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83-87 US Marines, 6112 CH-46 E Helo Mechanic, Crew Chief
2 yrs in Tustin, Ca Helo base with one west pac tour
2 yrs in Kaneohe Bay, Hi with one west pac tour.
I enjoyed every bit of it and would do it all over again.
HMM-161, HMM-364
Semper Fi Brothers
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Dave
Australian Army
2003 - Present
Cavalry Sergeant
Operational tours
East Timor 2006
Iraq 2007
Afghanistan 2009, 2011,2014
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1997-2003 (Fort Benning OSUT)
11 Bravo (LRRP / LRS Detachment) 297TH INF (Alaska Guard)
2008-2015
11 Bravo 1-12 Cav, 3BCT, 1ST CAV. - Fort Hood, TX.
2 x Iraq (Nineveh Province / Quyarrah West / Basrah / Um-Qasr)
2-30 INF. 4BCT, 10TH MTN - Fort Polk, LA.
Now living the good life, Alaska Commercial Salmon Fishing, among other things.
I miss Iraq, but don't miss Stateside "Big Army" bull.
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Great to see lots of other veterans here.
USMC 93-02
USA 03-2019 (retired now)
OIF 04
OEF 10 & 13
Joe
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US Army 1973-1976
11B2P
Basic Fort Ord, CA
AIT Fort Polk, LA Tigerland
Airborne Fort Benning, GA
Ranger School, Fort Benning, GA, Pneumonia/Strep/Bronchitis during Mtn Phase good for 30 days in Walter Reed
B 1/327 INF, 101st ABN
Jungle Warfare School, Camp Sherman, Canal Zone
B 4/6 INF Berlin Brigade
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My son was a White Curahee with the 506th, 101st Airborne. He did a tour (2008-2009) in Afghanistan as SDM
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Post has ran for 8years now and 400k plus views Great to see the brotherhood is still as strong as ever.
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A sincere Thank You to all you Veterans! 
Trump Won!
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83-87 US Marines, 6112 CH-46 E Helo Mechanic, Crew Chief
2 yrs in Tustin, Ca Helo base with one west pac tour
2 yrs in Kaneohe Bay, Hi with one west pac tour.
I enjoyed every bit of it and would do it all over again. As we used to say in 3MAW... "It was real, and it was fun... but it wasn't real fun".  :P I wanted to stay, but my knees wouldn't let me (RE:3P). 81-89 USMC 6477/6466 (MOS # changed in 85) A-6E & F/A-18A FLIR IMA tech Boot & schools 6/81-2/83 MCAS El Toro, Ca 3/83-6/89 with one deployment w/VMA(AW)-242 to MCAS Iwakuni, Japan & NAS Cubi Point, Philippines 4/84-10/84 & multiple ship-board outings w/VMA(AW)-121 aboard CV-61 Ranger 11/85, 9/86-10/86 Pusan SK & Vancouver Canada, 3/87-4/87 Pusan SK & Sasebo Japan, 7/87-12/87 Subic Bay P.I., Singapore, Indian Ocean/Arabian Sea, Pattaya Thailand, Hong Kong, Subic Bay
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USN 1976-80 active
Aviation Anti-submarine Warfare Technician Second Class (AX-2) at separation.
Did boot in Orlando followed by avionics schools at NAS Memphis. Had orders to CV-59 USS Forrestal, but orders were modified before departure and ended up with Patrol Squadron 24 based at NAS Jacksonville. Deployed to NAF Sigonella twice, made E-5 between deployments.
Couldn't wait to get out, but couldn't believe how quickly 1996 rolled around and kicked myself in the ass ever since!
Surprised to never see any other soul from the VP-24 Batmen here.
Give a communist a helicopter ride, he flies for an afternoon. Throw a communist out of a helicopter and he flies for the rest of his life.....
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Skipped school in my senior year, cold day, 3rd of January 1978 and joined the ARMY @ 17 years old, was tired of people asking what I was going to do. Signed up as a Tank Mechanic with my 1st tour in Germany. After graduating HS I did Basic and AIT at Fort Knox, came home for Christmas, got married to my HS sweetheart, Reported to C Co 1/32 Armor in Germany, and soon afterwards moved off post and brought her over. After Germany went to FT Carson A Co 1/77 Armor, then HHC 464 Combat Engineers, then C Co 464th Combat Engineers, then HHC 164th Support Group, then 348Transportation Company (Bulk Haul), then as an Instructor, BNCOC, ANOC and 63 Series Mechanical Maintenance Career Fields at RTSM Fort McCoy, then the 417th Maintenance Company in Faribault MN, then over to the Detachment of the 417th in Wabasha MN, then up to the 302nd
Maintenance Company, Arden Hills MN as the S3 NCO where I retired back in 2004. Retired out a MSG with 26 years, and over 24 of it Active Duty and a bunch of side trips to Germany, Korea and the Middle East.
I don't want a pickle, I just wanna ride my motorcycle
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'68-'72 O62B
101st ABN RVN I Corps 69-70
Ft. Rucker '70
101st ABN RVN I Corps 71-72
1st Cav RVN 3 Corps '72
B/7/17th 2 Corps '72
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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Thanks for your service all you guys. Be Well, RZ.
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Thank you all for the service that you've provided for our country.
US Army 2007-Current
19D Cavalry Scout
Knox OSUT 5/15
Campbell 101st, 4th BDE Curahee, 1/61 CAV
Carson 4th ID, 3rd BDE 4/10 CAN
West Virginia State University ROTC Instructor
US Army Cavalry Scout 2007-Current
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” Edmond Burke
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Good to see the military pride from the brotherhood!
USN 1994-1999, DoD Civil 1999-2002
Weather Observer & Forecaster/7412
Great Lakes Bootcamp
Keesler AFB - Weather Observer School
NAS Adak, AK
Keesler AFB - Weather Forecaster School
NPMOC Monterey, CA
Honorable Discharge and back to Keesler AFB as civilian instructor. Crossed paths with Hudge (about 30 posts up) while instructing.
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USAR 1984-2010
84B - Still Photographic Specialist
Basic Ft Bliss - AIT Lowry AFB
OCS in 88 - 11A thru 2010
(Deployed ISO Desert Storm in 91 with 3/87 IN and 03-05 ISO OIF/OEF with 3/361st TSB then 05-08 COTTAD with STRATCOM)
Enlisting was the best decision i ever made. It set me on a path i wouldn't have been able to do on my own and exposed me to some of the most magnificent people anyone would hope to know.
If any 173rd ABN Sky Soldiers stumble on this and you served in Oct 1970, i would love to hear from you.
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Ben, US Army Retired
89 Basic
90 AIT 12B, (split-op, I was still in high school)
90-11 Active Duty
In the midst of all that I was Mechanized to start, became a Paratrooper, then went SF, 18C.
Schools and training..... yes, all the fun and some not so fun ones
Deployments...… yep, did God's good work in numerous places
Enjoyed the vast majority of it and met, worked with and fought along side of what I believe to be the best people in the world, but I'm biased!
Bore size is no substitute for shot placement and
Power is no substitute for bullet performance. 458WIN
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Doug
Enlisted May '81, 31V1P (Tac Commo) FT Sill, OK for AIT, Benning for jump school and married in Phoenix City, AL
82nd Abn 81-83,
FT Rucker for Flight School (AH-1 Cobras)
Ft Wainwright, AK, Hunter AAF, GA (AH-64 Apache)
Desert Shield/Storm,
5-501 Camp Eagle, ROK,
Hunter AAF, ROK (3-6 CAV) Camp Humphries, Back to Hunter,
Retired May '01 AH-64 MTP.
And these zombies line up and eat from the media’s trough
Cowards CANNOT be free. Nor should they be.
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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Bill, USAF Ret MSgt 1964-1984 20 years, 3 months, 14 days of a mostly good experience. AFSC 99125, 99104 "Special Electronics Tech" Same organisation my full career. We monitored the Nuclear Weapons Test Ban treaty. Interesting job.
Basic at Lackland - got my training flight quarantined with measles!
Tech school Lowry AFB, Denver
Thailand for a year.
Back to Lowry for 3 years as maintenaance tech at our tech school. Married a USO hostess, she died on me 52 years later.
3 years at RAAF Amberly, Brisbane Australia. Good duty, GOOD beer, and near local relatives, too.
The rest of my time was at McClellan AFB, Sacramento CA, except for the year (was supposed to be 2 years) in Tehran. The
Shah left, and so did we. Evac'ed back to Sacramento, which was our maintenance and engineering support squadron location.
Retired because my son was turning 16, I was on the short list to get sent unaccompanied, and I figured it was time to be
home.
If I had it to do over again, given the same time frame, I would. Just should have held on to a couple guns that I let slip through my fingers.
I don't have too many guns, I just need a bigger safe.
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US Army 1972 - 1975
Primary MOS - 12B20 Combat Engineer
Secondary MOS - 64M20 Loader / Dozer Oper.
B Co. 10th Engr. Bn.
Daley Barracks
Bad Kissingen, Germany.
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