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Offline Chris40

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Veterans
« on: January 20, 2010, 02:44:00 PM »
From reading posts on here, I've noticed there is a lot of Vets that frequent this site.

I'm retired Navy.  22 yrs (Hull Tech.  The sailors will know what that is)

Veteran of Desert Storm and the Iraq War.  Stationed mostly in Norfolk Va and a little stint in south east Georgia.

I did't get to bowhunt much while I was in, spent a lot of time deployed and at sea.  Feels great to have some time to get out in the woods finally.

Give a post of who and where you served our great country.  Thanks in advance of your service and sacrifice.
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Offline Ragnarok Forge

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Re: Veterans
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2010, 03:00:00 PM »
Washington Army National Guard 1997 - 2005

A Co, 181st Brigade, WARNG, Actived to Regular Army, 14th Combat Engineers, 555th Engineer Group, Fort Lewis, Wa.  Served 18 months as an Army combat engineer, 12 months in Iraq 2003 / 2004 with the 3rd ACR.  We were light engineers ( wheeled ) attached to an armored battalion.  Spent the war shooting it out and blowing things up while running around in light skinned aluminium dump trucks. We were the fastest and quietest company in the battalion.  Guess who got all the QRF missions and raids.  

It was a lot of fun and a lot of bad times all rolled into one wild ride.   We had a 3 month train up and demob. on either end of the tour in the sand box.  I got out at the end of my 8 year contract.  

SSG Walker Lowell C.
B Co, 14th Engr, 555th Engr Group
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Offline bihunter

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Re: Veterans
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2010, 03:02:00 PM »
Vietnam; 11TH Armored Cavalry Regiment (Tanks)
68-69    Commanding officer was Col. George S. Patton Jr.(The famous WW2 general's son)
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Offline lpcjon2

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Re: Veterans
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2010, 03:20:00 PM »
3rdBattalion,2nd Marines stationed in Thailand,Hong Kong,Korea,Philippines,Norway and Japan twice.And loved every minute of my military time.Remember those before us.SemperFi   :clapper:
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Offline T Folts

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Re: Veterans
« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2010, 03:26:00 PM »
Aco 327th Signal Fort Bragg NC 84-88
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Offline Paul Mattson

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Re: Veterans
« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2010, 03:26:00 PM »
USAF (Active) 1983 - 1992
Philippines, North Dakota, Korea, Alaska

Alaska Air Guard 1992-2003
Eielson AFB
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Offline Biggie Hoffman

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Re: Veterans
« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2010, 03:34:00 PM »
XVIII Airborne Corp. FT Bragg, 1973-1976.

I woulda stayed in too but they wouldn't let me fly a Cobra 8-(
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Offline lpcjon2

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Re: Veterans
« Reply #7 on: January 20, 2010, 03:36:00 PM »
Hey Badger Subic Bay ?
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Offline sj_lutz

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Re: Veterans
« Reply #8 on: January 20, 2010, 03:39:00 PM »
Active Army from '84 to '05.

NJ, MA, TX, FL, GA, MD.....Germany, England, various deployments to 3rd world garden spots.
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Offline Bob Miller

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Re: Veterans
« Reply #9 on: January 20, 2010, 03:39:00 PM »
US Navy 1954-1984.  Served two tours with the U S Marines as a
Hospital Corpsman in Vietnam.
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Offline Gene Charbonneau

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Re: Veterans
« Reply #10 on: January 20, 2010, 03:59:00 PM »
US Army
1st Cav

11th Aviation Group
Republic of Viet Nam (1968)
Quang Tri Province

Here is the view I had for a good portion of the time.
 
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Offline Oliverstacy

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Re: Veterans
« Reply #11 on: January 20, 2010, 05:32:00 PM »
USAF Langley AFB, VA '92-'96...just up the road from ya.

Josh
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Offline **DONOTDELETE**

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Re: Veterans
« Reply #12 on: January 20, 2010, 05:37:00 PM »
Texas Army National Guard
Det-1, 6th / 112th 49th lone Star

Served w/25th ID out of Hawaii

Detached to ROK Army, Korea for team Spirit "87"


GO USA, Land of the Free & the Brave
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Offline Dan White

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Re: Veterans
« Reply #13 on: January 20, 2010, 05:43:00 PM »
US Navy 1980-83

Whidbey Island, Washington
USS Coral Sea

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Offline twosheds

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Re: Veterans
« Reply #14 on: January 20, 2010, 05:50:00 PM »
4th Infantry. US Army.
Iraq 2003-2004 as an Infantryman.
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Offline Friends call me Pac

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Re: Veterans
« Reply #15 on: January 20, 2010, 05:52:00 PM »
USAF (Retired) 1985-2005

Eielson AFB AK, Shaw AFB SC, Shemya AFS AK, Altus AFB OK and Little Rock AFB AR.

Supply 13 years, Medical 3 years, Ground Safety last 4 years.

When I retired a video covering my 20 years was presented to me.  My Father is the paratrooper in the beginning.  I continued a family tradition albeit in a different branch  Dad never held it against me.  My own son is now serving in the AF.  I’m so proud of him for his commitment.

If you would care to see the video just select the link below.
   
  http://www.pactaclures.com/retirement%20ceremony.htm
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Offline Danny Rowan

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Re: Veterans
« Reply #16 on: January 20, 2010, 06:04:00 PM »
US Navy Chief Petty Officer (SW), Retired
1972-1993

USS Grand Canyon,Naval Air Station Pensacola,USS Puget Sound, USS Frank Cabel, Naval Guided Missle School,Naval Air Station Guam, Naval Submarine Facility Groton.

Newport,RI,Mayport,FL,Pensacola,FL,Gaeta,Italy,
Charleston, SC, Naval Guided Missle School, Va Beach, Va.,Naval Air Station, Guam, Groton, CT.

Danny
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Offline Al Kidner

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Re: Veterans
« Reply #17 on: January 20, 2010, 06:10:00 PM »
9 years, 1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, (1RAR) Recce.

Tours in East Timor x2, and Solomans. Worked in Iraq as a convoy operator and later PSD, after that moved to Afghan as a body guard.

Now trying my had at the civvi way of life.... hmmm....


Cheers,


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Offline GINKSTER

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Re: Veterans
« Reply #18 on: January 20, 2010, 06:18:00 PM »
U.S. Navy 1988-1995. Naval Aircrewman, NDI Tech., Airframer.

NAS Patuxent River, MD
NAS North Island, CA.
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Offline RonD

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Re: Veterans
« Reply #19 on: January 20, 2010, 06:19:00 PM »
U.S. Army 1966-1969, CINCPAC, J3 Operations Division,Camp H.M. Smith, Oahu, HI. Communications specialist.
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