Veteran Roll Call
Apr 3, 2024 14:31:08 #
brucebcb
Loc: Utah, Tooele
Army, 15 March 1970 to 15 December 2006. 32e Electronics repair,62F Heavy Equipment Operator,63B Wheeled Vehicle Mechanic,88M Truck Driver. 1SG/MSG.
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Micheld
Loc: North Augusta SC
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
USMC, MOS-1391, 1975-1979, rank at discharge Sergeant E-5
US Army 1978-86 E-5 SGT Military Police (95B20)
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Apr 3, 2024 18:01:51 #
As a high draft number kind of a guy -- I thank you all for your service. Thank you. Very, very interesting reading. Thanks to all that posted. What a wide variety of history of people that are interested in photography now.
Apr 3, 2024 19:11:12 #
TheShoe
Loc: Lacey, WA
Steved3604 wrote:
As a high draft number kind of a guy -- I thank you all for your service. Thank you. Very, very interesting reading. Thanks to all that posted. What a wide variety of history of people that are interested in photography now.
I was drafted before there was a number. The numbers were started the year I was released. Mine came up number 366 in the first draw.
Apr 3, 2024 19:53:33 #
You win. I think I was somewhere in the low 360s. Still figured I would not get called up.
Apr 3, 2024 20:40:40 #
Always wanted to be a pilot - like my dad. But lacked the hand-eye coord needed.
Fortunately in 1973 with all the pilots returning from SEA, USAF decided they needed engineers more than pilots.
On track to get an MSEE, I got an educational delay, and after my MSEE was assigned as a research engineer on a teeny tiny project called NAVSTAR GPS. As a critically important feature of my military career I managed to stay one step ahead of the assignment folks (for all 26 years) and was selected for a USAF medical school scholarship program in the FIRST year of its existance (Ref HPSP). Had I NOT been selected for this, I would have been transfered as a most eligible young bachelor to the desert wasteland of El Centro, CA. Along the way I met my bride, whom I certainly don't deserve, and live happily ever after, now 22 years retired.
Fortunately in 1973 with all the pilots returning from SEA, USAF decided they needed engineers more than pilots.
On track to get an MSEE, I got an educational delay, and after my MSEE was assigned as a research engineer on a teeny tiny project called NAVSTAR GPS. As a critically important feature of my military career I managed to stay one step ahead of the assignment folks (for all 26 years) and was selected for a USAF medical school scholarship program in the FIRST year of its existance (Ref HPSP). Had I NOT been selected for this, I would have been transfered as a most eligible young bachelor to the desert wasteland of El Centro, CA. Along the way I met my bride, whom I certainly don't deserve, and live happily ever after, now 22 years retired.
Apr 3, 2024 20:47:35 #
SnoShuSam
Loc: Texas, (ex Virginian)
USCG Radioman E-5 1965-1969. Ship to shore communications: voice, radio teletype and sending and receiving Morse code. Was crypto trained and had to decode military traffic once in a while. Most of my work was with fishing boats and freighters. Loved the work but time to move on at the end of 4.
Apr 3, 2024 20:52:34 #
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
USMC, MOS-1391, 1975-1979, rank at discharge Sergeant E-5
USAF 1966-1970, Captain at discharge. Dad was a marine 1943-1945 Tech Sergeant at discharge.
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