I think it's once again time for all DU veterans to check in and sound off

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

REF this thread in LBN: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2495515

Let's show 'em what we're made of out there in the real world, folks!
---

United States Air Force Security Service 1973-1975

[Aristus]

1. M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank crewman, Gulf War.

1st Platoon, Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 69th Armored Regiment, 3rd Army Strategic Replacement Reserve. King Khalid Military City, Saudi Arabia.


That's me on the right. Liberal till I DIE, motherfuckers!

[Libby2]

4. Well damn

and good looking too.

:loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

[Aristus]

33. Aw shucks!

:blush:

[OzarkDem]

142. Absolutely!

:*

[liberaldemocrat7]

75. Men like you and my father fought for MY freedom.

You fought in the Gulf war and my father fought in Italy in WWII.

Attention soldiers: If you fight over there then don't ruin it by voting Republican here.



If Bush had not told the Taliban "Either accept our carpet of gold or we cover you with a carpet of bombs" 9-11 would not have happened. 9-11 appeared about oil and gas pipelines that the Bush administration wanted to have go through Afghanistan and threatened the invasion of Afghanistan if the Taliban would not go along. The Taliban then struck us first.

[JuniperLea]

2. What about all the people who couldn't get into the military

but worked for them?

Case in point: My grandfather was born with a back problem and could not serve. He did, however, repair the heavy equipment that was used to build Air Force bases in Greenland and the Philippines. (Wearing a heavy and cumbersome, old-fashioned back brace the entire time.) This required him to be away from his family of three young daughters for years on end. He volunteered to do this. He could have made much more money if he stayed home and managed his own heavy equipment repair business.

His brothers served, and one was killed on his way home after having survived being a prisoner of war and the Bataan Death March.

I always felt he deserved as much credit as his brothers.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

6. Absolutely put him on the roster.

He served his country well.

[QuestionAll...]

26. most of us serve well, you don't need to be military...

getting a bit tired of 'my job is more important than your job'.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

34. We do this from time to time to let the chickenhawks know

that we walked the walk while they hid out, using various lame excuses to evade service to their country. I'm sorry, but there IS a distinction in having stepped forward to don the uniform. If you did not, then state your reason and move on.

[QuestionAll...]

38. serving your country or serving corporate interests?

what was the last real just war to be had?
WW2 I suppose.

and I'm even getting suspicious of that.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

40. I can see you don't care to explain your reasons for not stepping up.

:shrug:

[QuestionAll...]

42. you mean enlisting?

I'm not looking for an argument, I'm just looking for appreciation of other things that millions more do to serve their countries - yet 'serve' seems to mean going out there and shooting up shit because corporate america needs something more (wrapped in honour and all that). Uniforms and guns are not the true representation of servitude, it just happens to be the biggest business on earth - death.

[Name removed]

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[QuestionAll...]

88. Smedley Butler says it better than I.

http://lexrex.com/enlightened/articles/warisaracket.htm

WAR IS A RACKET

WAR is a racket. It always has been.

It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives.

A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of the people. Only a small "inside" group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few, at the expense of the very many. Out of war a few people make huge fortunes.

In the World War a mere handful garnered the profits of the conflict. At least 21,000 new millionaires and billionaires were made in the United States during the World War. That many admitted their huge blood gains in their income tax returns. How many other war millionaires falsified their tax returns no one knows.

How many of these war millionaires shouldered a rifle? How many of them dug a trench? How many of them knew what it meant to go hungry in a rat-infested dug-out? How many of them spent sleepless, frightened nights, ducking shells and shrapnel and machine gun bullets? How many of them parried a bayonet thrust of an enemy? How many of them were wounded or killed in battle?

===
I am not denigrating the soldier, but the system, just to set the record straight.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

94. Those who can't (or won't) tear down those who DID.

:shrug:

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[lonestarnot]

131. You still recruiting here at DU?

:rofl:

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[lonestarnot]

141. Did my time thank you.

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[lonestarnot]

144. scan and post your DD214 ass.

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[lonestarnot]

149. 276 RECRUITER?

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[QuestionAll...]

112. I would like to tear down the rotting system we have.

and I think most here would agree.
sorry if you take that as a personal assault. sorry if you don't believe that most wars and police actions are for the benefit of a few top creamers and risk to so many bottom rungers - citisens or soldiers.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

120. Everyone in this thread is PROUD of their service record

Since you do not have one and are attempting to tear those of us who do down, I can only assume you are here by accident. The place you should hang out is http://www.freerepublic.com They take great pride in their chickenhawk status. Go hence and be among your real friends. Nobody here is impressed with you OR your "opinion".

[QuestionAll...]

125. who have you actually served? I will now take my leave.

It's a topic that is bristley with misunderstandings.

btw, if you think I should hang out at freeperville because I see how the whole System stinks of rot, maybe you should at PNACville?

anyway, good bye and good luck. No sense talking to you.

[lonestarnot]

132. Speaking for yourself is best here. Please don't speak for me.

Had I served under this bushitler, I would not have been proud to carry out killing for lies. When I found that I had been dupped I would have turned like a dog on those who dupped me.

[Balbus]

108. Well, start your own thread where Fast Food Fry Specialists check in.

I do appreciate those people, also.

[Wiley50]

121. Actually, I volunteered during last months of Vietnam

I went to the physical where they prodded and poked (just like Arlo Guthrie talked about in Alice's Resaurant )
Then they spit me out in front of a woman behind a desk who asked me for my draft card.
I had just turned 18 and hadn't registered yet and I told her I didn't have one.
She went off on me about 15 years in prison and $15 thousand dollar fine.
I told her "Shit, You guys need cannon fodder and I'm here to give myself to you
and you want a card that says you can take me even if I don't wanna go?"
"I don't wanna work for your fucked up outfit after all"
and I turned and walked out.

The draft ended not long after that.
and I never did register.

[wakeme2008]

3. Vietnam Vet

:)

kick and nom...

[Recursion]

5. Semper fi semper fi gung-ho gung-ho sir

Once a Marine always a Marine. Show me a pillbox full of freepers to charge and I'm all up on's.

2/5, 1/1 and 3/8. I somehow managed to land in the 3 hardest patches of the Corps :)

[loves_dulcinea]

23. 3/8?

3/8 when? did a med with 3/8, a carib and nato too. did some with h&hs, but mostly weps w/ 81's.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

7. Marine Crotch - '61- '65.

Eat the apple and fuck the Corps.

[timtom]

71. me too

USMC 1962 - 1966
1st ANGLICO 64-66
10th Marines 66

Got extended 4 months

Got out and went directly to Berkeley.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

102. They asked me to extend before it was mandatory.

I told them what they could with that idea. Got 30 days mess duty for my youthful outspokeness. Some of my friends were less fortunate and got extended without having a chance to say no.

VMF(AW)542 '61 - '63
H&MS-15 '63 - '65

June 29, '65, happiest day of my life. I even grinned at the knuckle-dragging gate guards.

[shirlden]

8. Are girls allowed in here ??

United States Air Force............1954-1957.
Yeah, I really am that old.

:patriot:

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

10. Absolutely, young lady.

Welcome aboard! :toast:

[antonialee839]

57. I hope so........

USN AD, Alameda Air Base & Subic Bay Philippines. 1980-1986
"San Miguel Beer ito ang beer" Damn, I loved that beer.

[TexasLinda]

58. USAF 1971-1992

Space Operations. Didn't see any combat, but turf battles at MAJCOM HQ can get pretty dicey. :)

[annarbor]

92. Yes we are!

United States Marine Corps

1983-1986
Parris Island
Twentynine Palms
Camp Lejeune

2542 Comm Center Operator
Corporal

Proud Liberal
Proud Veteran!

Ann Arbor

Oooh Rah!

[yellowdogmi]

9. VP90

[PsN2Wind]

31. You need to hook up with DemoTex

He flew Peter2Victors in VietNam, in the Army.

[Jackpine Radical]

11. 1st Cav (2/5), grunt, '67-68. You know where.

[UTUSN]

12. It's reveille AGAIN?? ---dang!!1 n/t

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

13. Well, I waited until AFTER the long weekend!

Time to get up outta that bunk. And I wanna see you bounce a quarter off that bunk!

[BrotherBuzz]

14. Dumb draftee, here

and I've been informed by Rumsfeld that I added "no value, no advantage, really, to the United States Armed Services over any sustained period of time."

S-2 Section, 317th Engineer Battalion (last remnant of the 92nd 'Buffalo' Infantry Division)

[symbolman]

18. I've got a Flash for you Brother

Watch Rummy Dummy say all that AND do the Hoochie Coochie..

http://66.230.230.110/geeklog/public_html/staticpages/index.php?page=200406020424188

[BrotherBuzz]

21. Wow, a lot of emotions running in all direction for me watching that

You nailed it. Thank you for your tireless work

[symbolman]

30. Sorry if I stirred up

any bad ones.. I know it's not hard to do, these poor bastards out there today don't even get to come back to the 60's tho, do they? :)

My pleasure, and thanks for serving!

[BrotherBuzz]

Mostly you stirred up anger

Anger is a tool for change. As Reverend Al Sharpton said, "It's all good". :thumbsup:

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

44. I love your stuff

I don't recall having seen that one before. I think you and Ava should get together on something- the result would be ass-kicking brilliant. :toast:

[symbolman]

69. I started Takebackthemedia.com after dueling with flash

right here, a fella named American Stranger, and we teamed up to create the site - back in 2000 we were sort of pioneering this kind of political attack online, I've heard Ava was good, have to look up her work, thanks

[liberaldemocrat7]

74. Thank you symbolman.

Thank you for posting the Rush Limbaugh advertiser list.

[OzarkDem]

145. You guys do great work

I've been a fan of you and Stranger's and TBTM for many years. Keep up the good work!

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

15. Yo

navy corpsman '69 -'73

[symbolman]

16. USAF

1971-74 81st Combat Support Group - SAC "A Suck for SAC is a Blow for Freedom" :)

Here's one of my Best Flash Political works for Vets, called "ARMY OF ONE", we created a 30 sec version (which was one of 14 finalists out of 1500 entries in the MoveOn Bush in 30 Seconds contest), that was shown all over the east coast during the last Presidential Primaries, at least 3000 times on cable. From Takebackthemedia.com, my site.

http://www.takebackthemedia.com/onearmy.html

[beam me up scottie]

17. ex-Marine

[haele]

19. USN-USNR, 1977 - 1998

"All hands to quarters for muster, instruction, and inspection..."

Still supporting the troops by working for a reasonably ethical (not Carlysile tainted-yet) government contractor since then.

It's not double dipping if you retired from the reserves, you know...

Haele

[razors edge]

20. VMFA 212 81-85 k-bay, HI

F-4 Phantom fixer, If I can't fix it, it ain't broke.

[loves_dulcinea]

22. navy corpsman

1982-1993. 81mm mortars wpns co 3bn 8th mar reg. (among others) the gunny told me, "doc, you're bitching now, but someday you're going to tell them all "i was with the jarheads and having a great time."

it still don't sit quite right, gunny. it'll be a cold day in hell before i admit to enjoying the big green weeny.

oo-rah!

[QuestionAll...]

24. Mother here, different battlefield, no medals. nt

[razors edge]

37. Salute.

[quiet.american]

25. Alrighty -- USAF, '81-85, sir! n/t

[madokie]

27. In country, Vietnam june '69 thru oct '70 US NAVY

[Minimus]

28. How about us military brats?

My dad is retired from the Navy - CW04, 25 years of service. The family served right along with him. As a child I moved every 2-3 years and when dad was on tour I went for months and months without seeing him. I really didn't get to know him until after he retired when I was age 16.

He instilled a strong sense of duty in our family. His 3 daughters (me and my 2 sisters)did not serve but we all married men that did. My sisters married Navy men, I was married to an Air Force guy (now divorced).

Also, 3 of his 5 grandchildren served:

oldest granddaughter - currently serving in the Navy, just returned from Italy, now stationed in San Diego.

oldest grandson - Marines for 6 years (he's the rebel and just had to be different)

next grandson - SeaBee in the Navy for 7 years - did 2 tours in Iraq - his last tour ended on a bad note and he is no longer in the military (we are just glad he is alive)- he is married to his high school sweetheart who served in the Navy for 4 years

the youngest granddaughter - married a Navy man that served for 6 years


My family just loves it when we are called unpatriotic liberal democrats!! It makes us laugh.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

36. They also serve who only stand and wait.

-John Milton

[TomInTib]

29. Checking in

USN
Team3
69-72

[AwakeAtLast]

32. Mr. WakeMeUp - Operation Iraqi Freedom 2004-05

He mostly listens as I read DU, but I still consider him a DUer.

He is a National Guardsman in the Signal Corps. So happy to have him back!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Minimus]

35. I'm glad that you have him back!

:woohoo:

[AwakeAtLast]

39. Thanks! We had an awesome time this summer!

Double :woohoo:

[FILAM23]

41. US NAVY

Hospital Corpsman
1970-1992

[DemonFighterLives]

43. US Army 2nd of the forty worst (41st)

Bad Kissingen FRG 77-80
The new commander in chief leaves much to be desired.
:dem:

[Stinky The Clown]

45. Just an old Navy fart here ......

Wooden Ships and Iron Men

[speedoo]

46. US Navy

CIC Officer on a destroyer, 1964-68.

Chickenhawks? Worthless pieces of shit, who will get what they deserve.

edited to add my ship, USS James C. Owens (DD-776)

[Earth_First]

47. U.S. Army 1999-2002 Aviation 1/142 Attack Helicopter Battalion

93P/C

Always an American. Always a Democrat.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

48. 3rd Couch Waffen.

1989-present.


We saw some action:

[im10ashus]

49. I saw no combat, but served.

U.S. Army. :patriot:

[Elwood P Dowd]

50. US Army 1970-72

:beer:

[alfredo]

51. Army Security Agency, 1965 -1969 05H20

morse intercept. Spent my overseas duty from 66 to ETS in Kagnew Station Asmara Eritrea (was Ethiopia back then)

I see you were a spook too.


The lightning fast chicken fucker.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

56. Yeppir

The morse gang was in the next room- I did teletype intercept. RAF Chicksands, England. Now closed- retasked to RAF Mildenhall, I believe.

[alfredo]

66. I think some of my guys were up in Harrogate.

There were some AF on our base at times. I think they only showed up when something of significance was about to happen.

We had the largest movable structure (Parabolic antenna) in the world.



This was the smaller 80 ft one. It was for deep space (probably Russian space craft) research. The big one was 150 ft.

I have a picture of the other one. I will upload it tomorrow.


BTW, you can read about us in "I Didn't Do it For You" Michela Wrong.

This picture is in the book.

[cc488is]

79. RAF Harrogate is now run

by the USAF. Took over from the Army about 4 years ago.

[alfredo]

90. Was it INSCOM then?

INSCOM was the bastard child of the ASA.

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[alfredo]

98. I knew a few with that organization. One was probably the

scariest guy I have ever met. He went beyond the techno geek you'd find in such a field. He did some face to face work and was a sniper. He was also PTSD and a roaring alky. He disappeared one day and never was heard from again. He didn't even pick up his last pay check.

[cc488is]

78. The unit at RAF Mildenhall

flies RC-135s. No ground mission attached to that unit; never was.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

123. I know it was retasked to another intel base in England

There are several joint bases- if not Mildenhall then it was another. As brain fried as I am these days, I don't recall which one is may be.

I DID find a web site with a cool satellite pic of the Chicksands base, including the antenna array. (The antenna has since been dismantled.)

Check it out: http://www.eyeball-series.org/chick-eyeball.htm (I didn't post a direct link to the pic because it's slightly large- dialuppers take note.)

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[stepnw1f]

52. Thank You and Kick! (nt)

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

53. 91Charlie married to a combo 91Hotel/Delta. Active Duty Army.

We did not serve time to the president, we served it to our country. MKJ

[martymar64]

89. I was a 91 Delta

Ahh, memories of Ft. Sam!

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

127. The stories we could tell! My father (MD) trained at Ft. Sam 50 yrs

ago.

I followed him there about 25 years later.

We both reminisce fondly.

:hi: MKJ

[dweller]

54. and another thank you soldiers

:kick:

dp

[A-Schwarzenegger]

55. U.S. Army, Germany, 66-68.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

59. Damn. That's around the time my brother was there.

I have no idea where he was stationed in Germany, but the time frame is about right!

[A-Schwarzenegger]

62. Well, there were a lot of us. I was at Monteith Barracks in Fuerth (sp?)

near Nuremberg. Basically got high in a warehouse for 18 months.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

63. According to my brother, he spent all his time in town

getting laid. :rofl:

Who am I to doubt my big brother? :shrug:

[sutz12]

60. Union Street Marble Champs...1970-77

Managed to avoid Vietnam, though. :)

Airborne Radar and Fire Control Technician.

F4 Phantoms.

VMFA 531/H&MS 11.

[hootinholler]

61. One time when we do this, we should start a subthread for each branch.

Navy, Navigation ET-3(ss), '78-'83, USNS Hess TAGS-38, USS John Adams SSBN-620

-Hoot

[lpbk2713]

64. Fuck that AWOL chicken shit bastard.

Navy airdale 65 - 69

[oasis]

65. USN "reporting for duty"

:patriot:

[driver8]

67. US Navy 1985 - 1991.

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower 1988-1991.

[OneBlueSky]

68. I'm not a vet, but my dad was . . . 20 years in the Army . . .

served in WWII as an aerial artillery observer, directing artillery fire at the Battle of the Bulge . . . for which he was awarded the Air Medal with five Oak Leaf Clusters (equivilant to earning the award six times) . . . also turned down a Purple Heart because he didn't think his injury was serious enough . . . retired as a Major in 1964 with 20 years service . . .

though he initially supported the Vietnam War, LBJ, and even Nixon, he eventually saw the folly of what we were doing and ended up opposing the war . . . if he were alive today, I think he'd be appalled at what this administration is doing to our military . . .

[Stardust]

70. Brought a Vet into this world, a great Army doc. His father was a Viet Nam

-era Vet (National Guard), next two husbands were VN-era Vets (Air Force and Army). And Good Ol' Daddy was an Army Major during WW Twice. Very proud to be their kin.

[Alamom]

72. Thank you all for your service to OUR Country....

I know there are many more...sound off.

[dmosh42]

73. USN 1960-66

DD-840 USS Glennon
DE-217 Darby
AD-23 Arcadia

[B Calm]

82. Where was the Arcadia home ported?

I was on the USS Yosemitte AD 19. We changed home ports in 1969 from Newport, RI to Mayport, FLA.

[dmosh42]

84. Yep, I remember

the Yosemite. Our homeport was Newport, RI, and I remember the Yosemite was usually across from us. The Arcadia was somewhat smaller than the Yosemite and Cascade, which also berthed there.

[B Calm]

104. Here is a link you will enjoy!! You might want to sign the guest book

http://www.destroyers.org/HP_AD/AD-23.htm

[true_notes]

76. AG3 Eddy Rochelle

Current Active Duty, Stationed in Biloxi, MS. Reported for duty July 09, 2003.

[BlueCollar]

77. Patrol Squadron 40

NAS Moffett Field
1979-1983


Fair seas and following winds to my fellow DU vets

[Spider Jerusalem]

133. My father was in VP40...

AW1/AWC, '81-'85 or '86 (I think). He spent a year deployed on the Eisenhower in 1980 (in the Indian Ocean during the Iranian hostage crisis) before that.

[BlueCollar]

134. small world

bet he preferred VP "Sea-duty" to the Eisenhower...

[Spider Jerusalem]

135. Yeah...

especially since it was at sea eight months without making port on that cruise (but from what he's told me spending six months deployed to Adak wasn't that great, either...heh).

[BlueCollar]

137. I didn't make it to Adak

I was lucky and joined the squadron in Misawa...snowed there a lot!!!

[B Calm]

80. US Navy 1969-73

USS Yosemitte AD 19
USS Albany CG 10

[Hubert Flottz]

83. I drank hundreds of beers over there so that you didn't have to...

drink them over here!

4/12th Cav & 3/14th Cav Us Army beer drinking team 1970-71

I was really good at drinking beer when I got drafted, but I became an expert in the Army...That's where I fine tuned my cursing too.

[TahitiNut]

111. Bai-Mui-Bai ("33") was an acquired taste.

:evilgrin: But the price for Budweiser couldn't be beat at $2.40/case.

[Ganja Ninja]

85. US Navy 71 to 75

[bonzotex]

86. USAF 1985 - 1998 n/t

[ThomWV]

87. 4th Infantry, 1967, 1968, 1969, and 1970 - RVN - Ground Pounder

It was a time and a place in which I learned the difference between seriving one's country and defending one's country. I did the former, I did not do, nor was I ever in a position to do, the latter.

[savemefromdumbya]

93. Former British TA (reserves)

[leeroysphitz]

95. Specialist in B co. 319th M.I. Bat.,18th Airborne Corps, 1989-1991

Attatched to Alpha Co. 311th M.I. Bat., 101st Airborne Division in first Gulf war.

I'm a proud veteran and I say FUCK the president and his murderous, illegal, imoral and illogical war.

[Lochloosa]

96. Kick for the DU Veterans!

Thank you for your service.

[tabasco]

97. In a previous life ....

Airborne Ranger w/ a CIB.

Army enlisted
Army officer

[malmapus]

100. Specialist, 1st Bn 3rd Special Forces Group AIRBORNE 91-95

De Oppresso Libre


But yeah, just another godless liberal Hitler lovin' apologist in the eyes of this administration.

[AllegroRondo]

101. US Army 1988-2001

Stationed with many units at many different places, but I did see Kuwait and Iraq with the 1st Armored Division.

[Raffi Ella]

103. .

:patriot: Thank you to all who have served.

[Jo March]

105. US Army Signal Corps, 1990-1993

31M then reclassed to 31D

[puerco-bellies]

106. Guided Missile Destroyer, Persian Gulf - Iranian Hostage Crisis

Operations Specialist. Sea Service, Battle Efficiency, and Naval Expeditionary ribbons.

The USS Barney DDG-6. We affectionately called her Dog-6

[lonestarnot]

107. Why so someone can mail us more fucking letters re identity

theft?

[TahitiNut]

110. I got my second one last week.

:puke: Posturing fucks!

[lonestarnot]

126. Another letter? You were in the second group affected also?

Damn!

[TahitiNut]

129. I threw it out but it was 'from' Nicholson and the same bullshit ...

... "stay alert" and "watch out" stuff ... along with some back-patting about recovering the laptop and hard drive. These letters have been an appalling waste. They offer absolutely NOTHING specific to MY records or any violation of MY privacy. Heaven forbid thay actually offer anything of substance. These people spend more time and money doing NOTHING than anyone I've ever seen.

[lonestarnot]

130. I didn't get a second yet. I saved the first and agree it did

not really say diddly about getting dicked or any facts about the situation or anything of substance.

[TahitiNut]

109. USCGA 61-63; US Army 68-69, USARV HQ '69, E-5 ("Office POG" 74F40)

[pecwae]

113. USA 82-86

1st SOCOM 'Sine Pari'
USAR 80-82
KyARNG 79-80

[austinboy]

114. USAF 1986-1992

[jmowreader]

115. Safe Sex Veteran Reporting for Duty

We called it the Safe Sex Field Station, and you can see why...



This is the infamous Field Station Berlin--the most obvious phallic symbol the United States Government has ever constructed. Most of the time, they leave off the nuts and the reservoir tip.

Full service record:

Basic training: D/4/3, Fort Dix, NJ--November 1981 to February 1982
First AIT: Company B, 1st Battalion (05G buddy fucker)--February to August 1982
Headquarters Company, 311th MI Battalion, 101st Airborne Division--August 1982 to April 1984
209th MI Company, Seoul, Korea--May 1984 to May 1985
Company A, 163d MI Battalion, Fort Hood, TX--June to November 1985
Second AIT: Company A, 1st Battalion (98C SIGINT analyst)--April to October 1986
Company B and Company C, Field Station Berlin--November 1986 to April 1992
Company A and Headquarters Company, 110th MI Battalion, Fort Drum, NY--May 1992 to May 1994

[Tinksrival]

116. Army wife '82-'88

Signal Corp.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

117. Vietnam war resister here 62 to 72

Fought on the streets of Berkley and San Francisco

[nykiera]

118. US Army 1980-84

Mos 98J..

Reserves after that.

[DemoTex]

119. Viet Nam 9/70 - 9/71

[Jack Rabbit]

122. SGT Jack Rabbit, Regualr Army, 1976-69

98J all the way!!

[KeepItReal]

124. Army ROTC

Orleans Battalion - Dillard U.
Ranger Company - Tulane U.
'90 - '92

[Beausoleil]

128. US Navy 75 - 79

USS Wichita AOR-1
USS Elliot DD-967

[peacebaby3]

136. Army wife checking in for hubby. He doesn't post on the internets much.

Currently 20+ year Army vet. Served in Desert Storm and over a year in the current "war" in Iraq. Suppose to retire this month...told he has to wait 6 more months! It never ends!

I've served nearly 17 years...just in a different, but still agonizing way. I know the other military significant others will understand what I am talking about.

[Ioo]

138. USAF - 1993-1996 - Disabled

[NeedleCast]

146. TAC-D/532nd Intel

Army intel weenie here Dec 1997-Jul2002 (and an extra bonus year from 2003-2004 being recalled from IRR).

[Love Bug]

148. RM3, 74-77 USN