Author Topic: Veterans, where did you serve? (Read 122491 times))

OleTomCat · « **Reply #60 on:** December 15, 2012, 12:11:01 AM »

Quote from: NitroBobby on December 14, 2012, 10:08:36 PM

Quote from: OleTomCat on December 14, 2012, 10:57:21 AM
US Navy 1987~1994 Reactor Operator, I still glow in the dark.....

USS Billfish, SSN676, TAD to USS Casmir Pulaski SSBN 633
USS Woodrow Wilson SSN627, after th FBM to SSN conversion.

I like to meet up with other submariners and reminis about the ditches around the world that we have puked in.....

i am also my own nightlight.

i served from 1996 until 2004 in the Navy.
i was a Reactor Operator / EWS on board the USS Dallas (SSN 700) and also a staff instructor at Nuclear Power Training Unit, Ballston Spa, NY.

i have puked in several countries around the med and caribbean, as well as a plethora of cities here at home... always an honor to meet up with another dolphin wearing sailor.

kgb

I went to Ballston Spa myself, S8G unit, I was there when the Water Break Broke and had to stand steam dump watches...

I also bought my Bluestreak from the local hardware store there in town....

uglymike · « **Reply #61 on:** December 16, 2012, 12:40:02 PM »

Quote from: ezman604 on December 14, 2012, 12:13:57 AM

Hurlburt Field, then you got to play with the Spectre's and Spooky's?
AWSOME aircraft!!!!
We had them in Southeast Asia.

Got out in '73, spend a LOT of time in C-130's. Heck, there were still a few C-119's (flying boxcar) at Hurlburt FLD when I was there!

NitroBobby · « **Reply #62 on:** December 16, 2012, 12:41:03 PM »

Quote from: OleTomCat on December 15, 2012, 12:11:01 AM

Quote from: NitroBobby on December 14, 2012, 10:08:36 PM
Quote from: OleTomCat on December 14, 2012, 10:57:21 AM
US Navy 1987~1994 Reactor Operator, I still glow in the dark.....

USS Billfish, SSN676, TAD to USS Casmir Pulaski SSBN 633
USS Woodrow Wilson SSN627, after th FBM to SSN conversion.

I like to meet up with other submariners and reminis about the ditches around the world that we have puked in.....

i am also my own nightlight.

i served from 1996 until 2004 in the Navy.
i was a Reactor Operator / EWS on board the USS Dallas (SSN 700) and also a staff instructor at Nuclear Power Training Unit, Ballston Spa, NY.

i have puked in several countries around the med and caribbean, as well as a plethora of cities here at home... always an honor to meet up with another dolphin wearing sailor.

kgb

I went to Ballston Spa myself, S8G unit, I was there when the Water Break Broke and had to stand steam dump watches...

I also bought my Bluestreak from the local hardware store there in town....

i was at MARF both as a student and staff instructor. i never stood a steam dump watch, but i did have to supervise those operations as a EWS and as EOOW. "dang" that was LOUD!!! double hearing protections and i still had ringing in my ears after watch.

kgb

2nd RCHA · « **Reply #63 on:** December 16, 2012, 04:54:09 PM »

Here's a question for all the vet's,,,,,How many of you brought a pellet gun(s) with them on deployment?,,,I did, on almost every one,In Yugo, I actually went rat huntin' on a couple of occasion's, Great Fun, LOL, It was a .22 Chinese B2, Nice shooter, super accurate,and quite the heavy hitter, I had a buddy who was a weapons tech give it a tune job,and once while on exercise(Rendevous 87/ C.F.B Wainwright, Alberta), I bagged one of the biggest Jackrabbit's I ever shot,,,while I was taking a dump at our outdoor latrine,,LOL,,It was delicious, our cook made it up that night for us, we even had a few officers show up almost begging us for some. But I must say one thing,,It sure took away some of the boredom, especially when ever we had O.P. duty. Man, I sure wish I had that a/g today. Sadly, some S.O.B swiped it when I went on a 48. Cheer's, Andy.

NitroBobby · « **Reply #64 on:** December 16, 2012, 10:00:23 PM »

i wasn't able to bring much on the sub with me. they're kind of short on space in those attack subs. the boomer guys probably didn't have much either...after packing up their golf clubs and bikes.

that's great that you could bring an ag with you and get some hunting/r&r while you were deployed. the best thing with those types of situations while deployed is that for a few minutes, you forget that you're deployed and you're just hanging out with some good friends.

kgb

OleTomCat · « **Reply #65 on:** December 17, 2012, 12:21:53 AM »

Quote from: NitroBobby on December 16, 2012, 10:00:23 PM

i wasn't able to bring much on the sub with me. they're kind of short on space in those attack subs. the boomer guys probably didn't have much either...after packing up their golf clubs and bikes.
that's great that you could bring an ag with you and get some hunting/r&r while you were deployed. the best thing with those types of situations while deployed is that for a few minutes, you forget that you're deployed and you're just hanging out with some good friends.

kgb

I rode both sides of that fence believe me there isn't anymore space on a boomer than a fast boat, unless you want to compare the 637's to the Trident boats but that is like comparing a Red Rider to a Marauder....

paul-in-texas · « **Reply #66 on:** December 17, 2012, 11:23:18 AM »

US Army, 1966-1968 , Vinh Long, Vietnam. Infantry radio operator. MACV advisor with the South Vietnamese Vinh Long RF Batallion May 67 - May 68.

tatanka50/Tank · « **Reply #67 on:** December 19, 2012, 12:52:02 AM »

1972-1975 Heavy Equipment Operator....U.S. Navy Seabees....RMCB26
1975-1976 C Co. 3rd Batt./7th Inf...197th Inf. Div. Ft. Benning, Ga. (Cottonbalers, By God!) 11B Straight leg Infantry
1977- 1979 A Co. 2/22nd Inf. ..4th Inf Div. Wiesbaden, Germany 11B Mechanized Infantry

Levi · « **Reply #68 on:** December 22, 2012, 01:29:17 PM »

1977-1983 USNavy
39 months on the USS Waddell DDG24 (guided missile destroyer) west coast.
My final duty station was 18 months on staff at the Naval reserve center in Oklahoma City. It was a big square building with very long hallways, and I set up an impromptu 100 ft range that I used to shoot my crossman multi pump after hours.

hjets · « **Reply #69 on:** January 07, 2013, 12:47:06 AM »

USN 65-69 Great Lakes in December, January and February. Until you've been there in the winter, you have no idea of what the word cold means. Our first liberty in January, we stood on the train platform and it was 22 below.
"A" School Norfolk VA
66-68 NAS Key West
68-69 Navcommsta Greece, Nea Makri Greece, about 26 miles outside of Athens.
Hey, somebody had to do it.
4 years in the Navy, I never set foot on a ship.

02stampede · « **Reply #70 on:** January 07, 2013, 03:53:48 PM »

USMC 2002 - 2006 - 0311

2003 - Iraq Invasion - scout - Private
2004 - 2005 - Al Anbar Province, Iraq - Scout Team Leader - Corporal
2005 - 2006 - Al Anbar Province, Iraq - Scout Section Leader - Sergeant

Daysailer · « **Reply #71 on:** January 12, 2013, 10:21:19 PM »

U.S. Navy 1972 - 1976.. CTO3
Reserves '76-78.

Boot San Diego '72
A school , Pensacola, FL '72-'73
Imperial Beach & Coronado CA '73-75
NAVCOMSTA Adak, AK '75 - 76, (the ship that never had a port 'o call,..)(16 months,,, still shiver'n)

Best time on Adak,....
spot light' rats at the dump,
with .22's, from the barracks roof,
in the dark at 1500-0900 local time.......

To all who have offered thier thanks.....You are welcome.....I'd do it again... if needed

Art Burciaga · « **Reply #72 on:** February 03, 2013, 11:54:37 PM »

USN 1963--1967 BM3
USS Benjamin Stoddard (DDG-22) (Gulf of Tomkin)
Da Nang PBR 73 up and down Saigon River (3 tours)
"Long Live the River Rats"

darren · « **Reply #73 on:** February 04, 2013, 01:21:38 AM »

Usaf
Pararescue

Joe A. · « **Reply #74 on:** February 04, 2013, 03:14:03 AM »

USMC 2000-2004 1/1 0331 Pendleton

irishthunder · « **Reply #75 on:** February 10, 2013, 12:38:09 AM »

U.S. Army 2008-2013
Sep. 2008-Oct. 2008 Ft. Jackson Basic Training
Oct. 2008-March 2009 APG Maryland Small Arms/Artillery Training
March 2009-June 2009 Ft. Hood Texas III Corp
June 2009-Jan. 2013 HSC 615th 1st Air Cav Brigade 1st Cavalry Division
June 2009- April 2010 Camp Taji Iraq
June 2011-May 2012 Camp Marmal Afghanistan

Hal the Elder · « **Reply #76 on:** March 12, 2013, 11:56:11 PM »

Me? I served in the US Army from 1960 to 1962, as an Enlisted Man in the Signal Corps. I volunteered for the Draft, as I was getting pretty old at 24!

First year in Stateside communication centers, second year with the 8th Army Occupation Forces in South Korea, working in the Comm Center in Seoul.

Sp/4 Harold Pollner
US 56332718

That's all.....
HAL

Qwikrnu · « **Reply #77 on:** March 13, 2013, 02:17:00 AM »

Army 88-91 A co 3/69 AR Desert Storm Combat Vet
M1 Abrams

OleTomCat · « **Reply #78 on:** March 13, 2013, 02:38:46 AM »

Now that is a BIG gun....

2nd RCHA · « **Reply #79 on:** March 13, 2013, 04:44:58 AM »

Too Bad our "Leopard C2" will blow it off it's track's,,,, strictly hypothetical that is,

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Veterans, where did you serve?

Author Topic: Veterans, where did you serve? (Read 122491 times))

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