Veterans Fall In!

[flitzwhopper]

did my 2 years during the height of Nam... 69-71. A year in the states at Ft. Polk and a year in Berlin watching Freulines and drinking German beer. SP4 was where I ended. Glad I didn't go to Nam... Wish no one else did. Wish no one had to fight a foreign war ever again... If the bad guys come on shore in the states.... I'll be the first one out of my fox hole.

[Pahaska]

Fond this old photo while digging in the attic for something else. It was creased, stained, and hole punched, but with the magic of Photoshop, I got it looking fair;y decent.

Man! I was really a serious-looking character 52 years ago! The photo was taken 30 June, 1955, a month after my eldest daughter was born at the base hospital.

I still have that pair of silver wings. They were the ones pinned on me whn I was commissioned.

[rmpray]

MSgt USAF 1972-1992 Air Trans, Instructor;Terry 1973-1990 Tsgt USAFR Air Trans (trained as medic);son 3, CPL USMCR Infentry 2001-2007 now USArmy NG (Medic) one hitch in Iraq; Son 2 SSgt USAF since 1998; Son 1 civilian working with KBR in Afghanistan since 2005.

[mrmossyone]

Army
91 bang bang (combat medic)
844 combat heavy engineers
Desert Shield/Desert Storm

[DFord79]

ARMY, 1969 -1972, Ford Ord California for a year.
VietNam the next. 23rd infantry division (Americal Div.)
Spec. 4 Gunbunny. Quad 50's are your friend.
ChuLai, DaNang, DMZ,
Dogpatch is just a figment of my ??????

[bilby05]

If Memory Serves Correctly,(which it sometimes does)
1965 USAF enlisted, Lackland AFB, TX (under threat of draft :-))
1966 Officer Training School, Lackland AFB
1967 Commisioned
1967-69 34th Norad Division, Aircraft Controller, Custer AFS, BattleCreek, MI
1969-71 NATO Assignment, 45th Norad Division, CFB North Bay, Ontario Canada
1971-73 AirCraft Controller, Nakon Phenom, Thailand, "Invert"
1973-went home at the end, it was over, sorta. Captain USAF

Where did it all go? All the time, all the friends.
cheers, bill b.

[krazeekalvin]

USN medical. 85-88. I did nothing, know nothing, and I have no ideal. However, 100% PTSD with multiple back injuries, and a few small other things. My Grandfather first wave at Iwo Jima, Carlson Raiders USMC.

[Chief]

1963-1993, 15 yrs in the states, and 15 yrs touring the world......it went quickly. Entire career in Intelligence Operations.
Hence, the only nickname (that could be said in polite company):
"Chief"

[mrmossyone]

Originally Posted by mffjm8509

I just found this thread so I thought I'd add to it.......

Sergeant Major, US Army.........21 years, still Active

My new AS will be spending the next 10 months at the Fort Bliss RV park while I'm attending the Acadmey.........

Feel free to stop by if you're in the area...........I'll have pleny of cold adult beverages on hand!

Mike

Awesome signature man!

[SilverGate]

US Navy 1971 – 1975
Hospital Corpsman
USS Barbour County – LST-1195
HomePort: Long Beach and San Diego, CA

Here’s how I looked doing Flight Duty, on our Flight Deck.
During the evacuation of Saigon… Helos arrived with evacuees…

The helos were pushed overboard to make room for others to land.
Then we returned to Olongapo & an ice cold San Miguel.

Those were the days!

HM3 "SilverGate"

[love vintage]

Please excuse my intrusion.

I am only an Airforce BRAT, born and raised. Dad was radar tech (Mom was accounting).

Wondering, if any of your Airstreamer kids, would be interested in creating a BRAT site.

My apologies, if I have offended anyone.

[LJH]

That's a GREAT idea lil' love vintage! My wife was a Navy Brat, her dad was a navigator on P-2 and P-3 Oriens. Growing up Military is definetly different, and in my opinion, good. Also, never feel as though dropping in here is an intrusion, we are just more family. LJH

[ajanib]

Major, USAF still on active duty. We'll be full-timing in our 31 foot Sovereign for 5 months starting in January while I'm attending training in D.C. then I'm heading back to the Persian Gulf.

'84-'88 enlisted Arabic Linguist
Defense

[mrmossyone]

Originally Posted by ajanib

Major, USAF still on active duty. We'll be full-timing in our 31 foot Sovereign for 5 months starting in January while I'm attending training in D.C. then I'm heading back to the Persian Gulf.

'84-'88 enlisted Arabic Linguist
Defense

Thanks for your service and keep up the good work. Oh yeah, keep your head down.

P.S, Did you paint your Argosy yourself? I'm about to take the leap and would appreciate any tips. Thanks.

[love vintage]

Thanks LJ for your warm welcome.

Correction required on my part, insofar as original posting. Should have read... "you or your Airstreamer kids".

I'm a baby boomer too.

[georgezink]

Sgt USAF, 1966-1970
GCA Radar Repairman
mostly MPN-13, FPN-47 & FPS-100's (lots of vacuum tubes)
Germany, England, Korea and up and down the East Coast
orders for Nam in '69 cancelled so I could be on call for maintenance on Radar at Homestead AFB when Nixon wanted to go to Key Biscane.

During WWII, my father was in the Air Corps and worked on the Manhattan Project and father-in-law was Navy on an attack transport in the Pacific.

[Streamer1]

"I don't know but it's been said, Air Force wings are made of lead"
"I don't know but I've been told, NAVY wings are made of GOLD."

USS MILWAUKEE (AOR-2) "Old Milwaukee" (We actually carried some onboard although we could not drink it underway. Probably a few good reasons for that policy...ya think?)

Cargo Weapons Officer, Electronic Warfare Officer, Assistant 1st LT, 1988-1991.

[ajanib]

Originally Posted by mrmossyone

Thanks for your service and keep up the good work. Oh yeah, keep your head down.

P.S, Did you paint your Argosy yourself? I'm about to take the leap and would appreciate any tips. Thanks.

Sorry for the long delay in my reply. We moved in between posts. We didn't paint our Argosy; it was like that the first time we saw it, even including the large silver G on the curb side. Our last name begins with G, so we figured we had to buy it. Did you take the plunge and paint yours?

steven

[RUSSELL]

1955-1957 U.S. Army
!957-1959 U.S Air National Guard.
Thanks to us all who were are willing to serve our country for low pay and a lot of hours. I still feel we schould have draft and get the little darlings away fom their mama.
Regards fom Russell in cloudy and cool Tucson Az.

[SharonIvey]

USMC and USMCR
Parris Island was my primary duty station in the late 80s and early 90s
Served as a Legal Services Clerk - Beaufort, SC has the best Frogmore Stew

Sharon