Veteran Roll Call
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Army 2/71 t0 4/78 (7 years 2 months and 23 days, but who ever counts) SGT when I got out, basic at FT. Campbell, Military Police school at FT Gordon and then Corrections right after. 95C with secondary of 95B. Stationed at FT Dix 71 to 72, then FT Leavenworth 72 to 78 with a break from 74 to 75 in Korea, Camp Market stockade and Camp Humphreys stockade. Figured out I didn’t want to be a cop or work in a prison. GI bill paid for my education in electronics. Retired from Sandia National Laboratories after 36 years.
Apr 2, 2024 17:24:50 #
Mac wrote:
Hello shipmate. I was in G-Division.
I was in S1. I see the years you were aboard so know you were there that day. Glad to meet you Mac.
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Apr 2, 2024 18:19:22 #
USN/USMC 1961-65. Corpsman (medic). Assigned to the Marine Corps after medical training at Balboa Naval Hospital in San Diego (Marine Corp gets all medical personnel from the Navy). Went to Camp Pendleton for accelerated boot camp and field medical training with the Marines...then assigned to the 4th Marine Regiment in Hawaii. Was a platoon corpsman (Doc Kennedy) for 39 months until my enlistment was up. Got out 90 days early to attend college on the GI bill. BS from Ball State, MLS and MA from Indiana University.
Apr 2, 2024 18:22:04 #
USAF 1974-2002, Col USAF MC CFS, GPS Developer, Flight Surgeon, Surgeon General Consultant Clinical Hyperbaric Medicine.
1Lt Merlin with his GPS enabled Jet - 1978
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Col Merlin - Hyperbaric Medicine Expert - 1998
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Apr 2, 2024 18:30:27 #
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U.S. Army Security Agency
1970-73 served in Udorn Thailand and Augsburg Germany. Discharged E-5
1970-73 served in Udorn Thailand and Augsburg Germany. Discharged E-5
Apr 2, 2024 19:00:34 #
Army ASA 1963-66 - Crypto/Ciphony Repair, Comm Ctr Controller @ Sobe, Okinawa. As one of two with my MOS, several TDY's to RVN & other installations and field stations in the Far East. Discharged as E-5. Went surfing for a year then worked for NASA during Gemini and Apollo. Went back to college and law school.
Picked up a Nikon F then a 4x5. Now shooting Fuji XT3 using my Leica lenses. Thankful for the medical provided by the VA. Grateful to be in the USA.
Picked up a Nikon F then a 4x5. Now shooting Fuji XT3 using my Leica lenses. Thankful for the medical provided by the VA. Grateful to be in the USA.
Apr 2, 2024 20:24:51 #
'67 basic training @ Lackland AFB
'67 tech school @ Sheppard AFB
'68-'69 Otis AFB (Cape Cod)
'69-'70 Korat Thailand Royal AFB
'70-'71 Travis AFB
Left as a Sgt.- E-4
'67 tech school @ Sheppard AFB
'68-'69 Otis AFB (Cape Cod)
'69-'70 Korat Thailand Royal AFB
'70-'71 Travis AFB
Left as a Sgt.- E-4
Apr 2, 2024 20:30:44 #
frankenankle wrote:
Didn't get married then?? 
That involves another type of veteran.....
......some there may deserve a medal of honor, also.
Apr 2, 2024 20:35:29 #
wrangler5
Loc: Missouri
ROTC in college and commissioned 2LT 1965, then 3 years delayed duty while I went to law school (on my dime.) Ordered to active duty as a JAG (with rank of Capt - never was a 1LT) and spent '68-'72 at Beale AFB in Northern CA. Lived with B-52s and SR-71s with their associated tankers. Also had the D-21 drone program on base but nobody knew it - even the Deputy Base Commander didn't know what the 4200 Support Squadron did with their own B-52 in their fully secure and highly classified hangar. Returned to private practice in '72, but all the other lawyers in the office at the time I left stayed on active duty for full careers and retired as Colonels. I've often wondered . . . what if I'd stayed too?
Apr 2, 2024 20:55:48 #
I’m enjoying reading how so many of us photography hobbyists served in the military. I bought my first 35mm camera, an Olympus 35RC rangefinder from the PX at Ft Hood Texas. A roll of 36 exposure 25ASA Kodak transparency film including processing sold at the PX for $.99.
Harley Bowman Spec.4
HHT 2nd Squadron 1st Calvary Regiment- 2nd Armored Division 1972-1974
Harley Bowman Spec.4
HHT 2nd Squadron 1st Calvary Regiment- 2nd Armored Division 1972-1974
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