Veteran Roll Call
Apr 4, 2024 15:30:59 #
oceansailor
Loc: Rockville outside of Charleston, SC
US Army 1958-1960 Parachute Rigger/Heavy Drop Officer/Rigger w/12th Special Forces Group 1960-1966 Rank O3
Married day of discharge 1960 Chapel 2 Ft Lee VA.
Married day of discharge 1960 Chapel 2 Ft Lee VA.
Apr 4, 2024 19:37:29 #
PSims46
Loc: Maryland
USAF 1966-1970. SGT E4. Served as an Air-crash/Rescue firefighter in Frankfurt, Germany on Rhein-Main AFB which was the busiest airport for incoming and outgoing US Troops in Europe and in Del Rio, Texas, USA on Laughlin AFB which is a pilot training base. Hardly a dull moment while on duty because of all the aircraft traffic on both bases. I really loved my time in the service of my country. I got to see a lot of Europe and good portion of America.
Apr 4, 2024 23:52:21 #
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, Pilot: C-130; Instructor pilot: KC-135, Air Intelligence, USAFSOS, Special Ops School Instructor, Retired: Major
Apr 5, 2024 09:46:23 #
jpwa
Loc: Inland NorthWest
USAF 1974-1976 E5 Joined in Kansas to see the world...stationed to Altus Oklahoma..the armpit of the nation. 80% service connected disabled vet.
Apr 5, 2024 10:18:30 #
Apr 5, 2024 12:22:11 #
singleshot
Loc: Georgia
PSims46 wrote:
USAF 1966-1970. SGT E4. Served as an Air-crash/Rescue firefighter in Frankfurt, Germany on Rhein-Main AFB which was the busiest airport for incoming and outgoing US Troops in Europe and in Del Rio, Texas, USA on Laughlin AFB which is a pilot training base. Hardly a dull moment while on duty because of all the aircraft traffic on both bases. I really loved my time in the service of my country. I got to see a lot of Europe and good portion of America.
Good morning sarge,I see by your post that you served as a Rescue Firefighter during your stint in the USAF. I had the misfortune of seeing you and your comrades in action back in the early 1950's while flying an F-86 Sabre out of Wheelus Field, Tripoli, Libya. My lead did a wheels up with fire caused be an electrical short in the instrument panel rendering most controls inop. I was just off his right wing most of the way in, scary.
Anyway thanks to guys like you he walked away relatively unscathed and was patrolling the Shahara again in a few days. Put the fear of God in a 22 year old hotshot as well.
Apr 5, 2024 12:24:18 #
Has anyone kept count of the branches mentioned. I’m guessing at Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines and Coastguard
Chuck
Chuck
Apr 5, 2024 12:37:09 #
Apr 5, 2024 13:10:33 #
USAF 1970-1974 E-4 in line for E5 when I took an early out for school. Langley AFB VA, CLARK AB P.I., CHING CHUNG KANG TAIWAN, Grissom airplane patch IN.
Computer in Supply.
Computer in Supply.
Apr 5, 2024 13:41:04 #
charlienow wrote:
Has anyone kept count of the branches mentioned. I’m guessing at Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines and Coastguard
Chuck
Chuck
There are at least a couple from the UK.
Apr 5, 2024 14:37:20 #
Apr 5, 2024 15:23:40 #
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
USN 1966 -1970, Bon Homme Richard, attack aircraft carrier
Apr 5, 2024 19:38:03 #
scooter1
Loc: Yacolt, 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
USMC, MOS-1391, 1975-1979, rank at discharge Sergeant E-5
USN 1972-1977 rank at discharge E-5
Apr 6, 2024 12:03:18 #
WDN2
Loc: SF Bay Area
USN 1978-1998 Hospital Corpsman First Class - After boot camp and Corps School at Great Lakes, spent 5 1/2 years at NNMC Bethesda MD, then 3 1/2 years at the Pacific Command Joint Blood Program Office in Okinawa, Japan. After that, it was five years at Naval Hospital Pensacola, FL, after which I went to Medical Department Administrative Technician School in. San Diego, CA. After graduating, I went to the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN72) which was on a deployment (they flew me from SF to Bahrain then took me to the ship via helo) and was then home-ported in Alameda, CA. I did two Western Pacific/Persian Gulf deployments, leaving in February of 1996 to go to my last assignment, Defense Health Services Region Ten, which was a Joint-Service command located at Travis Air Force Base, CA. I mostly hated it at the time, but looking back on it I'm glad that I had the experience, as I think it gives a perspective that most don't have these days.
Apr 6, 2024 12:20:28 #
WDN2 wrote:
USN 1978-1998 Hospital Corpsman First Class - Afte... (show quote)
I agree with your last sentence. I wasn’t lifer material, I got out when my time was up. But the Navy taught me to be responsible and to accept responsibility. And I’ve been places and seen things that I wouldn’t have if I hadn’t served.
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