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1997- present, currently a Sergeant First Class. I'm a 91A, a Abrams Tank Maintenance Supervisor.
1997-2000 1-33AR, Ft Lewis, WA
2000-2002 1/16Cav, Ft Knox, KY
2003-2004 1-72AR, Camp Casey, Korea
2004-2006 2/3ACR, Ft Carson, CO
2006-present 1/67AR, Ft Carson CO
Was in Tal Afar, Irag in 05-06 and Kirkuk and Mosul, Iraq in 08-09
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1960-63 Army
Ford Ord CA
Fort Lee VA - Petroleum Analysis School
Fort Worth TX
Inchon, Korea
Bruce
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USAF- '72 through '79
Wurtsmith AFB... KC-135A Crew Chief.
RAF Mildenhall... EC-135H Crew Chief/Flight Mechanic (European Airborne Command Post)
AFSC A43171E, left as a Ssgt.
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USAF 2002-07
02-04 Dover AFB deployed to Iraq once for 4 month while there
04-06 Lajes Field Azores Islands Portugual
Electrical Power Production Systems Electrican
AFSC 3e0x2 e-5 when seperated
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92-98 USAF 95IW USAF
ELINT analyst Ft Meade
Unremarkable career except for helping locate a mobile SA-6 near Banja Luka back in '95 that had some significance.
Wasn't the most popular airman with our commander. Apparently he wasn't too fond of hellraisers.
Had the distinction of being the first service member to get kicked off of OBS Island in the middle of a mission for drinking with a civilian. I think my commander blew a couple purple veins in his forehead over that one.
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SAC Trained killer '87-'90
Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most. - Mark Twain.
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USAF 3/67 to 9/88
Boot camp - Amarillo AFB - 3/67 to 5/67
Air Police training - Lackland AFB - 5/67 to 8/67
Air Police - Lajes Field - Azores, Portugal 8/67 to 2/69
Air Police - Siskiyou County Air Port, CA 2/69 to 3/71
Air Police - Tyndall AFB, Fl 3/71 to 9/72
Air Police - Thule Air Base, Greenland 9/72 to 9/73
Air Police - Hill AFB, UT 9/73 to 6/74 (SAC Detachment)
Air Police - Barksdale AFB, LA 6/74 to 12/74 (Retrained)
Accounting Tech School - Witchita Falls, TX 12/74 to 4/75
Accounting NCOIC - Barksdale AFB, LA 4/75 to 4/80
Accounting NCOIC - Rhein Main Air Base, Germany 4/80 to 4/84
Deputy Accounting & Finance Officer / Quality Assurance Manager and First Sgt, Beale AFB, CA 4/84 to 9/88
Retired and Loving It.
The toughest thing about doing nothing is knowing when you are finished?
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USAR 1988-1996 11B
USAR 2001-present 67E
Majority reserve with 2 activity duty call ups with many extended TDY duties. 3 years in Germany, very lucky to have not seen combat.
Wife is USAF Jag officer 2001-present
Don't just be a survivor, be a competitor.
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USAF Security Service 1956-60. AFSC 20351, now known as Cryptographic Linguist.
Served during the Second Taiwan Straits Crisis 1958-59. Google it. Have seen it referred to as the Vest Pocket War in the VFW magazine. Our service has received more recognition from from the Republic of China than from our own country.
The Cold War wasn't all cold. Some of my contemporaries lost their lives from enemy attack, quite possibly guys I trained with. The way the government treated the survivors and kept their families in the dark for 39 years still pizzes me off. Went way beyond reasonable security requirements.
It's because of events like this that I don't have much sense of humor about the easy life of airmen, and jokes about "military intelligence". I know that crew was having a good time playing softball and such before they took off for their final mission.
Paul
Stupidity has its way, while its cousin, evil, runs rampant.
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US Navy Nov. 61 to April 66 aboard the USS Intrepid CVS-11 ![[Linked Image]](http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b119/HowdyC/TheIntrepidandme-2.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b119/HowdyC/inSeainAir-1.jpg) Got a front row seat to the Cuban crisis, also got caught up in LBJ's extention but missed the Ships first South China visit by 30 days. The Lady went over 3 times and the Oriskney was the only carrier to serve more time there to my knowledge. Just another guy trying to serve his country.
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Father-In-Law was an Intrepid sailor. My son has a great picture of himself touring the ship his grandfather served on.
"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." - John Adams
Turdlike, by default.
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11C mortar maggot- 82nd Abn Div. '77-'81
You can roll a turd in peanuts, dip it in chocolate, and it still ain't no damn Baby Ruth.
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Windbreak...glad to see some CV-11 guys check in...my dad was a Marine onboard in the Pacific......"Bull Halsey's" task force 58..he was a 20 and 40 mm gunner and saw lots of action.
You better be afraid of a ghost!!
"Woody you were baptized in prop wash"..crossfireoops
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Air force crew chief, entered 1981
Lakenheath England 82-84
Zaragoza spain 84-87
Misawa japan 87-91
Lakenheath England 91-94
Okinawa japan 94-2000
Florida 2000-2006
(Civilian)unmanned drones Afghanistan 2009
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11C mortar maggot- 82nd Abn Div. '77-'81  OTW known as Piss Tube Palace
Be afraid,be VERY VERY afraid ad triarios redisse My Buddy eh76 speaks authentic Frontier Gibberish! ![[Linked Image]](http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y222/EvilTwinMar/Sabretooth-1.jpg)
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I was planning a trip to NY with my dad to see his beloved "Mighty I " as he called it for one last time but he passed last Dec ... will always regret not doing this earlier!!!
You better be afraid of a ghost!!
"Woody you were baptized in prop wash"..crossfireoops
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A visit to an historic warship is an unforgetable experience. Shortly after WW II my dad took me to see the USS Enterprise. Fastened to a bulkhead was a wing with a meatball. It is the only thing I remember about that visit, but it was burned into the memory of a young boy. Even for those of us who were little kids at the time, that war and the generation that fought it had a profound effect on the development of our values and character.
Paul
Stupidity has its way, while its cousin, evil, runs rampant.
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Tell me about it !!!..cold war guys are the unsung heroes in the dark...more going on then that average people can comprehend....one of my hunting buddies was a K systems tech on RB-47's in the '50's and some of his stories will make your hair stand on end!!!
You better be afraid of a ghost!!
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You better be afraid of a ghost!!
"Woody you were baptized in prop wash"..crossfireoops
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