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Please sign in and years served with your rank. All gave some , Some gave all.  Ross Patterson SP5E5 1966-1969 da prez Those unable to sign someone please remember. Santa Tom comes to mind RIP |
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« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2020, 06:18:34 PM » |
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Gunnery Sergeant - E7 1968 - 1980
Just short of a dozen years.
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« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2020, 06:51:52 PM » |
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« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2020, 07:00:58 PM » |
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Alexander (Sandy) Fraser E5 Staff Sergeant USAF 1967-1971. Supported Titan II ICBMs.
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« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2020, 07:29:10 PM » |
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Damn Rick ! I didn't realize you are so old.  '78-'82 USN DS3 |
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« Reply #6 on: November 10, 2020, 08:40:37 PM » |
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U S Navy A M E 3/E 4. Feb 1964 Feb 1968. 2 tours off Nam. RIDE SAFE.
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Today is the tommorow you worried about yesterday. If at first you don't succeed screw it-save it for nite check. 1964 1968 U S Navy. Two cruises off Nam.
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« Reply #7 on: November 10, 2020, 11:55:07 PM » |
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« Reply #8 on: November 11, 2020, 01:57:34 AM » |
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Jess from VA Capt USAF (Reserve, then Regular) Active duty 1984 - 1992 Back to Reserve 1992 - 2012.   (I suggest the olive branch over the lightning bolts) |
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« Reply #9 on: November 11, 2020, 02:51:08 AM » |
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« Reply #10 on: November 11, 2020, 04:44:52 AM » |
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Army 1980 -1983, Sergeant E5 I encourage everyone to do something like this, then on the back write a few things of who you were and what you did in the military. It may not mean much to you but it will future generations.  |
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« Reply #11 on: November 11, 2020, 05:47:44 AM » |
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« Reply #12 on: November 11, 2020, 05:49:33 AM » |
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« Reply #13 on: November 11, 2020, 06:10:01 AM » |
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« Reply #14 on: November 11, 2020, 06:32:17 AM » |
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« Reply #15 on: November 11, 2020, 08:39:23 AM » |
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« Reply #17 on: November 11, 2020, 09:54:58 AM » |
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« Reply #18 on: November 11, 2020, 10:19:33 AM » |
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« Reply #19 on: November 11, 2020, 10:24:02 AM » |
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Navy Seabees
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« Reply #20 on: November 11, 2020, 11:20:27 AM » |
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Okay Senior Chief- what's SW and what do they do ? (I didn't have much reason to learn about the Seabees in that area). (After Googling) - Steelworker. Ok - could be useful is setting temporary / semi- and Permanent structures for shore facilities. Also sounds like a skill that would be highly transferable to the civilian world after you left the service. |
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« Reply #21 on: November 11, 2020, 11:48:24 AM » |
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« Reply #22 on: November 11, 2020, 12:21:50 PM » |
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« Reply #23 on: November 11, 2020, 01:38:56 PM » |
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US Marines and US Army
My wife and family deserve as much or more appreciation for their support so I could do my duty.
She kept things together while I was off doing the things I did.
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« Reply #24 on: November 11, 2020, 01:52:41 PM » |
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All I can say right now is THANK YOU to each one of you.
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« Reply #25 on: November 11, 2020, 01:54:58 PM » |
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US Marines and US Army
My wife and family deserve as much or more appreciation for their support so I could do my duty.
She kept things together while I was off doing the things I did.
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« Reply #26 on: November 11, 2020, 01:57:25 PM » |
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« Reply #27 on: November 11, 2020, 02:48:26 PM » |
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« Reply #28 on: November 11, 2020, 03:40:36 PM » |
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« Reply #29 on: November 11, 2020, 03:44:16 PM » |
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« Reply #30 on: November 11, 2020, 04:18:00 PM » |
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USAF '57='63, E-4. Bombing system elec. tech on B-52's & B-47's. Elec. tech on B-52 carried GAM-77 Houndog ASM missile. Had a feel good moment: missile school salutatorian, beat by a kid with eidetic memory. Kid was amazing....and weird. Me....I was just weird! Point of interest...to me anyway. I had first tried to enlist in the Marines but after a rather long day on my feet was rejected. I had been clipped playing football in Jr. College and did major damage to my foot and ankle. The long day took its toll and was caught with a slight limp so was rejected. A couple weeks later I enlisted in the USAF, they weren't as fussy.  |
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« Reply #31 on: November 11, 2020, 04:24:23 PM » |
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« Reply #32 on: November 11, 2020, 04:37:27 PM » |
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Yeah, before the Air Force, I talked to the Marines and the Navy.
I got the worst interview you could ever imagine from a female navy Lt (like in supply, not a JAG, which made no sense at all). The Navy never even gave me an up or down either way, and I was so pissed, I never called them back. The Marines were great, they even were going to send a man out to run me all over my home town (in the dead of winter) like a personal trainer, to get me up to speed on the physical requirements. I wasn't in terrible shape, but I had been in classrooms for 9 years.
The Air Force commissioning deal was so much better, and so was the worldwide possibilities for assignments.
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« Reply #33 on: November 11, 2020, 05:19:21 PM » |
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A Line Officer would have been better, but in truth - recruiters can be from anything (the job is what we would call a 1000- series billet - any designator).
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« Reply #34 on: November 11, 2020, 06:04:10 PM » |
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When you are seeking a direct appointment commission as a Judge Advocate, you need to be interviewed by a Jag. If you got undergrad and law degrees and passed a bar, presumably you can read, write, walk and talk OK, but can you lawyer? My navy lieutenant was not even a recruiter, just got handed my interview as some extra duty. My (on paper credentials and) great interview at Wright Patterson AFB with a USAF Col Jag was what got me in. I wonder if the Navy was having doctors interviewed by supply lieutenants? (sorry) My mistake was going to Selfridge AFB (now ANG base), which had detachments from all services located there for a Navy interview. Later, when speaking to HQ USAF JAG about my application, the guy told me do not go to Selfridge, go to a real AFB. So I drove to Dayton. |
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« Reply #35 on: November 11, 2020, 07:45:06 PM » |
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As I said, I'm glad the Air Force worked out for you.  |
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