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USCG May 4 1964-1 Oct 1985,like others a lot of my family has served in conflicts

Fore father,Revolutionary War
Three Great Grandfathers Civil War
Two Grandfathers in WWI
My Father WWII,Tail Gunner B-17, 22 combat Mission over Germany.Interesting thing after he passed on I found in his papers written on a foreign Bill, the names of the people he went over with and the ones who didn't come back, Also a list of all the places they made Bombing runs .
Two Uncles fought in Korea,one uncle Navy Pacific.

I have one of my Great Grandfathers Civil War discharge and some of my Great Grandmothers pension papers.

What an amazing military family tree..you should be very proud to keep it going!!!!....FLEM

USMC - 1972 to 1976 (E1-E5) 0341
USMCR - 1980 to 1986 (01-03) Unrestricted Naval Aviator
USN - 1986-1998 (03-04) Unrestricted Naval Aviator

My dad was a WW2 hero in the Army Air Corps
Two brothers were short time Army enlisted

O.Okie....not up on my Navy lingo..what's Unrestricted Naval Aviator???....FLEM

I'm the only member of my family with military service within the past three generations. Served 31 Yrs + (1958 - 1989) in the US Air Force as a Crypto Linguist (Russian)/Air Intelligence NCO. Retired with 8 yrs + as a CMSgt in 1989. My father was a coal miner in Eastern KY (Harlan Co.) during WW-II so was exempt from draft or volunteer service. Of my total service, spent 26 yrs overseas in Japan, Pakistan, Korea, PI, Iran, Ethiopia, Turkey, England and Germany chasing the Russian bear with my headphones. Caught him a couple of times too. Had some amazing experiences some of which are probably still classified so I'll shut up there.
Went to SEAsia twice. First tour a office-bound ground pounder but my second tour was a Targets Validation NCO on ABCCC, a 24-7 C-130 Comm and Control platform. At least the language was English or Pidgin Thai for that tour.
Loved every day in the Air Force and would go back tomorrow if I wasn't too old.
Love Pre-64 Mod 70's, CRF Rugers and CRF Mausers and shoot as much as I can.
Don Boyd

Killer Spades had too much fun GI! We did the '72 Spring Offensive at An Loc and Quang Tri...12 O'Clock High and all that hoo-haw. Could write a book about any single day probably...at either place. Ratta-tat-tat

I did LZ X-Ray among others.

US Army 90-93. 31D mostly with the 5th signal battalion at Ft. Polk, LA. I remember loading our trucks onto a train one day and watching which direction it left. South would have meant it was going to a port, west meant training at the NTC at Fort Irwin California. It went west and that's how we found out we were not going to Saudi Arabia.

I'm thankful that I never deployed to a combat zone and stand in awe of those of you that did. Thanks to every one hear.

I just saw pictures today of my wife's young cousin graduating from Basic this weekend. That and this thread brought back some good/proud memories.

Lean, mean and livin' the dream. Marine Combat Engineer serving with 1 MEF in Afghanistan as we speak.

Good to hear from you. Humped all over Helmand and Kandahar in 2008. Was based out of Tombstone. Always loved to see engineers working hard.

On morning after a long night in Helmand summer of 2008, before the serge. I'm the runt on the right.

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60 MM. Mortar squad leader. I Company Weapons. 3rd. Battalion 4th. Marines 2nd. Marine Division. "THUNDERING THIRD" 1983-1987.

Still checkin in on all you guys since posting this thread...Don't have a handle for you but will call you Son of SU..Thanks son for your service..glad you checked in and stay safe..God Bless!!.....FLEM

SU35..great lookin young lad you got there..you must be very proud!!

You guys look like the "Real Deal"...tnx for your service....FLEM

Unrestricted = We can fly both fixed wing or rotary wing. Restricted aviators can only fly fixed wing.

I have NEVER heard that expression/rating , then again I only did 30...jorge

While no longer with us.."a real teacher of facts".
He was the real deal...RIP,"Mikey"

For a friend:

Donald Henry Zillgitt
Storekeeper 2nd Class

PERSONAL DATA
Home of Record: Inglewood, CA
Date of birth: 02/26/1944

MILITARY DATA
Service: United States Navy
Grade at loss: E5
Rank: Storekeeper 2nd Class
ID No: B980835
MOS: 0000: Not Recorded
Length Service: 02
Unit: DET B, SEAL TEAM 1, TF 116, USNAVFORV

CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: ------
Incident Date: 05/12/1968
Casualty Date: 05/12/1968
Age at Loss: 24
Location: Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam
Remains: Body recovered
Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright
Casualty Reason: Ground casualty
Casualty Detail: Gun or small arms fire

URL: www.VirtualWall.org/dz/ZillgittDH01a.htm

I met with his brother (my bud's father, Donny's brother) last month. They still don't talk about it. It hurt Donny's brother too much.

BMT

Are you confusing Unrestricted Line officers - those that can command at sea and Restricted Line - those such as medical and JAG corp that can't?

I've certainly never heard of anything like you suggest.

For my time - A Naval Flight Officer in the EA-6B 1986-2007 - Desert Shield, Desert Storm and Bosnia active, Northern Watch, Southern Watch and Kosovo as Reservist. 2400 Prowler hours and 501 traps.

My wife will not participate in discussions of my activities in RSVN to this day, she chooses to ignore it as she was so afraid I would not come home and see my daughter we conceived just before I left. It is a totally taboo subject in her presence. Not all casualties were from combat.