Who Actually Has Been Or Is In the Military(US Military)

[TheBear]

USMC 67-77

Vietnam 68-71

USMC CAP 69-71

MOS's 0311-8654-8541


May God's speed be with those that have served in the United States Armed Forces and may God richly bless their loved ones.

0311....no surprise there.

 

[Touring3D]

I served 4 years in the U.S. Air Force, and seperated in June of 2003. I am so glad I served. Who knows? Maybe after I get my college degree I will become an officer.

 

[inquisitor_11]

U.S Army

SFC, 20 years 5 mos

15R Attack Helicopter Mechanic AH-64D (Apache Longbow)

Served 4 months in Iraq - back now on a medical.

Retiring in June 2005!

God Bless our service men & women who put it all on the line day in and day out!

Jeff
Psalm 13:6

Nice to hear you made it back home ok.

A mate of mine was talking to some arty. bloke that had been over there, and he reckoned that among other things, that US gunships were doing regular, almost random strafing runs at night on locals that were "not exactly combatents".

Can you illuminate this furphy anymore for us?

 

[Mϋzikdϋde]

Muz I'm not quite sure how you meant that.
So just in case I don't mean to imply you are a poser, not at all.
I take you at face value.
Furthrmore, on this whole issue I don't think a guy has to be a vet or a combat vet to have an opinion on the military, not at all!
I have no problem with healthy dissagreements amongst us.
Strong opinions are fine with me.

I am only objecting to the type of posturing that is done to enhance credibility through deceit.
Promoting ones self, as something that they are not, is objectionable.

My only suggestion was to avoid the problem by devising a way to, sort of weed out the patently abusive fakes.

So, please don't take it the wrong way.
For what it is worth to you I, personaly, never considered you in that category.
You simply do not cross my mind in that context.
I am not saying people need to see things the way I do to be legitimate.

Since you are currently on active duty and seem to be a trustworthy individual you could be an acceptable person, as far as I am concerned, to verify that we are who we say we are.

So if a poster wants to rise above the wannabe all he has to do is ante up.
To avoid possible security concerns Critical info like ID #'s could be excluded.
Eliminating what would be the major objection.

Opinions???

Daidhaid...I was just being a screwball... which is par for the course for me. Your post(s) had absolutely nothing to do with what I said, but thanks for the kinds words just the same Brother.

 

[Billnew]

US Army, 1989-1999, 13C30, Artillery Fire Direction Sergeant. We make the big guns shoot straight

In the Air force we had computers do this.(our big guns go big boom)
GLCM- LOL

I was in USAF, 1983-1989
Security Police

 

[jbaccus]

Bill you crack me up! Gives new meaning to the big bang theory.

*AIR POWER*

 

[USAFdave]

Air Force, 1999- present

 

[WarSong]

What's your AFSC?

 

[Syme711]

Lcpl. USMCR 2311 (Ammo Tech) My unit was activated for 6 months last year 2003. Just worked at Camp Pendleton. We might be going to Iraq still.

Semper Fi

 

[Jive Nation]

CPL in the Army here, 82nd Airborne.

eagerly aiwating ETS

 

[Jive Nation]

F-15E's were a God send at times. They were also hell on earth.

In Fallujah, we saw A-10s and Spectere Gun ships do there thing, aside from Army Heli-Pilots doing the Hellfire/50 Cal. thing.

CAS is awesome stuff, I was more comfortable with it then Indierect Fire.

 

[Jive Nation]

I've been in the Army for two months. I'm a cadet at West Point. I admit I don't know much about the military yet and I certainly don't know anything about combat ... yet.

Kinda off Topic, but when I was at Ranger School, my Ranger Buddy was a Cadet who said he had been in the Army for about 4 years, reffering to his time spent at the Academay.

I didn't know time spent there counted as actual service....

 

[daidhaid]

Off the top of my head
The cadets don't have to commit to serve untill I think the second year. At some point they train with active duty and are ranked as cadets but I think get some NCO grade pay.
I dont think they swear in till they commit or graduate.

 

[dasielady]

Wisconsin Army National Guard.
82C Field Artillery Surveyor
2002-present.
E-3 up for E-4 when I pass my APFT.

 

[2Timothy2]

Army 85-89 11B2V

 

[DIVAMOM]

I was in the Army almost four years. I met and married my husband while I was in and I got out when I got pregnant with my son. My husband is still in. He's a lifer. FYI, I have very strong opinions on many subjects, you may need to cool my heels every now and then!

 

[tndrwarrior]

Kinda off Topic, but when I was at Ranger School, my Ranger Buddy was a Cadet who said he had been in the Army for about 4 years, reffering to his time spent at the Academay.

I didn't know time spent there counted as actual service....

Yeah cadets are active duty military members during their time at the Academy, but the time spent there does not count towards their 20 years of service. It starts after graduation. Also, I believe at all Academies the pay is a certain percentage of second lieutenant pay. But what would I know, I'm in the AF.

 

[RMB62]

I just retired from the Army. 5 years of my 20 were spent in the Corps. During that time, I was everything from mech to Abn. as an infantryman.

 

[GLM]

United States Marine Corps 1986 - 1990. In the Band. I was a Corporal when I got out. I served at MCRD San Diego and Okinawa.

 

[Entertaining_Angels]

former Training and Ops NCO in the Army. My husband currently serves as a Sergeant Major in the USAR. We credit our eight year marriage to the fact that when I wasn't deployed, he was and vice versa. Now, I stay home with our kiddos but he still deploys. Oh, and we were both Special Ops.