How many Veterans are members here?

[goodhart]

After reading through some of the threads the last few weeks with talk about politics and such I got to thinking, how many members here on 'style are Veterans of a Foreign War, or are ex-military?

I am, and I always like hearing other people's stories from their time serving.

-I was in the MN National Guard for 6 years, spent three years of it on active duty.
-Basic Training @ Fort Knox, KY
-AIT @ Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD
-MOS- 52C Generator/Air Conditioning mechanic/worthless MOS that ends up fixing Humvees lol
-Deployed from September 2005-August 2007, spent 16.5 months in Iraq with 1st BCT 34th ID.
-My unit was attached to/worked with, 1st Marine Expeditionary, 1st ID, 1st Cav, and 4th ID. I was stationed in Al Taqaudum (TQ), and Baghdad (Liberty)
-Got out a Specialist E4

Who else on here is a vet or former military? please share!

[Halon]

USMC 5 years active (00-05), 3 inactive. Got out a Sergeant.

Boot Camp in San Diego
MCT in Pendleton
School in Pensacola, FL
1st unit in Yuma, AZ
Deployed to Al Jabar Airbase for Operation Iraqi Freedom
2nd unit in Okinawa, Japan.

I was a 5953 Air Traffic Control Radar Technician.

[JET]

1994-2000 in the MN Army NG. Never quite went over, the first one was just ending (we were 2 weeks from being activated) and the current one just starting when my time was up.

I was an 11B Mechanized Infantry (track driver for 3 years) Basic/AIT at Ft. Benning GA, I went to England and Germany for 3 weeks each. I was a Corporal when I left (didn't get to Sgt because we went overseas the last 2 years)

[Febo]

USMCR 3 years, 06-09 Medical Sep'd as a Lance Corporal

Never made it over
Boot camp in San Diego
School in Camp Johnson, NC
and bounced around doing various things in
Lejune, Quantico, and Miramar

Bout the only thing that I did was hurt myself in the Marines lol

[Goat Blower]

US Navy 1987-1989 active, three years inactive. A couple of our F14's shot down the Libyan migs in 1989. I don't know how much this footage is actually from that, but I watched it all live on our ship TV's. I remember the pilots breathing a lot harder than this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAHHXAIazqQ

[Kevin 1G Drummer]

^^ Sweet vid. I like watching stuff like that.

[turbotalon1g]

01-08 Army reserve.
Ended up E4/specialist.
Went to Iraq in '04 for a year and 3 months.

[twack]

Thanks to all who serve
-goat that video is no longer available

[Goat Blower]

Originally Posted by twack

Thanks to all who serve
-goat that video is no longer available

Works fine for me.

[twack]

still tells me no longer available

[Febo]

works for me too I dont think youtube likes you twack

[311evo]

also works for me..

and i want to thank all you veterans and current military guys for doing what you do.

[goodhart]

Originally Posted by twack

Thanks to all who serve
-goat that video is no longer available

Thanks twack, looks like you need the newest get newest version of the the Adobe Flash player then to see the video.

[twack]

Originally Posted by goodhart

Thanks twack, looks like you need the newest get newest version of the the Adobe Flash player then to see the video.

its so annoying when your busy doing something and that update icon pops up

[GSXMatt]

Not a Veteran yet, but soon.

[TwoTalons]

U.S.A.F. 1984 - 1992

Spent three years at Hellenikon Air Base near Athens, Greece from 1984 - 1987. I was there when we bombed the shit out of Qadhafi. That was also when the famous TWA hijacking occurred and when another TWA plane, 727 I think, was bombed shortly after takeoff from Athens Intl. I saw that plane come back and land with a gaping hole in the side. There were many other attacks on military personnel in Greece while I was there. Car bombings, night club bombings, assassinations, etc. Interesting times. I was a Security Specialist and carried around an M-16 with 240 rounds of the real ammo every day. When I returned to the States, I retrained into an electronics related career field. I spent the next five years at Kelly AFB, TX repairing crypto equipment. I worked on the IFF boxes that went on airplanes. During the gulf war, we used to get all the charred and crumpled remains back since all the crypto equipment had to be accounted for. Pretty sobering. I got recruited by a civilian branch of the government in 1992 and have been working for them ever since.

[cudvig]

USMCR 2006-present

boot camp in San Diego, CA
MCT at Camp Pendleton, CA
MP school at Fort leonardwood, MO
Went to Iraq march 08-oct 08

Still serving and trying to become a recruiter.

-Colin

[turbotalon1g]

Just re-up'd with the NG for a try-one. They are supposed to send me to Xray school so we shall see what happens.

[Halon]

Sweet!! Free School FTW

[Cammaxon]

Writing this from the air traffic control tower in Mosul, Iraq deployed with Task Force 34 OIF 08-10