Military Service

[Ollie Krag]

September 1970 - December 1971 attached to a Air Force ground unit that did intelligence work for a civillian agency. March 1973 - August 1975 Sgt/Instructor 1st South Afrikan Mech Infantry. (The Black Knights) PROUD TO HAVE FOUGHT COMMUNISM ON TWO CONTINENTS!

 

[David Scott]

June 1973 - June 1977 Active Duty, 16H Air Defense Operations & Intelligence Specialist (I told 'em where to fire Hawk missiles). Served at Osan, Korea and Ft. Bliss, TX. Released to Reserve as Sgt E-5.

2-year ROTC while going to school on GI Bill, followed by 3 years Active Reserve as Quartermaster Officer for a Heavy Material Supply Company (deuce-and-a-halfs, earthmovers, etc.). Summer tours at Camp Bullis, TX, Ft. Riley, KS and Grossauheim, Germany. Honorable Discharge as 1st Lieutenant.

Good Conduct Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal.

To make the trhead gun-related, I qualified on:

M16A1 rifle.
M1911A1 pistol.
M3 "grease gun".
M60 (.308) and M2 (.50) machine guns
Quad-50 (maybe the coolest thing ever, see pic)

 

[Bob Locke]

USN Jan. 88 - Oct. 00

Wanted to serve on a .50 cal mount for my General Quarters station, but I was in the nuclear power community and they told me that they didn't train me for two years to have me up there blasting away, so it was "back down in the hole" for me.

 

[mdlowry]

Bob,

At least you could get topside.

ET2 (SS) Lowry
95-01

 

[Hkmp5sd]

Topside? Only two types of ships, submarines and targets!

EM1(SS)
'78-'84

 

[UnknownSailor]

I think I've been on the wrong end of the periscope from you bubbleheads.

AK2
MCAS Futenma, Okinawa 1994-1996
USS Kitty Hawk 1996-2000
NAS Whidbey Island 2000-present

 

[Don45cal]

United States Army

1981 through 1987

95 B10 Military Police
ASI V5 Military Police Investigator

Kreigsfeld Germany, Kreigsfeld Army Dpeot (North Point)
558th MP Company
Herlong California, Sierra Army Depot
980th MP Company
Heidelberg Germany, US Army Europe
529th MP Company

"Served with Honor"

 

[Texas2NC]

1983 - 1988 US Navy - AMH3 (SAR)
ATKRON 72, HS-1
USS America CV-66
USS Dwight David Eisenhower CVN-69

1988 - 1993 US Army - 11B1P
Aco 2/504 PIR
82nd Airborne Division

 

[Stetson_CO]

USN

'87 - '92

STG3 - MK114 FCT - FLEASWTRACENPAC and Seal Beach NWS

c):{

 

[DonP]

The whole family, it seems

Great, Great Grandfather
US Army, Cavalry (1875 - 1882)

Grandfather
US Army, (1942 - 1946) Bastogne

Father
US Coast Guard, (1941 - 1946) North Atlantic

Me, US Army (1970 - 71)
1st Cav, Airmobile, Cambodian Border

Youngest Son (1998 - ?)
US Army, currently assigned to Joint Task Force Bravo, Honduras

 

[bruels]

Twenty years, naval aviator.

Service history here.

 

[MitchSchaft]

USMC
Feb. 2001 - June. 2001... You guess what happened!

 

[Thumper]

U.S. Army/Army Security Agency 98K '88-92

713th Military Intelligence battalion, 701st MI Bde

 

[DadOfThree]

U.S. Army Mar 83 to Dec 92
98G and 98C Spanish linguist and analyst
DLI - Monterey CA 1983
NSGA Galeta Island Panama 1984 - 1986
Medina AFB San Antonio TX 1986 - 1987
NSA Ft Meade MD 1987 - 1992

 

[Destructo6]

UnknownSailor, you were at Futenma in 94/95? I was at Camp Courtney, then Camp H. Gonzalves (NTA Base Camp) in 94/95. Small world.

 

[UnknownSailor]

Yup, I was on The Rock for that infamous rape case, when the Commodant had to come out and give speaches.

I made it up to Camp Hansen for pistol qual.
I can still name off all the major bases.
Camp Kinser
MCAS Futenma
Camp Foster/Butler
White Beach
Camp Lester
Kadena
Camp Shields
Camp Courtney
Camp Hansen
Samp Schwab
NTA

I still think Camp Foster had the best exchange.

 

[Khornet]

Medical Corps USNR

1981-1994
NAVHOSP Portsmouth
NAVHOSP Camp Lejeune
NAVHOSP Charleston
USS TRENTON LPD-14

 

[Destructo6]

I was stationed with one of the guys involved with that rape for about 2 years, although I can't say I knew him.

He was an admin type at NavHosp Long Beach, while I was working in the ER. Then, when the hospital closed, and all E1-E3's were sent to Okinawa, we were put in the same company, though different platoons, for Field Med. He failed, and caught the next class through. A few months later, he finally made it to Okinawa, where he went to Det Truck Company, H&S Co, 3rdMarDiv at Camp Hansen, while I ended up at Det NTA, H&S Co, 3rdMarDiv. I left the island about a month before they did their dirty deed. I was shocked to read about it in the paper, here in the states, and recognized the name.

Assuming they survived, they're scheduled to get out of prison about now, right?

I ended up visiting Kadena's facilities quite a bit more than Foster's. Ever play paintball at the old Onna Point recon base?

 

[UnknownSailor]

I didn't get a car while I was there, so I wasn't able to get around very much. I did go on a WWII tour once, and got to see the Japanese Imperial Navy underground headquarters, as well as a couple of other places.

Normally I would go up to Foster for shopping on the MWR bus to/from the Globe and Anchor.

I went to Kadena to play volleyball, and that's about it.

I was a barracks rat, what can I say?

 

[Merkava]

1st Infantry Division (FWD) in Germany, 101st Airborne (Air Assault) -sigh- KY, 3rd Basic Tng Bde at Ft Dix, and as Operations Officer of a Recruiting Battalion commanded, in the words of Admiral Halsey, "An LSD, a large steel desk."

One thing I hate surfing some boards is the mocking of other services, jobs, whatever. I don't care if one is a SEAL or a cook at some Air Force Base in the USA, all are serving to their best ability, and I respect and honor all.