't miss him.

[Sonic]

74--Ft Leonardwood Basic Training
75--Ft Gordon GA 05F Radio Teletype Coms Honor Grad.
75-77 Augsburg and Kitzigen Germany 851st Army Security Agency
Direct support 3rd Infintry Division
"You rap we tap" Listened to Russians and Chechs.
Also jammed radio signals.

[Chameleon]

Also jammed radio signals.

I jammed the BBC for the fun of it one time for about 30 seconds!

USAF 75-80
Basic Training Lackland AFB, TX
Tech School for Radio Operator - Keesler AFB, MS
MARS Radio Station - Travis AFB, CA
Giant Talk - RAF Mildenhall, UK

[TXgirl]

USAF 2003-2007
Worked Comm, mostly at Tyndall in Panama City Florida

[twinV]

USN
91-95
Was a MM2 (machinist mate 2nd class) on the USS Flint AE-32 (ammunition ship) stationed at Concord CA, but most the time we tied up at Oakland or Alameda CA.

Been on 2 west packs the best place was the Philippines for me,,, allot of fun.

Also been to Hawaii, Singapore, Korea, Hong Kong, Japan, Guam, Okinawa, Cabo Sanlucas. (how ever you spell it)

[The Dahv]

USAF

'98-Present
Avionics/Electronics technician

[Ol Mike]

U.S.Army,

1965--Ft. Benning ,GA --- infantry training
1966-1967 -- Vietnam--- staying alive
1968--Ft. Polk, LA.--- infantry instructor

[majikman]

USAF '68 - '72

Lackland, Sheppard, then Vance AFB Enid OK

Protected all the wheat fields

[MasterGunz]

USMC
Feb 1984-July 2008 (started terminal leave 12 Apr:woohoo: )
Combat Engineer

Semper Fi
Mike

[HARLET]

US Navy Boiler Tech , i was warm all the time wish i was still down in the hole

[CDouthitt]

Semper Fi...
Welcome by the way...

I had the same MOS during my stint in the USMCR...did that for 2 yrs then when I transfered units, I went into supply.

[mark_bert]

USN 1984 - 1990
VAW - 117 E-2C Aircrewman / AT2. Did a WestPac and an Around the World on the USS Enterprise.

[Dogbreath1956]

USN 1978-2000
SWOS 1978
USS White Plains AFS-4 1979-1982
USS GRIDLEY CG-21 1982-1984
USS LANG FF-1060 1985-1986
USS REEVES CG-24 1986-1988
USNA 1988-1990
COMIDEASTFOR/COMUSNAVCENT 1990-1991
USS WILLIAM H STANDLEY CG-32 1991-1993
COMDESRON 21 1993-1995
COMTHIRDFLT 1995-1997
TACTRAGRUPAC1997-2000

[Hobe]

U.S. Navy
1981-1990
SSBN Submarines

[APDBagger]

U.S. Army
Military Police

1982- Ft. McClellan, AL- Basic Training
1983-1984- Ft. Campbell, KY
1984-1986- Taegu, S. Korea- Highway Patrol
1986-1989- Ft. Myer, VA- K9 (patrol and narcotic detection)

[sonics daughter]

I am currently Active Duty Army in Lawrence KS.. so I guess it would be 2007-Present. Yet to deploy, just waiting to hear if I ever will...

[Ozzie]

Served VFP 63 and VF 51 USS Coral Sea 1971-1976. Retired 2007 CW4 Kansas Army Guard 1978-2007.

[Redleg]

Virginia ARNG 1995-2004 (Originally MI then Branch Transferred to Field Artillery)
Gold Bar Lobotomy earned via OCS in 1997
Mobilized for 1 year (2002-2003) where we valiantly guarded Aberdeen Proving Ground...

USAR 2004-Present

[juski]

1971 to retirement in 1995, US Army.

[Sonic]

1971 to retirement in 1995, US Army.

Thnks for your service young man.... might have served with you in the 70s

[AFNurse]

HHB 3/12 FA (Lance), Aschaffenburg Germany 1987-1990
134th Medical Co (ground Amb) (Iowa Army National Guard) 1990-1997
Deployed to Desert Storm 1991
D Co 1/163 Mech Inf, Great Falls MT 1997-1998
120th Fighter Wing, Montana Air National Guard, Great Falls, MT, 1998-2000
375th Medical Group, Scott AFB, IL 2000-2002
86th and 435th Medical Groups Ramstein Germany 2002-2005
59th Medical Wing, (Wilford Hall Medical Center) Lackland AFB, TX 2005-2009
Deployed to 332 Air Expaditionary Medical Group, Balad Iraq 2008
341st Medical Group, Great Falls, MT July 2009-present

[HDMD 88]

USAF `69 ~`73 CH3C rescue choppers.
Doc

[BigSwede]

United States Air Force
1981 - 1984
304x0 - Wideband Communications Technician
Hessisch-Oldendorf, Germany (Yep, H.O.G.)
609th Tactical Control Squadron - We were a Mobile Radar site
Worldwide Deployable
N.A.D.G.E. (NATO Air Defense Ground Element)
Cold War Warrior
Amazing that after over 20 years how easily I remember it.

The Bad Munder Radar Site (where 609th was located when not deployed for NATO war games-yep, we slept in tents, played the games, in the mud, snow, or heat depending upon what time of the year) does not exist anymore.
Hessisch-Oldendorf Air Station (where we, 619th & 629th TCFs billeted), and the 600th CSS was located does not exist.

We were a GSU and the East Germany border was only about 60 miles due east of Bad Munder.

Most interesting memory: Seeing 2 MIGs do a fly over our site, I wasn't smiling for their cameras. Reds caught the Allies with their 'pants down' that day, they were in & out of West Germany air space within 3 minutes.

Most unforgettable memory: One of the plane crashes (this one an F-4) I was deployed to; for setting up secure communictions. Story goes that the pilots had two choices: 1) Eject out of the barely-controllable aircraft and live. 2) Fight the controls of that S.O.B. all the way down. When control was lost, the plane was going down, heading for a civilian elementary school. They were able to get it 'turned' to go down into a nearby forest ~1000 yds from the school...they went with it.

The Cold War has turned into a distant memory for many in the U.S., and some news pundits even question whether the 40 year effort meant anything.

For those two pilots and everyone who served to keep Europe and the World free from Soviet aggression...damn straight...we made a difference...it was worth it.
Sorry about being long-winded. I salute all my brothers & sisters who in the past and present have worn the uniform of the United States military.
http://www.v-twinforum.com/forums/images/smilies/patriot.gif
1776 - 2007: 231 years and countin'


My dad was stationed at Hahn during the same time. He had been in since '75 and was a Crew Chief. Started on F-4s, went to '16s and finished on T-37s in Columbus. I remember when that crash happened. A similar crash happened not far from Hahn. My dad was on the crash recovery team at the time and had some nasty stories.

Interesting you bring this up. Some of the old heads at work were discussing this the other day. The kids, ooops I'm supposed to call them that, uh the Airmen and JNCOS have no idea what the cold war was.

Sometimes I do miss the days when I knew going to work every day that the mission was simply to assure the destruction of millions of commie bastages.

I remind them, often, of how different times are now. Some listen, they are usually the ones who stay.

I was just reading back through this today. I stated it before, but never listed the places I've been.

Apr 93- Apr 94, Presidio of Monterey, Tech school
Apr-Sep 94, Goodfellow AFB, TX, Tech School
Sep 94-Sep 96, Fort Meade, MD
Sep 96 - Nov 96, Fairchild AFB, WA, Survival School
Nov 96 - Jan 99, RAF Mildenhall, UK
Jan 99 - Nov 99, DC, Tech School
Nov 99 - Nov 06, RAF Mildenhall, UK
Nov 06 - Present, Fort Meade, MD

Lots of time spent at NSA, Souda Bay, Crete
PSAB, Saudi Arabia (Southern Watch)
Operation Allied Force
Incirlik, Turkey (Northern Watch)
Al Udeid AB, Qatar (OIF/OEF)
Balad AB, Iraq

Will likely see some more deployment time before I retire since my staff job assignment expires in a little over a year. I used to count the total number of days I had spent on the road, then it got to be too much.

My plan used to be stay till 20, then find a new job. Now, I'll stay in as long as they keep promoting me, or until I don't have fun anymore. I can tell you, I am tired of flying a desk......

[majikman]

USAF 1968 - 1972