|High School Harry| Posted November 11, 2018 Report Share Posted November 11, 2018 Not the right place but more people will see this here. Please move to Tailgate in a few days. Was suggested awhile back that vets post their photos on the site. Then suggested to do it closer to Veterans Day. Veterans Day, Game Day ... If you do not have a photo, how about just your name, rank and serial number(optional) in case you are captured. Army Bengal? USN Bengal? And someone please contact Rick and tell him to report for duty. Tiger J@w, you too. So, how about it? Be it Army Navy Air Force Marines. Lets see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|SF2| Posted November 11, 2018 Report Share Posted November 11, 2018 To my Marine Corps son from his Army Dad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Dub Posted November 11, 2018 Report Share Posted November 11, 2018 Reposting from a pal that was celebrating the USMC birthday yesterday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|ArmyBengal| Posted November 11, 2018 Report Share Posted November 11, 2018 no worthy pics that I can find readily Retired US Army active duty in 1997 after 21 years, plus another 2 in the Ohio Army National Guard while in college there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esjbh2 Posted November 11, 2018 Report Share Posted November 11, 2018 Thank you all for your service! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostInDaJungle Posted November 11, 2018 Report Share Posted November 11, 2018 Army 1st Lt. - 6 years. (92-98) Another 10 working for the government. I was a linguist for Army intel which mostly consisted of 2 years of school, followed by 4 years of being in a bunker with 45 aerials listening to foreign radio. (With even more school) You're automatically an officer, and if you do well in the schools, it's pretty much a guaranteed promotion if you extend to 6. After that I did a bit more advanced but similar work for agencies in DC. Finally decided to go private sector in 2008. Wife was Navy, and was among the first women to actually be deployed on ships. She was a radar operator and 50mm gunner. Did her 4 years, but also had a rough time dealing with being in that situation. CO tanked her career with a bad eval and then gets drunk one night and tells her he only did it because he really wanted to have sex with her and didn't want to seem like he was showing favoritism. That type of bullshit. She doesn't like to talk military. Was deployed in the Gulf during Desert Storm so is a war vet. Something I'm not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CincyInDC Posted November 11, 2018 Report Share Posted November 11, 2018 What language(s)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostInDaJungle Posted November 11, 2018 Report Share Posted November 11, 2018 4 minutes ago, CincyInDC said: What language(s)? Arabic. Several regional dialects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CincyInDC Posted November 11, 2018 Report Share Posted November 11, 2018 Just now, LostInDaJungle said: Arabic. Several regional dialects. Cool. Respect for learning a new language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostInDaJungle Posted November 11, 2018 Report Share Posted November 11, 2018 1 minute ago, CincyInDC said: Cool. Respect for learning a new language. Their program is pretty intensive. The cool thing was really learning a new culture... History, worldview, all of that. I not only studied Arabic, also Islam, the Ottomans, all the way down to what day to day life is simply like for them. It was kind of my job to be able to tell you what the average person on the streets of Mosul thought. In a broader sense, you even learn how to break down how a country actually runs, how opinion is shaped, a whole bunch of stuff. My time in DC was an amazing time of growth in my life. The 6 years before seem like they were a cocoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooky Posted November 11, 2018 Report Share Posted November 11, 2018 Air Force E-4 Sgt. 84 to 91. No pics. Probably have to dig. Was at Clark AB, Phillipines, Wright-Patt, RAF Greenham Common, Warner Robins, GA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Numbers| Posted November 11, 2018 Report Share Posted November 11, 2018 Navy 83-03. Electronic Warfare, Cryptographic Technician, Law Enforcement / Physical Security, Processor (bringing them in and kicking them out), Range Master, etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhfinks Posted November 11, 2018 Report Share Posted November 11, 2018 Thirty years and counting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|High School Harry| Posted November 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2018 19 year old USMC L/Cpl Pepsi Generation Killer Chu Lai, Viet Nam 1966 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bunghole| Posted November 12, 2018 Report Share Posted November 12, 2018 SPC-4 13F (Forward Observer) in the Army. Served from 1988-1993. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bunghole| Posted November 12, 2018 Report Share Posted November 12, 2018 When I see that guy, I want to buy a Subaru. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOF dan Posted November 12, 2018 Report Share Posted November 12, 2018 A little late to the party but my sincere gratitude to all of you (and those who may not have posted) God bless all of you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted November 13, 2018 Report Share Posted November 13, 2018 2 hours ago, Bunghole said: SPC-4 13F (Forward Observer) in the Army. Served from 1988-1993. Every time I see this pic it reminds me of Jughead from the Archine comics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esjbh2 Posted November 13, 2018 Report Share Posted November 13, 2018 40 minutes ago, Jamie_B said: Every time I see this pic it reminds me of Jughead from the Archine comics. Now that's funny! Nice touch on the misspelling of Archie too...that was on purpose, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Dub Posted November 13, 2018 Report Share Posted November 13, 2018 Buncha old salts in here! Damn! Thought we had a couple of active-duty members? o7 to you all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thezerawkid Posted November 13, 2018 Report Share Posted November 13, 2018 On 11/11/2018 at 1:18 PM, LostInDaJungle said: Their program is pretty intensive. The cool thing was really learning a new culture... History, worldview, all of that. I not only studied Arabic, also Islam, the Ottomans, all the way down to what day to day life is simply like for them. It was kind of my job to be able to tell you what the average person on the streets of Mosul thought. In a broader sense, you even learn how to break down how a country actually runs, how opinion is shaped, a whole bunch of stuff. My time in DC was an amazing time of growth in my life. The 6 years before seem like they were a cocoon. Adrian? Is that you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thezerawkid Posted November 13, 2018 Report Share Posted November 13, 2018 A little late on my end, too, but my sincerest gratitude to you guys for all that you might have otherwise sacrificed to keep us safe and secure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Tigre Posted November 13, 2018 Report Share Posted November 13, 2018 Ditto the sentiments. After barely escaping the Vietnam Draft (war ended for us in January 1973--I turned 18 in May of that year), very few of my contemporaries wanted anything to do with the military. Looking back, wish I would have at least given it a shot. I now envy those who did--certainly made better citizens of our nation, with real life knowledge as well. Congratulations and gratitude to all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricket Posted November 13, 2018 Report Share Posted November 13, 2018 6 minutes ago, Le Tigre said: After barely escaping the Vietnam Draft (war ended for us in January 1973--I turned 18 in May of that year), very few of my contemporaries wanted anything to do with the military. I turned 18 in December of '72. In the drawing for the order of birth dates for those born in 1954, my day was 10th...so college deferment and the war ramping down "saved me." As others have done, I give a big "Thank you!" to all of you that have served, or are serving, our country. I always feel like I owe it to veterans to watch war movies...especially the ones that portray war fairly accurately and don't sugar-coat it, if only to acknowledge what some have gone through to protect my freedoms. "Fury", "Zero Dark Thirty", "The Hurt Locker", etc. Also, "The Things They Carried" is a good book, written by a Vietnam veteran. Carry on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Dub Posted November 13, 2018 Report Share Posted November 13, 2018 13 minutes ago, Cricket said: I turned 18 in December of '72. In the drawing for the order of birth dates for those born in 1954, my day was 10th...so college deferment and the war ramping down "saved me." As others have done, I give a big "Thank you!" to all of you that have served, or are serving, our country. I always feel like I owe it to veterans to watch war movies...especially the ones that portray war fairly accurately and don't sugar-coat it, if only to acknowledge what some have gone through to protect my freedoms. "Fury", "Zero Dark Thirty", "The Hurt Locker", etc. Also, "The Things They Carried" is a good book, written by a Vietnam veteran. Carry on. If you haven't seen "Generation Kill" you should definitely add it to the list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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