Veterans Fall In!

[primepower]

Signing in, joined in 99 and will be retiring next year. Started as a private in the infantry in Fort Lewis Washington, then reclassified to prime power production specialist with a specialty of instrumentation. I was then a detail recruiter in Tulsa Oklahoma for 3 years. That's when I was accepted to become a Warrant Officer in the Marine Engineering field. I should be pinning on Chief Warrant Officer Four before I retire next year after what will be 22 years of service. I've spent most of my Marine engineering days stationed in Virginia but of course I have traveled all over the world on Army watercraft. SAIL ARMY

[gypsydad]

US Navy- Active Duty: VF-24 Viet Nam 72' (USS Hancock) AMH Troubleshooter

[CybrPnkJdi]

Cali and Okinawa, loved em both.
Rifle range coach and Ammo tech. Mallett
Camp Schawb, Kinser and Pendleton

[Hard dog]

USMC 83-2003 0369 Cali,
F 2/9, MCRD, MCT, SOI, Oahu F 2/3, VFMA-121, 1FFSG x2 and
8 deployments but who’s counting. We might have crossed paths, it’s a small Corps.

[Shattered]

Recently retired Air Force. Served from 1996-2017. Computer programmer, the force retrained into Education and Training. Not an old hand, but I enjoyed my time. Saw some sand in Kuwait. Saw snow in Germany. Saw it all in Korea.

[Trons4u]

Just wanted to say hi and welcome the people who've recently (last year or so) joined Air Forums. Maybe we'll run into you on the road.

Prime Power - just wanted to say hi, I was stationed in Williamsburg and lived there for the 4yrs before I retired in 2002. One of my favorite duty stations. I was with Naval Coastal Warfare, now it's moved to Portsmouth and called Maritime Expeditionary Security Force. Used to spend some time over in Ft. Eustis every now and then training our reservists, which I'm guessing where you are. I never knew the Army had boats until then.

[primepower]

I didn't know we had boats until I had already been in for about 8 years. I have been living in Williamsburg for 12 years with eight of it stationed at fort Eustis and the rest of it where I'm currently at and retiring out of which is fort lee. I just decided to stay in Williamsburg and do the commute. My wife teaches at Woodside high School which is where many of the military personnel's children go to. She even taught the last Sergeant Major of the Army's kid.

[GBandBONES]

Hi All,

We are new to the forum, our FC 27FBQ is on order and waiting out Airstream's supply issues.

US Navy 1974 - 1981
ASM 2 Ships Company Aircraft Starting and Cooling Systems
USS John F. Kennedy CV 67 AKA "Big John" 3 Deployments - 2 Med, 1 North Atlantic
November 22, 1975 on board the night of the collision with the USS Belknap CG-26
Naval Recruiter - NY
Armed Forces Entrance and Examination Station Brooklyn NY

Any shipmates out there?

[Oreg52]

March 29

Today is National Vietnam Veterans Day. The day the last combat troops left Vietnam.

I raise a toast to my fellow Vets who served on land, at sea, or in the air;
Those who came home to face hate and condemnation,
Those who came home with our nations flag draped over their coffin,
And those who still lay upon the Fields of Battle.

"You are not alone"

[ROBERT CROSS]

Semper-fi

Southeast Asia War Games 67-68, Second Place.
Don't blame us...we did what we were told.

Bob
🇺🇸

[Silvr_Bullet]

USS Hancock CVA-19 65’66’ South China Sea

[rmkrum]

Member, Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club, USS Ranger, CVA-61 at the time.

[gypsydad]

Originally Posted by Silvr_Bullet

USS Hancock CVA-19 65’66’ South China Sea

VF 24, USS Hancock 72' cruise...AMH2 Troubleshooter; worked every launch/recovery on flight deck. 5 visits into Viet Nam off Hanna; Bien Hoa and Da Nang for F-8 maintenance TAD's. Thank you all for your service!

[Oreg52]

USS Kilaeua AE-26, '71 WestPac cruise, Ship's electrician

USS Hancock E Division, Catapult/arresting gear electrician. '72/'73 WestPac cruises.
Left the ship right before her final cruise for the evacuation of Saigon.

I think we can have our own Hancock reunion here.

[Silvr_Bullet]

Originally Posted by gypsydad

VF 24, USS Hancock 72' cruise...AMH2 Troubleshooter; worked every launch/recovery on flight deck. 5 visits into Viet Nam off Hanna; Bien Hoa and Da Nang for F-8 maintenance TAD's. Thank you all for your service![emoji41]

V4 division, kept those F8 & A4 up flying with JP4. Good to hear from Fighting Hanna crew with Airstreams

[ethorntone]

US Army Ret.
INSCOM, Augsburg GER
525 MI BDE, Airborne

[MMCMRET]

US Navy Retired
Sea Duty: USS Sumter (LST 1181), USS Enterprise (CVN 65), USS Arkansas (CGN 41), USS George Washington (CVN 73).
Shore Duty: NAS Lemoore, SWOS-Pacific, NPTU Charleston MTS 626

Thanks to all the brothers and sisters that served.

[urnmor]

May is Military Appreciation month. This month, we also recognize Armed Forces Day and Memorial Day.
While we celebrate those actively serving, those who served, and those who died serving, many Americans may not know the difference between these two observances and Veterans Day in November.
Share this post to spread awareness about these important holidays.

[ETroup]

Originally Posted by urnmor

May is Military Appreciation month. This month, we also recognize Armed Forces Day and Memorial Day.

While we celebrate those actively serving, those who served, and those who died serving, many Americans may not know the difference between these two observances and Veterans Day in November.

Share this post to spread awareness about these important holidays.

Veterans Day evolved over the years from Armistice Day when at the 11th hour of the 11th Day of the 11th month of 1918, the guns fell silent on the Western Front marking the end WWI.

https://www.thoughtco.com/casualties...-war-1-1220837

[Flynavy]

AMH 2 Lemire reporting.January 67 till October 70. 1st Wespac with VA-146 on board USS Enterprise, 2nd with VA-93 on board USS Ranger.