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Enlisted into National Guard 1988, Scout Helicopter Repairer
Commissioned as an Army Engineer, 1991.
Progressed through various company level leadership in Bridging and Sapper units through 2001.
1998/1999 company command
Went active duty into AGR program in 2001 as an intelligence officer (S2) for an engineer battalion, and full time OIC.
2003, Intelligence officer (S3)and deputy operations officer (S3A) for an engineer brigade
May 2005, Personnel Officer (S1)for an engineer brigade
October 2005, operations officer for an engineer brigade
October 2006, Operations Officer and full time OIC for engineer battalion.
2007, Executive Officer for engineer battalion
2009, moved to joint forces headquarters as the mobilization officer
2011, Force integration and readiness officer at JFHQ.

U.S. Army 65-68;aviation, Camp Holloway, RVN 67-68 UH1 mechanic in 545th TD, UH1 crew chief 119th AHC-Gators, blue flight.

USN 1987-2007 (retired), Electronics Tech, ESWS, EAWS, and Small Craft pins.

USS Dixon (AS-37) out of San Dog from 88-91.
NCTAMS EASTPAC out of Wahiawa, HI from 92-95.
USS Chosin (CG-65) out of Pearl from 95-98.
SACLANT in Norfolk, VA. 98-2001.
FLECOMPON SIX (VC-6) Norfolk 2001-2004.
Portsmouth Naval, Portsmouth, VA 2005-2007.

Nice, not many folks can give this old arty guy size envy

USMC field arty controller/surveyor. 1986-1991

USMCR Grunt with Bravo 1/23; '75-'81. Didn't do anything exciting except march a lot, and spend nights in the mud, rain, and cold in the winter, Sweat at 29 stumps in the summer. Did make two Nato training ops that were real fun and quite the experience. One on Vieques Island and another in Turkey!

Funny the whole time I was in, never got to ride in a jeep! We still had M151 pups. So I bought the old 1942 Ford GPW when I retired.

Bob N.

USAF 1985-1994
Photo/Target Intel

Zweibrucken AB Germany

Foreign Technology Division
Wright Pat AFB

Electronic Security Command
Kelly AFB

Desert Storm
Incirlik AB Turkey

Reserve time spent at:

Homestead AFB

NSG Homestead (Card Sound)

Key West NAS (Truman Annex)

Opa Locka CGAS

Last I heard you were deciding between becoming a Marine or becoming a Soldier - glad to see you chose the Army - we always need more good MP's - welcome!

It was a hard choice, I wrote out a list of advantages and disadvantages of the two branches. In the end the Army was the better.

If I joined the Marines it would have been a year IF a position in the MP corps was available to go to school. In the Army I ship to Fort Leonard Wood for OUST. 17 weeks for everything then I wait till I get my orders. It will be 2013 when I finish training.

Do you remember this kid?



He would run up to our plane a lot of the times we landed there (even with the engines running !!), and I would give him something to eat.

He was a cool kid.... I wonder if he's still alive...

Someplace around here I have a picture of the 175's going off along the runway (big smoke-ring out of barrel). MAN those things were LOUD !!

Civil Engineering started out in the plumbing shop in 74 and retired as zone superintendent in 94 the tag below fills in the rest

In 1959 I went home on Emergency leave from NW "C" School at NAS Norfolk my dad was on his death bed. I caught a military HOP out of NAS Norfolk with an overnight stop over at NAS Memphis to Los Angles and I had the privilege of meeting two of the last U.S. Navy Silver Eagles. One was a 1st Class P.O. and the other was Chief Petty Officer, The Chief was the Pilot of the plane with a LT as the second officer. I was told at the time that the chief was certified to fly anything in the Navy's aircraft inventory both winged and rotary.

Gee...and I was just wondering why I had that dumbschidt Nathaniel on ignore.....

Drafted into the Army 5/66.
Trained @ Fort Riley, KS.
Mekong Delta 1/67-2/68 w/ 9th Division.
Fire Direction Chief in air-mobile 105 Howitzer battery.
Total time in service 21 months, 13 of it in VN.
Was ecstatic to make it back and get out of the service.

US Army 68-77
Shape HQ 69-72
Ft Hood 72-74
Germany 74-77

United States Army, 1960-1986, including two tours in RVN.

TT

U.S. Army August 1969 to Jan 1997.
Two trips to Vietnam flying helicopters.
Enlisted August 1969 to Sep 1970.
Warrant Sep 1970 to Aug 1981.
Commissioned Sep 1981 to Jan 1997.
1st Cav, 82d Abn, 172 LIB, 101st Abn twice, 2d Inf, 160th SOAR.

I am truly honored to so many remarkable vets. I, myself didn't serve. I do come from a family with a military background though. I am named after my Great Great Uncle, who fought in the Civil War. He was a member of an infantry unit from Western Pennsylvania and died in the latter stages of the war, supposedly from a long range sniper shot. I am honored to own his personal sidearm, a civilian model 1851 Navy Colt revolver.

My mother was pure German. Her folks immigrated here from Germany, and we have found out she had a distant relative who served with the German Air Force during WWI. He flew with Baron Von Richtofen, was a confirmed ace with 5 kills, and was killed in combat.

My father served under General Patton during WWII. Pretty much wherever Patton went, Dad was there. He was given the choice in 1940 to volunteer for the army, or to get well acquainted with Ohio's penal system for some "minor indiscretions." Dad was no angel as a teen. As an example of the things he managed to do to get him self in trouble, there was a little incident involving some womens' undergarments that were found flying off the front porch of the high school principal's house. He was not allowed to receive his diploma unless he publicly apologized. 'Never got the diploma. Dad was in Europe and Africa for the entire war. He was an infantryman, and was awarded 2 Purple Hearts. He never seemed to lose his ability to get in trouble. We have a whole stack of his V-mail. In one letter, he's private, next he's a corporal, then a sergeant. Next he's back to being a corporal... He had some great stories-like chasing some antelope critters in Africa in a jeep. Rolled the jeep, and him and his buddy ended up having to pay for the jeep. Or fishing some of the best trout streams in France with liberated German grenades. He was wounded the second time I believe in either Paris or Rome during the bloody street fighting. He took a round to the belly. He took the scar from that wound to his grave. I can still remember the indentation on his gut where that round went in.

My wife's family has a long history of military service also. Her dad served stateside during Viet Nam, and spent about 20 years afterwards in the Minnesota Naional Guard.

My wife's uncle was a flight engineer on B-24's in Europe. He is an accomplished artist and archetect, still working today. He did nose art on many Liberators he crewed on, and some of his nose art is actually in the Smithsonian. He's got a wealth of info on the airwar in Europe and his mind is still razor sharp. I can sit and talk to him for hours on end. He missed a mission on one of his birds he was assigned to and the plane went down without a trace. No one saw it go down, and extensive searches never yielded a clew to it's whereabouts. The German and Italian records showed no notes on it, and no one saw it drop from the formation. It's like it just vanished off the face of the earth. A direct flak hit? Who knows?

My humble words pale in the light of your sacrifices, gentlemen, but just the same, I offer each and every one of you my unending thanks. It's a true pleasure to know a little about those who stepped up to the plate so we could be free today.

Thanks again guys. You most certainly deserve it.

US Army, '77-'81, 82nd Airborne, didn't see any overseas service, though we did go to Panama for Jungle Warfare School.


11C-1P Indirect Fire Infantry (81mm mortars)

We retired the Ridgeway Cup, for Division's best mortar platoon, after winning it three years in a row.

Beyond that, nothing special.

us army, commissioned (ra) in 1970, retired in 1996. i'd do it all over again if i was a young man.

Worst 2 year job I've ever had.

Crap,....!!!! That was the LONGEST job I've ever had !

Nothing but quiet reverence for those who served, and contemplative sorrow for those who never SWORE the oath, and tried to do the best with what was served up on their plate.

I have ZERO, ....ZILCH,....NADA,...to speak about,...I was drafted, and was a Mechanic.

BRRrrrr

GTC