Veteran's RollCall

[CaptJack]

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[Pappymn]

Great post Captain. An honor to know you and the others here who served.

[sparky]

USCG '74 - '78.  Boatswain mate 3rd class (was 2nd class but I had a few captain's mast).  5 Meritorious Accommodation's for life saving. 
'74 - '76 WHEC 725 Jarvis, 5 Alpats under my belt.  Golden Dragon.
'76-'78 Humboldt Bay Small Boat Station (Humboldt county, ya), 41' motor lifeboats.  Proud Member of the "360" club.  very few of us have the batch.  got it for rolling a 41' MLB completely over (they are weighted on the bottom so your suppose to roll back over in 90 seconds.  doesn't always happen thou).  w/ my CO on board.  he dared me to do it.  he already had a 360 batch.

ps: don't tell anyone.  we lost over 8k in towing gear and radar equipment. 

[pz]

I signed up for the draft literally months before the war ended, so I never entered the military.  However, my brother was an A-4 pilot, a good friend an F-14 RIO, My father-in-law a CWO4 on a carrier, and my son has returned from his second combat deployment (headed out on his third this fall).

I have the highest respect for those that have served (and are serving) in the military, and could I do it all over again, I'd enter the service.

[veryolddog]

Well, ...... a long time ago in a land far, far far away, I began a journey that lasted 23 years. It's funny how you start to do something and plans get side tracked along the way. However, I personally benefited from this experience in many ways positive ways. At least I can remember when I was young and strong and a lot more daring than I am today.

Ed

[Smokin Don]

I joined the Marine Corps Reserve at 17 while a junior in high school. When I graduated I was discharged from the reserves so I could join the USAF from 1960 to 1968.

Homestead AFB Fla. I was there during the missile crisis and Bay of pigs invasion and the prisoner exchange with Cuba.
TDY to K.I. Sawyer AFB MI.
Eskeshire, Turkey
WPAFB, Dayton, Ohio
Takhli, Thailand for 4 months 1965-1966
King Salmon, Alaska 1967 1968
USAF Commendation Medal

Smokin Don

[Hub]

USAF 1968-1972, got out two years early because of RIF.  My job was signing punch cards and printouts in Germany 

Hub

[MoHuka]

USMC 1968-1977....left Marines as a Gunnery Sargent ...lured away by Ford Aerospace....wish I would have at least stayed in the reserves....fond memories of my years in the Corps

Semper Fi

[bbqchef]

AF CH-53 medivac pilot during the end of VN, AF Reserve with ARRS for 20 years

[mikecorn.1]

Navy short timer    2 years, USS Independence stationed in Yokosuka, Japan. Honorable Discharge

And for those that know the lingo, I'm a shellback not a pollywog.

[deestafford]

27 years Infantry.  Dee

[Ka Honu]

What dee said plus one (but 20 of mine were in the reserves - he stayed active for the whole time).

[Wingman]

US Army - 213th Engineer Detachment - Heavy equipment operator, mostly cranes, dozers, and road graders in Viet Nam.  We worked all over the Delta from our base in Can Tho.  In country from June '67- June '69.  Left a Spec 5.

cung cấp cho tôi một ba mươi ba

[bbqchef]

Active duty as a Captain, Reserves as an LTC

[BMC.ret]

U.S Navy Chief Boatswain Mate (retired) 1960-88. A lot of different ships, two Vietnam tours ( CHB-2 Da Nang and river patrol boats in the Mekong Delta).