ROLL CALL!

27 May 2002 | Militiaman7

[cva66snipe]

USN 1976-1980 USS AMERICA CV-66 Machinist Mate {Snipe}
USANG 1984-1985 2/278th ACR How Battery/Ammo

[Sen Jack S. Fogbound]

Friend, JAMES W. BRUHN, US Army, Killed in Vietnam, 1966

[LonePalm]

LonePalm, Just another aging cold warrior.

US Navy, LT Surface Line and Intelligence Officer, 1978 - 1988

DadPalm, LCDR US Navy, enlisted 1944-45, Surface Line Officer 48-53 active, 53-65 reserve.
GranddadPalm, LT US Navy, 1915-1920, Surface Line, Gunnery Officer USS Massachusetts
OtherGranddad Palm, Captain Royal Army Medical Corps, 1916-1919, He couldn't pass the medical exam to get into the US Army.
GrandmomPalm, LT US Navy Nurse Corps, 1916-1920, one of the first women officers in the US Navy.
UnclePalm, Captain US Navy, USNA class '40, Surface Line, Retired O-6, Navy Cross, 2 Silver Stars, 2 Bronze Stars, DSC, LoM, etc.
UnclePalm, Colonel USMC, 1941-1974, E1-E5,O1-O6, battlefield commission on Guadalcanal, Silver Star, 3 Bronze Stars, DSC, LoM, etc.
UnclePalm, Captain US Navy, USNA Class '41, Surface Line, retired O-6, Silver Star, Bronze Star, DSC, LoM, etc.
GreatUnclePalm, VADM US Navy, USS Harry W. Hill (DD-986) is named for him. It is a Spruance Class Destroyer.

Compared to these guys, my additions hardly matter. I guess we all contribute in our own way in our own time.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[JHL]

Surface Warfare Officer (SWO)
USN 1981-1993
USNR 1993-Present
USS Cushing DD-985
USS Bunker Hill CG-52, plankowner
USS Normandy CG-60

[Peach]

Thank you and bless you all.

[Eagle Eye]

USA 1977-1992 11B4

[lonestar]

I forgot my sons.

Senior moment!

Tell them we remember and are thankful for them. Know how proud you must be.

[goody2shooz]

myself, NAVSECGRU 1980-1986

father, Navy - Pacific Fleet 1943-1945

maternal uncle, Marine Corp. 1950-1952

parternal grandfather, Navy 1898-1918

* * * * *

paternal great-great-great grandfather, Continental Army, Cavalry Officer 1778-1783 (saw Lord Cornwallis surrender at Yorktown).

[Alas Babylon!]

Alas Babylon!
USAF 1976-1998, SMSgt, Retired.

[Argh]

WOW, excellent, LP!

[gundog]

USAF, 1981-1985

[Jen]

Honoring my family members who also served:

Brother, Army, 2 years
Grandfather - Army Air Corps, WWII
Step-Father - Air Force, 8 years
Step-Brother - Army, 4 years
Uncle - Marine Corps, retired officer
Aunt - Air Force, active duty officer
Cousin - Marine Corps, active duty officer
Cousin - Army, 4 years
Father-in-law - Air Force, retired NCO
Brother-in-law - Navy, 6 years

[Cinnamon Girl]

My grandparents volunteered for the Red Cross and black out drills in their town during WWII. All of my uncles served in the military during the Korean War. My brother was in Navy nuclear subs (MM1SS) for six years and since then has been in the reserves. He recently got back from a long stint in the middle east.

[PokeyJoe]

USMC, 1983-1989

[tet68]

Tet68 USMC 1965-1969, RVN. 66-68

[Walkin Man]

USAF - 1983 to 87. Training at Lackland AFB and Sheppard AFB, Texas. Went overseas to Kadena AB, Okinawa Japan for a couple of years and played wargames at Quang Ju AB, South Korea. Final base was George AFB, Victorville CA, up in the Inland Empire, high desert. God bless all active military men and women and to the ones that gave everything for freedom, RIP brothers.

[bimbo]

bimbo, US NAVY 1963 - 1969

[philetus]

U.S.Army 1969-1972

[SeaDragon]

Congratulations on such a fine family. You should be very proud.

[woody9]

Capt USAF 1965-1969, F4 Front Seat