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Just some inarticulate phucwad trying to attack slum.

Yeah! It was named Fort Chaffee Arkansas!!

Not I, but my Father was USAFA class of 1966.

There were a few times where my dad wished he could send me off to a military school.

He just didn't know what else to do with me.

I did not.

Oddly enough - none of the officers I served with did either. The only one that sorta fits the bill was a former Marine mortar guy who went to VMI and was commissioned. Capt when we were together tho he picked up Major shortly after we went our own ways. Good guy. SMART. I mean that.

i graduated from USNA in '42 and served in the south pacific in PT boats with a bunch of looney guys. i was a spit and polish, by the book Ensign, unlike those other guys. the skipper was a hoot. the captain was a dick though. always ruining our fun. good times, good times.

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rem141r,
That makes you nearly 100yo? Hats off to you, sir. I listened to Dan Carlin’s recent podcast series on the war in the South Pacific. Beyond brutal. Thank you for enduring those hell holes.

i'll 103 next month. only saw one jap and he was a friendly. he was a good cook too. just ask captain binghampton

Like Bucktail, I also received a Congressional nomination. Mine was to enter the Naval Academy in 1976, after attending a year of N.A.P.S. (Naval Academy Prep School) to bring my math scores up. The thought of an extra year was too much and the fact that my eyesight disqualified me for consideration of flight school, I turned down the opportunity. I guess it became a case of "coulda, woulda, shoulda" for me, but I'm happy with my decision and have had a great life.

My son in law is a West Pointer. Great guy
I was recruited for USMA but, at 17 post Vietnam and a brother in Angers, I wanted nothing to do with the military. A year later I quit college and enlisted

Not me but one son, a DIL and a SIL are all USAFA grads.

Tip up.
Only reel when he stops!

My father in law graduated from West Point. Went to Vietnam , was commander of a tank battalion. Combat wounded Purple Heart recipient. Spoke fluent Russian and taught the Russian language at West Point. Later promoted to base commander at Garmisch Germany. His country used him as a spy then sadly abandoned him. Killed himself in ‘95. RIP and God bless you Colonel Richard Kosevich.

AOCS Baby. Class 04-90. back when there was such a thing.

Here's a snappy salute to you, Sir. An early Happy Birthday as well.

When was he in Garmisch? I was there in 89

Wow.

RIP Col Kosevich.

USNA 90

I was stationed at West Point during the Fall and Winter of 1968. There were more officers there of the rank of Major and above than enlisted men and a fellow could wear his arm off saluting all the time. The cadets also actually outranked us. I did get to perform with the Army band while stationed there. I was an assistant .loader on the 105mm howitzer during the rendition of the 1812 overture.

I actually enlisted in the Army to attend OCS but while I was in basic training in 1967 the CO called all of us officer candidates into his office and explained that the Army had changed the rules and you now had to have a college degree or have one year of active duty in the service to qualify for OCS. I did not have a degree yet and after I had been for a year I had no desire to become an officer.