How Many DU'ers Are Vets?

[Brigid]

I did four years in the Marine Corps, from 1980-1984. It was peacetime (well, except for the bombing of the barracks in Beirut in 1983). I did boot camp at Parris Island, SC, spent a year on Okinawa, and spent the rest of my time at Camp Lejeune, NC. I did battalion admin work. I also spent a few years in the reserves. I was in the Indiana Air National Guard during Desert Storm. I was stateside at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson and Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio at that time. No big deal, but I'll bet it's more than most freepers have done. And I'll bet that there are plenty of DUers with far more impressive service than mine. Tell us about your service here!

[daveskilt]

1. just US vets?

[Brigid]

3. No.

If you have experience in another country's military, please tell us about it.

[bluesbassman]

2. U.S. Army

'76 to '79 Corps of Engineers, Nurnburg. Makes me sick to think that a gang of chicken hawks are putting our brothers, sisters, sons and daughters in harms way. Maybe they can reconvene the war crime trials at Nurnburg. One can hope.

[incapsulated]

4. Hundreds. Literally.

Do a search and you will find call-out threads for DU vets that go into hundreds of posts.

:patriot:

[Minnesota Libra]

44. A HUGE Thank You to all our VETS for your service and I for one...........

...don't think we have enough threads:shrug: specifically for our Vets.:patriot: We don't thank our :patriot: near enough for their service so I welcome these threads:applause: and usually post on each and every one. :patriot: :patriot: :patriot:

[jonnyblitz]

5. 10 years navy here. I was on USS Missouri during Desert Storm

which might be considered the "highlight" of my navy experience . I was also stationed on the USS Coral Sea, an aircraft carrier, and the Uss LaSalle which was a flag ship for the Admiral that ran the Middle East Fleet ( i forget the exact titlewhich was homeported in Manama, Bahrain plus Naval Air Station Weapons DEPT, in Norfolk and finally a command that did inspections of supply departments of west coast ships that was off of Treasure Island in San Francisco.

[driver8]

24. The USS Missouri is such an awesome looking ship. I love the

look of those battleships.

I was on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower when Saddam invaded Kuwait. We parked ourselves in the Red Sea for about a month waiting for a carrier to come and take our place. (We were at the end of a Med Cruise.)

[Postman]

88. I was on USS LaSalle AGF-3 also....

what years were you on?

I rode her over to relieve the Coronado in '83. Transfered off in '84

[TomInTib]

6. Ya got one here

3 tours as a pilot of a PBR (Patrol Boat, River) vietnam 69-72. USN, assigned to 2nd Marine.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

7. USAFSS

'73-'75. Worked on Echelon (not that I knew it then...).

[lpbk2713]

8. US Navy 65 - 69

Airdale. Spent most of my time (3 yrs) in Rota, Spain.

[Knurled99]

9. Im active duty Navy

Stationed in Pearl Harbor, HI. I'm an intel weenie.

[DanCa]

10. My dad was in the army as a Drill Instructor

and i went to catholic school does that count as basic trainning?:D JK
Seriously I wanted to thank all the veterans here on DU . You guys Rock.

[TomInTib]

11. I spent 27 months in combat

9 months in hospital.

Catholic School?

You had it way worse than I did.

And I'm just barely kidding, Danny.

Tom

[DanCa]

13. LOL at least you got to shoot back :D

Sister Mary Margaret's knee stung like crazy. Had that sucker wedged into my lower back when I slumped over in church. You should also see the ruler marks on my knuckles.

:D

Seriously Tom Thanks for serving . You rock.

[TomInTib]

16. Damn, Danny, you just kill me!

"at least you got to shoot back"

Man, that made me laugh.

[incapsulated]

15. Yeah, it counts.

:scared:

[Skittles]

12. Air Force brat and Air Force veteran

there's tons of us vets on this board; hear that you piece of SHIT freepers ???

[incapsulated]

14. Post that cute pic of you...

With the beer in hand in the AF. :D

[Skittles]

19. it is a DU classic

:)

[dweller]

25. o.m.g.

that's even better than the one i have saved already!




yoiks! did i say that outloud?

i'm in for serious ASS KICKING, i fear. :scared:

:loveya:

dp

[madokie]

53. My, I must say, you do an air force uniform justice.

[Johnyawl]

57. OMG Skittles, you're gorgeous!

You've just changed this ex-Marines opinion of the Air Farce! :loveya:

[SeattleVet]

17. US Air Force, 1972-1984

Sent a year in tech school at Lowry AFB in Denver, 5 years at Plattsburgh AFB, NY, 3 at Sembach, Germany, and 3 in Laurel, MD, on assignment to the Department of Defense at Fort Meade, MD (that's the way we were supposed to give it then - we weren't supposed to come right out and say NSA unless specifically asked).

Got out before that bastard Reagan got us into another shooting situation.

[Steven_S]

86. I was as Sembach AB too....

USAF 75-80 Castle AFB then Sembach. Lived in the village of Otterbach most of the time. I was in the war on some drugs called Operation Counterpush. Damn shame I didn't get to serve with Skittles.

Tongue firmly in cheek. :)

[dweller]

18. You really want to know?

i'm the first Rec on this thread, get 4 more and it will grow until they have all checked in, if they are, as they should be, proud.

they are not few. I :patriot: them.

:kick:

dp

[deadparrot]

20. Check this thread...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=3734985

[incapsulated]

21. That's the one!

:hi:

[dweller]

27. that was then

this is now.

everyday is a new day, and time to praise our warriors.

Even if it's in times of Peace.

tho we haven't been there for the past 6 years...i look forward.
dp

[incapsulated]

68. I agree. But...

That was pretty awesome, I've rarely seen anything like it on DU. I was amazed at the sheer number of vets here.

Maybe this thread can top it. :)

[Elwood P Dowd]

22. US Amry 1970-72

From Vietnam to Iraqnam, the more things change, the more they stay the same. A bunch of repuke criminals were running the country then, and their trainees are running it now.

[Phrogman]

23. UDT/SEAL Teams for 8 years

During the 80's. Spent most of my time deployed to Subic Bay.

When the Navy pulled out of the Philippines,
I pulled out of the Navy.

I live happily now on Negros Island with a great Philippina Wife and 3 fantastic kids.

[oneighty]

36. 1951-1960

Korea 1952

Navy EOD-Mineman-Diver

180

[Sal Minella]

54. There's somebody on D.U. older than me. Hey, Sailor,

can I buy you a drink? Give me a minute to climb up on the barstool here....

actually I've been sober 18 years. Thanks for service your country. I remember the pix in LIFE magazine from Korea. Nobody talks about that "conflict" any more but I remember. Thanks for being in our Navy.

[oneighty]

63. Older

Yes I am. Check your PM

180

[madokie]

49. did you go throught S E R E training in Warner Springs Calif

I was stationed there in 67'-'68. I was one of the bad guys, ha, spent 15 months in Vietnam afterwards.

[driver8]

26. Navy brat and Navy vet; 1986 - 1991

I was stationed onboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and ran nuclear power plants for three and a half years. We were in the Mediterannean when Saddam invaded Kuwait and cruised into the Red Sea where we sat for about a month. We were one of the first Navy ships to respond.

[Kurovski]

29. Welcome to DU!

:patriot:

[dweller]

28. for the morning crew

:kick:

dp

[sutz12]

30. USMC 1970-1977

[OneAngryDemocrat]

31. USMC

United States Marine Corps Reserve, Joliet Marines!!!

E Btry, 2dBn/14thMar, 4thMarDiv

Called up for Desert Storm, 1990-91

Spent a few months getting a decent tan.

Visit my anti-war website, www.shockedandawful.com

[Ioo]

32. I am, a disabled one, USAF

[B Calm]

33. 69-73 US Navy

[tkmorris]

34. USN 1987-1993

Served at NAS Whiting Field, near Pensacola, and NAS Sigonella, in Sicily. Mt Etna is beautiful in the winter.

[APPLE314]

35. USN 1959-1963

WESPAC- Naval support for atomic bomb tests in Pacific.

[Hubert Flottz]

37. Army 70-71

Tanks for the memories! Fulda Gap...

How it was

http://www.foto-doku.de/cat4.htm

[Hissyspit]

38. I was just thinking it was time for another Vets Sign-In thread...

Off to the Greatest Page and everyone sound off!

[Buck Turgidson]

39. US NAVY - 1972 - 1979

Electrician's Mate. Nuke.

[YankeyMCC]

40. Air Force 1992-1997

No overseas duty but I did serve.

[YankeyMCC]

41. USAF 92-97

No overseas duty but I served

[Minnesota Libra]

45. Doesn't matter whether you served stateside or overseas, you..............

....:patriot:, what counts is you served in the military:patriot: That's a heck of a lot more than most :puke:neocons/fundies:puke: did.:wtf:

[DemoTex]

42. Viet Nam 1970-71

Active duty 1968-1972.

[pecwae]

43. USA 82-86

1st SOCOM (ABN) HQ PAO, Ft. Bragg. Prior to AD I was USAR 2 years, KYNG 1 year. I held 71Q, 96F, 71L MOSs.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

46. US Army...both me and my husband. (That's where we met)

MKJ

[Stinky The Clown]

47. USN/USNR 67-75

[StaggerLee]

48. USN 1985-1990

USS Worden CG-18 (Pearl Harbor)

SIMA S.F. (Alameda NAS)

[underpants]

50. US Army '90-'93 Cav Scout

Gunner on a Bradley the whole time. Served in Germany.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

51. Marine Crotch - '61- '65.

Also known to the (non-lifer) inmates as "The Suck".

[Dunedain]

95. you devil dog

1st Battalion 9th Marines "The Walking Dead"

[DarbyUSMC]

52. USMC ----- Base Comm CamLej WM Co. H & S Bn. 9/62 - 9/64

[Acebass]

55. Air Force 68-72

Lackland-basic
Chanute-Tech school
Then stationed at Grissom, Guam, Thailand, South Dakota.

Wouldn't want to do it again but wouldn't take a million dollars for the experience.

[UTUSN]

56. It's reveille again? n/t

[Johnyawl]

58. USMC '68 - '71

'69 in Vietnam with 3rd Tank battalian, 3rd MarDiv

[Nordmadr]

59. I enlisted in the NYS Army National Guard at the age of 17

in 1990 (actually spent my 17th birthday getting my Army physical. I was a high school Junior). Boot camp in Fort Dix, New Jersey. I actively drilled for the following year until graduating from high school in 1991. At that point I got it in my head that I wanted to be in the Navy as EOD (Explosive Ordinance Disposal). With the help of a Navy recruiter, I was released from my Army obligation and joined the Navy (Boot Camp Great Lakes Illinois). The EOD didn't work out for me so I ended up a Gunners Mate. "A" school and "C" school (MK 45) in Great Lakes also. Part of commissioning crew for the USS Lake Erie out of Bath, Maine then homported to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Deployed to Persian Gulf and Red Sea December '94 to May '95. Left active duty service July, 1995 as a 2nd Class Gunners Mate.

Olafr

[tabasco]

60. Infantry officer, Regular Army, 1986-1995

Enlisted man 1981-1984.
Reserve officer, 1995 - 2006.

Just received my third honorable discharge dated 24 April 2006.
(1 for EM, 1 for active officer, and 1 for reserve officer).

Airborne, Ranger, CIB.

[bedpanartist]

62. US Army Combat Engineers, Ohio National Guard 372nd Engineers

Battalion. Did all my time at either Ft. Jackson, Kettering and Hamilton, Ohio. Worked in a heavy equipment unit. 76 Yankee, Chairborn Ranger.

[quiet.american]

61. USAF 81-85

You're so right -- it's a lot more than most screaming faux-patriots have done! Thanks for this thread, it's great to see all the vets that are here at DU.

So my story is -- worked as an Aerospace Ground Equipment mechanic (now known simply as a Field Equipment Mechanic, and even more simply known then as a flight line grease monkey).

Boot camp at Lackland, training in Chanute, Illinois, then assigned to work on ground support equipment for E-3A's, F-4's and F-15's. Stationed at Tinker in Oklahoma, the now-defunct Clark AB in the Phillipines, Saudi Arabia, and Hoffman in New Mexico. Was usually the only woman in my "shop" -- made for some interesting moments. :)

[Mugu]

64. USN 75-77 Point Mugu California, 77-79 USS Constellation CV64.

N/T

[Peggy Day]

65. War orphan. Does that count?

My dad's airplane was lost in the Bermuda triangle in 1954 (dates me, huh?) on halloween (officially 10/31/54). They never found 42 people.

http://www.bermuda-triangle.org/html/flight_441.html

Just got him a grave site at Arlington National Cemetery on the 50th anniversary of the date-I was in Washington DC during the last pres election.
Thank you to all the veterans that served our country.

[kestrel91316]

66. Hmmmmmmmmmmm

Does it count if I'm a CAT VET???

Teeheehee
:evilgrin:

I have lots of battle scars from those teeth and claws, and have had to go to the ER a couple of times because of my patients........

[Homer Wells]

67. Reported for Duty!

US Army 1968-1970
Viet Nam 69-70

:hippie: :toast: :patriot:

[BR_Parkway]

69. US Army, 82-85 - Dugway Proving Grounds, join the Army, see the

world was the recruiting slogan at the time! My father, uncle, grandfathers, younger & older brothers are all veterans - about half of them retired, the other half were like me - too free spirited to make a career of it.

[RobertSeattle]

70. Let's make this an optional part of our Profiles at DU

Seems like a no brainer, but then I don't have to program it... :evilgrin:

[Qanisqineq]

71. my husband is active duty army

1995-current

[puerco-bellies]

72. USN 1977-1981 Tin Can Man.

2 Persian Gulf cruses, the second during the Iranian Hostage crisis. Son of a veteran, grandson of a WWII veteran. Great-Great Grandson of Apache warriors.
Awarded 2 Battle E's, Naval Expeditionary Ribbon, Sea Service Ribbon.

[Bandit]

73. US Army 1967-1971

Bravo Co, 2nd of the 12th 1st Cav Bad Bet of Roving Gambler. We were the relief of Khe Sahn. Took a burst of three and ended up gunner on a gun ship. Spent two tours in country. Went from Nam to Germany. Joined Marne Div and fought the Bloody Red One after they were withdrawn from the Nam. We were Blue Army they were Red Army. Don't remember who won or lost if anyone did.

[Jack Rabbit]

74. SGT Jack Rabbit

United States Army, 1976-79

[TahitiNut]

75. USArmy 1968-69, USARV-HQ at Long Binh Jan-Nov 1969, E-5; USCGA 1961-63

DEROS/ETS 15Nov69.

[NeoGreen]

76. USAF 84-89

Honorable discharges from active duty and NYANG.

321 CES - Grand Forks, ND
554 Red Horse - Osan, ROK
107 FIG - Niagara Falls, NY

[Az_lefty]

77. U.S. Army 30 years

:toast:

[hootinholler]

78. Navy 78-83 ET-3(ss) (NavTech)

Buncha schools
USNS H H Hess TAGS-32
USS John Adams SSBN-620

-Hoot

[reprobate]

79. USAF 1961-1965. Four yrs and two monthe service. 2 honorable discharges

A couple of us at Fla State joined the Marine reserves in Tallahassee. Two months later I joined the Air Force. They had to discharge me from the Marines in order to induct me into the Air Force. So I got two Honorable Discharges for two months and four years service. I have never claimed to be a Marine, tho, because I never went thru PI. Always seemed a bit dishonest.

I did offer to re-enlist is they made me Brigadeer for my second enlistment. Didn't seem to attract many who would agree so I wound up a twenty year man (my way). Four in and sixteen out.

Still, as some have already said - an experience I would not have missed for the world. I believe every eighteen year old should have the disciipline of military life for a couple of years. As long as Bush and Co. don't have us in a shooting war somewhere in the world.

[usedtobesick]

80. US Army 1984 to 1996 enlisted.

Ran Armament teams. Had combat tours in Panama, the first gulf war, and Somalia. Served at Ft Bragg NC. 3AD in Germany and 4th ID at Ft Carson.

[slater71]

81. Grandfather, WW I - Father, WW II - Me, Viet Nam.

[michreject]

82. US Army- 70-72

E-5. MOS 26c30. Radar repairman.

[1620rock]

84. USAF 1964 - 1972 C-130 & C-141 flight crew..33 countries visited.

[nookiemonster]

83. USAF 87-92.

:)

eom

[Just Me]

85. My brother, SERVING,...my father, DEAD. eom.

[CRK7376]

87. In for the long haul...

Enlisted in 1977
Commissioned in 1983
Still on Active Duty today.
And I hate the shrub too!

[msedano]

89. Bravo & Hq 7/5 Korea, 69-70

http://readraza.com/hawk/index.htm

[Kurovski]

90. Welcome to DU, msedano!

:-):patriot:

[Just Me]

91. kick!!!

Our vets are worth additional acknowledgment!!!! :bounce:

[alfredo]

92. US Army Security Agency 65-69

Jt Jackson - Basic
Fort Devens - AIT
4th US Field Station Asmara Eritrea (part of Ethiopia at the time)
05H20

USASA disbanded in the 70's, replaced by INSCOM.

[geniph]

93. My husband, father, uncle, two brothers,

several cousins, nephew - all veterans. One nephew and two cousins serving currently, one in Afghanistan, two about to be called back to Iraq. :-(

[NightHawk63]

94. Active Army for four years ...

...from 1981 to 1985. Plus another 8 or so in the CA NG and Army Reserves.

[insane_cratic_gal]

96. Us Navy 1987- current

My husband is currently active.

I don't know if spouses count, but I've given 9 years of my life to whims of where the Military needed us, as have other military families.

[lonestarnot]

97. check in AF, ANG 6 years

[Vadem]

98. My Dad was a gunner's mate on the USS Barton in World War

II, and also on the Beach at Normandy, as well as my grandfather, and uncles; my brother was a Marine in the Viet Nam war and was in the Siege of Khe Sanh in Viet Nam, an extremely scary time for the families of our soldiers in the Viet Nam war! Thank G_d, he survived!

[nadinbrzezinski]

99. War on drugs

ten years, and yes thoem cute target aquicistion devices (red cross) work like a charm

Very technically Mexican Army

Oh and ubby did 20 in the US Sub force, retired two years ago