As it is the July 4th weekend, and a time for celebration of our Country, I thought it might be a neat idea for those that have served to list what branch they were in/rank, what they did, and where they were stationed prior to discharge? Any takers?

A/2C Aron C. Nance
United States Air Force
1960-1964
Teletype/Crypto Repairman (Top Secret Clearance) 36350
Karamuersel AFB, Turkey

 

A/1C Bruce R Bird United States Air Force Oct 1958 - Oct 1962
Airborne Radar Repair on KC135 tankers and B52G bombers
Griffith AFB, Rome, New York Oct 1959 - Oct 1962
I still know my AFSC but am not going to publish it.

See you in Sturbridge in a couple of weeks!

 

Boy Scouts 1965-68, met at Maplewood Church

 

Captain, United States Marine Corps
Artillery, Forward Observer, Fire Direction Officer, Executive Officer
Golf Battery 3/10, Camp Lejeune NC
F Company 2nd Battalion, Parris Island SC
25th Marines, Worcester MA
1983-1988, 1990

 

SGT US Army Airborne Infantry.
501st PIR Alaska.
Afghanistan 04-05
GERONIMO!

 

United States Air Force
Air Rescue
E5 aircraft Hyd repair C-130 "H" model
Hamilton Air base
San Rafael CA.
1967 - 1971

Gene

 

ATC(AW), USN Retired. 1975-1995

 

Tsgt USAF 1973-1993 Retired

 

Army 1966-1968 Spec 4

 

U.S.A.F Senior Airman 1988-1992
Avionic Comm/Nav systems spec
A-10 @ Myrtle Beach South Carolina
F-4 @ Clark Air Base PI

 

USMC, Corporal
2002-2006
Camp Pendleton/Iraq
Motor T

 

I enlisted in the Air Force in March, 1949, a year before the Korean conflict with 3 of my buddies. We all passed the OCS test and were slated to go to school. My 3 friends got in, I flunked the physical!

I joined the Civil Air Patrol (I had a private pilots license) and learned to fly twin engines. I'm proud of my service!

I fought the battle of Miami Beach! My friends stayed in and all retired as Lt. Cols.

--Don

 

USAF '82-'91 Disabled Veteran/Retired
Crew Chief, FB-111A, F-111G, A-10A

 

USAF SSgt
Served 1966-1970
Avionics Technitian on F-102's and F-4's and all other support aircraft
Served at Perrin AFB Texas and last year at DaNang Viet Nam

 

Army 68-70
05B10

 

No **** ?? Same thing here.

US Navy Active
1992-1997 CTR Cryptologic Technician Collection
Top Secret + TK + SCI clearances.
Stationed about the USS California CGN-36 (Decommissioned in 1998)

US Navy Reserves (changed jobs for a change of pace)
2001-2005 Seabee's EO - Equipment Operator
I worked for NCIS in 2002 I'm third from the left.
NCIS2002.jpg

I never should have gotten out of the reserves.....so pissed i did.
I got my degree to go back in as an officer and now they won't let
me back in because I have had an eye injury.

 

*Captain, USCG (ret)
*27 years active duty, retired in July 2000
*last duty station was a liaison assignment with the USN at Mayport FL
*dream job was commanding officer in USCGC HAMILTON (WHEC 715) at San Pedro, CA, from 1996 to 1998
*and now it's fun to work on and enjoy Oldsmobiles!

 

U. S. Navy AG2 Naval Weather Service 1967-1971 NTC Lakehurst NJ NWSED Willow Grove PA Fleet Weather Central, Pearl Harbor HA

 

C.A.F. M/Cpl. 76-89 CFB CALGARY

 

PC3 U.S.Navy
Ship's Postal Clerk
Stationed aboard U.S.S. Francis Marion APA 249
Norfolk, Va. 1962-1965

 

I'll show ya some cool new stuff that came out.
http://www.4armedforces.com/product/...2762_T360.html

"Route Irish" is the nickname for the Baghdad airport road.
It's 7.5miles and the most dangerous road there is.
They made a shirt for it. It's VERY cool.
I'm Irish and so is my buddy who got it.

7.62 Design has the coolest shirts for military for the past 9 years or so.

 

If any interest, in Texas you can get Armed Forces license plate for your auto for free. Just take a copy of your DD214 to your local tax office and apply for them.

 

You can get one in Washington State, too, and it is service-specific, but they gaff you $30/year extra to keep it. That's how this liberal state honors its veterans.

 

I did not know you could get them for just being a veteran. I have Viet Nam Veteran plates on my Cutlass. They did not start issuing them until they started Gulf War plates. You pay a one time fee of $10.00 and then just the regular renewal.

 

our veteran plates are era specific, renewal is $3.25 total yearly. the .25 is postage even if you renew in person.

 

You all have my respect for your service.

Had things been different I probably would have continued family tradition and gone USAF right out of high school, but Vietnam was still in full rage and I had no desire to end up in a Southeast Asian jungle. So I took my chances with the draft and fortunately missed it. It's been a regret, if for no other reason than I'd have seen more of the world than I have.

One of my cousins served in VN and was killed in a freak car accident earlier this year. His 20-year-old son led service at church yesterday and remarked that his dad had often said he did not really understand or appreciate 4th of July until he came back from Vietnam, but afterwards it was his favorite holiday. As usual, their home was decorated for the Fourth, as I'm sure Alex would have wanted.

 

FYI

There are also Purple Heart plates in many states.

 

I would like to take a moment to Thank each of you for your service to our Country. Thank You!

Here's my story,

During high school I was in ROTC for 2 years.Out of high school,my best Friend and I went down and was going to sign on to the Marines on the buddy system. We took a few tests and were ready to sign.
I chickened out and didn't want to sign.
My best Friend decided to join the Army instead,went on to become an Airborne Ranger,soon after lost his life serving our Country.
To this day I still feel guilty and wonder if he would still be alive if I wouldn't have chickened out of the Marines.

 

Same here in IL. I have them on my DD Lexus.
But both my classics have antique plates since they are only $35 for 5 years.

Annual plate renewals for daily drivers in IL have gone up 100% in just 6 years to $99 a year.

 

I was in the Army 1967 thru 1970....I was an E-5 aircraft mechanic on a Huey helicopter/.....Spent 1968 and 1969 in beatiful Vietnam flying combat assaault for the 190th assault helipoter company

 

Apart from my shot at humour (third post), the only time I was ever asked to join the military was when I was visiting cousins in Clarksburgh, WV. It was July 1976, I was 19 and I went in to a recruitment centre to see if I could get a cool poster, like the one in the window for my room back home.

The officer behind the counter said I could have as many as I wanted if I joined the service. I told him that I couldn't join up because I was not American. He asked "What country are you from son?" "Canada sir" It just felt right to call him sir. "Son, I fought in 'Nam with Canadian boys." Before I could say that Canada didn't "officially" send soldiers to Vietnam he said "They had crossed the border and joined up." "Good boys, all of them."

I didn't say anything, he reached under the counter and handed me a poster. "Think about it son, fighting for us IS fighting for Canada if that's what's holding you back. Anyone attacks Canada and you'll see the USA fighting right beside your boys, so it makes no difference at all". I thanked him for the poster and left.

My brush with the military, although my father and my uncles were vetrans of WWII, but it was like pulling teeth from a fully alert lion trying to get any stories from them.