Military Service

[goofyone]

I have noticed many members who have discussed their service in various threads and wanted to start a thread about this. I know we have members across generations so I thought it would be interesting to hear a little about members service.

From 2000-2004 I served as a 74B/25B Information Technology Specialist in the Army Signal Corps. I served tours in Afghanistan and Iraq where my role was to travel between various Forward Operating Bases and Combat Outposts supporting the technology systems needs including VOIP and internet access capabilities at MWR (Morale, Welfare, and Recreation) centers which allowed personnel to stay in touch with family back home.

 

[Brian1362]

Funny, as that is my current MOS. I am here at Dixon Hall at Fort Gordon, as well.

 

[Craig]

*Marine Boot Camp MCRD San Diego 2nd. Recruit BN, Plt. 2093 Aug 75-Nov 75
*MP School Ft. McClellan AL
*Duty with, Naval Correctional Facility Norfolk VA
*Duty with, Marine Barracks Norfolk VA (Main Guard)
*NBC-Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Warfare Defense School Anniston AL
*Duty with, 2nd Marine Div Camp Lejeune NC
(Battalion S3 Training Water Safety Survival Instructor)
*Duty with, 8th Eng. French Creek Camp Lejeune NC
(Base Operations Battalion S3 Training)
*Duty with, 1st Marine Air wing Iwakuni Japan
(Flight Operations S3 Training Staff NCOIC)
*Technical Escorting of Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Weapons School Redstone Arsenal AL
*Duty with, 2nd Force Service Support Group Camp Lejeune NC
(Base Operations Battalion S3 Training, Advanced Marksmanship Instructor and Base EMT)
*Staff & Officer NBC Defense School Camp Geiger NC (Instructor)

Got out in 85 Joined U.S. Army 86

*Duty with, 2nd Battalion, 7thCavalry Regiment (Garryowen) FT Hood TX
(Battalion S3 Training NBC Specialist)
*Duty with, NATO HQ, Allied Forces Northern Europe Oslo Norway
(NATO Corp HQ NBC Specialist and SiOps)
*Air Assault School FT Campbell KY
*Duty with, C Co. 2nd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment "Raider Rakkasans" 101st Air Born (Air Assault) FT Campbell KY
(Battalion S3 Training NBC Specialist)
*Operation Steel Box, removal of chemical weapons out of Germany after the fall of the wall.
*Duty with, C Co. 2nd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment "Raider Rakkasans" 101st Air Born (Air Assault) Desert Shield/Desert Storm Iraq
(NBC-Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Warfare Defense Specialist)
*Duty with, Pre Positioned Military Equipment Depot Monchengladbach GR
(NBC Specialist)
Retired 95

Became a 18 year Master Weaver for the Longaberger Co.

 

[KN16]

I was in the Army reserves as a watercraft engineer. Later I joined the Navy reserves. They made me a SeaBee. So I was in the Army and spent all my time on the water and I was in the Navy and spent all my time in the dirt. For some reason my life always seems to work out that way

 

[AltoidBox]

I was in the Army Reserve from 2002 to 2010. I was a 42L with the F5 identifier (Administrative Specialist with Postal training). I was activated in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in late 2004 and was in Iraq (FOB Danger in Tikrit) most of 2005. I worked in an Army Post Office as a Postal Clerk while there.

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[Ty]

Air Force since 1992. Aircraft Armament. commissioned in 2001 - Missile maintenance since then.

 

[PhilGoings]

I was in the Gator Navy out of Littlecreek from 1966-1970

 

[quarkdude]

US Navy from 1987 to 1991.
Boot camp in 1987 just 2 months after I graduated high school. Great Lakes Boot camp
Then off the A school for Avionics training in Millington TN.
Then to Jacksonville Florida where I got to my FA-18 Fighter Jet Squadron VFA-131 Wildcats, Spent 3.5 years there to complete my 4 years active time.
During that time a was on 2 Air Craft Carriers: The Independence (razor blades now) and The "IKE" CVN-69 The Eisenhower. Served in the Southwest asia war - Desert Storm in 1991.
I was an avionics tech for our 12 FA-18's in sunny Florida - I had 1.5 years at sea during my time in. Honorable discharge in 1991.
-quarkdude

 

[SandyCWV]

Air Force from 1984 to 1994. F-15 Comm/Nav Avionics.
Texas, Colorado, Florida, Netherlands, Arizona, Iceland, Germany, North Carolina with official side trips to Spain, Italy, England, California, and Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War.
The other half of me and our two Elios was also Air Force from 1983 to 1992 as a Fuel Systems Technician.
We would have stayed longer, but Clinton said he didn't need us anymore. Life has been an adventure.

 

[3 Card]

I have noticed many members who have discussed their service in various threads and wanted to start a thread about this. I know we have members across generations so I thought it would be interesting to hear a little about members service.

From 2000-2004 I served as a 25B Information Technology Specialist in the Army Signal Corps. I served tours in Afghanistan and Iraq where my role was to travel between various Forward Operating Bases and Combat Outposts supporting the technology systems needs including VOIP and internet access capabilities at MWR (Morale, Welfare, and Recreation) centers which allowed personnel to stay in touch with family back home.

Wow do I feel old.. Army .. May 2ond 1966 thru January 3rd 1969....Basic training at Ft Knox KY.. AIT @ Ft Leonardwood MO, 1 year in Darmstadt Germany, 7th Army DIV.... Vietnan, January 1968--January 1969, 1st infantry -2ond and 18th Batalion.. Anyone here at either place / division at same time ?