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Military people, fall in!

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Military people, fall in!
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RE: Military people, fall in!
October 21, 2018 at 2:15 pm
(October 21, 2018 at 2:07 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: Does working for the Navy but not being in the Navy count? (I've also worked for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary)

You guys kept us afloat, fed and moving, that's good enough for me.
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October 21, 2018 at 4:53 pm
(October 21, 2018 at 12:27 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:
(October 21, 2018 at 10:22 am)Whateverist Wrote: I was a navy brat.  Can't say I cared for it all that much.

More to the point, the reason I'm not ex-military is that my birthday lottery number during the 1974 draft was 316.
In 1969 mine was 276.  Panic


Wait, I was assuming it would be the year I turned 21. So I guess it would have been in 1971. Do you remember which birthday it was based on?
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October 21, 2018 at 4:58 pm
My only military experience was getting punched in the mouth by a BA corporal.

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RE: Military people, fall in!
October 21, 2018 at 5:14 pm
(October 21, 2018 at 9:07 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Me. USN '69-'89 (with forty-four months detached duty with OGA.) OUTUS time in S.E.A., Italy, Puerto Rico. Stateside duty in SoCal.

The only regret I have in being a hippy and not joining the Navy was my friend Eldon. He joined in '77 when we graduated high school. He came home on shore leave and I asked  what he did. He said "I am on LBFM patrol." ( Little Brown Fucking Machines). He had polaroids to prove it.
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October 21, 2018 at 7:24 pm
Infantry, 01-07, HOOAH.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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October 21, 2018 at 8:40 pm
(October 21, 2018 at 4:53 pm)Whateverist Wrote:
(October 21, 2018 at 12:27 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: In 1969 mine was 276.  Panic


Wait, I was assuming it would be the year I turned 21.  So I guess it would have been in 1971.  Do you remember which birthday it was based on?

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October 21, 2018 at 9:11 pm
USAF 1985 -1995. I worked mostly on air traffic control communications. Spent 3 months in Saudi Arabia during Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Also served in Arizona, South Korea, Florida and Guam.
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RE: Military people, fall in!
October 21, 2018 at 10:05 pm
(October 21, 2018 at 9:45 am)anjele Wrote: Short time in the Army in the early/mid 80s.  Signal Corp.  Combat Telecommunications Center Operator.

Fort Gordon for AIT? I passed through there in '88. Commanding officer wanted to send me to South Korea, fought like hell for Germany and got it. Two weeks after I got there, they shut down my MOS (39D) and I was once again threatened with South Korea but was able to opt out. All the way out.
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RE: Military people, fall in!
October 21, 2018 at 10:12 pm
(October 21, 2018 at 10:05 pm)The Gentleman Bastard Wrote:
(October 21, 2018 at 9:45 am)anjele Wrote: Short time in the Army in the early/mid 80s.  Signal Corp.  Combat Telecommunications Center Operator.

Fort Gordon for AIT? I passed through there in '88. Commanding officer wanted to send me to South Korea, fought like hell for Germany and got it. Two weeks after I got there, they shut down my MOS (39D) and I was once again threatened with South Korea but was able to opt out. All the way out.

Yes, my AIT was at Ft. Gordon...was in early to mid 83.  72E
  
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RE: Military people, fall in!
October 21, 2018 at 10:43 pm
(October 21, 2018 at 12:27 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:
(October 21, 2018 at 10:22 am)Whateverist Wrote: I was a navy brat.  Can't say I cared for it all that much.

More to the point, the reason I'm not ex-military is that my birthday lottery number during the 1974 draft was 316.
In 1969 mine was 276.  Panic
(October 21, 2018 at 11:25 am)Gwaithmir Wrote: I was in Vietnam for 2½ years. I served in the infantry and later as a machinist doing automotive work and repairing Cobra Gunships.

Were you embedded with MAC/V SOG?  Huh
Maybe. I had a MACV ration card. I was in the 101st Airborne in I Corps. My last tour was in the 5th Armored Cavalry, Bien Hoa.
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