Seems as if there are a few of us on the boards currently serving and a few more who have previously served. Let this place be the place for story telling, questions, and any other non-political military discussion.
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Seems as if there are a few of us on the boards currently serving and a few more who have previously served. Let this place be the place for story telling, questions, and any other non-political military discussion.
I did my service in Nam as some of you know. here are a few links to to stuff I have. vids, photos, etc
the USN site. down the left side are links to all branch's
here
military.com shock and awe. take your pick
link
4 bad guys and 1 lucky dog vid here
military vids link
look thru the FLIR of an apache chopper. night attack. here
WW11. the wreck of LST 342. (large slow target) link
lets here from some of those who are currently serving...............
I enlisted in the USAF in August 2003.
Graduated from BMT 19Sept03 as an Airman First Class (A1C, E-3).
Graduated from tech. school in March '04.
Got to Dyess AFB in Abilene, TX on 28March04.
Deployed to Afghanistan from Sept-Dec '04.
Deployed to Qatar from June-Oct '05.
Sewed on Senior Airman (SrA, E-4) 19Jan06.
Deployed to Kuwait from June-Oct '06.
Selected for promotion to Staff Sergeant (SSgt, E-5) in Aug '07.
Friday I'm deploying again for four more months and will sew on SSgt on 1Apr08.
:usa2: Since Davii and SeeingRed are both soldiers who are serving our country at this time, I thought it would be appropriate to have a thread where they could post from time to time to let us know that they are safe, and to keep in touch with us. Best Wishes to both of you - THANK YOU for serving.:salute:
Enlisted U.S. Navy 1996.
Boot camp in Great Lakes, MI
Damage Control 'A' School summer of 1996 at Treasure Island California.
Stationed aboard the USS SHiloh Sept 1996 - Feb 1998.
BUD/S class 218 Feb 1998- April 1998 - Rang the bell. Not ashamed to admit it.
Stationed aboard USS Essex June 1998 - EOS Febuary 2000 Damage Controlman Second Class E-5.
Went on 2 Western Pacific deployments.
Had the privaledge of visiting Hong Kong, Singapore, Bali, Bahrain, Oman, Spending 3 months circling the Persian Gulf ( got TWO beer days because we were out to sea for 45 consecutive days twice...:tsk:) , Thailand, Puerto Villarta ( met my wife there :elefant:) Acapulco, Mazatlan, and Hawaii.
Best 4 years of my life. Met my wife ( see above ) and friends I will have for the rest of my life.
:salute: to those who have served and...:salute: to those currently serving.
Enlisted U.S. Navy - 1966 theu 1970
Boot camp RTC San Diego
radio training schools at Treasure Island, Sfran
Teletype maintaince NTC san diego 1968
Went on 4 Western Pacific deployments.
served on USS Forrestal (TAD), USS Newport News, USS Vesuvius. all operating from the subic navel base PI.
visits to Hong kong, Singapore, Japan, Bangkok, Hawaii
a special salute to the 58,000 that perished. and to all our vets. present and past.
Didn't see this thread until now.
Been in the Marines since Sept of 95.
Been a few places, in no particular order... South Carolina, California, Japan, Australia, Louisiana, Kuwait, and Iraq.
Currently serving in Iraq. Gunnery Sergeant of Marines, E-7 at present. Looking to move to the "dark side" and become an officer after this deployment.
:usa2: Thanks so much for your service Davii - keep us posted in this thread how you are doing.
I have been considering doing the same in the AF. I'll finish my CCAF (2-year degree) while I'm in the desert. When I get back in Feb I have to go through ALS (Airman Leadership School, required when you make E-5), then I have to go to another 2 week class in Wichita Falls, but after that's all done I'm going to finish my BS in Business Administration, then apply for OTS. I think I'm finally frustrated enough with busting my ass for these weak paychecks that I'm going to do something about it.
Well, I wasn't going to make it public domain, but i've been getting asked about it so I figured why not.
I created a blog to keep people up to date while I am here in Iraq. Feel free to peruse and leave comments.
If you have any questions about what you see on the blog this is a good place, I will come here and answer any questions you may have, provided I can answer said questions.
http://mattdeployment.blogspot.com
Hey all, just a quick update on Seeingred.
SR is doing well, he can't get to the site due to it being blocked where he is at, but is still trying to figure out a way.
He is doing well and is "enjoying himself" down there and wanted me to let everyone know he says hi.
Take care!