Veterans ...sign in please.

[Dees]

I like to do this now and again to show all freeps and trolls just how many served their country at DU. This ain't the all talk and no action bunch...know what I mean freeps?

Army 1964-66

1st Infantry division Lai Khe, Vietnam 65-66

E-4 MOS 11B10 Infantryman

[jschurchin]

1. United States Navy

1979-1982

U.S.S. Midway (CV-41)
OI Division
E-4 MOS Operations Specialist

[Wickerman]

2. USAF

1984-1990

Assigned to Medical groups in South Carolina and Texas to protect the US from the Godless Communists. How 80's is communism!

[TX-RAT]

34. You went to TX for the Mexican Food, tell the truth.

And the Bluebell Ice Cream.

[Wickerman]

38. busted!

Damn, I miss me some Bluebell!

How you doing, TR?

[TX-RAT]

47. You need to get back down here.

The Bluebonnets and the Indian Paintbrushes will be blooming soon.

[Wickerman]

50. Great, we have more snow to look forward to!

most likely - hell, hard to say with the everlasting gift of GWB - gotta love global warning.

I miss the wildflowers. Bless ol' LadyBird's heart.

[MsFlorida]

3. US Air Force

77 - 82

357th Dragon Squadron

Crew Chief

[Jackpine Radical]

4. 1st Cav '67-68. Infantry.

[ScreamingMeemie]

5. Thank you for your service...I'm glad you made it back to us.

I am forever in your debt. Be kind to the freepers though...They would have served if it wasn't for that butt boil, bad back, lame leg, college class etc. that kept them out.

My heart breaks at the things that every veteran of war must carry with them the rest of their lives.

[fknobbit]

6. 22 yre U.S.A.F. retired E-7

Freeps do not support troops other than wally world stickers and vociferously defending Bush and the house, for screwing Veterans around.
"Dems don't Support the troops" is The last shrill cry of the chickenhawk when on the ropes, this and "but Clinton_____) is tied at being the last debating refuge of the shallow mind

[Skittles]

135. you know it fknobbit

Susan
daughter of an Air Force Master Sergeant
USAF Veteran

[leeroysphitz]

7. 1st Gulf War vet...

Regular Army 1989- 1992

B co. 311th M.I. 101st Airborne Division.

I oppose this war because I saw enough of the first one to KNOW better.

[benddem]

8. Army 66-88

Vietnam vet Army Nurse

[Uncle Joe]

9. Marine Corps 76-80.

Semper Fi.

[Ron Green]

10. US Army, 1966-69. 2nd Infantry Division, XVIII Airborne Corps.

[paineinthearse]

11. USCG

QM1

[TomInTib]

12. USN 69-73. Pilot, PBR(Patrol Boat, river) assigned to 2nd Marine

Qua Viet River.

recon, extrication

[Nickster]

13. USAR 89-92. 31U Signal Systems Support Specialist.

[madokie]

14. US Navy '67-'70 15 months in Viet Nam

Came home in october to a changed world, a changed man.

[tabasco]

15. Hooah Dees - thanks for your service !

US Army 1981-84;1986-1995 active duty.
Reserve officer since 1995.
My resignation was submitted in Sept '05. (I'm a bit worried because the Army has lost my papeerwork and I have had to send it four times)

Airborne Ranger with a CIB.

[Chef]

16. Vet

B Btry, 1/14 FA 196 Light Infantry, Chu Lai, Tam Ky, LZ Professional, 1969-70 13E20

[tom_paine]

17. USAF 1983-1987

"War is our profession; peace is just a byproduct." (actually, it first was the absurdist "peace is our profession" which got some interesting play in the movie "Dr. Strangelove"

As in, people shooting each other to death under the "peace is our profession" sign.

[TX-RAT]

18. US ARMY 69-72 101st Airborne Div

[ismnotwasm]

19. Can I add my daughter?

She is just now getting out after nine years. March 7th 2006
She served in Korea and Afghanistan
She is an E-5 (might be E-6, but I think she started the getting out process before being promoted)
She served in the Army 325th forward support battalion (hadn't been deployed since Vietman until this war)
She loved the army and leaves completely disillusioned and with a broken heart. No protection against reality. The war experience has created yet another humanist and liberal. (I don't know where she would be politically now otherwise, she went in at 18)
My warrior daughter.
Edit: I want to thank you all for your service.

[annarbor]

90. Can we all assume that you're her proud mom? :)

You've got to be awful relieved that she's coming home soon

Thank her for service to our country.

Ann Arbor
USMC Veteran

[meatloaf]

20. U.S. Army

Active 1987-1991

2/7 ADA HHB Desert Shield/Desert Storm

E-4 MOS 31M Multichannel communication systems operator

Reserves 1991-1993

[Kerry fan]

21. USAF

[alfredo]

22. US Army Security Agency

1965-1969 Ft Devens ATI - the 4th USASA FS Asmara from ATI to ETS

05H20 Morse Intercept

[lldu]

23. USAF

1976 through 1996 - Retired MSGT

[Skittles]

136. here I am in '76

take you back?

[bpilgrim]

24. BM3 - Pilot Rescue Swimmer 84-88

USS White Plains - AFS4
The Orient Express

peace

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

25. The Crotch, '61-'65. aka - The Suck - aka - The marine corps.

Refused to extend my enlistment to go to Vietnam and kill people I had nothing against. Got 30 days mess duty for the way I worded my refusal incorporating my second language - profanity. Along with some commentary about the Texan-in-Chief, officers, NCO's, and the military in general.

[genie_weenie]

43. Ha ha The Suck! I haven't heard it

called that except by this 47 yr old CWO3 I worked for in Eye-Rack...

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

45. It was probably the most used reference when I was in.

Hell, I even heard officers refer to it as "The Suck".

[Bigmack]

129. We used "The Crotch" too....

About 20 years later, an old guy like me was substituting for me at my school. I talked to him later and it came out that he'd been in the MarCorps, too.

I said "What years were you in the Crotch." He responded..."Well...I was in the Marine Corps".

I said "Must have been an officer, huh? Major or above?" He said yes.

Figures... I requested that he never sub for me again.

[BrotherBuzz]

26. One dumb draftee, here...

That was informed by Rumsfeld that I "added no value, no advantage, really, to the United States armed services over any sustained period of time"

Thanks, asshole!

[Dees]

27. I was drafted too.

[oneold1-4u]

28. USAF 50s

Grandfather WWI, Brother-WWII-Normandy, Son-USN-sub VN, Bro/inlaw chopper VN, and a few other cousins and inlaws.
All americans because they believed in their country, not politics.

[genie_weenie]

29. USMC 2000-2005

Kabul, Afghanistan Aug 03 - Apr 04 (ATIC attached to 4TH MEB) worked out of the old US Embassy
Ramadi/Fallujah, Iraq Aug 04 - Apr 05 (2D Intel Bn attached to 1 MARDIV) Camp Blue Diamond/Camp Fallujah

[Earth_First]

30. United States Army

1999-2003

1/142 Attack Helicopter Battallion HHD Company

E-4 PMOS: 93-P MOS2: 93-C

Missed the stop-loss by 3 weeks.

[LIBERALNAVYVET]

31. US NAVY

1997-2002 3 OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENTS CURRENT NAVY RESERVIST....... AND PROUD LIBERAL!!!!!!!

[Career Prole]

58. Welcome to DU, shipmate!

[jokerman93]

32. Army 1990-1996

Two enlistments
1st Bn, 1st Special Forces Group, Airborne
"Never Give Up!"

[BewilderedCitizen]

33. US Army, 1985 - 1990, E-5, 52D n/t

[hwmnbn]

35. U.S. Army .....1966 - 1968

E-5 MOS 11C40

5th Bn 31st Inf 197th Inf Bde

[tabasco]

40. Mortarman !

Fuckinay. I was four deuce platoon leader for about 18 months.

[Jack Rabbit]

36. SGT Jack Rabbit, United States Army

Active duty 1976-79.

[MadMaddie]

37. Army Reserves...San Antonio Texas 1985-1990

Father Air Force Master Seargent 30 years
Sister Army Seargent 14 years
Uncle Captain Army 20+ years
Uncle killed in Vietnam

[UTUSN]

39. Huh, snxxff, is it reveille already? n/t

[slater71]

41. USAF 71-75

406 TAC FIGHTER WING

[landdaddy]

42. Army RA

RVN '68 - '69/70
MACV IV Corps/HQ Can Tho
SGT E-5

[oneighty]

44. 1951-1960 Navy

Mineman E-5. EOD SWD DV2 SCUBA Diver

Korea 1952.

180

[onethatcares]

46. 1972-1975

USARAL, E4 76B, (yeah, I know, but it was a good gig)

[lonestarnot]

48. USAF ANG Air Tactical Control scope dope 6 years.

[RobertSeattle]

49. Army N-Gin-Ear officer 85-91

EOBC
3EN 24ID
JTF-Bravo
EOAC
20EN - Desert Shield/Storm
Civilian

I always chuckle when I think Dick Cheney was my boss once.

[RobertSeattle]

52. And I'll Proxy for my Dad

30 Years as an Infantry Officer - retired as an O-6.

World War II - Korea - Viet Nam.

Thinks the politicization of the military by the Republicans is disastrous for the country.

[Renegade Six]

51. ARMY 98-05

59th MP co.

Operation Iraqi Liberation(OIL) Apr 03 - Apr 04

[DemoTex]

53. U.S. Army 1968-1972

Viet Nam 1970-71. MOS 101CO with a T/S Crypto clearance. Flew over 250 air cambat missions over Viet Nam, Laos, and Cambodia.


One of seven Army Lockheed SP-2E Neptunes at Naval Air Facility Cam Rahn Bay.

[FightingIrish]

106. Were you a Crazy Cat?

I was in a Navy VP squadron and saw a lot of you guys at Cam Ranh and in Cavite cty.

[DemoTex]

124. I was a Crazy Cat, indeed.

When I was there in 70-71 the US Navy's VP-1 and VP-7 were rotating through. By then we had stopped going to Cavite City. The corrosion control on the P-2s was then done at Cubi Point, NAS. But, as you know, NAS Cam Rahn Bay was the best duty in the 'Nam. Too bad our mission sucked so.

[tkmorris]

54. USN 1987-93

[Career Prole]

55. U.S. Navy 1972-1980

Met Duke Cunningham when he was still a man.

[Pam-Moby]

56. My husband was in Marine's USMC 1981-1985 n/t

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

57. USAFSS

United States Air Force Security Service



1973-1975

[B Calm]

59. US Navy 1969-73 USS Yosemite AD 19 USS Albany CG10

[B Calm]

69. Pics

After 4 months in Napels we went to Malta in 1969.. Nice going to a country that spoke english..



USS Albany CG 10.. served aboard her 1971-73

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

127. also navy '69 - '73

great lakes boot camp in nov '69

[Vickers]

60. USAF, 8 years, Staff Sergeant, actually worked at NORAD for a time.

Most freepers know about NORAD (Cheyenne Mountain Complex, CO) from the movie WarGames.

[Hanover_Fist]

61. U.S Navy 1986 to 1990

[rppper]

62. 88-97...USN submarines

supply-guy...SK2/SS...non-tech rates drove the subs.

served onboard...
USS James K Polk ssbn645
USS Billfish ssn676
USS Woodrow Wilson ssn624(fmr missile boat convtd to spec ops)
USS Hunley as31
USS Tucson ssn770

recieved navy unit of commendation, Meritorious Unit of Comendation,national defence ribbon, sea service ribbon,2 good conduct awards, 2 strategic deterent patrols, expert marksman pistol, battle stations helmsman on 3 boats and qualified 4 separate classes of submarines.....try that in 9 years of service freeptards!!!!

thats me in the back right...really it is...alpha trials at flank speed....

[hootinholler]

88. Qual'd 4 classes! Folks...

For you target types (not a submariner) that is quite an accomplishment. The most impressive to me in that list. I only qualified on 1 class, (in one patrol), but then again I was a nav-ET so I had time.

ET-3ss 78-83, USS John Adams SSBN 620, USNS H.H. Hess TAGS-38

Submarines Once!

-Hoot

[NMDemDist2]

63. for Hubby, Army MP 1976-80 n/t

[TacticalPeek]

64. Army, US, 69-71

Father - infantry SGT, Battle of the Bulge

Son - wild, wild West Anbar

[NeoGreen]

65. USAF 84-89

Lackland AFB TX - Basic Jan84-Mar84
Sheppard AFB TX - Tech Shool Mar84-Jun84
Grand Forks AFB ND - 321 CES Jun84-Jan87
Osan AFB, ROK - 554 CESHR (Red Horse) Jan87-Jan88
Niagara Falls AFB - 107 FIG Jan88-Jan89

553X0 - Asst Engineer

[TahitiNut]

66. Army 1968-69 USARV HQ Co. Long Binh E-5 74F20

(Also USCGA Cadet 1961-63, New London)

[timtom]

67. USMC 1962-1966

1st ANGLICO 1964-1966

Saigon 1965 April through October
(Sub-Unit 1)

[Moody Bluz]

68. US Army 1987-1994

Served almost all of my time with 3rd Ranger Battalion except for a tour in Korea with 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment (Air Assault) at Camp Greaves.

Got out as an E-5

PMOS 11-B Light Infantryman
SMOS 11-C Indirect fire Infantryman (Fancy way of saying part of a mortar crew).

[rppper]

70. self delete...posted twice

oops!!!

[hack89]

71. US Navy 1982 - 2002

Father 23 Army veteran
Brother 4 year Army veteran served in Desert Storm I

[dogman]

72. US Army 68-70

69-70 in Nam. Scout Dog.

[happydreams]

73. Navy.

[astonamous]

74. USAF 1982 - 1990

NCOIC - Ophthalmology Dept. Malcolm Grow Medical Center, Andrews Air Force Base.

[HeeBGBz]

75. Army 1985-87 ANG 1987-90

Signal Corps 31E/29E Field Radio Repair 39L Digital System Repair

[Elwood P Dowd]

76. US Army 1970-72

[Jo March]

77. US Army, 1990 - 1993

US Army Signal Corps

DU Veterans are the greatest!!

[SalmonChantedEvening]

78. Not a veteran, but for the vet I was named after... A Salute.

He was lost his life on the USS Bunker Hill from a kamikaze attack in WWII.

In his name and memory, praise and respect to all those who have served this country in uniform and continue to do so to this day.

SCE

[cynatnite]

79. 91A - Army medic 86-90

91F Flight Medic in the Reserves 90-95

Hubby is also a vet. 11B and served in Just Cause and Desert Storm.

[Jai4WKC08]

80. Army 1977-1997

MOS 35D Tactical Intell

[bonzotex]

81. USAF 1985-1998

Flew Bombers, Airlift, Trainers and finished as an Air Liaison to the Army's 4th ID. Liberals have always been the real Patriots in the United States. None of the founding fathers wrote or spoke about how America needed to be more conservative.

Hey Yellow Elephants! The Recruiters are waiting! They lowered the standards so that even Republicans can get in now.

[NaturalHigh]

82. US Air Force

Six years.

[yellowdogmi]

83. USN VP-90 1987-1994

[nealmhughes]

84. USN SSBN 642 USS Kamehameha 1979-1985

ET2 (SS)
Ran the reactor on a fbm submarine ot of Holy Loch, Scotland.

[Tinksrival]

85. Army Wife

82' to 86' Army Signal Corp. (crypto)

[pfitz59]

86. Navy

1981-2001

[nonconformist]

87. Army wife

1993-1999 Army

1-16 Infantry division

E-4 MOS 63T

[annarbor]

89. United States Marine Corps

Woman Marine
83-86

Parris Island
Twentynine Palms
Camp Lejeune

MOS: 2542 Communication Center Operator

Proud Veteran
Proud Democrat
Proud Liberal

Oooh,Rah!
Ann Arbor

[ohtransplant]

91. USAF 1978-1982

[PsN2Wind]

92. US Navy & USAF

Navy, AT, Task Force 77, USS Lexington 1958, Task Force 77, USS MIdway 59-60, all while in a Heavy Attack Squadron. Balance of Enlistment at NASNI.
Air Force, AC&W Radar, Keesler AFB, Miss., unhappy airman 785th AC&W squadron, Finley N.D.
Oldest brother, WWII Aviation cadets, commissioned multi-engine pilot.
Second oldest, US Army, Japan occupation, reupped for Korea but Air Corps. Twenty years total.
Youngest of my older brothers, US Army, Japan Occupation. Reupped for Korea. 24th Inf Div, 21st Inf Reg. KIA Korea after fighting from the Pusan Perimeter almost to the Yalu River and most of the way back to Pusan. Served in Korea from August 1950 until killed by our friends the Chinese February 6, 1951.
None of the Bush boys served on active duty, much less combat during those VietNam years although of prime age.

[chascaz]

93. Dad and uncle career marines.

Dad got busted down to corporal after punching a superior officer, after 15 years in the Marines.

Uncle retired as a Chief at the U.N. in Vienna.

[chascaz]

94. Air Force - Technical Applications Center

My knowledge of Nuclear Non-proliferation goes back to 1986.

AFSC 99104 - (Seismic) Systems Repair Technician - 1986-1990
Assigned - Technical Operations Division - McClellan AFB - Sacramento, CA

[lpbk2713]

95. Navy 65 - 69

Airdale.

[oasis]

96. USN. Operated with a seventh fleet strike force in the Gulf of Tonkin.

[KBlagburn]

97. USAF 1989-1996

53rd Airlift Squadron
963rd AWACS
Desert Shield
Desert Storm

[Stand and Fight]

98. Veteran here

US Army, 1999 - 2004, E5, MOS 13D20, Field Artillery Fire Direction

[pecwae]

99. USA 82-86

Ft. Bragg, 1st SOCOM (Abn), 71Q, 96F.
USAR 80-82, 71L.
KyARNG 79-81, 71 Q.

[nookiemonster]

100. USAF

1987-1992.

41151A - Minuteman II missile maintenance technician.

44 Strategic Missile Wing (inactivated), Ellsworth AFB, SD

[Hubert Flottz]

101. ?UCK THE ARMY!

I said it in 1970-71 and I STILL say it today FTA!

MOS...63-c-20

I kept the green weenie running on the East German Border and saved America's young ass, from old Comrade and the Russian Hordes! I was just doing my job!

[BlueCollar]

102. Navy

79-83

[BR_Parkway]

103. US Army - 1982-1986 E-5 MOS 91B/R

And I damn sure didn't do it to support a Theocratic takeover of the USA.

"...protect and defend the Constitution..."

[Toots]

104. How could you be spec 4 and also 11B10

I would think you would be 11B20 or am I so far removed I don't remember how they do those things.
US Army 1967-1971 1st Cav 2nd of 12th INF and 281st AHC Nam 03-68---12-69 early DEROS MOS 11b20 to 67N20

[Dees]

105. It's been forty years but I think you are correct.

I made Sp4 and you are right I think it changed to 11B20. I really don't know why 11B10 sticks in my head. Too bad my job didn't change.

[FightingIrish]

107. US Navy '68-'71

Patrol squadron NFO. Flew Market Time patrols out of Cam Ranh Bay. Chased Ivan all over the Pacific.

[kiranon]

108. Army 72-74 Transportation Corps Harbor/Port Terminal Officer

[leftofthedial]

109. Thank you all!

[speedoo]

110. US Navy.

1964-68 - USS James C. Owens, DD-776 - CIC Officer and OOD

I believe chickenhawks are the scum of the earth.

[Aristus]

111. U.S. Army 1986-1993.

19Kilo - M1A1 Abrams tank crewman.

Gulf War I
National Defense Medal
Southwest Asia Service Medal
Liberation of Kuwait Medal

ETS'ed with the rank of Sergeant, E-5.

[ThomWV]

112. Army 1966-1970, Served RVN (4th Infantry) 1967-1970

E-5,Sgt. Central Highlands, on the ground.

[DiverDave]

113. First of the First Cav.

Schwabach, West Germany.
1974-1976
Sheriden Tank crewman.
My son is named after his grandmas brother, he died in France in WW2.
"Benny was a good boy" is how she describes him.
His memory lives on.

[Bigmack]

114. MarCorps 1962-1966..

... the Old Corps. 0331... guns and M-3-7 when it counted.

Played in the Southeast Asian War Games 1965-6.

Our motto "Hey, we came in Second!"

edited to add MOS and outfit.

[Macman44]

115. Navy

87-97. Got out QMC(SS,SW,AW) USS New York City (SSN-696) since decommed, USS Omaha (SSN-692) Decommed as well, USS Bremerton (SSN698) Also decommed and USS Carl Vinson CVN-70 still going strong.

[sutz12]

116. USMC 1970-1977

MCRD San Diego
Camp Pendelton
NAS Memphis, TN
MCAS El Toro, CA VMFA-531
NAS Oceana, VA
USS Forrestal
MCAS El Toro, CA VMFA-531
MCAS El Toro, CA MAG-11

[DeaconBlues]

117. US Army

1987-1990

Fort Gorden, Georgia
Camp Casey, South Korea

[symbolman]

118. Thanks for serving all

U.S. Air Force 1971-74 Vietnam ERA Draft Number was 25, joined AF as it was a Family tradition, everyone in my family with the exception of one sister served in the Military. Father RETIRED as Captain, Fighter Pilot/Tail gunner in early days, Brother SSgt, Sister A1Class, USAF for Uncles, ARMY for Family on Mother's side. One Uncle moved with Patton.

My Unit
81st Combat Support Group
Strategic Air Command (SAC)

(or as we used to say, "A Suck for SAC, is a BLOW for FREEDOM.." )

Trained in use of deadly force, ribbon for marksmanship, learned LOTS in military - waiting for freeper to give me some shit - a Liberal with a gun.
Mess with my family, think "Keyser Sose" from "The Usual Suspects"

[DarbyUSMC]

119. USMC '62-'64 Base Comm CamLej

[DiverDave]

128. That image brings tears...god the waste.

eom

[RushIsRot]

120. US Army -- 1963-1966

[Alamom]

125. self delete

[haele]

121. USN - CPO Retired

1977 - 1998

Haze Grey and Underway - the way a sailor should live.
(Married to a USAF vet - I know, not real military... )

Haele

[yorgatron]

122. U.S.Army 1983-85

armored personnel carrier mechanic.

[usafguy99]

123. USAF 1992-2001

Electronic Warfare... did my time at Keesler, Nellis, Pope, Kunsan, and Offutt.

[Alamom]

126. Family .....All Alabama Democrats

Grandfather - Army - Germany WWI,(Rainbow Division) wounded, received 7 Medals.
Father- Army - WWII (remained stateside due to job)
Uncle - Navy - WWII, Ship left Pearl Harbor a few days before Dec 7. Patrolled Pacific.
Uncle - Army - WWII, Italy (never told anyone what he saw there)
FIL - Navy - WWII, Shipboard, Patrolled Pacific.
BIL - Navy - 65-69 Vietnam. Flight Reconnaissance. Thought dead for a week due to plane crashing into hangar @ Da Nang Naval Base. Family finally contacted...another flight crew was on duty.
BIL - Army - 69-71 Vietnam Helicopter Door Gunner (committed suicide. PTSD)
Hubby - Navy - 61-65 Jacksonville Naval Base. Fleet Airbourne Electronics Training Unit.
Unit designed Warfare Training exercises.


Thank you all for your service to our country.

Blessings to you, your family members... those with children serving now.

[magellan]

130. US Navy 1980-82

CTF-67 Naples, Italy 81-82

E-3 Operations Specialist

[Retired AF Dem]

131. Started with the Army

74-78, 709 MP Bn, Frankfurt Germany. USAF Security Police 88-98. Stationed at Nellis, Chanute, Izmir Turkey, Hess-Oldendorf and Ramstein AFB. Road trips to Gulf War 1, Somalia, Bosnia and Rwanda.

On edit

My youngest son Eric is in the Navy, I tried to talk him into the AirForce when he wanted to join the Military. You know kids they never listen. He is currently sationed on the USS Boxer out of San Diego.

[B Calm]

132. kick

[Speed8098]

133. U.S.Navy

1974 -1976
USS Austin LPD-4

[Skittles]

134. USAF '75 - '79

Air Force brat and veteran

[lovelaureng]

137. 1st Gulf War

US Army - E-4 \ 29S10 Field COMSEC Equipment Repairer