Military DU'ers check in...

[imax2268]

past, present and future(for those who plan to join)...

and what branch were you in, are serving in or plan to join...

[MadProphetMargin]

1. Checking in...

...10 years Army (Infantry), medically retired.

[imax2268]

2. Ooops...

I forgot to add mine...

4 Years NAVY...NAS Alameda...
USS Samuel Gompers,
Norfolk,
USS Dwight D Eisenhower

[liberalitch]

33. Hey, hey.....

I call norfolk home.
Live on Hampton Blvd.

[scottcsmith]

3. Checking in

U.S. Navy, 1986-1992. Boot camp at Great Lakes RTC summer 1986. Journalist 'A' school at Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. 1987-1990 assigned to the Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet public affairs office; 1990 - 1991, aboard USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) in Persian Gulf for Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Was removed from ship for medical reasons after returning to Yokosuka in 1991. Re-assigned in Jan. 1992 to USS Independence (CV-62) for six-month tour, and then I got out.

[IndianaGreen]

21. Ahhh, a DINFOS graduate!

Congrats!

[militarymanusaf]

4. Reporting for duty

Basic Training Lackland AFB (San Antonio) 1991
Technical Training School Sheppard AFB TX (Wichita Falls) 1991
Dover AFB Delaware 1991-1993
Kadena AB Okinawa Japan 1993-1995
Howard AFB Panama 1995-1997
McConnell AFB (Wichita, KS) 1997-2000
Fort Belvoir, VA (Joint Unit) 2000-2003
South Korea 2003-2004

[fknobbit]

5. USAF

1956-1978

[Dogmudgeon]

6. Grown-up Army brat

My Father was a lifer in the US Army. He retired as a Chief Warrant Officer. On the other hand, I myself never served.

Why am I posting? Because although some of us have never been in the military, we understand what those in the Service go through. We support them -- even in times when the only pro-military speechifying from the Right is done in bars and on talk radio, and even when the word "traitor" becomes a Conservatives' favorite verbal tic.

There are now 610 American service personnel dead, at least as of the last report. All so a bunch of Dominionist-minded "Vulcans", Strangeloves, and barstool patriots can puff out their chests when they get a load on. I suspect that Dad will soon be digging himself out of his own grave, joining the Zombie Army of Fallen Soldiers, and maching on Washington to kick some serious ass.

--bkl

[Dogmudgeon]

7. And I neglected to say ...

Thank you -- all of you -- for serving.

--bkl

[imax2268]

8. I see it this way...

even if you never served but you were in a military family...to me...it's just as good...because most that I know that were in military families have a better understanding of what it means to serve and the honor that goes along with it then some of these armchair soldiers out there...

So to the military wives and children of military members out there...I salute you as well...

[Qanisqineq]

9. In that case...

my husband is Army, 9 years

[Jivenwail]

11. Thank you.

Husband 20 years US Navy, recently served onboard USS Enterprise.

[imax2268]

10. kicking

:kick:

[liberalnurse]

12. My boyfriend is Air Force.....

He has been in for 17 years and is currently stationed at Tyndall AFB in Fla. He was at Great Falls Montana....Red Horse.

He served in Gulf War I......

[PapaClay]

13. Navy & Army

U.S. Navy 1969-77 Quartermaster (E-6)

USS America (CVA-66) Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club, class of 70.
USS Willard Keith (DD-775)
USS Vulcan (AR-5)
NAS Bermuda

U.S. Army 1977-89 Marine Warrant (W-3)

Fort Eustis and Ford Island

Various vessels ranging from ocean-going cargo and RO-RO to LCUs.

Most memorable moments: Liberty in Olongapo.
Most dangerous moments: Liberty in Olongapo.

And yes, the Army had (and still has) ships. Probably the best kept secret in the whole damn military.

[LagaLover]

16. The Air Force has two ships as well!

Another "well kept" secret.

[PapaClay]

17. I had heard they

used to have watercraft for retrieving missiles but I don't know what size. Do they still have them?

It's a shame they ended their warrant program. Becoming a warrant officer was the best move I made in my career.

[LagaLover]

18. Not sure about the watercraft for retrieving missiles

the ships to which I am referring carry radars...

[liberalitch]

34. So, you were all one of those...

navy guys who really didn't DO anything during the Vietnam war?

[PapaClay]

38. ???

"DO"?

Re-read my post. It tells you where I was and what I was doing.

Or perhaps you were trying to make a point.

Whatever...

[BlueCollar]

14. Navy

79-83
VP-40
N.A.S. Moffett Field
Westpac 80,81,82,83

[mandyky]

15. Army - 1977 - 1980

Basic Training - Ft McClellan, Alabama
AIT - Ft. Sam Houston, TX
Permanent duty - Ft. Sill, OK

Temp Duty - Ft. Smith, Ark

[GreenPartyVoter]

19. Thanks for serving guys, from a daughter and granddaughter of vets. :)

[leftbend]

20. U.S. Army

1968-1988. Mud, blood, beer, fun, boredom and terror.

[Skittles]

22. Air Force brat and Air Force veteran

YES INDEED

[King_Crimson]

23. USAF...

1971-1977. 4 years active...2 reserve. Jet aircraft refueler!

[Corgigal]

24. USAF

56 tactical squadron based at MacDill. 8 years under both Carter and then Reagan. Don't miss a single day of it.

[Frederic Bastiat]

25. Army 1st & 4th Infantry

Would have been in Iraq if it weren't for my fiancée.

[Mari333]

26. parents of Army Reservist Private Michael S in Baghdad

Military Police. We are his stepmom and his dad. we want him to come home now. I am also the mother of Specialist Pvt son who has honourable discharge from the National Guard, but who will not re enlist ever because of Bush.
http://www.bringthemhomenow.com

[Scout]

27. husband was Army

Did ROTC for college, then 6 years I think? He did not have to serve in combat. This was all before we met.

[HawkerTyphoon]

28. US Air Force

1958 - 1963

1. Lackland AFB, TX for basic

2. Keesler AFB, Miss, for tech school
(Aircraft electronic Navigation Equipment repairman)

3. Craig AFB, Alabama for ever (at least it seemed that way)

I would have killed to go overseas, but had to settle for Alabama. Come to think of it though, for a kid raised on the streets of NYC, Selma, Alabama in 1960 was a foreign country.

My original discharge date was to be 10/17/62, but the Cuban Missile Crisis changed all that.

[HawkerTyphoon]

36. PS:

And my son just retired after 20 years in the Navy.

[TN al]

29. USA

87-97
Fort Leonard Wood, MO
Fort Lee, VA
Fort Dix, NJ
Fort Carson, CO
Fort Gordon, GA
Fort Carson, CO
Katterbach, FRG
Fort Rucker, AL
Katterbach, FRG
Fort Eustis, VA
Fort Campbell, KY

[LagaLover]

30. USAF 1984 - Present

RAF Mildenhall, UK
Fort Meade, MD
Kelly AFB, TX
Fort Meade, MD
Newport, RI
Stuttgart, GE
Pentagon
RAF Mildenhall, UK
Pentagon

[elifino]

31. "Military DU'ers check in..."

US NAVY
USS CORSAIR SS435
USS TIRANTE SS420
USS SENNET SS408
Rate at discharge EN2D SS
HD Sept. 1959

[stanwyck]

32. My son is an active duty Marine

currently back in Okinawa after traveling for the past year to The Philippines, Thailand, Viet Nam, and South Korea. He's also a proud liberal.

[corporatewhore]

35. My dad is an active duty officer in army

[x-g.o.p.er]

37. Active duty since 1986

Enlisted in the AF, switched to the army in 1989, switched back to the Air Force in 1999.

Would someone please help me make up my mind? :)

[Penndems]

39. My husband was a Captain in the USAF and Gulf War Veteran

12/1985-11/1992:

OCS
Lackland AFB, Texas
Moody AFB, Georgia
Yokota AB, Japan

He would've stayed in longer but, thanks to Cheney and Powell downsizing the military after the Gulf War, his military career came to an end. :(

[Bandit]

40. Bravo Co. 2nd Btn 12th Cav ~ 1st Cav div

Same Unit Max Cleland was with. We were the relief Force at Khe Sahn for the Marines that had been under such intense bombardment for 75 days. I am not sure which Company Max was with and I don't recall ever meeting him but I was in the same area at the same time in the same Battalion. And just to clear up one thing that was said about him by Ann coulter. There were No Beer Halls at Khe Sahn. But there were incoming rounds every single day many times a day and it was not some rear area where he was not in harms way. It makes no difference whether it was a US grenade or enemy grenade it was a live grenade in a Combat Zone and he picked it up without fear. The enemy used US equipment almost as much as they did Chinese or Russian.

[Kimber Scott]

41. Was in Reserves, Regular Army and National Guard!

Ft. Dix, NJ
Ft. Eustis, VA
Ft. Jackson, SC
Rose Barracks, Bad Kreuznach, West Germany
Discharged 6/1989

Also Served in:
348th Trans in Phoenix, AZ (Reserves)
An MP unit in Phoenix (Reserves)
and a BB stacker's NG unit in Prescott, AZ

[HawkerHurricane]

42. USN 1984-2004

8 Deployment ribbons (6 to the Persian Gulf).
Only counts first deployment once (year long); doesn't count numerous trips 'just under' the 90 day mark that marks a deployment.

Retired as SM1(SW)

[bpilgrim]

43. AFS-4 85-88

peace

[TroubleMan]

44. USMC 1992-2000

I luckily was in only during all 8 of Clinton's years.

[rocktivity]

45. Sir! Kicking this thread, SIR!

I wrote a little copy, mostly radio, for the Army account during the Be All You Can Be era--even visited Forts Lewis and Campbell. Does that count?

:headbang:
rocknation

[tabasco]

46. Airborne Ranger !

Hoo-ahhh!!