Interested to hear from our vets...

[USNCop]

what branch, dates of service, military occupations etc.  Lets here from you folks!  

Myself:  1988- 1992  U.S. Navy  USS Cushing DD-985  Damage Controlman Second Class
              1992-1995   I.R.R.
              1995-2001  Colorado Air National Guard  140th CES/DEF  Firefighter
              2001-2003  U.S. Navy Reserve  Ft. Carson Naval Res. Center  Damage Controlman  2001-2002
              2002            Spent 1 yr. in Japan due to 9/11  Atsugi Naval Air Facility    Retrained as U.S. Navy Law Enforcement

 I'm originally from Mt. Vernon, WA   Big Lake area.

 Thank you to all you fellow vets out there!
             

1974 to 1978. US Navy. MS seaman (yea I didn't like orders:0). After trainning I was in Cuba for a year, then USS El Paso LKA 117 for two and a half years out of Norfork Va.

Now I'm back home in South Texas.  :p

Kind of wish I would have stayed in now.

Glenn

[plateshooter]

1968 to 1971 US Army EOD

1986-1992 navy fast attack submarines// sonar technician/ USS Hammerhead, USS Albany and did a piece of a westpac on USS Permit. not too bad when we were chasin' bad guys, but I hated the routine drills and ops.
George

[Clarkbdragon]

1987-1996 United States Marine Corps
1991-1992 Desert Storm
1 tour Camp Lejeune, NC
2 tours Okinawa, Japan
Operations in Turkey, Korea, Norway, Somalia, Saudi, Kuwait
R&R in Hong Kong, Yokuska Naval Base, Germany and Alaska

1960 to 1963 1st battle Group 3rd Infantry (the old guard)
Washington D.C.  Arlington National Cemetery
Unknown Solider Tomb Guard, Drill Team, Chauffer for the Pentagon.

[Gene_SC]

1966-1970 USAF and Pentagon... All I can say is I spent almost 3 out of 4 years in Asia.

Gene

[longislandhunter]

1975 - 1978 USAF  31st Security Police Squadron

Homestead AFB, Florida
Nellis AFB, Nevada
Howard AFB, Panama

Jeff

[DanoInTx]

1990-1994 Aviation Structures Mechanic 3rd class  "squid"

Whole time spent at AIMD SeaOpDet Nas North Island San Diego, deployed on the USS Independance(CV-62), USS Midway(CV-41), but spent most of my time on the USS Abraham Lincoln(CVN-72) where I worked 1/2 of the time in AIMD Airframes and the rest of the time in the midair refueling shop (A-6 Intruders and S-3 Viking "Buddy Stores").

ports:
Hawaii, Hawaii, Dubai, Dubai, Hong Kong, Perth.....that's it, pretty sad for 13 months on the water, "Off the coast of Somalia" was a beautiful port port though, I love the way those people light stuff on fire for fun...looks nice from the water at night, and like smoke signals during the day:)

Dan

thats funny Dan my father was an airdale amsc he did 28 years mostly east. P-3's mostly.

After basic training and A I T ,I spent a year in NAM(oct68 to oct69) Combat construction...Then 6MO in Ft carson Colo.
   IF I was smart I would have stayed in....military retirement      

[Clarkbdragon]

I know the feeling. If I had stayed in the Marine Corps I would be retiring this September.

Clark

[mikeiniowa]

Not much to tell you, Sk3, time in Holy loch, Norfolk, va. still working for the USA, If my posts don't line up with the one I wanted it to....SNAFU. Thanks guys, we who have been there and done that know what it means, may not have seemed important at the time.......but...they do need old farts like us, check it out.

[mikeiniowa]

Ah Gitmo , been there, not to bad, could have been some place worse, thank you. Mike

[mikeiniowa]

Thank you very much, Mike      I'd say more but it wouldn't mean a thing