Hawkmek Posted January 24, 2001 Share Posted January 24, 2001 I was a Duck Hunter(ADA), US Army '91-94, hence my handle - HAWKMechanic(23R), then 6 years Intelligence Analyst(96B)in the Texas National Guard. Got to see more of Fort Hood than I cared for. PFC as of last October. Nice to see the global military entries here. Ain't the Internet great? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tss Posted January 24, 2001 Share Posted January 24, 2001 Jarmo: Must have fired my rifle a good 20 times. Militarist. - A weatherman who didn't even know where his 7.62RK62 was for four months[*] [*] I thought that I knew, but somebody had moved it without telling. Luckily I remembered its number and could recognize it when I found it. Another weatherman didn't... The staff sergeant was not amused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarmo Posted January 24, 2001 Share Posted January 24, 2001 Originally posted by tss: Jarmo: Must have fired my rifle a good 20 times. Militarist. - A weatherman who didn't even know where his 7.62RK62 was for four months Obviously all my shooting was before I was assigned to my post. At the station we were issued our rifles, then they were locked in place with a steel bar, and removed only when our term ended. They must have learned at some point that weathermen and guns don't mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ales Dvorak Posted January 24, 2001 Share Posted January 24, 2001 Yugoslav army 82 -83 , 82mm mortar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Germanboy Posted January 24, 2001 Share Posted January 24, 2001 15 months national service in the German Bundesluftwaffe, first 1. LAR3 in Mengen, then JaboG34, Memmingerberg 1988/9. Our job was to guard the Nukes, and I am pretty sure our outfit was the only one in the Bundeswehr to still have the letter combo 'SS' in its badge (for Sicherheitsstaffel 'S'). It was somewhat hidden though by overlaying the two S... I also qualified as a loader/spotter for the 20mm twin AA gun. Unfortunately a perfect waste of 15 months of my life, only made bareable through taking the mickey out of our NCOs in MASH fashion. Got to run in a platoon leader once for not instructing his NCOs properly WRT orders they could give to drivers. The butt-chewing delivered by our Hauptfeldwebel (Senior Sergeant) to the Lieutenant was a minor classic... ------------------ Andreas Der Kessel Home of „Die Sturmgruppe“; Scenario Design Group for Combat Mission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike8g Posted January 24, 2001 Share Posted January 24, 2001 German Navy (since 1986) Served on FPBs and frigates as communication officer. Now ashore in a combined staff. ------------------ Alle Maschinen voraus Große, Ruder hart Backbord. Neuer Kurs wird Zwo-Eins-Null. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueFalcon Posted January 24, 2001 Share Posted January 24, 2001 US Army 3years. Airborne Infantry TOW Gunner. Stationed in Vicenza Italy with the 3/325 Airborne Battalion Combat Team attached to SETAF. Participated in the post Desert Storm operation Provide Comfort in N. Iraq. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikib Posted January 24, 2001 Share Posted January 24, 2001 I was a scout! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaws Posted January 24, 2001 Share Posted January 24, 2001 Yep, Sergeant Major Dutch Army 20 years, Royal Dutch Cavalry Good Hunting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWebb Posted January 24, 2001 Share Posted January 24, 2001 US ARMY - Infantry, Ft. Benning GA. 1988-1992. Participated in Desert Storm, but saw limited combat. Most of the time was spent rounding up prisoners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ex PFC Wintergreen Posted January 24, 2001 Share Posted January 24, 2001 Does being an Army Brat qualify? I was born at Letterman hospital on the Presidio in San Francisco. I used to go out on weekend maneuvers with my father's troops when he commanded a National guard unit. I LOVED C-rations as a 7 year old. My father was with the 9th Armored (U.S.) in WWII - surrounded at Bastogne and over the bridge at Remagen. He was also with the 38th regiment, 2nd Infantry when they got an all-expense paid trip to Korea in the summer of 1950. He rode in one of the much maligned Shermans over there and thanks God that the Chinese didn't have many anti-tank weapons. He's got amazing stories. ------------------ Read me back my last line! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pvt.Tom Posted January 24, 2001 Share Posted January 24, 2001 6 years in PAARNG, Infantry, M60A3, and M1s, how about that 3 MOSs, anyone ever been to Fort Indiantown Gap? Pvt.Tom P.S. I made it to Spec4 but I like Pvt.Tom better than Spec4.Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipmonkey Posted January 25, 2001 Share Posted January 25, 2001 One tour in the wonderful US Navy, RM3 on the USS Blueridge,aka Loveboat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Schalburg Posted January 25, 2001 Share Posted January 25, 2001 Im a SGT in the royale Danish army. Serving in a staff company, in Jyske Dragon Regiment. Did the Bosnia tour, and had fun. ------------------ PanzerLeid Mit donnernden Motoren, So schnell wie der Blitz, Dem Deinde entgegen, Im Panzer geschützt. Voraus den Kameraden Im Kampfe ganz allein, Steh'n wir allein, So stossen wir tief In die feindlichen Reihn. von Schalburg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmac@work Posted January 25, 2001 Share Posted January 25, 2001 Yet another bubblehead! Nuke no less... US Navy 05MAR85 - 05DEC90 (3 month early out) ET1(SS) Nuke Training pipeline (May '85 - Sep '88): A school (Great Lakes, IL) Nuke school (Orlando, FL) prototype (Saratogoa Springs, NY) Charleston, SC Lewis & Clark SSBN644(G) Oct '88 - Oct '90 5 patrols You may be shaving with the ole girl now-a-days... (Decommed summer '91) Glad I did it now, but while I was living it, I was in HELL!!! Funny that we also have several military drummers here! I'm currently in two bands here in CIVLANT, but in the Navy I was the "Service School Command Rock Band" drummer. Talk about tough "duty"... We had none! Other than jammin for two hours a day, with no weekend duty (except for performances) while all my other buds were waxin and moppin floors and scrubbing ****ters... hehe... ** Edit to add drummer quals ** ** Edit to add name of pig ** [This message has been edited by bigmac@work (edited 01-24-2001).] [This message has been edited by bigmac@work (edited 01-24-2001).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryWR400 Posted January 25, 2001 Share Posted January 25, 2001 4 Years USMC 79-83 Air Traffic Control MATCS38 MCAS (H) Tustin MCAF Camp Pendleton MCAS El Toro MCAF Futenma Okinawa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmac@work Posted January 25, 2001 Share Posted January 25, 2001 PvtTom, Being from PA, I know where the Fort is, but fortunately, since I was Navy, I just get to see it while traveling between Harrisburg and Allentown from my car window on the Interstate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesman Posted January 25, 2001 Share Posted January 25, 2001 Fifteen years on active duty (and counting) as an Air Force Tech Sergeant. Came in as airborne Vietnamese linguist. One great, glorious year at the Defense Language Institute, followed by five months of cryptology, one month at survival school, and three of the longest years in my life on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa. During Desert Shield/Storm, I was with the 379th Bomb Wing, Wurtsmith AFB, Michigan. BUFFS, baby! Whoopin' Republican Guard BUTT! I changed jobs in '91: signals intelligence analyst. Back to "secret squirrel" school at Goodfellow AFB, Texas, then on to Misawa AB, waaaay up in the northern part of Honshu, Japan. GREAT tour! But without question, what followed will forever remain the best four years I'll ever have: Bad Aibling, Bavaria. Sigh. Heaven. Home. Currently, I'm stationed at Ft. Meade, Maryland, assigned to the National Security Agency. Last year, I was temporarily assigned to Prince Sultan Royal Saudi Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Which is the MOST grandiose way of saying "inflamed boil on the backside of beyond". But the job was cool. Both of my parents were AF. My wife was also an AF linguist (Arabic). We met in language school. She got out, but is getting commissioned next year as a Captain. Her dad was AF. My son just joined Civil Air Patrol, the AF's auxiliary. We're a purty blue family! 8^) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonm Posted January 25, 2001 Share Posted January 25, 2001 20yrs service as at 03FEB01. Major Commanding a Recon Sqn Royal Australian Armoured Corps Dragon, Do you guys still get on so well with 1 QDG (our allied Regt in the RAC)? ------------------ Regards, Mark:-{) Getting in line for a Mercury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splinty Posted January 25, 2001 Share Posted January 25, 2001 10 years active duty US Army Infantry Stationed at Ft Bragg 3/68 ADA Ft Stewart 2/7 INF Aschaffenburg Germany 4/7 INF Went to Desert Storm with 4/7 INF Currently with 156 Signal Michigan National Guard ------------------ Nicht Schiessen!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kford Posted January 25, 2001 Share Posted January 25, 2001 US Army Intelligence Analyst. 1986-1990. Had a good time and got to do some travel. But hey, being older has its advantages too, I have more $$$ now than I did in the Army. Thanks, Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TownsendVol Posted January 25, 2001 Share Posted January 25, 2001 Yep, spent 3 years in the United States Army. Basic at Fort Leonard Wood, AIT Fort Lee, ASI Fort Dix. Stationed Camp Page South Korea about 16 months. Fort Eustis Va. about 1 year. Was a Petroleum Supply Spcialists (Fuel Handler) and a truck driver (977 Hemitt) Got out as a Specialists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackal Posted January 25, 2001 Share Posted January 25, 2001 1990-1994 active service U.S. Army Scout: 2 yrs with 3-4 CAV, 3rd ID in Schweinfurt, GE (great place) remaining two years with 2-16 Infantry Bn, 1st ID at Ft Riley, KS. Rank of Corporal. 1994-present Tenn. Army National Guard, Full-time Supply SGT for a Military Intelligence Company supporting the 278th ACR. Gotta Love the CAV! HUA! (Everyone knows the meaning here i suppose) Air Assault qualified as well. . .of all of the aspects of military training I miss the Air Assualt missions the most. Especially when it allowed for air insertions for the purpose of reconnaissance! Stay alert, Stay Alive!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunnergoz Posted January 27, 2001 Share Posted January 27, 2001 Better late than never (I just joined the forum) 6 Years USN, Aviation Maintenance Officer (Lieutenant), mainly P-3's and SH-60's. Shoulda been a tanker but I was too old for them (try joining the military at 35!) Back to being a probation officer. Go figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavguy Posted January 27, 2001 Share Posted January 27, 2001 CPT, US Army, Armor Scout PL, HHT XO and HHC XO - 3-4 CAV/AVN BDE 25th ID(L), Hawaii 1997-2000 currently at Ft. Knox in AC3 prepping to go to 1AD in Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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