FREEPERS: Are You a Vet or Currently Serving in the Armed Forces?

[Billie]

Are you a veteran or currently serving in the Armed Forces? If you would like to be included in our daily USO CANTEEN threads, please contact me by Freep Mail with information and photo.

Below are a few of the Freepers who have already sent their photos for inclusion. Some are in uniform; others have asked to be included with a current photo instead. We salute all our veterans and active service men and women and offer our heartfelt thanks for your service.

Logos served in the United States Army from 1962-83. SwedeGirl's husband was a 1st Lieutenant in the photo above, serving in Viet Nam 1/9 CAV Huey Lift Pilot 1969-70. Neil E. Wright's photo was taken in 1977 at CTF 72/ComPatWingsWestpac, Kamiseya, JA. He was in the Navy. FallGuy, Snow Bunny's husband, also served in the Navy on the USS KULA GULF. 1John submitted his photo in uniform and asked us to "guess the year" it was taken; hopefully he will provide that information since no one guessed correctly! Sneakypete's photo was taken after he returned from a mission in Laos, Viet Nam in 1969. T'wit's photo in uniform was taken during the famed "Berlin Crisis" of 1960. COB1 sent his photo from his first liberty out of Boot Camp. LadyX was a Marine in the Korean Conflict. She was a Classroom Subjects Instructor for women recruits at Parris Island. Dick Bachert submitted this photo from the U.S.A.F. when he was 24 years old. 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub served in the United States Navy. YankeeinSC, husband of Commonsense, is a Viet Nam Air Force veteran. His photo was taken on the recent Freeper Cruise. Delta 21 is currently serving in the U.S. Navy, going on 20 years. JoeSixPack1 is retired from the U.S.M.C.

[Billie]

You have FReep Mail.

[Billie]

Very good! Look forward to it. :^)

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

ping

[rangerX]

rangerX: USMA 78, 82nd Abn Div 79-80, 1/75th Ranger Bn 80-82, 24th Infantry Div 82-84, 11th Armored Cav 86-88, JFK Special Warfare Center SERE instructor 88-90, XVIII Airborne Corp Arty 90-92. Left the Army in 92 and currently work as a defense contractor. Will see if I can drag out a picture.

[AAABEST]

This one is of me (left) and my friend Jason (holding the 60) during Desert Shield/Storm.

3/24 INF

[Billie]

THANKS! Glad you're home from there! Appreciate the photo and will be including it. :^)

[Billie]

Oh, good, ranger - I hope so! Thank you! :^)

[fnord]

ehh, oh well, couldn't find any pics ... good luck with the project though :-) Semper Fi

[Billie]

None? No pictures? I'm sorry! Thank you, fnord, for your support. And thank you for serving our country, picture or no!

[RaceBannon]

Off to the local front, 38th and Broadway, NYC!

[citizen]

Please, no DITHF's need apply :)

[and no I'm not military]

[T'wit]

"fnord," as in Illuminatus?

[DonPaulJones]

Former Military Police and graduate of the US Army Airborne School (class 40-86).

[Snow Bunny]

I am so proud of you. Thanks for letting us know. ((((hug)))

[SERE_DOC]

[Jim Robinson]

Billie, here I am in an "action" shot, my favorite duty station, Liberty Call. This is a port of call somewhere in WESTPAC, 1968 (I'm third from left)

This is the destroyer I spent most of my time on during my enlistment, the USS Hull (DD945). My brother served his entire four years aboard the Hull, '65 through '68. I was aboard her for two of those years. My first ship was the Higbee (DD806) where I served in the latter part of '65 and part of '66 and I finished out my last few months in the Navy aboard the Wiltsie (DD716) in '69.

[JustAmy]

Hey, I did not recognize you but the facial expression is kind of familiar. };^)

[Jim Robinson]

Yup, asleep at the wheel.

[porgygirl]

Go deep, stay long ! But make sure the surfaces equal the dives.

Porgygirl

Submarine Force 1955-1979

[Taxman]

USN/USNR March, 1963 to October, 1991. Naval Aviator, Tailhooker. "If your airplane does not have a round engine, a tailwheel and a tailhook, it is not a real airplane!"

Looking for a picture.