Military Background

[DirtyD]

Just curious as to how many of us here have a military back ground... If so how long, what service and what MOS?

8 years USMC 1833 (Amphibious Assault)
Crewman/Crewchief/Section Leader/MOS Instructor
Basic Marksmanship Coach/PMI
Base Range Saftey Inspector
Foreign Weapons Instructor
Joint Service Shotgun Instructor Trainer.... and a few more billets

2 years and counting Texas Army National Guard
13F (Forward Observer)
79T (recruiting and Retention NCO)

Thanks to all for their service, past, present and future atriot:

 

[jdh]

11+ Army
32D Pershing Communications Specialist
Which changed to
26Q Tactical Satellite/Microwave Systems Supervisor
with the end of Pershing
And a Secondary of
44B Automotive Body Repairman

Also did my time as Company SLJ NCO, Training NCO, Armorer, NBC NCO, and MARS Station operator.

 

[kville79]

4yrs USMC
0331/ GITMO/ 2nd Battalion 8th MarDiv
Served as both a Team and Squad leader, schooled in NBC Defense and was part of the MSPF

3yrs Active Army
11B/ Joint Security Area, United Nations Council Security Battalion/ 2-29th Infantry (TraDoc)
Served as a Team Leader, Squad Leader, HQ platoon SGT
Also spent time as an Armorer, NBC NCO, Commo NCO, Supply NCO, etc... basically a man of many skills, also ran all the PMI's for the company.
At the 29th I was range cadre for Fort Benning that taught Infantry Basic training and Basic Officers Leadership Course on Convoy Live Fire.

1 1/2yrs so far in as an Intelligence Analyst in the 344th Psychological Operations company here in Austin, Also the Re-enlistment NCO, etc... also dreading being made Platoon SGT for the Product and Analysis Detachment... I hate paperwork.

 

[Code3GT]

4 yrs USAF 3P051
47th Security Forces - Laughlin AFB, Del Rio, Texas
8 months Al Dhafra AFB, United Arab Emerates 380th Air Expeditionary Forces

always contemplating guard/reserves but desire fades quickly

 

[Vellcrow]

12 years Air Force

2W171/46270 Aircraft Armament Systems Specialist

 

[lonewolf23c]

6-1/2 Years Idaho Army National Guard.

3 years as an M1A1 Abrams Battle Tank Driver
3-1/2 years as a Cavalry Scout
1-1/2 of my Cav Scout years were spent in Kirkuk Iraq.

I enjoy it and I work at my local unit armory as a supply technician.

 

[chevydeerhunter]

US Army
91E Dental Specialist
91A Combat Medic
Air Assault

I was going to be a dentist, but I couldn't stand the thought of looking down people's traps for 30 years!

 

[hoytinak]

US Army
Oct 96--Apr 08
11B
2/505 PIR, 82nd Airborne the entire time

 

[drj3828]

US ARMY
Dec 78 - Dec 85
63B Power Generation and Wheeled Vehicle Mech.
Two other OJT MOS can't remember the numbers though I have CRS.

DRJ

 

[oldcop041]

Army 1966-1968. (yes, I was drafted).
91A10- Combat Medic
91U20 - eye/ear/nose throat specialist
Spec 5
Basic at Fort Polk. AIT at Fort Sam Houston. Stationed at the Army War College - Carlisle Barracks, PA

 

[midnightrider]

US Army Infantry 1969 to 1977 (I joined)
1 tour of Vietnam and Cambodia (25th 1/5 Mech Infantry)
2 years on the Czech border as Operations Sgt.
1 year as a Drill Sgt
Rest spent in G-3 operations teaching light weapons and tactics.

 

[mac79912]

U.S Army
Jun 96-May 00
101st Airborne
11B2-airborne infantry
spec 5
Did basic at Benning 1/50th Sand Hill.

 

[a44mag4dave]

U.s. Army

US Army 1990-2000
63S Heavy Wheel Mechanic
Air Assualt
2 yrs Fulda Germany 11th ACR
2 yrs FT Stewart GA 24th INF
1 yr Camp Casey Korea 1st TANK
2 yrs FT Hood 1st CAV
1 yr Camp Hovey Korea 1/9 INF
2 yr Ft Hood 1st CAV

Never deployed until I became a civilian.. Now I've been in Kuwait, Afghanistan, and Iraq for 4 years supporting the troops.

 

[kville79]

1 yr Camp Casey Korea 1st TANK
2 yrs FT Hood 1st CAV
1 yr Camp Hovey Korea 1/9 INF
2 yr Ft Hood 1st CAV

hahaha... the Ft. Hood, Camp Casey rotation of death

 

[BrazosCoTX]

20 years USMC, MOS 0302
Duty with 2d, 3d, and 8th Marine regts
Two tours as instructor
One tour recruiting
Periodic tours at Quantico for schooling

Semper Fidelis

 

[a44mag4dave]

But you have to love the Tokeri Midget..... No I didnt get the Tshirt..

 

[DrBart2]

US Navy 1974-1981
QM2-Navigation team on the USS Racine

 

[gwrober]

USAF - 95-02
2E - Ground Radio and communications, electronics
Stationed at Lackland AFB. My ENTIRE career. Some tdy's around...

 

[TxPhantom]

U.S. Army

U. S. Army
1965-1968
11th Air Assault (later to become 7 Cavalry in V.N. and featured in
the movie "Once We Were Soldiers")
Originally drafted but re-uped later.
Staff Sgt when discharged.
Discharged 3 months before they went to V.N.

I was glad to get out but I have often missed the military since then.

 

[ambidextrous1]

US Air Force, pilot, 1952 - 1962

I flew the heavies - in SAC.