Posted on 11/10/2011 7:16:05 PM PST by RightOnline
Served a tour on the DMZ in Korea, 1968-69 with 3/23 Inf., S-3 of a MACV team training ARVNs on M 48A3Cs, 1971.
CPT ARMOR
MACV 1971
Don’t sell yourself short, Allegra. You’ve got more time downrange than any ten of us... :)
us navy - ‘63-’67
usaf - ‘71-’75
80-86: USMC Flew CH-46’s in HMM-365,-266 and did a Med cruise on the USS Inchon (LPH-12)
87-08: USNR Flew SH-3 and SH-2, mainly from FF (Knox class) and FFG (Perry class). Lots of other stuff. Last tour (06-08) was a year in the IZ in Baghdad working on Patreaus’s staff doing private sector development, it was the most challenging and rewarding thing I did in my military career.
Aw, thanks. :-)
But I never served in the military.
Those folks do the heavy lifting and sacrifice a lot more than I do.
Thanks, RO.
U.S. Army, Retired (1985-2010)
1st Armored Division
8th Infantry Division
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment
10th Mountain Division
Iraqi Freedom
Enduring Freedom
Iraqi Freedom
Thanks all for your service, sacrifice and support!
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.” - George S. Patton
Staff Sergeant, US Air Force, currently stationed at Fort Bragg, NC. Checking in.
Sheana, thanks for posting the link to the list of restaurants offering free meals to, and in honor of, our Vets.
Veterans, don’t y’all forget to get that coffee perking hot, and pick up your FREE Krispy Kreme donuts in the morning!
San Miguel NavCommStaPhil, RPI 8/68 - 1/70; majority of the time TAD in DaNang, SVN. Prior to San Miguel beer being ruined by pasteurization - best beer in the Universe!
the infowarrior
I honestly don't know how you were able to last as long as you did in the field unless you spent most of your latter years in supervisory positions. I lost about 25% of my hearing after roughly three years of chasing dittys, but I also rode a one-of-a-kind position for about half that time.
GOD—CORPS—COUNTRY.
USMC 1968—1972
SEMPER FIDELIS
USN 1974-1993. Mustang. Seaman Recruit to Lieutenant.
USS William R. Rush (DD-714)
USS Greenling (SSN-614)
USS Los Angeles (SSN-688)
USS Omaha (SSN-692)
Naval Submarine Training Center Pacific
USS Harold E. Holt (FF-1074)
Checking in for my twin daughters who are both on their second enlistment in the Navy as ISs. Heather has served in Somalia and Afghanistan and is now at ONI. Brianne participated from Naples, Italy in Odyssey Dawn. So proud of both of them!
Thank you....yeah, it was something. I even saw his retirement paperwork. He made MSgt. in 6 years flat....then stayed MSgt. for the next 14 years until he retired (no super-stripe ranks yet back then; he went as high as he could go). Amazing.
My dad: BMC USN and Coast Guard
Me: MM1, USS Bergall (SSN-667)
My son: STSSA, A School, Groton
Sounds like your boyfriend is some kind of stud!
I'm almost 70 now and really don't have any hearing issues yet, surprisingly.
U.S. Army, 1975-1980, Big Red One, 509th/SETAF, and Quartermaster, Ft. Lee.
May God bless the United States of America.
5.56mm
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