As Memorial Day approaches, Veterans/Active/Reserve let us know your specs...

[EnigmaticAnomaly]

Let's start a list of FReepers who serve/have served in the military and deserve our respect and appreciation...

[Feckless]

ME:
1SG 63B5M Desert Storm OPM-SANG/King Abdhul Aziz Motorized Rifle Bde at Al Khafji
Happiest times in 37th Trans Gp, 28th Trans Bn (twice 75-78 / 81-84)

SHE:
SSG 44B / 95B (2 MOS's 1 Job.... Burnin' $hit Up)
Drill Sgt

[Garvin]

Not As Lean, But Still Mean
Retired Gunnery Sergeant of Marines
July 1980 - May 2001
20 Year World Tour

[dglang]

U.S.ARMY 1964-1967

U.S.Navy school of music Little creek va 1964-1965.
5th army band Ft Sheridan Il 1965.
74th army band Ft Ben Harrison In (Uncle Benny's rest home) 1966-1967.

[Fee]

US Army Reserves 1980 to 1993.
Captain, Ordnance Corps Branch
Spent my entire service in the 78th Division (INF-OSUT) Edison NJ. Trained to run a forward area maintenance unit, but ended up in a unit that will train draftees in a general mobilization from Basic Training and continue into Infantry School at same location. Spent many annual training in Fort Benning GA, and Fort Dix NJ. Officially in a time of war, I could be pulled from my training company and sent to theater to replace a Maintenance Officer KIA/WIA. Unofficially if the war gets real bad, the Basic Training Company will go into the war as a replacement infantry company, and guess who ends up being the Infantry Company Commander. ME. But I am the lucky generation. When I was commissioned in 1980 we faced prospect of war with Iran (which never came), survived the Cold War and was not called up for the first Gulf War (war ended too fast). Got married in 1991 and left the USAR in 1993. Now it is the younger generation and possibly my children who must learn to fight. The WOT is going to be a long war, and I pray to God grant the young protection and victory.

[a6intruder]

Me.

USNA 1964-1968

Naval Air Training Command 1968-1970

VA-43 NAS Oceana 1970-1972

VA-35 on USS America and USS Nimitz 1973-1976

VA-42 NAS Oceana 1976-1978

VA-34 on USS John F. Kennedy 1978-1980

MATWING ONE NAS Oceana 1980-1983

US Naval War College 1983-1984

XO and CO VC-6 NAS Norfolk 1984-1987

Navigator USS John F. Kennedy 1987-1990

CINCLANTFLT 1990-1993

Retired O-6

In memory of my father

1st SGT US Army Air Corps

351st Bomber Squadron, 100th Bomb Group

1941-1944

Thorpe Abbots Field, England

1st LT US Air Force

Chanute Air Force Base, Rantoul IL

1952-1956

Happy Memorial Day to all who serve.

[Democratshavenobrains]

Democrat Underground welfare monkeys are looking into this thread. Guess they should have waited for more vets to check in before acting all high and mighty.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3734985

[miele man]

US Army (active duty) 1967-1971, 1990

101st Airborne, Viet Nam 1970-71

Also served in Kentucky, Maryland and Texas National Guard.

Desert Storm/Shield 1990

[JLO]

LOL!

[Adiemus]

Me: USAF 1983-1992
6922 Electronic Security Squadron
3480 Tech Training Wing
3495 Tech Training Group
316 Tech Traing Squadron

Nobody needs to thank me however, I am proud to have done it, and would do it again.

[puppypusher]

As the name implies. I was a Staff Sergeant in the U.S.A.F. Patrol Dog handler in SAC during the mid 1970's. Enjoyed my time there.

[MountainDad]

Wow! An awesome military family. Thank them all for their service and may your cousin rest in peace.

[Gator101]

Me:

United States Army (1990-95) - Sgt(E-5)
67T UH-60 Mechanic/Crewchief
101st Airborne Divison (Air Assault), 2nd Infantry Divison.
Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Korea, Jamaica.
Desert Shield/Storm.

[surely_you_jest]

USAF, Retired. JAG.

SAC, TAC, USAFE. 4404th (Provisional). Air Staff, lots of Air Staff. And the dread "Data Masked" stuff.

[USAFJeeper]

Me

United States Air Force MSgt Computer Programmer

1983-2004
Hanscom AFB, MA ESD/OCHE
Keesler AFB, MS 3390 TCHTG
Robins AFB, GA JSTARS
Tinker AFB, OK AWACS

Sprinkle in TDYs, Retired in 2004 to Louisiana

[Arioch7]

Oh, I love these ones.

USN 1989-1993 VFA-83 Rampagers

NAS Cecil Field. While deployed CV-60 USS Saratoga.

Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea During Desert Shield/Desert Storm.

The ship I was attached to had served the longest afloat until the ship that met GWB off the coast came back. They hold the record now.

I'm thinking of going into the National Guard and joining a Light Infantry outfit.

Thanks for letting me get to know something of my fellow Freepers.

I would have thought that thier would be more of us, ;)

Arioch7 out.

[Arioch7]

thier=there.

Sorry...

[hoagy62]

US Army
10-82 Ft McClellan, AL- Basic TR
02-83 Ft Gordon, GA- AIT (05B)
04-83 Schwaebich Gmuend, W. Germany- 56th FA Bde (Pershing)
05-85 Ft Lewis, WA- HHT 3/5 Cavalry
10-86 ETS

Proud to have done what little I could as a 'Cold Warrior'.

[Michael Goldsberry]

There are many more military types here, but they're currently off at the bar and not reporting in, the slackers.

Ah, we taught 'em well.

[SZonian]

Scrolled through the threads and it ruined my appetite for the rest of the day. However, there was one poster who accused those posting here of lying and a reply to him/her/it was ".....or exaggerating". They had to bring up an old thread recalling something to the tune of "400+" posts and being proud of it. I wonder how many were the "thanks for your service" types? I recall one here that had many posts, but don't remember how many. It wasn't long ago though. Anyway, this makes only the second time I have been tempted to check out DU, now to go take a shower. Cheers!

[Gator101]

Yeah, I noticed the DUmmies are too busy calling us "posers" and "chicken-hawks" to notice our list is surpassing theirs.

Due to the differences between the 2 sites I think it is easier for their vets to see the thread to check in (their thread keeps moving up the list). Actually I didn't know about our thread until I saw them mocking it over there while I was "behind enemy lines".