The Official DU "Veterans Round-up"

[OneAngryDemocrat]

Chime in, vets!!!

Btry E, 2dBn 14thMar, 4thMarDiv,
1985-1991 (Called up for Ops Desert Shield/Storm)

[MineralMan]

1. USAFSS - TUSLOG Det. 3-2

1965-69. The unit was stationed in Samsun, Turkey.

Unit Nostalgia Web Site: http://www.osomin.com/TUSLOG3-2.htm

[woofless]

46. Merhaba Abi.

USAF '70-'73 TUSLOG Det. 16 Incirlik and then the Pentagon.

[MineralMan]

49. Merhaba! That was so long ago. They closed that base not long

after I left. It was only open for 10 years. Satellites made it unnecessary.

I went from there to the NSA, where I slacked off until my discharge.

[Ten Bears]

2. US Army

1987-97. Fort Carson, Katterbach GE, Fort Campbell.

[pinboy3niner]

3. Army, 1967-71

VN 1969-70, 2/501 Infantry, 101st Airborne Division.

[NuclearDem]

4. USAF

Many, many different units from 2007-2010

Most recent was the 97th Intelligence Sq, from 2009-2010.

[JohnnyLib2]

25. Jeez, I miss all the photos of airplanes.

;(

[JohnnyLib2]

27. Army, 67- 74, in the states.

[Ptah]

5. USAF 1970-1974

93 AMS Castle AFB

[cynatnite]

6. Female Veteran - US Army - 1986-1990 - Medic

Also did another 4 years as a flight medic in the Air National Guard.

[Cid_B]

7. Still livin the dream...

Afghanistan vet as well...

[bettyellen]

8. Blitz, he's my favorite sailor...

[hwmnbn]

9. US Army.. Nov 1966 to Nov 1968... 11B40

[w8liftinglady]

10. well...my family and extended family

my dad..Air Force cryptologic linguist in Chinese,Thai,Korean and Vietnamese(spent 1964-1975 in Viet Nam for the most part)

my partner Air Force canine military police(who,incidentally,guarded my dad in Vietnam- served in Viet Nam,Bosnia,and Gulf war 1)

My son,Army 1st Cavalry Division(served three tours in iraq)

My ex- Army Signal corp. Gulf War 1 and Bosnia vet

[NuclearDem]

12. Was your dad ground-based or airborne?

Quite the impressive collection of languages. :hi:

I was airborne, Arabic.

[w8liftinglady]

14. ground based...NSA...NOT Cambodia,Vietnam,Thailand,laos

[NuclearDem]

17. So, Ft. Meade then?

Or was he one of the lucky ground-based Asian languages that got to go to Hickam?

[w8liftinglady]

20. I spent almost 8 years at Ft. Meade,then Goodfellow in San Angelo

[NuclearDem]

21. Ah, Goodfellow

I remember my six months there...spent the entire summer at that place.

[rocktivity]

11. US Army Recruiting Command, Madison Avenue Civilian Corps

Was part of of the creative team at the ad agency which did the "Be All You Can Be" campaign. Rose through the ranks from secretary to copywriter. Started by volunteering to write the tiny back-of-the-newspaper ads the other copywriters considered beneath them. Visited forts Lewis and Benning, but, curiously, never USAREC headquarters at Ft. Sheridan.

:headbang:
rocktivity

[Johnyawl]

13. USMC 1968-71

3rd Tank Battalian, 3rd MarDiv, northern I Corps, Republic of Vietnam 1969

[MGB67deux]

15. Navy Airdale

USS Hornet CVS12 Yankee Station
Flight Deck Electrician
'66-'68

[Ernesto]

16. I thought that I'd never get out!

Now, I've been out for 42 years!:shrug:

[northoftheborder]

18. Survivor of AF captain who served in Viet Nam

[driver8]

19. US Navy 1985-91; Served onboard the USS Dwight D Eisenhower from '88-91.

I was a nuclear trained machinist mate -- operated nuclear power propulsion plants.

[DemoTex]

22. US Army fixed-wing pilot 1968-1972

509th Radio Research (RR) Group, 224th AVN BN (RR), 1st Radio Research Co. (Avn)
The only Army unit flying Navy aircraft (under NATOPS)
Naval Air Facility (NAF) Cam Ranh Bay, Viet Nam
Callsign: "Crazy Cat" "Cats Paw" "Vanguard" and others


Two turnin' & two burnin!

[madokie]

30. Ii it possible we were at NAF Cam Rahn Bay

at the same time. june of 69 through oct. of 70
If you came to the post office we more than likely spoke to one another. I remember at the time I knew every person on the base all 500 plus of us. Years has dimmed those memories somewhat though.
:hi:

[ladyVet]

23. reporting as ordered....

USAF 1977-81:

384 TAC Supply Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fort Walton Beach,FL
355 TAC Supply Squadron, Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ

[UTUSN]

24. It's reveille AGAIN?!1 I wasn't going to post-in because of N.A.V.Y.

I didn't create the acronyms below and don't agree with the ones putting down other branches.


*********QUOTE**********

Never
Again
Volunteer
Yourself

Don't worry. They have others.

Muscles
Are
Required
Intelligence
Not
Essential

Ain't
Ready to be a
Marine
Yet

*********UNQUOTE********

[Ernesto]

33. USMC

Uncle Sam's Miss-guided Children

[kentuck]

52. Army - 1966-1969

Another lifetime.

[hootinholler]

26. USN '78-'83 SS-NavET

-Hoot

[GiveMeFreedom]

28. Navy 1975-1979

AW2 ss3 and ss2 operator, stationed at VP-1 NAS Barbers Pt.,HI.

[madokie]

29. US Navy

dry land sailer, 15 months in-country Vietnam
Never to be the same

kick and rec

[underpants]

31. Cav Scout 1990-1993

:patriot:

[stevenleser]

32. USAF 1988-1992

1010th CES/721st CES, AF Space Command
Cheyenne Mtn AFB, CO

[lpbk2713]

34. US Navy 65-69

Separated as AK2, spent three years in Rota.

[LiberalLoner]

35. Female Vet, enlisted supply clerk 1982-1989, then QM officer from

1990-1994, in theater during Desert Storm.

[tabasco]

36. Army infantry

3rd Armored Div.
10th Mountain Div.

ABN RGR qualified, CIB

[spin]

37. USAF 1965 -1969 ...

Lockheed EC-121R

[oldlib]

38. USAF 1952 to 1956

You had to register with the Selective Service at 18 during that period. They were going to draft me and I went to the Recruiting Office and told them "Here I am, take me" The recruiter was Navy and he looked through his desk file and said "How about the Air Force" and I replied OK. I ended up as a Bomb Navigation Technician for the B47 bomber, stationed at March Field, near Riverside, California. The military was not for me and I was able to get out three months early to go to College.

[Aristus]

39. Present!

1st Platoon, Delta Company, 1/69th Armored "Speed And Power" Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division.

Desert Storm, 1991.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

40. VMF(AW) 542, MAG-11, 1stMAW. 1961-1965

Eat the apple and fuck the Corps.

[Ernesto]

61. Had to laugh at that old line! nt

[SkyDaddy7]

41. USAF, Vandenberg AFB, Ca

[Adsos Letter]

42. 1/84 FA: 1972-1974; 3/2 ACR: 1974-75.

Toujours Pret, y'all.

[tinymontgomery]

43. USN 80 to 2003

6 Ships, tour with Special Boat Unit Twenty, year in Korea, 3 with the Seabees, two with a Composite Air unit. Only 2 ships still around and the Composite is gone. SBU20 has had a name change.

[Doc_Technical]

44. USAF 1970-1974

2063 Communications Squadron
Wiesbaden, West Germany

[woofless]

47. Hey Doc, did you work Airways by any chance?

I worked Incirlik Airways all of '71 and half of '72.

[RushIsRot]

45. US Army - Air Defense Command - 63-66

[Gaedel]

48. US Army 1961 to 1989.

I raised my right arm to volunteer as the Berlin Wall was going up and they told me I was too old, too fat, and too slow as the wall was coming down.

Many, many units.

vietnam 1967-1968, 92nd Engineer Battalion

Vietnam 1972-1973, USARV: I came home when Henry the K declared "peace with honor".

Looking back on it, it was all good.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

50. Navy corpsman '69 - '73

Bethesda Naval Hosp.
Camp Lejeune, 2nd Field Artillery Group
Camp Garcis, Vieques, Peurto Rico

[JonLP24]

51. Here

2006-2007 OIF.

[denbot]

53. Veteran's Day again? U.S. Navy

U.S.S. Barney DDG-6 Persian Gulf Iranian Hostage Crisis.

[OswegoAtheist]

54. US Army 1997-2001, 58th Sig Bn

Satellite Communications Operator/Maintainer, stationed in Okinawa.


Oswego "The only weapon I fired in anger was a big-ass water pistol at a few drunk Marines. :evilgrin: " Atheist

[Vickers]

55. Lindsey AS, Cheyenne Mountain, Falcon AS, Sembach AB

USAF 82-90

[Stinky The Clown]

56. USS Pandemus, ARL-18 and USS Adroit, MSO-509

You are now picking your teeth or shaving with their remains.

[NeoGreen]

57. USAF 1984-1988

Grand Forks AFB 84-86
Osan AFB ROK 87-88

[cherokeeprogressive]

58. USN 81-90 AMS1

[rabs]

59. USASA attached to NSA Fort Meade

Mid 60s. ADVA-1. MOS 982.10.


Area of interest: Soviet Far East, esp. Kamchatka ICBM missile impact range.

Daughter still gets a big chuckle when I tell her I was a teen-age spy. :rofl:

[B Calm]

60. US Navy 1969 - 73 USS Yosemite AD 19 & USS Albany CG 10

[dry99]

62. U.S.A.F 1972-1976

47 Comm Gp-Peterson Field
665 RADS-Calumet AFS