j8ear

USMC, 89-93.

7th Comm BN, Camp Hansen, Okinawa.
3rd Force Recon Co, det 11, attached to the 11 MEU and/or the 5th MEB, during storm/shield/stay. Shell back and blue nose with 15 months of sea time. Most of it on the Fort fisher or the Ogden.

Oh-Rah....and Semper Fi.

-bear

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Sue

I'm not in any of the Armed Services, but my guy is. Corporal in the USMC, Field Artillery Just over 5 years for him.

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SirLance

U.S. Army, 79-85. i395, 3rd batallion, 5th special forces (18C special operations engineer).

basic: ft. leonard wood, MO
airborne: ft. benning, GA
SOF: ft. bragg, NC

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DEMOCRACY is where your vote counts, FEUDALISM is where your count votes.

djflish

I'm currently in the process of joining the RAF (Royal Air Force).
I was originally going to be a helicopter pilot, but they won't let me fly because I have hay-fever! I was so gutted...
So now I'm grounded I'm going to be an Avionics Engineer.

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Europes two great narcotics, Alcohol and Christianity.
I know which one I prefer.

RickB

US Air Force
Cryptologic Linguist (German)
1980-1984
Basic Training, Lackland AFB, San Antonio, TX
Defense Language Institute, Presidio of Monterey, CA
Goodfellow AFB, San Angelo, TX
6912th Electronic Security Group, Tempelhof AB, West Berlin, Germany

Sue

How does having hay fever affect you being able to fly? I'm confused.

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JumpinJesus

US Air Force
1987-1992
Security Police

Lackland AFB, San Antonio - Basic Training (where they all go)

Ft. Dix, NJ - Air Base Ground Defense Training (Air Force had no combat training at the time so the Army had to do it for us - they didn't know how to treat us since we weren't Army, hilarity ensued)

Bitburg AB, Germany - 1987-1991 (sadly this base closed in 1993 I believe)

Grand Forks AFB, ND - 1991-1992 (Coldest winter of my life)

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uncle phil

after i left lackland, they opened up amarillo afb for a while...but that could have been before you were born...

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

texxasco

That was probably before I was born too...

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texxasco

That's a new one for me ..... being rejected for Hay Fever. I would still feel good about avionics though.... You can build all the airframes, engines, and flight controls you want, and then assemble them. But, if you don't have a good set of avionics to tie everything together, that ship ain't gonna fly.

I spent 12 years as a general mechanic... and I always had a deep respect for our "wire chasers". I can read a wiring schematic, and about half the time make sense out of it, as long as I understand the systems on that particular ship... but it takes a lot of patience and attention to detail to work that side of aviation maintenance. When a general mechanic works on a component such as an engine, rotors, or what not...it is easy to see the progress he/she is making. But in avionics so much of it is hidden behind everything else.

While I worked for DynCorp AeroSpace, we trained a team of mechanics as well as their pilots from the Royal Netherlands Air Force. They purchased a fleet of Apache Helicopters, and went through the same training at Ft.Hood that the US Military sent their aviation battalions through.

Good luck !

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uncle phil

nope.......

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

Uncle Pony

US Army 91-95
12F Engineer Tracked Vehicle Crewman

Elphaba

I have never served but the important men in my life have:

Dad: Enlisted, Navy; WWII. Bombardier in the Pacific in a makeshift civilian aircraft. Shot down three times; spent last six months of war in a psych hospital for "battle fatigue."

First Husband: Drafted, Army, 101st Airborne; Viet Nam. Ground pounder on point for the incursion of Cambodia. Untreated PTSD sent me running from that marriage.

Current Husband: Volunteered for the Navy on a bet with drunken buddies and was the only one accepted; Electronics Engineer E-5, but two or three Captain's mast's for being insubordinant with his immediate officer. Honorable Discharge. Claims to secondary fame: His ship picked up John Glenn (USS Noah); he calculated and strung a communication line for sending an SOS after his ship's upper deck was taken out by a hurricane; and he decoded and delivered the CoC's (JFK) message to his captain to meet the Soviet fleet and prevent their arrival to Cuba.

Overall, not bad for a nonconformist sob.

irateplatypus

good luck! even if you had your heart set on flying rotary wing, i think you got a good backup plan. i've had some contact with RAF officers, they're all top-notch... no one i'd rather go to war with more than you Brits.

Me: USAF

Commissioned in 04... enjoying my first assignment with the Fightin' Fifty-Fifth at Offutt AFB.

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~ Winston Churchill

Bill O'Rights

Hey! I know where that is!

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"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." - Susan B. Anthony

"Hedonism with rules isn't hedonism at all, it's the Republican party." - JumpinJesus

It is indisputable that true beauty lies within...but a nice rack sure doesn't hurt.

rideough

97-present
Canadian Army Lineman
98-2004 2nd Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery CFB Petawawa
2004-now 76 Communication Group CFS Ottawa

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i may or may not be on acid right now....

Grasshopper Green

Mr. Medusa was Marine Corps, 1999-2003. Infantry, Camp Lejeune, NC.

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"They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings; steal a little and they throw you in jail, steal a lot and they make you king"

Formerly Medusa

djflish

Yeah, I was too! They didn't specify exactly why I couldn't, they said I could re-apply in 2008 if my symptoms were gone! I guess it's because I'd have the mask on and I might be a bit too 'sniffely'. Not that you get much pollen at 15000ft...
I decided to go for avionics cause I'm thinking about when I leave the forces, I'll have a trade I can apply as a civvy.

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Europes two great narcotics, Alcohol and Christianity.
I know which one I prefer.

Carno

Heh, helos don't normally fly at 15,000 ft.. 1500 ft is more like it.

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uncle phil

ba-da-bump..

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

whocarz

None of you probably remember me, but I stopped posting here about six months ago. I still came back every once in a while to read, but haven't felt compelled to post until now.

After having done absolutely fuck all with my life for the past two years, I decided to enlist in the USMC. I'll be going to the MCRD at San Diego on December 12th. Hopefully in March I'll be able to be proud to have earned the title of Marine.

My chosen MOS is 0300, which is Infantry. I haven't gotten a lot of encouragement for my choice, but it is something that I feel I have to prove to myself.

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If there exists anything mightier than destiny, then it is the courage to face destiny unflinchingly. -Geibel

Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else. -Marcus Aurelius

Come on, you sons of bitches! Do you want to live forever? -GySgt. Daniel J. "Dan" Daly

florida0214

Air Force for 5 yrs and counting.

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"Two men: one thinks he can. One thinks he cannot. They are Both Right."

Dragonknight

USMC June 25th to pres!! Iraq Nov 02 to July 03, Iraq Sept 04 to April 05, Korea Oct to pres and beyone to April 06. UhhRahh to those of the past and the pres and Happy Freaken B-Day!!! A happy comm Marine!

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Freedom is NOT Free.

SERPENT7

MM2 (SS) 5y3m. (Senior watch qualified.)
Out of PH HI, on the Cheyenne, SSN 773, 688 (I). Last 688 hull to be laid.
Also a shellback, and order of the ditch.

uncle phil

bump again...

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

Terrell

I was in the USAF from 90-96.

QuasiMondo

Marines, 95-03
Comm guru
3rd AAV Bn, Camp Pendleton
6th Comm Bn, Bklyn, NY

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-From the Collector's Edition DVD of The Terminator

debaser

278th ACR from '99 onward...

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squeeeb

retired army, 1987 - 2007

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onward to mayhem!

Crack

USAF 1999-2004

I was a 3C051 if anyone knows what that means...

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Crack, you and I are long overdue for a vicious bout of mansex.

~Halx

Sion

I've never served, but have the utmost respect and admiration for those who do/did:

like my dad...Airforce during Vietnam
like my uncle...Army during Korea
like my grandpa...Army during WWII


If I had to do my life over, I'd do a stretch in the Airforce right out of high school...I needed the discipline.

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He's the best, of course, of all the worst.
Some wrong been done, he done it first. -fz

I jus' want ta thank you...falettinme...be mice elf...agin...

Willravel

Had I not been born with a sever heart problem, I have no doubt that I would be in the army. It's strange how things outside of your control can shape who you are.

TotalMILF

Army National Guard 2003-2006, C/111 Area Support Medical Battalion. Combat Medics, HOOAH!!

ItWasMe

Hubby is in the ANG. I've been waiting a year and a half for him to come home from overseas. Do I count?

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"Ok, no more truth-or-dare until somebody returns my underwear" ~ George Lopez

I bake cookies just so I can lick the bowl. ~ ItWasMe

xepherys

ARNG, Combat Engineer 2002-now (Yay for Afghanistan... not really...)

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The prospect of achieving a peace agreement with the extremist group of MILF is almost impossible...
-- Emmanuel Pinol, Governor of Cotobato

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TotalMILF

Aww, I know how you feel My hubby (xepherys, above) is in the 'ghan. He's been gone since January 6th, and won't be home until next May or June. Boo.

I think you definitely count, heh.

uncle phil

bump for the 4th...

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

uncle phil

bump for the 11th...

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

Bill O'Rights

United States Air Force
1981-1989
Security Police
Staff Sergeant
Reagit ut defendatis


90th Security Police Squadron
F.E. Warren AFB Cheyenne, WY
1981-1984

3906 Special Security Squadron
SAC Elite Guard
Offutt, AFB Omaha, NE
1984-1989

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"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." - Susan B. Anthony

"Hedonism with rules isn't hedonism at all, it's the Republican party." - JumpinJesus

It is indisputable that true beauty lies within...but a nice rack sure doesn't hurt.

Plan9

Army Airborne. Two deployments. 'Nuff said.

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Whatever you can carry.

"You should not drink... and bake."