[ron56]

U.S. Air Force 1971-1975 USAFSS

Lackland AFB July '71-Sept '71
Biloxi AFB Sept '71-Feb '72
Chicksands RAF Mar '72-Apr '74
Kelley AFB Apr '74-Jul '75

[natickdan]

U.S Army 1975-1978
Military Police - Fort Stewart, GA, Fort Belvoir, VA, Fort Deven's, MA.

IBM - Retired

[rjn5656]

Air Force 71-75

[jimbo18]

Great idea especailly for us new folks(moving in to a CYV end of Jan) to maybe reconnect with fellow service members or at least letting the military population know who's out there.

Drafted 1972 and trained as an Operating Room Technician
Went Bootstrap for a Bachelor's in Nursing and started off as an Operating Room nurse. Ended with a flight nurse assignment, teaching at the FLight Nurse course at Brooks AFB, then running operating rooms, and eventually a Flight and Squadron Commander of medical facilites before retiring after 26 years in 2000.

[Xavier]

Bump -

[williep]

Ft Jackson, Co. E, 4 Btn. 1 Bde
Redstone Arsenal, Ordnance Guided Missile Repair School
Miesau Germany, 4th Ordnance Co. Pershing Missile Test Station Repair
Verdun France, US ARMY Calibration School
Pirmasens Germany, US ARMY Calibration Agency. Team 6 & Team 13
Attained the rank of Spec. 5 (I couldn't be a Sargent because my perents were married.)
Raytheon Co. 37 Yrs Senior Engineer

Present, Dual Citizen of Duval TV and Blackstone, MA

"The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men." C. de Gaulle

[ajdeck]

Originally Posted by Xavier

I thought it might be interesting to have a roll call of sorts of those who have served in any branch of the Military. I'll start it off.

U.S. Navy 1964 - 1968
Great Lakes, IL Boot Camp
Great Lakes, IL Class "A" School
U.S.S. Plymouth Rock LSD-29

Best thing I ever did, everyone should be required to serve - makes ya really know how good we have it in the U.S.A.

U.S. Navy 1963-1965
Great Lakes, Il Boot Camp
Key West Underwater Demo School
U.S.S. Fulton New London, Conn

[dpingram]

Although I didn't know him during his time of service. I am so proud of the years and service that he gave to our country.
USMC:
1967 Boot Camp --Parris Island
1967-1970 --Vietnam (Combat Engineer Base---Hill 37
USArmy:
1970-1975
8th Infantry --Mannhein Germany
Jump School--Wiesbaden
82nd Airborne 4th/68th Armor/Airborne
1975-1998
Special Forces 5th Group
Classified
Retired August 1998 as CW4
He says if he was 19 he would do it again but he would do it differently!

[jackz]

Basic Training Ft Jackson SC
Leadership School Ft Jackson SC
AIT Ft Jackson SC
Okinawa
Vietnam
Hawaii

Served as a Military Policeman ending in Hawaii as a plainclothes deserter and AWOL Apprehension Investigator.

Proud to have served and utilized the GI bill for College.

[LEWIS]

US Navy 68-72
Boot Camp Great Lakes
DD630 Uss Brain
All on the west coast

[Constant Traveler]

Marines 1954-1958
Parris Island
Camp Lejeune
Viegues Puerto Rico
USS Chilton Med cruise
Kaneoe Bay Hawaii

[John_W]

U.S. Army
Ft. Polk, LA - Basic Training 1970
Ft. Rucker, AL - Air Traffic Control School 1970
Korea - Stanton Army Airfield (Air Traffic Controller) 1970-'71
Savannah, GA Hunter Army Airfield (Air Traffic Controller) 1972

FAA
St. Petersburg/Clearwater Control Tower 1973-'76
Pensacola Approach 1977-1981
Terminated August '81 ATC Strike

[skyguy79]

Originally Posted by ajdeck

Best thing I ever did, everyone should be required to serve - makes ya really know how good we have it in the U.S.A.

I agree that everyone should serve, but not everybody can. I tried to enlist in both the Air Force and the Army but couldn't pass the physical for multiple reasons. Even the draft would not approve me. Dispite not serving I'm proud that I at least tried.

It would have been nice and I would have loved it if they had a program or special classification for those to serve in a capacity that befitted their physical limitations that otherwise disqualified them. To all of you who did serve, my whole-hearted thank you and gratitude!

[logdog]

Originally Posted by jimbo18

Great idea especailly for us new folks(moving in to a CYV end of Jan) to maybe reconnect with fellow service members or at least letting the military population know who's out there.

Drafted 1972 and trained as an Operating Room Technician
Went Bootstrap for a Bachelor's in Nursing and started off as an Operating Room nurse. Ended with a flight nurse assignment, teaching at the FLight Nurse course at Brooks AFB, then running operating rooms, and eventually a Flight and Squadron Commander of medical facilites before retiring after 26 years in 2000.

Wonder if we crossed paths. I was AF Medical Logistics from 1971-2001.

[Xavier]

Let's keep this thread alive in honor of all who have served. Bump to the top! Bless you all. Please sign in.

Xavier