Veteran Roll Call (Page 15): Man, I am glad to see you here! It was starting to get lonely out here, as the only Brit...

Bloke Loc: Waynesboro, Pennsylvania

jeffhendy wrote:

Royal Air Force - 1954-57. Air Radar Fitter. Corporal

Man, I am glad to see you here! It was starting to get lonely out here, as the only Brit...

Sinewsworn Loc: Port Orchard, WA

Warhorse wrote:

I'm just curious as to how many veterans we have here, so I will start the ball rolling.

USMC, MOS-1391, 1975-1979, rank at discharge Sergeant E-5

Selective Service Draft number 64-1971. Calling through number 250 then 125 through 1972. Called January 1972 inducted 27 Jan 1972. Opted for USAF.
Basic at Lackland.
Tech school Kessler AFB, MS-radar operations.
First assignment-Fortuna ND. Girl behind every tree- no trees there. 12 June 1972-18 Sep 1972. Air Defense Command.
Then to Malmstrom AFB, MT. Cold and snowy. Arrived 24 Sep 1972. Departed 17 Dec 1972. Air Defense Command.
Then to Udorn RTAFB, Thailand. Everything smelled bad. I thought the stagnant air, as evidenced by the cook fire smoke rising about 100 feet then spreading out, was 40 years old! Ended up enjoying myself and my new Minolta. Stayed three years- 22 Dec 1972-26 Dec 1975. Pacific Air Forces.
Then to Holloman AFB, N.M. Mobile radar. New radar arrived-I signed for it-AN/TPS-43E number 2516. Arrived 16 Jan 1976. AF was switching payroll systems and locations and centralizing it all at Denver CO. Went without pay for three months. Left 20 Oct 1978. Tactical Air Command.
Then to Grafenwoer AIN, GE. Arrived 29 Oct 1978. Operations building was an asbestos-sided 12’x20’ shack. No electricity or running water. Used mobile generators in garrison. Used Yukon heaters in the buildings. Many alerts and field deployments. Army used to laugh at us and threaten to take our girls because we were in the field so often. Did a tour in Saudi Arabia -Very hot. Purchased Minolta X-700 camera, 70-210 lens, Sony TV and VCR while there dirt cheap. Left 11-24-1983. AAFCE.
Then to Calumet AFS, MI. Da UP hey! Long Range radar. Arrived 11-30-1983. Crappy place terrible people all living together in this outpost in the woods. My wife and I loved the place. Left 28 May 1987. Tactical Air Command.
Then to McChord AFB, WA. Arrived 12 July 1987. North American Air Defense. System Manager for the Northwest quarter of the US. Bought our first house. Left 14 July 1990 for CFB North Bay, ON. Nice nature but bitterly cold winters. Our last winter there- 1993-1994 saw 87 days where the high temperature did not rise above -40F. Punched out in May 1994 as an E-7 and went to school. Went from two credited courses to a Masters degree in three years and nine months! Went to school every month of the year.
Retired June 2013.

I now enjoy photography and eating.

Greg from Romeoville illinois Loc: Romeoville illinois

USN 1970-1974 and 1982-1998. Retired Fire Controllman. Been around the world 7 times not by plane.

Chuck B

ARMY, 71-72-73, ROK, 728th MP Bn.

RainierView Loc: Eatonville, WA

USAF 1967 to 1969 1st Geodetic Survey Squadron. There is a detailed history of the squadron here; http://1370th.org/gsshistory/gsshistory.htm. I enjoyed working in the data computing office. Later on, I developed medical issues and after spending months going in and out of hospitals, I was given a service-connected medical discharge as I was no longer fit for worldwide duty.

Lsengrav

1990 to 2013. Enlisted as a Topographic Surveyor (90-96). OCS in 96, branched Ordnance, reclassed Civil Affairs in 07. Retired in 2013 and used my post-9/11 GI Bill to study photography at the same Community college I attended after high school (77-79)

Blaster34 Loc: Florida Treasure Coast

Warhorse wrote:

I'm just curious as to how many veterans we have here, so I will start the ball rolling.

USMC, MOS-1391, 1975-1979, rank at discharge Sergeant E-5

US Army Infantry Officer, Gunship pilot, RVN 69-70, Retired Navy Commander, A-6 Intruder B/N, 25 years total

cdayton

Papa Joe wrote:

U.S. Army, 1957-1963. Spec-4. Fort Chaffee, Arkansas and Aberdeen Proving grounds, Maryland

I was next door to Aberdeen PG from 1958-60 at Edgewood Arsenal as a personnel specialist in the Army Chemical Corps (but not involved in the notorious experiments conducted there).

Ruthlessrider

Sinewsworn wrote:

Selective Service Draft number 64-1971. Calling through number 250 then 125 through 1972. Called January 1972 inducted 27 Jan 1972. Opted for USAF.
Basic at Lackland.
Tech school Kessler AFB, MS-radar operations.
First assignment-Fortuna ND. Girl behind every tree- no trees there. 12 June 1972-18 Sep 1972. Air Defense Command.
Then to Malmstrom AFB, MT. Cold and snowy. Arrived 24 Sep 1972. Departed 17 Dec 1972. Air Defense Command.
Then to Udorn RTAFB, Thailand. Everything smelled bad. I thought the stagnant air, as evidenced by the cook fire smoke rising about 100 feet then spreading out, was 40 years old! Ended up enjoying myself and my new Minolta. Stayed three years- 22 Dec 1972-26 Dec 1975. Pacific Air Forces.
Then to Holloman AFB, N.M. Mobile radar. New radar arrived-I signed for it-AN/TPS-43E number 2516. Arrived 16 Jan 1976. AF was switching payroll systems and locations and centralizing it all at Denver CO. Went without pay for three months. Left 20 Oct 1978. Tactical Air Command.
Then to Grafenwoer AIN, GE. Arrived 29 Oct 1978. Operations building was an asbestos-sided 12’x20’ shack. No electricity or running water. Used mobile generators in garrison. Used Yukon heaters in the buildings. Many alerts and field deployments. Army used to laugh at us and threaten to take our girls because we were in the field so often. Did a tour in Saudi Arabia -Very hot. Purchased Minolta X-700 camera, 70-210 lens, Sony TV and VCR while there dirt cheap. Left 11-24-1983. AAFCE.
Then to Calumet AFS, MI. Da UP hey! Long Range radar. Arrived 11-30-1983. Crappy place terrible people all living together in this outpost in the woods. My wife and I loved the place. Left 28 May 1987. Tactical Air Command.
Then to McChord AFB, WA. Arrived 12 July 1987. North American Air Defense. System Manager for the Northwest quarter of the US. Bought our first house. Left 14 July 1990 for CFB North Bay, ON. Nice nature but bitterly cold winters. Our last winter there- 1993-1994 saw 87 days where the high temperature did not rise above -40F. Punched out in May 1994 as an E-7 and went to school. Went from two credited courses to a Masters degree in three years and nine months! Went to school every month of the year.
Retired June 2013.

I now enjoy photography and eating.

Selective Service Draft number 64-1971. Calling th... (show quote)

It doesn’t sound like any moss grew under your feet. WOW!

Wyantry Loc: SW Colorado

Warhorse wrote:

I'm just curious as to how many veterans we have here, so I will start the ball rolling.

USMC, MOS-1391, 1975-1979, rank at discharge Sergeant E-5

U.S. Army. RA. 1967-1971. Army Security Agency (ASA). 4 YRS.
1. Ft. Devens, MA. (Electronics); 2. Viet Nam 1968-1969 (equip repair & DF station set-up & maint.: Bien Hoa, NuiDat, Vung Tao, visits elsewhere; 3. 1969- Inside Installation Team, Kyushu, Japan; 4. 1969-1971 Design Engineer, electronic, for ASAField Station, Augsburg, GER.;
USAR 1974-1975; USANG 1976-1977.

neonlibrary

Warhorse wrote:

I'm just curious as to how many veterans we have here, so I will start the ball rolling.

USMC, MOS-1391, 1975-1979, rank at discharge Sergeant E-5

USAF 1968-1972, SSgt (E-5) Voice Intercept Operator, discharge base Athens, Greece. (Hope Xi and Putin don't know about this site.)

Finn Man Loc: wisconsin

Unites States Navy; 1969/1972 BT3 at discharge. The Navy sent me to Boilerman class A school. Worked as a boiler plant operator until retirement in 2016...K.A.N.

twb930s Loc: Aldie, Virginia

Warhorse wrote:

I'm just curious as to how many veterans we have here, so I will start the ball rolling.

USMC, MOS-1391, 1975-1979, rank at discharge Sergeant E-5

US Army, MOS Military Intelligence, 191st MI Detachment, 1st Air Cavalry, Vietnam - March 1968 to May 1969
Camp Evans (50 clicks south of DMZ)
An Khe (Central Highlands)
Bien Hoa (south, near Saigon)

Finished enlistment at Fort Sheridan, near Chicago 14 May, 1970

brooklyn-camera I Loc: Brooklyn, NY

US NAVY 64-68 Aviation Machinist Mate E4 wouldn't extend for E5... Not a lifer.
RTC Great Lakes
VT-3 Whiting Field, Milton, Florida
Navy Memphis Jet School
MCAS Yuma, Arizona AMD

shadows creation Loc: san antonio

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