Anyone here a Veteran??

[smartass]

I'm a navy veteran. Served from 1994-1998 in Italy.

[Birthmark]

1. Army '75-'79

[BOSSHOG]

2. Welcome Aboard Shipmate

24 year Navy Vet here, retired CPO. Spend part of every day doing what I can to aggravate conservatives.

[tekriter]

5. Just being a liberal Democratic veteran is plenty!!

The repugs seem to think such a thing cannot be!

[TN al]

3. Army 87-97

Carson, Germany, Campbell

[tekriter]

4. Air Force 1974 - 1978.

Never left the central time zone of the US in all my four years.

[XNASA]

6. USN, Honorably Discharged '81

USS Franklin D Roosevelt & HC-1 Det 3.

[jmowreader]

7. Army 1982-1994 nt

..

[Earth_First]

8. Army Reserves '00-'03/04

1/142 Attack Helicopter Battalion, Rochester, New York

[hussar]

9. British army veteran here

1974 - 1979 including 2 tours of duty

British Army be the best

[Skittles]

37. check out my post farther down in this thread

:D

[Superfly]

10. Army Airborne Field Artillery, 1997 - Present

[Torgo4]

22. Army 81-90

1983-86, 3/319th FA, 101st Airborne Div (AASLT)
319th FAR now at Ft. Bragg

[Superfly]

23. That was my Dad's unit in Vietnam...

"Loyalty"

[swinney]

11. Air Force 1942-1945 Southwest Theater

Fought off girls in Denver, Salt Lake City, Las Vegas and Hollywood.

On B-29 at March AFB in Calif.ready to head to battle when Truman dropped the bomb.

Had to go back to Hollywood on weekends to recover at Palladium.

Darn! I was big hero. I kept gals happy so they could do better work in defense plants.

Jesting, but it happened that way.

[smartass]

12. Hello my fellow Vets. I'm surpised and pleased to see so many vets on

this board. Navy was great for my sex life. Girl in every port (or at least a girl for hire). I'm still recovering from my 4 years of partying!


Funny how the Republican chickenhawks are always starting wars and then hiding behind liberals when it's time to fight.;)

[Earth_First]

26. Its a logical progression...

Once you've seen how it works from both sides of the fence, it's a no-brainer to make an educated decision from military > progressive democrat. it's alot more than can be said about the chickenhawk misadministration...

[Ganja Ninja]

40. Funny how the Chickenhawks all support the troops on the...

way into a war but once the war is over the vet is seen as just another freeloader living off the government.

[LagaLover]

31. Except you were in the ARMY then

the Army Air Corps to be exact! :-)

[Ernesto]

13. Welcome aboard you smartass!

USMC '65-'69.... Vietnam '67-'68 .......... "I joined the Marines to kill communists and now they call me commie-pinko-liberal!" .. Go figure.

[smartass]

18. Thank you. If you're not with them, you're against them. Unless of

course they need you to fight their wars.

[fknobbit]

14. U.S.A.F

56-78.

[matcom]

15. Army '87-'91

[Wilber_Stool]

16. Army

'69-'71

[Submariner]

17. The Silent Service

1965-69 COMSUBLANT

[rock]

19. Army

68-70

[rppper]

20. USN...submarines....88-97.....

thats me on the far right.........

[Ganja Ninja]

38. FBM Sub Vet here Aug 71 to Aug 75.

[Career Prole]

21. Another sailor here...

Navy, '72 to '78.
Welcome aboard, smartass! :hi:

[HawkerHurricane]

24. Just retired USN

20 years of service, Petty Officer 1st (Surface Warfare).

list of ships...

USS La Salle
USS New Orleans
USS Harry W. Hill
USS Waddell
USS Elliot
USS Copeland
USS Denver
USNS Mercy
USS Thach

All but La Salle out of San Diego.

[Wickerman]

25. Air Force

1984-1990

[lazarus]

43. Imagine that!

Air Force, 1984-1988.

I went in November, Lackland, of course, then did Tech School at Keesler. Stationed at RAF Greenham Common, then Randolph AFB.

[Wickerman]

44. Wild

April to Lackland, then trained with the Army for 5 months, the Carolinas for awhile, then back to San Antonio. Really wanted to go overseas.

[ET Awful]

27. Army then California Army National Guard '87-'95

Most action I saw was the LA riots in '92 :)

[LagaLover]

28. Active Duty Air Force...since 1984

[lpbk2713]

29. USN (Airdale) ------ 1965 - 69

VR-24 Det Rota most of the time.

[TX-RAT]

30. Army 69-72

artillery.....155 howitzer
1 tour Vietnam......all i lost was my hearing, go figure?

[Brewman_Jax]

32. USN 1986-1992

Gator sailor, four years at NAVSTA Long Beach, two at AMPHIBASE Little Creek.

[thom1102]

33. USN 1990-95

Submarines, USS Chicago, SSN-721

[TX-RAT]

34. Thank You

To all who served i raise my glass, to all who died a tearful silence

[Twillig]

35. ARMY

19K 88-91 3AD Kirch Gons, 1st Inf Ft. Riley.

Now, Ft. Livingroom!

[Skittles]

36. Air Force 75-79

also, I born on an Air Force base and was a GI brat for 15 years (dad a USAF meteorologist).

My English maternal grandfather was in the Royal military and was one of those poor schmucks trapped on the beach at Dunkirk. He was picked up by fisherman who rowed across the channel in a tiny boat. Granddad never talked too much about the war except to say I COULD DIVE UNDER A JEEP FASTER THAN ANYONE. :D

Navy, huh? Here is my favorite Jack Handey expressionism:

"Our dreams, our hopes that one day we will communicate with dolphins; our fears they will cuss like sailors."

[DS1]

39. USMC 91-95

[Demonaut]

41. USN , Ph3 1981-1986 USS Constellation, Two West Pacs

and one overhaul in Bremerton Washington

[libertad]

42. US Navy

1983-1987 Aviation Maintenance Administrationman (AZ)

[phillybri]

45. Big thanks to all of you...You guys kick ass!!!

Thanks for showing the kind of sack I'll probably never have...

[Snow]

46. Ahem. Peace Corps, Korea, 1971-1974.

didn't get wounded but I did catch typhoid fever. Fought the enemy (tuberculosis) bravely, and in the face of many coughing patients.

[kaitykaity]

47. US Army '82-'85

In Germany.

[woofless]

48. Air Force

1970-1973. Pentagon and Turkey. I got an early out thank goodness.

[scottcsmith]

49. U.S. Navy '86-'92

Served as a military journalist. Was stationed aboard the USCENTCOM flag ship, USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) for Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm. I also did tours for the Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet (1987-1990) and a very brief stint aboard USS Independence (CV-62) in 1992.

Right-wingers hate me because I'm a vet that opposes the war in Iraq. They don't consider me a "real" veteran.

For fun, read my hate mail.
http://www.scottcsmith.net/hatemail.htm

[BrotherBuzz]

50. US Army

Drafted (AUS) 1972.

[oneighty]

51. US Navy

51 to 60..MN2 EOD, SWD, DV2, SCUBA Diver. Korea 52. Japan, Charleston SC. Many journeys aboard Minesweepers. Barf.

oneighty...Got my nickname in the Navy. Of Course.

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[Mayberry Machiavelli]

65. Hey I was a patient of USN divers in GTMO

Got a Type II DCS hit from recreational diving and the Dive Locker folks at GTMO's SIMA chamber treated me. Did a damn good job. Very professional bunch, I wrote a nice letter for the C.O.

[oneighty]

69. Cool!

I got the bends once on an experimental dive in the de-compression chamber University of Buffalo. It hurt.

Were you in much pain? Do you re-call the Diving Medical Officer's name?

PM me.

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[NuckinFutz]

52. USAF 1988-1994

Lackland, Keesler, RAF Upper Heyford, Maxwell AFB/Gunter AFS

[leftbend]

53. A lot of us here

More than I thought, lets get rid of that negative stereotype that all veterans are conservative pro war republicans. If anyone should be antiwar it should be someone that has been in a war.
Army 68-88 RVN, ROK, Germany, Polk, Hood, Sill, Carson, APG
Peace

[scottcsmith]

68. Damn straight

We've been there and know what the hell we're talking about. We've served our country in peace time and during war, and the fucking right-wingers have the nerve -- the nerve -- to say that we're not patriotic, or that we're un-American, or even going so far as to say that we're not real veterans. There are times where we will agree with our Commander in Chief, and there will be times that we do not.

Argh, it just pisses me off sometimes, when the Ann Coulters of the world can insult the honor of a man like Max Cleland by minimizing his service to his country. Unlike *, who got himself a coveted spot in the Texas Air National Guard, despite not scoring high enough to get it; who was commissioned an officer right out of boot camp, without having to take any officer candidate training; and who was allowed to train on an aircraft that was being phased out of service in Vietnam.

I thank each and every one of you for your service, and I'm sure in some cases, your sacrifices.

[dry99]

54. USAF

1972-1976. Protecting all of us from those Godless Canadians.

[DonP]

55. US Army '70 - '71

1st Cav, 17th Airmobile. Beautiful downtown Phu Loi

[Endangered Specie]

56. Big Round of Applause and Standing Ovation for all y'all

[Columbia]

57. USMC

Still serving.

[Dees]

58. Army

1964-66. Honorable Discharge. Major General disguised as Sp4.

[TX-RAT]

59. A round of drinks for everybody,.....I'm buying

Puts tears in a old vets eyes......Damn proud of this bunch.

[matcom]

60. Did you think we didn't exist?

do you think the FREEPERS will EVER post this thread?

i bet not

[Insider]

61. army 1985-2000

always out front

[5thGenDemocrat]

62. Army (Signal Corps), 1974-76

Served permanent party at Fort Monroe, Virginia as a Communication Center Specialist (72E20) -- an MOS that, like mule-skinner or typewriter repair specialist, doesn't even exist any more.
John
I might be the veteran here who entered the service at the youngest age: 17 years, three months and three days old. I should have been a junior in high school (graduated GED before I went in).

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

63. USN: '86-2001.

Mostly stateside, 1 year in GTMO.

[Mr. McD]

64. US Army 1968-1971

Republic of Viet Nam. 1969-1971 Huey crew chief.

[BlueCollar]

66. Navy

79-83
VP-40
Westpac

[Aristus]

67. M1A1 Abrams tank crewman, Army 1986-1993.

Kitzingen, Germany,
KKMC, Saudi Arabia - Gulf War I
Fort Knox, Ky.

"Speed and Power!"

[Nlighten1]

70. Army Infantry 1985-1991

Fix Bayonets!