Roll Call - Who Served?

[Dirty Dan]

Stories wives don't hear...

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]

Originally Posted by 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.

I was Lima 3/1

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]

Originally Posted by dirtydan

Stories wives don't hear...

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

[Dirty Dan]

Originally Posted by 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.

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

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

Originally Posted by dirtydan

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

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" who we were told had picked our base as a target.

We guarded AWACS Russian sub hunters.

[Dirty Dan]

Originally Posted by Jams

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" who we were told had picked our base as a target.

We guarded AWACS Russian sub hunters.

Ever seen the women in McAlester, OK?

Originally Posted by dirtydan

Ever seen the women in McAlester, OK?

[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!

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.
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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!

[why_me]

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.

[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 i thought all the people were working for the company --- i know if you tell me you have to kill me

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.