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06/2013-06/2017 7051 ARFF/EFR/ base funeral detail
USMC inactive reserves 06/2017 - 05/2018

USAR 06/2018 - present 37F PSYOP/ ABN

Haven’t deployed but been to camp Lejeune, camp Geiger, MCAS Beaufort, PI, fort Hunter Liggett, camp parks, fort benning, and fort Campbell.

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Went to goodfellow AFB as well for fire room mates were intel guys.

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US Army 31 years, 2 months and 18 days active duty (1986-2017). Retired as a Command Sergeant Major.
Half my career was spent in the airborne, 3-325 ABCT, 82d, and the 173 ABN Brigade.
Desert Storm, 2 x Iraqi and 2 x Afhanistan
Did the Drill Sergeant thing.
Jumpmaster and Ranger school
A whole bunch of other units and other stuff but I'll keep it simple

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A school in Gulfport Mississippi
I was a Steelworker at ACB-1 Coronado Island. 1990-1994
Deployed 8 months to Mogadishu Somalia
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If any veteran needs help with disability advice or getting on at the VA hit me up.

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BCT Ft. Jackson SC 1980
AIT Ft. Gordon GA 1980, Radio Operator
FRG 1981-1982, Wiley Barracks, Pershing 1A nuclear missile C Battery
1983 Ft. Benning GA 197th Separate Brigade HHC
1983-1994 ARNG Company C 125th Infantry, finished up as an 11B30
1994-2015 ANG Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, electronic warfare section leader
Now retired and serving as the Alpena County Regional Airport manager


Pershing 1A. No city too big, no populated area too small. We even get the roaches.
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1989-2018, 28 years 5 months 14 days. Retired CDR
Flew EA-6Bs for the first 12 years. 2200 hrs and 320 Carrier Landings
Schools and Staff for the last 16 years
Carriers served in some capacity in: Washington, Eisenhower, Nimitz, Lincoln, Vinson, Truman

Pensacola, FL
Whidbey Island, WA
Fallon, NV
Maxwell AFB Montgomery, AL
NS Norfolk. VA
Everett, WA
Doha, Qatar
Bremerton, WA
NSA, Bahrain
Nellis AFB, Las Vegas, NV
Bahrain (again)
Vandenberg AFB, Lompoc, CA

Retired to the sticks in Alabama

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1972 USAF Basic, Lackland; Tech school Acft Electrician Chanute Ill; then to McCoy afb, Plattsburgh afb, Eglin afb, Osan Korea, Mt. Home Idaho, Homestead afb, Fla.
10 years Active, 8 yr break-in service, 10 years USAFR Homestead, Incerlk Turkey, Sao Paulo Brazil, retired-
It was PIA but now that it’s in the rear view- happy I did it, full Bene’s

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That was the first time I chronoed that, seems like a lot of Air Force Bases (with several TDY’s thrown in) but I was young and everyplace was a somewhat new “adventure “

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Rating/MOS: Yeoman
1979 - 1996 (17 years*)
Cape May, NJ
Petaluma, CA
New York, NY (aka Governors Island)
Cleveland, OH
Buffalo, NY
Boston, MA
Topeka, KS (now, now... I know.. The freakin' Coast Guard in the middle of Kansas? WTF?) laugh But it was all 100% Admin/HR/Payroll/I.T. as the whole entire USCG gets paid out of Topeka.

Retirement*
Back in 1996, remember when Bill Clinton and Congress were trying to downsize the military? Way way way too many "high brass" enlisted members were staying in. Promotion boards were at a standstill. You had to wait for someone to freakin' die before you could add another stripe! Remember those years? Anyway, they came out with a new bill approved by Congress, called "TERA" -- Temporary Early Retirement Authorization. In a nutshell: They took the normal 20yr retirement and lowered it to 15 years. Anybody, anywhere, E-5 and above with 15 years of service... Sign here... Bye! Full VA benefits, health care, a total everyday retirement... the only thing different was (obviously) they subtracted out your base pay @ 20 years versus 17.

As a Yeoman (very hard rating to get promoted in), I saw the writing on the wall. I went up for promotion to Chief E-7 over and over and over, and never made it. I said, "screw it" and retired under that TERA policy with 17 years.

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Navy, 1967-71. Aviation Fire Control Technician. I made E4. Three 8 month WESTPAC cruises to Vietnam on USS Ranger. I worked on F4 Phantoms on the flight deck and hangar deck. I stayed out of the way during flight ops most of the time but sometimes had to climb up on an airplane on the catapult and flip a switch to the right position to make the radar work right, or some other simple repair. Otherwise it was stay out of the way until the airplanes are all aboard and chained down and then try to fix any broke airplanes quickly so they could launch them next time. It could be dangerous up there, especially at night, but at least I wasn't getting shot at. What an adventure for a dumb-ass farm kid! I loved the airplanes and all the amazing stuff going on up there, but I wasn't cut out for the military. 4 years of it was all I could take. But I'm a member of the Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club and the training I got in the Navy started my career as an electronics tech and engineer off very well.

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Personel clerk. Army enlisted nurse. US navy corpsman.
E5 (Was offered my E6 to stay in, PTSD said otherwise.
Basic at Leanardwood.
Mobilized out of Indiantown Gap
Detached from my unit (364th general hospital), attached to the 300th field hospital.
On the ground at the start of the ground war. Scud central, Kobar towers. Earned the army achievement medal there.
I was told if I had been an E6, it would have been a bronze star, not sure how true that is.
Lots of pretty ribbons. Army loves it's ribbons. Got one just for showing up long enough.

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Originally Posted by Crockett305
First post, long time voyeur

1972 USAF Basic, Lackland; Tech school Acft Electrician Chanute Ill; then to McCoy afb, Plattsburgh afb, Eglin afb, Osan Korea, Mt. Home Idaho, Homestead afb, Fla.
10 years Active, 8 yr break-in service, 10 years USAFR Homestead, Incerlk Turkey, Sao Paulo Brazil, retired-
It was PIA but now that it’s in the rear view- happy I did it, full Bene’s

I did an 8 year break in service as well. Then 20 more in the National Guard. 24 years total.

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Originally Posted by Nessmuk
Army reserve / Desert shield, storm, Kurdish freedom (on paper).
SeaBee reserve .
Navy reserve.
Personel clerk. Army enlisted nurse. US navy corpsman.
E5 (Was offered my E6 to stay in, PTSD said otherwise.
Basic at Leanardwood.
Mobilized out of Indiantown Gap
Detached from my unit (364th general hospital), attached to the 300th field hospital.
On the ground at the start of the ground war. Scud central, Kobar towers. Earned the army achievement medal there.
I was told if I had been an E6, it would have been a bronze star, not sure how true that is.
Lots of pretty ribbons. Army loves it's ribbons. Got one just for showing up long enough.

Nessmuk,
shout out to fellow Corpsman and also a Virginia Boy.

91 Bravo, 91Charlie, 91Sierra, 54 Echo...

service, 75 to 82...

wrapped up my time with 5501 General Hospital, Ft Snelling MN.

thanks for your service!


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US Army Reserve 1994-2001 62J- general construction equipment operator (boring!)

September 2001 - August 31, 2021 68W - combat medic (not a dull moment!)

I saw action in Iraq 2003-2004, 2009-2010, Afghanistan also in 2009 and 2012-2013.

I retired almost 2 years ago. I have two pensions coming in each month and I work Wed, Thu, Fri from 2-5pm. 😎

It's a rough way to make a living but if a person can hangout for 20+ years it pays off in the end.


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