Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Free Republic Military?
5/16/05 | Guard Dog

Posted on 05/16/2005 8:38:26 AM PDT by Guard Dog

click here to read article


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 121-140141-160161-180 ... 841-855 next last
To: MikeinIraq

Of course it counts!! Hair on the Family Jewels and making the committement, your qualified son!


141 posted on 05/16/2005 9:03:02 AM PDT by 26lemoncharlie ('Cuntas haereses tu sola interemisti in universo mundo!')
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: MikeinIraq

Do you have a feeling of Deja Vu???


142 posted on 05/16/2005 9:03:12 AM PDT by areafiftyone (Politicians Are Like Diapers, Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 19 | View Replies]

To: Guard Dog

Peace be with you, Guard Dog,

I was active duty USAF from 1990-1994.
I was a reserve USN Seabee from 2002-2005.
I am currently activated, serving in Al Anbar province, Iraq, until October of 2005.


James R. McClure Jr., CM2
Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Twenty-Four


143 posted on 05/16/2005 9:03:15 AM PDT by James R. McClure Jr.
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

Comment #144 Removed by Moderator

To: Bigturbowski
Active duty USMC 1990-1996. Desert Storm and Somalia vet. (Even though Somalia wasn't considered a war I count it.) SEMPER FI

To quote a phrase "Then we sure as hell have chewed some of the same dirt," my brother!

145 posted on 05/16/2005 9:03:36 AM PDT by Guard Dog (The strong do what they can, the weak suffer what they must)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

Comment #146 Removed by Moderator

To: StarCMC

I always liked to think everyone else was crazy ........:o)

Stay safe !


147 posted on 05/16/2005 9:04:04 AM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 130 | View Replies]

To: Guard Dog

US Army '67-'70 one tour in RVN got out a captain, great three years of my life, would do it again in a heart beat! Well at my age it would probably be lots of heart beats. Jumping out of perfectly good airplanes just doesn't have the same attraction as it did at age 22.


148 posted on 05/16/2005 9:04:04 AM PDT by RangerVetNam (Bill Clinton only lied to me. John Kerry lied about me!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Guard Dog

Myself:
USN 1981 - 1992

My son:
USMC 2004 - ?


149 posted on 05/16/2005 9:04:22 AM PDT by PogySailor
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

1986 to 1992 Maryland Army National Guard 29th 115th (11B)


150 posted on 05/16/2005 9:04:44 AM PDT by VastRWCon
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: StarCMC

Army. Trained for Viet Nam. Then Dien Bien Phu fell.


151 posted on 05/16/2005 9:04:57 AM PDT by gaspar
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 49 | View Replies]

To: Guard Dog

11B2P, Sergeant (E-5), Weapons Squad Leader, 1st Platoon, B Company, 1/508 Infantry Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 82nd Division (Airborne), 1980-1984.

'Red Devils Do It Deeper."


152 posted on 05/16/2005 9:05:42 AM PDT by Rembrandt_fan
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Guard Dog

I served in the USN from 75 - 80.


153 posted on 05/16/2005 9:05:52 AM PDT by Frumious Bandersnatch
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MikeinIraq
wow sorry for the quadruple posts...sheesh LOL

I thought that meant you did four tours. *snort*




Puffy civilian here, thanking all you who did serve in uniform.

154 posted on 05/16/2005 9:05:56 AM PDT by Petronski (Pope Benedict XVI: A German Shepherd on the Throne of Peter)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 19 | View Replies]

To: Guard Dog
Retired Army MSG (1994)

My dad flew C-47s during WW II. An uncle was a tank gunner and saw action in the Battle of the Bulge. Another uncle served in Korea. My brother is a Navy vet.

155 posted on 05/16/2005 9:05:59 AM PDT by Tuba Guy (' Only YOU Can Prevent Hillary! ')
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Guard Dog
Been there. Done that. Got the "I Love Me" page.
156 posted on 05/16/2005 9:06:05 AM PDT by AF_Blue (It's the color of the sky when you look up to watch the jets fly over)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Guard Dog

United States Marine Corps - 1966 - 1968, and '68 was a leap year which hosed my short-timer's calendar...


157 posted on 05/16/2005 9:06:10 AM PDT by ErnBatavia (I don't drink and FReep...it just looks that way)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: All

USNR 1985-1993
saw duty in Desert Storm


158 posted on 05/16/2005 9:06:37 AM PDT by jusduat (I am a strange and recurring anomaly)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 150 | View Replies]

To: Guard Dog
US Army March 1971 (Regular Army not US) until December 1973, and inactive reserves until March 1977.

FWIW my dad, both grandfathers, and 3 of 4 ggrandfathers also served.

159 posted on 05/16/2005 9:07:15 AM PDT by HoustonCurmudgeon (I'm a Conservative but will not support evil just because it's "the law.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

Comment #160 Removed by Moderator


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 121-140141-160161-180 ... 841-855 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson