DU Vets- REeeeeeeeePORT!

[underpants]

:patriot:

19D-Cav Scout. Gunner in a Bradley Fighting Vehicle 90-93.

[Wickerman]

1. USAF 1984-1990

medical field

:patriot:

[Medical Speaking]

23. USMC Viet-Nam 1966-1967

Semper-Fi

[Bigmack]

80. USMC 1962-66

Southeast Asian War Games ... 1962-72. Our Motto: "Hey... we came in second."



You disgusting maggots WILL wish my beloved Corps a Happy Birthday!!

[dand]

126. USMC 1961-1966

Semper Fi

[kentuck]

120. Vietnam - Sept-'67 to April - '69

I was lucky.

[elehhhhna]

2. General Smartass here,

reporting doody!

[Skidmore]

41. Boy, is that right...

:evilgrin:

Ten hut, elehhhhna!

[elehhhhna]

124. LOL

I was recruited by West Point in '76 to join their first co-ed class. Had I gone, I'd probably be typing this from the brig, if not right now. Not exactly a regret, but I do wonder sometimes how that carreer path would have turned out.

[Liberal OIF Vet]

3. USMC 1991 to Present

Currently on active duty.

Happy 231st Birthday Marines!!

[tularetom]

4. 12B Combat Engineer 59-62

[Touchdown]

5. 91A Combat Medic 3/11 ACR 1985-87.

:patriot:

[Hubert Flottz]

24. I was in 3/14th ACR 70-71 Bad Hersfeld

Black Horse came after us.

Did you know GI Judy?

[Touchdown]

37. I was Bad Hersfeld too! Small World.

Were you a fan of Mary's down the hill? I liked Naxos. Great greek food. Small town though.

Don't know GI Judy. Was she a DDR/USSR soldier? We got 3 day passes if we could take a pic of the female border guard. They called her the border bitch...no accusations of misogyny, that's just what they called her.

[Hubert Flottz]

49. GI Judy ran the Hole in the Wall tavern down town.

She was the first German citizen I talked to, the first night I went off post. Everyone told me that her bar was THE spot to check out. I went to town in a cab wondering how I would communicate with the locals. I sat down at the bar and she came over and said, "What will you have tonight Mothe? F????R?" From then on the ice was broken. I saw "Big Judy" clean house in there a time or two. I had a healthy respect for that old gal!

I loved that place, but I lived off post after a couple of months over there. It was like an 8 to 5 job for me, except for alerts and border patrols. I'd love to go back now that the border in open.

[FightingIrish]

6. US Navy 67-71

[madokie]

7. Navy '67 - '70

in country 15 months

[Lasher]

8. Eighth US Army 168th Medical Batallion, Seoul Korea 1969-1970

Batallion S-2/3, security and training. :patriot:

[harlinchi]

9. US Army (Res) 1981 - 1987, 1990 - 1997.

I was a PLL clerk in a mech infantry unit (1/315th - 79th ARCOM) who never went to an AIT but received OJT. I re-enlisted, got a 71G MOS and served in the 361st EVAC and the 348th General hospitals. Props to all of y'all combat arms types, especially Cav. As Martin Lawrence might say, "Y'all so crazy!"

Edited to add: Of course this was back when the reserves were just that -- reserves!

[austinboy]

10. USAF 1986-1992

:patriot:

[lonestarnot]

11. Sir Reporting for duty Sir/Madam!

:patriot:

[MikeNearMcChord]

12. United States Army, 1982-1986

A Battery-2Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery(Patriot) 24T-Missle System Mechanic

[GreenPartyVoter]

13. Checking in for my dad GreenLantern, Navy and reserves, ret

[Kerrytravelers]

27. Checking in for my dad, USAF 1962-1982, Vietnam Vet.

[pecwae]

14. USA 82-86 1st SOCOM (ABN) Ft. Bragg, NC

USAR 80-82 KyARNG 79-81

Initially trained at DINFOS as Information Specialist (Photojournalist), later served as 71L (Company Clerk) and trained as 96F (PSYOPS)while on AD.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

15. Marine Crotch - '61 - '65. Eat the apple and fuck the Corps.

[Bigmack]

79. USMC 1962-66

Southeast Asian War Games ... 1962-72. Our Motto: "Hey... we came in second."



You disgusting maggots WILL wish my beloved Corps a Happy Birthday!!

[timtom]

153. USMC 1962-1966

1st ANGLICO 1964-1966
SUB-UNIT 1 1965 (TAD TO SAIGON)

Now for the Marine Corps Hymn....

"Him, Him...."

[Beausoleil]

16. US Navy

'75 - '79

[Demonaut]

17. Boy Scouts troop 273

just kidding, US Navy, USS Constellation 1981-1985

[Orsino]

18. US Army (enlisted) '90-97

Satellite communications system operator/maintainer. Served in Germany and Atlanta. Put on sergeant stripes in '93. I ran DSCS and MILSTAR terminals.

[hwmnbn]

19. US Army, 1966 to 1968...

my serial number began with US, not RA. :hippie:



:patriot:

[AspenRose]

186. Same as my dad.

I'll represent for him here. :D

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

20. navy 69 - 73

corpsman

[qnr]

21. Retired USGC n/t

[dubykc]

22. 11H Anti-Armor Crewman 1976-80

TOW Gunner, squad leader 1/15 Inf Kitzingen, Germany and then CDEC Experimentation Command Fort Hunter Ligget. CA

[Aristus]

70. Hey! 1/15 at Kitzingen, huh? That HAD to have been Harvey Barracks!

I was with Delta 1/69th Armored at Harvey Barracks. Although back when you were there, it was probably the 1/64th Armored.

[michreject]

127. I was in Kitzingen as well- Larson Barracks

3rd ID. 703rd Maint. I left there in Sept of 72.

[MrScorpio]

25. USAF 1983-2005

[butterfly77]

162. Lookin Good!

[ladyVet]

26. USAF 1977-1981

:patriot:


Last duty assignment, 355th TAC Supply Squadron, Tucson, AZ.

[texpatriot2004]

28. Thank you all for your service

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2673499

[haele]

29. USN/USNR - 1977 - 1998

Retired CHIEF, baby!

Haele

[hootinholler]

30. Navy 78 - 83

Submariner.

-Hoot

[two gun sid]

32. USN 81-87

tincan sailor.

[Wilber_Stool]

31. Co. C-52nd Inf. Saigon, '71..............n/t

In from'69 to '71.

[jokerman93]

33. Army '90 - '96

Two enlistments.
1/1 SFG(A) Intelligence
S.O.T.A.
Special Security Officer

[Geoff R. Casavant]

34. US Navy 1991-present

Active duty and Reserves.

[Stinky The Clown]

35. USN/USNR 67-75

My biggest challenge, never having had the 'pleasure' of seeing Viet Nam, was complying with this:

"Sweeprs, sweepers. Start your brooms. Give the ship a clean sweep down fore and aft. Sweep all lower decks, ladders and passageways. Sweepers. Start your brooms."

As I got a little rank and seniority, I was able to make that announcement rather than compy with it.

Thanks to ALL vets.

And reach out a hand to those homeless vets still tromping the streets in their 60s and 70s ..... thirty five and forty years hence. As country, we really have a propensity to fuck things up and fuck people opver.

[lpbk2713]

36. USN 65 - 69

I'll be flying my flag in honor of all this country's vets.

It is not an endorsement of the present occupant of the White House.





Check this out -----> Link: http://www.awolbush.com/whoserved.html

[Sapere aude]

38. U S Army, 1966 to 1968 Vietnam 1967 to 1968

[VP505]

39. US Navy 65-68

:patriot: USS Windsor ARD 22

[Elwood P Dowd]

40. US Army 1970-72

<nm>

[Joe_VB]

42. USN 1978-1984

HM2 FMF Hospital Corpsman

To my fallen brothers (I still miss you) Beirut 1983

BATES, RONNY K
HM1
10/23/83

BEAMON, JESSE W
HN
10/23/83

CAIN, JIMMY R
HN
10/23/83

EARLE, BRYAN L
HN
10/23/83

ELLIOT, WILLIAM D JR
HM3
10/23/83

FAULK, JAMES E
HM3
10/23/83

FOSTER, WILLIAM B JR
HM3
10/23/83

HOLLAND, ROBERT S
HM3
10/23/83

JOHNSON, MICHAEL H
HM2
10/23/83

KEES, MARION E
HM2
10/23/83

MC VICKER, GEORGE N II
HM2
10/23/83

MILANO, JOSEPH P
HM3
10/23/83

PIERCY, GEORGE W
HMC
10/23/83

QUIRANTE, DIOMEDES J
HM3
10/23/83

WORLEY, DAVID E
HM3
10/23/83


"Non Sibi Sed, Patriae-Not for Self, but country"

[Joe_VB]

61. Forgot my NEC 8427 FMFRC

[Beacho]

43. Underpants, what unit?

I was also a 19D during the same period

Awesome

[underpants]

45. 3/4 Cav

Schweinfurt Germany

[Beacho]

47. 3/3 Cav here

same job

Scouts Out!

[underpants]

51. Small world

BTW-matcom was a tanker a D.A.T.

First training mission we went airborne and hit into a 10 foot hole in the ground. By the time I woke up from what was surely a concussion the BC was out arguing with an observer about who killed who (vs. a 2LT) the driver was screaming about the water coming into his hatch and I looked down and saw that my sinuses had just emptied into my lap.

Ah the Bradley. I staked out the "Hell hole" as my personal sleeping area luckily only one time did we even have anyone in the back so there wasn't much competition for it.

[landdaddy]

44. Army (RA)

SGT. USARV/MACV RVN '68/69 + '70.

[TahitiNut]

46. US Army 1968-69; USARV HQ Long Binh, E5, 74F20

:patriot:

[alfredo]

138. I never got a copy of DD Form 256.

I don't know why. Maybe it was sent to my parent's house and they never sent it to me.

[TahitiNut]

174. It's in a nice padded green folder, too. (Must've cost the taxpayers $1.50.)

:silly: ... and another $0.50 for the gold foil imprinting. Of course, that'd be in 1974 money ... maybe $6.00 in today's money.

[alfredo]

176. I guess I will have to

write to the military to get a copy.

[yewberry]

48. In memory of Jock, USAF, POW Stalag Luft 1 '44-45

I miss you.

[Wilber_Stool]

50. I have to kick this.

I can't believe there are only 48 of us here.

[Homer Wells]

52. US Army SIgnal Corps

1968-1971 IV Corps RVN 4/69 to 4/70
244th SAC

[NightHawk63]

53. US Army Military Intel (1981-1985) nt

[BrotherBuzz]

54. Just a dumb draftee that added...

no value, no advantage, really, to the United States armed services.

I am so happy to see Rummy, the ass, gone!

[Dernitt]

62. Nothing dumb about you

Thank you for your service, brother.

:patriot:

[sarge43]

113. Not true, BrotherBuzz

You served. Get yourself a beer and sit your ass down with the rest of us.

[BrotherBuzz]

141. I know that, so I earned the right to take the dig at Rumsfeld

His words burned my butt when he said them, still does. As I said, I'm happy to see him gone, and thank you, Sarge, for the beer, but our job isn't done until we throw the remaining chickenhawks out of office. Our Brothers and Sisters serving today deserve nothing less.

[sarge43]

142. Couldn't agree more, BrotherBuzz

One battle is over, but there are many more to come. Our cause is true and our steel bright.

Have another beer. Jeez, you wanna fight sober or somethin'?

[Ptah]

55. USAF 1970-1974

B-52 Avionics

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

56. USMC 1968-72

Fought the war from Camp Pendelton mostly, as a disbursing clerk......... :)

[sakabatou]

64. My cousin was in from 64 to 68

Sargent in the Marines. I think. Not sure about his rank.

[Bigmack]

82. You didn't miss a fucking thing....

Southeast Asian War Games ... 1962-72. Our Motto: "Hey... we came in second."



You disgusting maggots WILL wish my beloved Corps a Happy Birthday!!

[BobRossi]

57. USAF 71-74 (Early out)

Machinist, Castle AFB California.

[Skittles]

58. HERE I AM UNDERPANTS !!!

[underpants]

68. YyyyyyUM!

:partriot:

[Demonaut]

150. where's that pic when you had longer hair, you look like a boot here

[ET Awful]

59. US Army and Army National Guard 1987-1995

Gunner in an M901 ITV, then Track Commander, then trainer.

[rocktivity]

60. U.S. Army Recruiting Command, Madison Avenue Branch

Served seven years in the creative group of the ad agency that orignated the "Be All You Can Be" campaign. Promoted from secretary to copywriter. Wrote ads about the College Fund, the Delayed Entry progam, and lots of MOSs. Visited Forts Lewis and Campbell. Of course, there was a good ad slogan (now it's "Army Strong"????) and a stable commander-in-chief back then!

P.S. Where's Cat Woman? I think I'll PM her and tell her she's AWOL!

:patriot:
rocknation

[CatWoman]

63. 71Q - Information Specialist, Journalist

Got out in 1993 :)

[Johnyawl]

65. USMC 1968-71

Vietnam 1969-70

I am personally gonna think of Jim Webb as our birthday present from the Commonwealth of Virginia!

Happy 231st birthday to the US Marine Corps! Semper Fi!

[Bigmack]

83. What's with all these Dems who actually...

...served? I guess they didn't get all those deferments.

USMC 1962-66

Southeast Asian War Games ... 1962-72. Our Motto: "Hey... we came in second."



You disgusting maggots WILL wish my beloved Corps a Happy Birthday!!

[sarge43]

117. Sir! Happy Birthday, sir!

(Marines, jeez)

[UTUSN]

66. It's reveille again?!!1 n/t

[democrank]

67. Thanks for your service, one and all.

So glad you`re here at DU.

democrank

[Aristus]

69. 19Kilo, M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank crewman.

U.S. Army, 1986-1993.



Me, on the right, with my tank crew. Gulf War I.
King Khalid Military City,
Saudi Arabia, February 1991.

[Jack Rabbit]

71. SGT Jack Rabbit

329th ASA Company, Camp Casey, Korea, '77-'78
Electronic Proving Grounds, Ft. Huachuca, Arizona '78-'79

[TacticalPeek]

72. Army, US, 69-71

Father, infantry sergeant, Battle of the Bulge.

Son, special operations medic, al Anbar during the recent troubles.

:patriot:

[yellowdogmi]

73. VP-90 87-93

[BlueCollar]

178. not bad....

[yellowdogmi]

184. What a beutiful sky pig.

Learned a lot working on those things. Mostly I learned that I am slightly claustaphobic. AMH did not mean that I got out of fuel cell repair. Otherwise it was a lovely cruise.

[BlueCollar]

188. AMS

didn't mean I goy out of changing hydraulic pumps either...LOL

Had a blast though on 4 WestPac deployments...

Pleased to make your acquaintance...

[riona]

74. USAF pilot/21 yrs

(Checking in for nonblogger husband):patriot:

[onethatcares]

75. United States Army R-A

72-75 USARAL(anybody out there from headquarters company, Ft. Richardson or the 23d Engineer Company?)

[johnaries]

76. TN Army National Guard, 1975-1981.

Barely missed Nam. *whew!*

[Az_lefty]

77. US Army / ARNG 1972 - Present 19D 31S 88M

:patriot: :patriot: :patriot:
:toast:

[Kali]

103. Vail!

You're a neighbor! Howdy from Texas Canyon, just down the road apiece.

[Mugu]

78. US Navy

Point Mugu 1975-1977
USS Constellation 1977-1979

[ohtransplant]

81. USAF 1978 - 1982

N/T

[ThomWV]

84. Army 1966-1970, Republic of Viet Nam 1967-1970

[happydreams]

85. Navy Airdale

71'-75'

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

86. USAFSS 1973-1975

My father: Army WWII field commissioned as a Warrant Officer. Purple Heart- injured in a mine field in Italy. The soldier who stepped onto the Bouncing Betty was killed.

My uncle: Army WWII. Shell-shocked due to too much close proximity to incoming fire. Spent most of the remainder of his life in Veteran's facilities in Ohio.

My brother: Army mid-60s. Stationed in Germany.

[Ferret Annica]

87. De Oppresso Liber, U.S. Army Special Forces National Guard

late 1980s (1/19th Group) as Special Operations Communication Sergeant, 82nd Airborne Division, Helicopter Crewchief, UH-1H, late 1970s.

AIRBORNE!

[misternormal]

88. Reporting....

U.S. Army Military Police / CIDC 1971-1980

[youthere]

89. USCG-87-91..MrYouthereUSMC 86-92.

[Royal Sloan 09]

90. USAF 1977- 1985

726 TCS, Homestead AFB, Fla.
2156 Comm. , Beale AFB, CA.

[DemoTex]

91. US Army Security Agency (Naval Air Facility - Cam Ranh 70-71)

What I did I cannot say,
I was with the ASA.

[SwingVoter2006]

92. Hooah, vets! I'm a SGT, USAR, 2002 to ?

I plan to retire in the USAR, or die. Whichever comes first.

A giant, massive, titanic HOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAH to all current and prior service.

:yourock:

[Rebellious Republican]

93. U.S. Naval Aircrewman 78-88, my humble tribute, enjoy....

P3 Orions and Combat Camera Group, proudest moment, serving with the Fleet Marine Expeditionary Forces in Beirut in "83". Thanks to all the grunts over there who sent my sailor ass back in one piece! Happy Birthday Marines, Semper Fi!





Thought I would share a collection of poems that all combat veterans can relate to, these words are not mine, however I am sure they convey many shared feelings. Enjoy!

The following is from a corpsman ("Doc") in Beirut who wishes to remain anonymous:

Jeff,
I was thinking...The way Ive learned to deal with Beruit is through my poetry. I've been told by friends that I should get them published, however the poems are my pain on paper... things I couldn't share with strangers. Now as I sit thinking about it all, I think Id like to share it with my brothers who were there. Is there a place on your board for this type of expression?
http://www.beirut-memorial.org/theatre/docpoems.html




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For Gods sake____
Let us sit upon the grass
and tell sad storys,
about the death
of brave young kings.

For they shall never reign____
Eyes forever closed...
Inside caskets rusted shut.
Their only life__
is our remembrance.
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Coming Home
Change will come,
Change is here.
Love fades out,
Then reappears.
Now my water has turned
to wine and these
thoughts I have I now claim
as mine..
I'm coming home.

Change has been,
change will be,
time will tell,
Then time will ease.

My curtain has been drawn
and my heart can go to where
my heart does belong
I'm going home.
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And I will have to be braver now,
than I have ever been.
And I will have to be stronger now,
Than I ever was before.
And I will have to be more loyal now,
Than I have ever been.

A warriors heart will never change...
Only its direction..
Only its focus.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I could see the man
I was yet to become..
And the man that was not to be..

But only with the eyes
of the man who
is.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Some things are better
left unsaid,

But they turn me inside
out,
And I can barely speak
of them,
Their only recourse,
Is to visit me...While I sleep.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I'd give anything to silence those sounds...
the crying out,
the screams,
the choppers,
I hear it as if its happening
now..

Today I woke to the sound of a chopper in flight__
and I was back,
in Beruit again.
All the sounds mixed in...
Then I heard a man crying for his mother
and I started my day
sobbing.

I wonder if he ever made it home to his mother.
I sometimes wonder if anybody got home..
Anybody?
Am I alone?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I saw J.P today hitchhiking...
(Like he ever would have!)
(was he going home?)
Yet there he was, for a fraction of a second..
(asking?)
No smile, no frown, no recognition..
no eye contact.
(like a stranger, which he was)
I wonder if he knew I did all I could?
(I wonder if I did?)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I was like a god...
I could do anything.
I could keep a man alive...
(Or so I thought.)
I was the corpsman...
I had to.
And now...
What compares?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The only ones for who the war is over,
are those who died fighting it.
For the rest of us it will always be,
just a nightmare away.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A man should live everyday,
as if it were a preflight check.
He has to ask himself every morning
"am I ready for liftoff?"
And if not...
Find the strength to go
anyway.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
How can another know...?
The storys, untold by me?
How could another understand...?
The chaos? The terror?
The destruction of ourselves?
I should not have had to be there.
I should not be the one to explain...
I am the one who is owed an explaination...
And that will never happen.

It is with great pleasure, that I retire my distress flag gif


And with great pride, hoist my new flag in honor of our new direction

[Demonaut]

169. Awesome poetry, did you train at the PH A school in pensacola?

[Rebellious Republican]

173. Yes I did, that was the first of several schools in "P" Cola......

Yes, those are some touching poems, I stumbled across them when I was searching for some information about the Beirut Memorial page I had heard about.

They have changed the name and format of the Photo "A" School, it used to be called the Naval Schools of Photography. Imagine my surprise when I took my wife there for a vacation one time several years ago, it had the "DOD Schools of Photography" on it. My how things change in a few short 25 years or so! I also attended Naval Aircrewman Candidate School Class # 8133, as well as a few others specialty schools. It was my favorite base, I always looked forward to going back there and jumped at any chance to do so.
:toast:


Fair winds and following seas shipmate!

[Demonaut]

175. when you went there it had an old photo recon plane in front, I went in 81

I'm glad its still a photo school, I remember training on speed graphics and topcon super D's and FTN nikons...lol loved the FTN moniker.. yes it's my favorite base too..

[Rebellious Republican]

179. It was an old RA-5C "Vigilante" I was there when they brought it in!

I was at "A" school in "78", it was still leaking hydraulic fluid. You should take a trip back to the base. Fort Barrancus is now open for tours, it was boarded up when I was there, the old light house has been restored, you can go through the survival school museum, and the Aviation Museum is Huge, they have added on to it. Plan on spending a day at the museum alone. When I took my wife to the museum she wanted to see a P3C Orion, my old plane. I didn't think they would have one there, made me feel old when we walked out back and saw a P3A Orion. If you go on tuesdays, you can go over and watch the blue angels practice in the morning. Oh, and Trader Vic's is closed, what a shame, and I am not sure but Seville Quarters was still open the last time I was there about five or six years ago. I bought my wife a flaming hurricane, had to help her to the car and into the hotel room, I didn't bother to warn her about the deceiving potency. Man, to go back in time, well I could go on forever. I do highly recommend a trip back, its a great vacation spot for the spouse, while you get to take a trip down memory lane.

:patriot:

[Demonaut]

181. my time was spent at machine gun kelleys and phineas phoggs

I do remember the old abandoned hospital next to the school and some pub that seemed special to ph's, drinking shots of irish something, I went back in 83 for advanced training and by then they had removed the vigilante

[tbyg52]

94. USN, 1975-1984

:patriot:

[nykiera]

95. US Army 1980-1984

98J

[HawkerHurricane]

96. USN 1984-2004

SM1(SW)
USS LaSalle
USS New Orleans
USS Harry W. Hill
USS Waddell
USS Elliot
USS Copeland
USS Denver
USNS Mercy
USS Thach

[hack89]

97. US Navy 1982 - 2002 nt

[Wilber_Stool]

98. Come on guys.

If we don't crack a hundred by ten o'clock, some of you are going to have to re-up. Let's move.

[Corgigal]

99. 1928 Comm Gr MacDill AFB

1979-1987..Air Traffic Controller for F-16's.

[bluedigger]

100. US Army 82-86, ME ARNG 86-89

13E with 1/321 FA, 101st Airborne (Air Assault), 4/5th FA, 1st INF (Fwd) (Neu Ulm, FRG)
13B with 3/172nd INF (Mtn)

Hey, I was on deck for Grenada, but they ran out of Cubans and didn't need me!

"AIR FREIGHT!"

[Ioo]

101. USAF 1993-1996

[Rex]

102. Army MI

96Romeo reporting in. 95-98. :patriot:

[Kali]

104. thanks all

[Nickster]

105. Hoo-Hah! 31U USAR 89-93 n/t

[PsN2Wind]

106. Naval Air 1957-1961, USAF 1961-1964

Youngest of my older brothers US Army 1946- Feb 6,1951 KIA Korea
Middle of my older brothers US Army 1945-1948, USAF 1950-1968
Oldest of my brothers US Army Air Corps, Aviation Cadet, 41-45

Lest we forget 180, Korean War veteran, minesweepers.


Where was George, TANG 1970-1972

[Phrogman]

107. US Navy here, UDT Team 12, SDV Team One and SEAL Team One.

Hooo-Yaaa DU!

[Demonaut]

151. what years?

[Phrogman]

152. 81-89

The Ray-gun years.

[TheBaldyMan]

108. S.T.A.B. 97 - 01

STAB=Stupid Territorial Army Bastard

[magellan]

109. US Navy Operations Specialist, 80-82

[Philosoraptor]

110. -------------

[sarge43]

111. Sir, yes sir!

USAF, 62-83, MSgt, 73270 (manned the paper pump)

The spousal unit: USAF, 60-80, TSgt, 46170 (played with things that went boom)

[CarbonDate]

112. USAF, 2000 - Present n/t

.

[ladyVet]

114. I will fly my flag today.

On this Veteran's Day, when we have hope at last for the America we dream of to become reality, I'll fly my flag for those who can't post here because they paid the ultimate price for freedom, and for those who came home in body but not in spirit.

For the families like my friend's friend, who is afraid her son died in this mess for nothing.

Even for my freeper ex-husband, who thinks * is the best thing on earth, because he was a good man who served his country but lost his way.

For my Dad who served in Korea. For my cousin Tanya who served in the first Gulf War but lost her life here at home.

For all my brothers and sisters past and present who stepped up when duty called.

I salute you.

:patriot:

[tkmorris]

115. USN 1987-1993

ET, Radar tech. Beep!

[atreides1]

116. US Army 1978-1991

Combat Support(Supply)

Operation Desert Storm

[symbolman]

118. US Air Force, SGT

1971-74 81st Combat Support Group - SAC, Otherwise Known as the Strategic Air Command where our motto was "A Suck for SAC is a BLOW for FREEDOM" :)

[Buck Turgidson]

119. USN '72-'79

I survived the "Battle of Bootcamp"



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Defense_Service_Medal

[matcom]

121. WOOOOOTT

M1A1 Tanker - Germany '87 - '90

:patriot:

[Atheos_Prime]

122. 20 Years

1986 - 1996 - USAF - 2A571 - KC/EC-135 Crew Chief (Gulf 1, Panama, Bosnia)
1996 - 1999 - Texas Army NG - 67Y - Attack Chopper Crew Chief
1999 - 2006 Texas Army NG - 30A - Information Systems Officer

[Viva_La_Revolution]

167. Welcome to DU! SIR!

:patriot:

[dollydew]

123. USAF 1977-1994 Retired

Communications AKA The Spies. Training: extreme paranoia. Career field requirements: Not quite sane.

[michreject]

125. 26C30

Radar Tech. 3rd ID. Hqts A Co. 703rd Maint.
E-5

US Army 70-72

[Coexist]

128. Happy Veteran's Day

:patriot:

[tinymontgomery]

129. U. S. Navy 1980-2003

[B Calm]

130. US Navy 1969-73

USS Yosemite AD19
USS Albany CG10
Served with President Nixon's son-in-law David Eisenhower on the Albany..

[B Calm]

132. Most people don't know that the song Fortunate Son was inspired by

by David Eisenhower.

http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/fortunate.asp

[Blackpreacher]

131. U S Air Force Veteran 1983-88

Five years of service in the Air Force and proud of it.

[rdmtimp]

133. Checking in for my dad, USAF 1951-1972...

Veteran of Korea and Vietnam.
And a hard core Dem to boot - he enjoyed this election as much as anybody.

:patriot:

[noamnety]

134. US Army/Army Reserves, 98C, 84-86/89-92

and as an army civilian, worked in intelligence/counterintelligence from 91-99.

[CRK7376]

135. US Army 1977-Present

Yeah I'm a lifer! Proud Dem the whole time too! Six years enlisted, rest as an officer. Time in the NG, USAR and Active.....

[NaturalHigh]

136. US Air Force - six years.

[alfredo]

137. USASA 1965-69 MOS 05H20

Primary assignment, 4th USASAFA Asmara Ethiopia (now Eritrea) Volunteered for Nam, but was sent to Africa. Extended my tour to ETS.

Basic at Ft Jackson SC
AIT Fort Devens Mass.

[AnneD]

139. 245th Psyop Unit

Dallas Texas. Some f*ck you over with guns...we f*ck your mind over (my slogan not theirs-but it's true :evilgrin:)

edited to add that my brother served USAR and Dad was a career wingnut. Grandfather died in WWII leaving mom and brothers orphaned and living with Grandma and Pappa. My poor Great Uncle (and much loved)with polio was drafted into the infantry and suffered his whole life because of it.

[tencats]

140. USAF 1966-1972

Peshawar PAK, Omaha NE.

[slater71]

143. USAF 71-75

[Voltaire]

144. US Navy Cryptologist 1979 - 1992

Served in Japan, Pentagon, Scotland, Spain and the evilllll National Security Agency.

[AnneD]

149. Cool...

cryptology...one area I would leave psyop for.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

145. USN AW 1972 - 1976 P-3 Orion

[woofless]

146. USAF '70-'73

Incirlik, Turkey and the Pentagon.

[SEABEE Chief]

147. US Navy SEABEES

Builder Chief (SCW)
1975-1995
Retired-

[5thGenDemocrat]

148. Communications Center Specialist (72E20), US Army, 1974-76

As I've said many times before here, I never did anything particularly interesting and never suffered an injury worse than a paper cut.
I entered the Army in January of my junior high school year (graduated GED) and went on leave to attend my Senior Prom. I showed up in my Class "A" uniform and got to dance the final dance of the night with a girl I'd had a HUGE crush on since eighth grade.
I believe to this day that spending the time at forts Knox, Gordon and Monroe still did a lot more for me than spending the same time at Arthur Hill High School.
John
Happy Veterans Day to all!

[Uncle Joe]

154. United States Marine Corps huuuurahhhh!

:patriot:

[Renew Deal]

155. Happy Veterans day to all.

And thank you. :patriot::patriot::patriot::patriot::patriot::patriot::patriot::patriot::patriot::patriot::patriot::patriot::patriot::patriot:

[leftofthedial]

156. THANK YOU!

to every one of you. You all are heroes!

:patriot:

[happydreams]

157. You know what a naval destroyer is...

A hoola hoop with a nail in it.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

161. now, I don't know which branch you were in, happy, but I remember who told Navy jokes A LOT...

On the other hand, hardly anyone in the Navy ever lowered their standards by telling obnoxious jokes about our fine comrades the Marines.

FOR EXAMPLE:
A sailor in a bar leans over to the guy next to him and says, "Wanna hear a MARINE joke?"

The guy next to him replies, "Well, before you tell that joke, you should know something. I'm 6' tall, 200 lbs, and I'm a MARINE. The guy sitting next to me is 6'2'' tall, weighs 225, and he's a MARINE. The fella next to him is 6'5'' tall, weighs 250, and he's also a MARINE. Now, you still wanna tell that joke?"

The sailor says, "Nah, I don't want to have to explain it three times."

[happydreams]

163. Funny as hell! Actually I wanted to go

into the Coast Guard, but they wouldn't let me because they said I had to be 6'2".

"Why's that?" I asked.

"In case your boat sinks you can walk ashore".

[Jeffersons Ghost]

171. nope, not a Marine with THAT reply. I expected "Instant Karma" okay if there's no fight left in um..

I'll hammer GENERALS instead...

Guard Duty
It was a dark, stormy, night. The Marine was on his first assignment, and it was guard duty.

A General stepped out taking his dog for a walk. The nervous young Private snapped to attention, made a perfect salute, and snapped out "Sir, Good Evening, Sir!"

The General, out for some relaxation, returned the salute and said "Good evening Marine, nice night, isn't it?"

Well it wasn't a nice night, but the Private wasn't going to disagree with the General, so the he saluted again and replied "Sir, Yes Sir!".

The General continued, "You know there's something about a stormy night that I find soothing, it's really relaxing. Don't you agree?"

The Private didn't agree, but them the private was just a private, and responded "Sir, Yes Sir!"

The General, pointing at the dog, "This is a Golden Retriever, the best type of dog to train."

The Private glanced at the dog, saluted yet again and said "Sir, Yes Sir!"

The General continued "I got this dog for my wife."

The Private simply said "Good trade Sir!"

[sarge43]

158. OK now that it's joke time

Branch reaction to a bad duty assignment

Army: This sucks.

Navy: It sucks off shore, too.

Marine: Where's it sucking? OoooHa!

Air Force: Three fifty per diem? That sucks.

[stevedeshazer]

159. Checking in for Dad and Uncle Jake

Pop was 276th Combat Engineers, and helped take and hold Remagen Bridge in March 1944.

Uncle Jacob was one of the Doolittle Raiders and a POW of Japan.

[brentspeak]

160. Jealous

I tried, but failed, to enlist in the Army a four years ago (medical). Bummed me out for a few days.

Nevertheless: thank you, DU vets, for your service. You done us proud.

[Tinksrival]

164. Signal Corp. wife '82-'88

[hardtravelin]

165. 75th RGR 85-89

Break in service...back in since '97 11Bravo

[stepnw1f]

166. Happy Veteran's Day, Veterans Everywhere

and thank you!

:patriot:

[skipos]

168. Ditto that.

:patriot:

[karlrschneider]

170. USAF 1963 - 1968

...

[raysr]

172. US Army Intelligence 68-70

[BlueCollar]

177. AMS-2

VP-40 Fighting Marlins

[Jackpine Radical]

180. 1st Cav 67-68. Grunt.

You know where.

[4bucksagallon]

182. USMC 69-70 Grunt 0311 G 2/26 and B 1/7 RVN. One of the lucky ones to make it back in one piece.

[T Town Jake]

183. USAF...I won't catalogue the years or other details...

...since a poster down in the Gungeon has dedicated themselves to "outing" my true identity, I've recently learned.

But, yeah, I served.

[MattSh]

185. US Army 1974 - 1977

Fort Hood, TX - 1975-1976
Kimpo, South Korea - 1976-1977

And please, do NOT thank me for protecting your freedoms. It wasn't the military that kicked the bastards out of DC last week. It was you and millions of other who frequent sites like this and work and donate and vote for change.

Maybe the military will soon start thanking YOU for their freedoms??

[SalmonChantedEvening]

187. For my Dad and his cousin, who I am named after.

Dad was Army, 42-45, lost his hearing at the crossing of the Rhine.

His cousin was killed aboard the USS Bunker Hill when it was hit by a Kamikaze.

To them, to all you DUer's who served, and to Veterans everywhere, my undying respect, gratitude and love.

:patriot: :loveya: :D

[unhappycamper]

189. USA - '63 to '73

Chu Lai 67~68
Chu Chi 70~71

[bedpanartist]

190. US Army/Ohio National Guard

Combat Engineers.

Waited in line with rucksack to get on the plane for Desert Storm, and the thing was over before we had a chance to leave.