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LCDR in the USN. Served on 4 ships, deployed 3 times.
Progressives are the most open minded, tolerant, and inclusive people on the planet, as long as you agree with everything they say, and do exactly as you're told.
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January 1978 - January 1998. US Navy Band Sea Chanters. Washington DC Navy Yard, all 20. I was a 1st tenor.
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Had a good friend who was a tank crewman for the Army and spent a year or so in I Corps SVN around '69-'70. Odd change of pace for a surfer dude. I'm pretty sure he flipped me off a few times when I flew overhead.
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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Campfire Regular
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Enlisted in USAF.....1966-1970 Charleston AFB, Charleston S.C. (prior to that 17 years as an Army Brat)
"By the time you realize your father was a smart man, you have a teenager telling you just how stupid you are."
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1958-1963
US Army
Artillery
ARADCOM MTU
Even birds know not to land downwind!
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1968 - 1971
US Army
Nike Hercules
ARADCOM
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I didn't. Vietnam and the draft ended shortly before I would have been eligible for it and a lot of people my age was happy to let the military go its own way after all of that.
Looking back,...I think I would have benefitted from doing a stint in the military during the peacetime that followed Vietnam.
If nothing else, it would have given me a period of time to decide what I wanted to do and the discipline necessary to act on it.
As it was, I jumped into the world at age 19 with no plan,...just loading trucks to make a day to day living.
It was a good time,..but it was time that could have been spent better.
I wouldn't have wanted to be a trigger puller, however. My Dad was a trigger puller in the Pacific during WW2 and he dealt with it his whole life.
That had more than a little bit to do with the fact that I never considered the military.
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USAF Office of Special Investigations. 20 years. 1977 to 1997.
"It's a source of great pride, that when I google my name, I find book titles and not mug shots." Daniel C. Chamberlain
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US Army
67N and 82C
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Joined The Army, 29 July 98 plan on being retired 1 Aug 2020. A lot Soldiers joining that were born the same yr I joined. Seeing that I know I'm getting old..
Last edited by 79S; 10/08/18.
Then STFU. The rest of your statement is superflous bullshit with no real bearing on this discussion other than to massage your own ego. Suckin' on my titties like you wanted me.
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USAF 81-86. AFSC 305X4, Electronic and Communications Systems Specialist. Great job, great school. lucked out biggly.
keesler AFB 9 months school in lovely biloxi ms
barksdale afb la 2.5 years working in the 8th AF HQ on the systems that tracked the status of minute man 2 and various other nuclear equipped platforms
lockheed factory training may-sep 84 in austin tx learning all about the ground link for the U2
Osan AFB 84-85 keeping an eye on the norks. traveled all over the far east on Space A flights. japan, okinawa, phillipines.
Pentagon 85-86 working in the National Military Command Center in the Joint Chiefs of Staff area. lived on ft myer along side of arlington nat.
couldn't take living in DC for 6 years as an enlisted man so i volunteered for the Graham Rudman Hollings Early Out program and got the hell out of dodge.
the USAF was the best thing i ever did. didn't really appreciate it at the time but when i look back on it, it almost seems surreal that i was working in that arena as a 20 y/o punk.
still got my footlocker in the attic that has all my uniforms, corcorans, low quarters, fatigues, blues, hats, even t shirts and socks and all my orders, trinkets, etc. i've opened it only a few times in 32 years. once about 10 years ago when my boys found it and wanted to dig into it. we had fun that day. someday when their mom ain't around i'll share some real stories that a young man could enjoy.
My diploma is a DD214
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Army, active duty 76-79.
Funny thing, almost got drafted. At the induction center they announced everybody could go home because the president was going to announce the end of the draft the next day.
The key elements in human thinking are not numbers but labels of fuzzy sets. -- L. Zadeh
Which explains a lot.
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USAF 2W1
03-04 Lackland AFB/Shepard AFB for BMT and Tech School
04-12 Hill AFB, Utah F-16
-Balad Iraq 05
-Balad Iraq 09
12-13 Kunsan AB, ROK F-16
13-Present Ellsworth AFB, SD B-1B
-16 Andersen AFB, Guam (rocket MAn deterrence)
-18 Al Udeid AB, Qatar (JASSMs on target in Syria)
Mar 19 Osan AB, ROK F-16
My follow on has yet to be determined
Thanks all past and present for your dedicated service.
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From a 30+ year Trashman, 1985-2015 to present day consulter of same, Thank You to ALL that Served, and God Bless You. 
Trump Won!
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Joined the USAF Sep 18, 1972. Trained at Sheppard AFB, TX aircraft maint jet 1&2 431x1C . Assigned Myrtle Beach AFB, SC Feb 73 - Mar 75. Transferred directly to WV Air Guard 130th SOG Mar 15, 75. The 130th became the 130th TAG with the arrival of 8 C-130Es. New AFSC 43171F turbo prop maint. spec. Transferred to the ops squadron in Dec 1980. Cross trained to C-130 flight engineer in 81, new AFSC 1A171. Retired Dec 20, 2002 with rank of E-8 SMSgt, instructor flight engineer, 1A191. Several deployments to Volant Oak in Panama, several deployments to Europe, called up for Desert Shield/Desert Storm.
The Karma bus always has an empty seat when it comes around.- High Brass
There's battle lines being drawn
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong
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US Army, Feb 97- Feb 17, been places, done stuff.
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United States Navy Blue and Green 1971-1977.
Jim
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NROTC ‘68-‘72. Navy pilot ‘72-‘93. Got to do a lot of neat stuff while flying Navy fighters off of boats and three tours as an IP. Changed uniforms, went across the street in spring of ‘93 as a ground school/flight simulator instructor and am still teaching young Navy and Marine officers about flying and surviving around the boat.😊
NRA Life,Endowment,Patron or Benefactor since '72.
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USAF 1960-1964
Lackland AFB
Lowery AFB
Oxnard AFB
"Fire-control Systems" on F-101 Voodoo....which is airborne radar weapons control.
FjLee Denver,CO
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