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10-13-2004, 06:16 PM
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Rivet Master  Airstream Dealer
Corona
, California
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 16,497
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Oct 49 to Feb 50 Lackland AFB Basic training 
Feb 50 to Oct 53 Randolph AFB Electronics research in the field of Audiology. Taught portion of AME's "care of flier" programs. 
Went back later to Randolph, doing the same job but as Civil Service. Left after 2 years as they would not make the job permanent, therefore no retirement. 
Got my pilots license at my expense, 1959.   
Andy
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10-13-2004, 07:48 PM
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#42
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Rivet Master
1973 31' Sovereign
Danielsville
, Georgia
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 904
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6 Years in the US Navy
Commissioned an Ensign Supply Corps Officer 1 April 1988
Resigned commission as Lieutenant 31 March 1994
NAVOCS, Newport, RI JUN-JUL 1987, FEB-MAR 1988 (Officer Candidate)
Last group of the now defunct ROC (Reserve Officer Candidate) program, where training began before last year of college and was completed upon graduation.
Navy Supply Corps School, Athens, GA April-October 1988 (Student)
USS Tripoli (LPH-10) NOV '88-OCT'91 Disbursing, Ship's Store, & Stock Control. Qualified Officer of the Deck underway, earned "true" SWO pin (not the cheesy SWSCO pin). Served in Desert Storm '91, sustained mine damage, endured 35 days drydock in Bahrain during Ramadan.
Navy Supply Corps School, Athens, GA NOV' 91-MAR '94 (Instructor)
Great memories, great shipmates, no regrets!
Without the home of the brave, there would be no land of the free!
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10-14-2004, 02:19 AM
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Rivet Master
1987 29' Sovereign
Sparta
, Tennessee
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 509
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1959 - 1962 U.S. Army, Spec 5
1959 Fort Knox Basic Training
1959 Fort Devins US Army Security Agency
1960 Fort Meade Advanced training
1960 Ankara, Turkey
1961 Bad Aibling, Germany
1962 Returned to good old USA
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10-14-2004, 09:43 AM
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Rivet Master
2004 28' Classic
Currently Looking...
huntsville
, Alabama
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 866
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us army telecommunications . retired (sfc e-7). same job civil servant 18 yrs retired combined service 38 1/2 yrs.
assignments all over the world. been there done that.
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2007 chevrolet 2500 duramax 6.6
allison 6 speed
2004 classic 28 WB , Pro Pride P-3 hitch
centramatics wheel ballancers 300-556
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10-14-2004, 04:03 PM
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#45
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2 Rivet Member 
1973 25' Tradewind
New Bloomfield
, Missouri
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 43
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Sgt. Shaver, US Army reporting for duty.
1967 - 68 Basic Training and AIT, Ft. Dix, NJ
1968 - OCS Ft. Belvoir, VA - Did not Graduate
1968 - 69 Americal Division, 23rd Admin, Chu Lai, Vietnam
1969 - 71 Ft. Benning Finance Office
1971 - Discharged Honorably
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10-14-2004, 06:02 PM
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1 Rivet Member 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 18
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Sgt., Army, F Co. 82nd Cab, SAAF, Ft. Bragg ,NC. 1980-1985,
68J2P Armt repair on Cobra's. Most of Time spent on Bragg, Some side trips....
..Now where did I put that 100mph tape 
..Sir, have you ever heard of Kentucky windage .
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10-15-2004, 03:15 PM
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3 Rivet Member 
Acworth
, Georgia
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 133
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Proud To Serve!
US Air Force 1985-Present
Communications and Information Technology
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LeeMo
1979 24' Excella Motorhome
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10-15-2004, 06:09 PM
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2 Rivet Member
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 33
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Corpsman Miller, UP. US Navy. 1971 through 1975 Stationed aboard the USS Kawishiwi AO-146. I was also a Commissaryman (cook) aboard ship. The Navy found out I could cook and sent me to the fleet (fleet was short of cooks) rather than the helicopter medi-vac unit I was slated for. Probably saved my butt. Besides, we had a few other 'professional' cooks on board and we wound up winning the fleet-wide 'Ney Award' for best chow in the fleet. Three 'tours' of Viet Nam; two during the war and one bringing refugees out during the Fall of Saigon. Pearl Harbor was my home port. Subic Bay, Phillippines was my home 'foreign' port. WELCOME HOME to all the other Vets. Mine was a spit in the face by some ignorant protester calling me a baby-killer as I walked through the airport. He hadn't regained conciousness by the time Security let me catch my flight home! My oldest son just got out of the Marine Corps after a couple tours of Iraq. My oldest daughter is still in the Marine Corps and getting ready to head back to Iraq area for the second time. Four more kids at home who are either not of military age or have any military interest! God Bless America. Tom
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10-15-2004, 06:17 PM
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Rivet Master
1993 30' Excella
whitewater
, north of cheddar curtain
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 1,259
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hello comrade tom,
i got out in 1970....but we could have used your expertise on the big T.....
our food was worse then baloots!
norby
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Illegitimous noncarborundum(dont let the bastards wear you down)
The only true nobility is found through giving good food to your friends- Anton Careme
beauty is in the eye of the beerholder-cosmo fishhawk
if something is too good to be true, its usually gone before i get there-mister boffo
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10-16-2004, 04:48 AM
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2 Rivet Member
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 33
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Hello Norbert. Hey, lumpia, baloots and pancit were part of the three major food groups over there! Not to mention rice and fish heads. Remember the Olongopo River and all the little kids swimming in it or sitting in IBGB's, begging for peso's? How about the fresh coconut milk from coconuts peeled from their husk and shell, then wrapped in plastic with a straw in it? Do jeepnies and the Victory Liners ring a bell? Remember the alligator (or was it a little crocodile) in front of one of the hotels, where hardened Viet Nam vets on R&R could not bring themselves to throw in a little duckling they bought to feed the reptile? I saw many a marine trying to smuggle a little duckling through the Main Gate, only to get caught by its quacking somewhere deep in a pocket! Then there were all the different country/western bars; in fact, just all the different types of bars available. And Jolo's. And the street vendors selling bar-b-qued rat, cat, monkey, dog, sometimes beef, or what ever they caught recently. And the hotels and young ladies. And all the little beer bottle trinkets with sayings like..."Fighter by day, Lover by night, Drunkard by choice, Navy by mistake". What a change for a good Catholic alter/choir boy having grown up in a wealthy Chicago suburb and then winding up in the 'armpit of the Orient'. Man. So long ago, yet feels like yesterday! Tom
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10-16-2004, 05:53 AM
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Rivet Master
1993 30' Excella
whitewater
, north of cheddar curtain
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 1,259
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ahhh...yes , my one functioning brain cell does remember....we called it s**t river.....i drank san magu not coconut milk.... i ate at papa gallos(i think that was it)......and we(photomates) hung out at an infamous bar (turn right when the main drag ends at the t street)...cant remember the name though....i remember the girls saying " i love you no s**t joe, buy me honda"......." if youre going to san prancisco....be sure to wear some plowers in your hair"......
norby
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Illegitimous noncarborundum(dont let the bastards wear you down)
The only true nobility is found through giving good food to your friends- Anton Careme
beauty is in the eye of the beerholder-cosmo fishhawk
if something is too good to be true, its usually gone before i get there-mister boffo
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10-12-2005, 07:16 AM
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4 Rivet Member 
Currently Looking...
Yorktown
, Virginia
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 252
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FC2 Ferguson Reporting
6 years in the US Navy Active. No action, but I did get to fire a missile and shoot 76mm rounds at Vieques Island before they closed the range. We also managed to get the sixth largest Cocaine bust in maritime history during Counter Drug Ops Deployment. We confiscated SIX TONS of 100% pure Cocaine. Cut street value was estimated at $800 Million.
1995-1996 - Great Lakes RTC followed by Great Lakes NTC (FC A-School)
1996-1997 - Damneck NS (MK-92 C-School)
1997-2001 - USS Doyle (FFG-39)
Present-??? - Enlisting in the US Coast Guard
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10-12-2005, 07:27 AM
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4 Rivet Member
1977 25' Caravanner
Jeffersonville
, Kentucky
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 490
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Marine Dad
I have never been in the Military(My Loss) Although I work for a Special Forces contractor,My Father server in the Marines in Guadacanal ,Sipan,(just to name a few)the south Pacific Islands for the 1st Marine Division,He is a very Proud Marine,now suffers from Alzhimers,but still wears that red cap proudly !!! any other WWII vets in the Forums!!! As Dad would say Semper Fi
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Movie Stars and Film Crews come to Me from hundreds of miles enticed by My knowledge, My imagination,expertise, creativity and innovations!
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11-05-2005, 08:54 PM
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4 Rivet Member
1990 34' Excella
Windcrest
, Texas
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 248
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Go Navy---Beat Army!!
U.S. Navy 1980-1986
Boatswains Mate 2nd Class
USS Nimitz CVN-68
Some of the best years of my life and I'd highly recommend it to anyone!
Mitch
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11-05-2005, 09:35 PM
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3 Rivet Member
2003 25' Safari
spokane
, Washington
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 114
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62nd AVN Co, 1st AVN Bde Jan -Dec 1970 Republic of Viet Nam, flew artillery and utility helicopters. Happy Veterans Day and thanks to the rest of you.
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11-05-2005, 09:38 PM
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USN/LAPD Retired
2005 25' Safari
North Las Vegas
, United States
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 850
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Yeoman 1st Class Reporting As Ordered !!
1969 - 80 USN
1980 - 82 USA (SSGT)
1983 - 1989 USN
1990 - RETIRED ! 
God Bless This GREAT Country !
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2007 Dodge Ram Quadcab 6.7L Diesel w/jakebrake
"Better to have more then you need, then need more then you have because you don't have enough!"
AIR #: 8129
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11-05-2005, 09:44 PM
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Rivet Master
San Angelo
, Texas
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 1,254
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Still active
97E/Russian Interrogator
67N (now 15M)/UH-1 Crewchief
98C/Signals Intelligence Analyst
Active Duty 1991-Present
629th MI Bn, 29th ID (L), Ft. Meade, MD
1/13th AVN Regt, 1st AVN BDE, Mother Rucker, AL
732nd MI Bn, Schofield Bks, HI
2/10th SFG (A), Ft. Carson, CO
741st MI Bn, Ft. Meade, MD
Airborne
Aircrew
3 Tours, back to back to back, Kosovo
Damn tired and ready to retire in five years!
Frederic
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1971 Sovereign International - SOLD 
2004 F-350 King Ranch
AIR # 8239
EX-WBCCI # 8371
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11-07-2005, 08:23 AM
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The Hawk's Lair
1985 34.5' Airstream 345
BACK WOODS
, Minnesota
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 922
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Macv
34th Aviation Group, MACV, South Viet Nam. 1964-1966. Saw a lot of the country.
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AKA THE GUNNER
There is no "I" in the word "team," but there are four in "Platitude Quoting Idiot!"
AIRSTREAM 345 TURBO-DIESEL
VFW, LEGION, NRA
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11-11-2005, 12:07 PM
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#59
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1 Rivet Member
1979 29' Ambassador
Lago Vista, working in Tyler
, Texas
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 7
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U.S.A.F. 1964 to 1972. Aircraft radar and ECM.
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11-11-2005, 01:11 PM
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Site Team
2002 25' Safari
Dewey
, Arizona
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 15,725
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USAF SSGT 1968 - 1972
Williams AFB, AZ (now closed)
Crew Chief T-38
Egress Specialist T-38 / T-37
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Richard
Wally Byam Airstream Club 7513
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