Hey I was at the Heath '89-93, was a "Vark Fixer" (backshop) and then an "Eagle Keeper"

 

Commissioned in Air Force at 22 ...
-- Born in Oregon
-- Portland State University

Active duty for 22 years ...
-- Air Defense Command
-- Hq Command
-- SAC
-- DCA
-- AFCS

Defense contractor for 22 years ...
-- Tracor
-- Marconi
-- BAE Systems

Must be some kind of trend for the 22s ????

 

Never in the military, but wanted to say thanks to you all for your service.

 

It was a pleasure. Your kindness is appreciated.

 

I too served in the AF, a short Enlistment on the count of My Daughter's Birth. But I come from a long line of Military Service.
Daughter: USAF (no longer active duty)
Brother: E-9 Naval Reserves (current); 30+ Yrs. Enlisted right out of HS.
Father: USAF (no longer active duty)
Uncle: Capt. (Retired) Bethesda Hospital Administrator
Cousins served in the Navy (Sons of Uncle above)

I am very Proud of ALL of our Service Personnel Past, Present and Future!! I Salute each and every one of you.

 

See those flowers he's about to throw? They are sooooooooo not for you, Missy.

 

US Navy submariner 1986 - 1989.

USS Louisville SSN724
Groton, Ct
San Diego, CA

I wish I could say that I enjoyed it but I didn't. Worst decision I have ever made in my life but I am glad that I served my country.

 

Lt Col USAF (Ret)
21 yrs (1983-2004)
Flight Test Engineer, Acquisition Program Manager

Father: USN UDT (Korea)
Brother: USA Special Forces (Green Beret) Vietnam, Desert Storm
Brother: USAF/ANG, KC-135 pilot

 

In USAF, stationed at
Chanute (twice),
Dugway Proving Grounds Utah,
Offutt AFB NE,
Tehran Iran (before & during the revolution - fun ),
Ramey Puerto Rico (made up for Iran),
Finthen Army Airfield Germany,
Peterson AFB CO,
USAF Academy CO,
Cheyenne Mtn AB CO,
Palmerola Honduras,
Peterson again, retire.
Went to lovely Thule
http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/04202.html
because of good tax-free pay, free room & board, 60 days paid vacation a year, free med. & dental, free air anywhere in US twice a year. And it was nice if you didn't have to go outside .
And where else would a meteorologist get the chance to do a forecast like this:
"Cold today, cold tonight, long-range forecast - cold... with a chance for snow." every day of the year?

 

Infantry, active and reserves, total 8 years.

Father (deceased way back) 101st airborne, Vietnam.
Grandfather (deceased way way back) Okinawa WWII (unsure).
Step father, Navy carrier, Korea.
Sister, Army, desert storm.
Brother in law, Rangers, bronze star.
Uncle, Army, Vietnam (unsure), purple heart.
Uncle, Army, Vietnam (air calvary, 2 tours).

 

Yet you served 13 years ?

 

Hey thulewx, I was a weather geek for the latter 19 years of my Navy career...I'll bet we can drop some of the same names...

 

I stayed pretty much in small units or, when at Offutt (Global Weather Central) I was in the Solar Forecasting unit, then at Solar observatories in Iran & P.R., not to mention my time "serving" with the Army in Germany (loved the locale, hated the job).

 

OH, AND I suppose you think they're for YOU, eh!?

It amazes me that military families tend to generate more military members! I'm the first female in my family, but we go wayyyy back.

Husband: Army
Brother: Army
Dad: USMA '74 then went USMC
Uncle (dad's side): USMC (mustang - enlisted, Warrant, Officer)
Grandfather (dad's side): Navy (mustang)
Uncle (mom's side): USMC
Uncle (mom's side): USMA '74, then Army
Uncle (mom's side): USMA '75, then Army Chem Corps
Grandfather (mom's side): US Army Air Corps (WWII) - belly gunner mechanic
Misc grand-cousins -- Army Air Corps (MIA); Army, etc. WWII
Grand-cousin (Mom's side): GET THIS! He was Army - a blacksmith for Custer. Got drunk before the night of the Big Stand and stayed in the rear with the other blacksmiths. Everyone in the family thought he had died during the last stand, when suddenly he shows up on their Boston doorsteps!

Anyway...I've always thought of the service as part of my extended family. I know SO many people in so many locations, and we all have a bond of some sort (that can be good and bad); we can pick up a conversation left off years before and it's like we never stopped.

 

US Navy 5 years ('76-'81), ASW Officer

BEST decision of my life. (I place this above marrying my wife only because I would never have met her if not for joining the Navy!)

 

Only served 4 years. I must be brain dead at that time of night. Original post fixed and edited

 

5 years Vermont army guard, now transferring to New Mexico where i will ETS in NOV and prolly extend another 6. 1 tour in Iraq around BIAP

 

4 years active U.S.M.C. A-4M ordnance-VMA-223 "Bulldogs"/VMA-311 "Tomcats"
then 2 years inactive reserve
completely out for a year then began to miss the life
then a little less than 3 years U.S.M.C. F-4 Phantom II's ordnance VMFA-112 "Cowboys"
I would have stayed in way longer but it cost more to travel to and from my duty station in DFW area from the El Paso area than I was making.
One uncle-Army
Other uncle-U.S.M.C.
Dad-U.S.M.C.
Grandfather-U.S.M.C.
3-stepbrothers-U.S.M.C.
12 year old daughter is going crazy waiting for the day she can attend Annapolis so she can eventually be a leader of Marines!

 

US Army (ret)
'76-01.
8.5 yrs Germany, Korea, posted on both coasts in US, ODS. PNT, DAIG, int'l standardization org. Lots of TDY to UK, Canada, Australia, NZ, Japan, HI.

 

I was at Spangdahlem ABS from 2004-2007, now stationed at Charleston AFB, SC. Been USAF Security Forces for 5 years now, made SSgt the first time! 13 months left! Just bought my MINI this evening!

 

My Husband... 19 yrs Active Duty United States Army..
bought my mini in Mainz Germany, stationed in Wiesbaden..
Although I am not a soldier... I have been to Balad Iraq... East Side Px Manager... stationed when my husband was on his second tour in Iraq... we lived together in Balad.
Living now in Fort Jackson (AKA Hell) SC.. awaiting pcs orders to come down the pipe.. prayin to the army gods for hawaii... just to see Abuzavi.. or Germany.. Alaska is good too!
Bought another mini stateside.. Charleston SC...

Army Wife... the toughest job in the military! Not restin till they all come home!

 

Too bad we never got to serve together. We could'a taught each other a few things. I could have taught you how to back splice the plimsoll line, you could have tried to teach me how to toe the line and we could have gone ashore and contested each other in splicing the main brace. You also might have been there to watch us surface a rusky Juliett somewhat north and east of Cuba.

 

airborne!(1964-68), 82nd & 173rd, congo, dr, & vn.

 

SGT E-5 in Augsburg Germany 75-78, now a contractor in northern Iraq
Electric Blue rules!

 

JFC Naples, Italy