Topic: Veterans Day-list which branch

[hondachopproject]

I want to give a tip of the hat to all my fellow Vets Today.
Thanks to all that served proudly both in times of peace and times of War.
Lee
USMC
81mm Mortarman
29 Palms
1977-1980

Any other Vets, which branch

[Bob Wessner]

U.S. Army
'66 -'67 Fort Meade, MD
'67 -'68 Long Bihn-Ben Hoa, USARV

[bill440cars]

        Lee & Bob, I join you on this Veteran's Day.

             6 years USAF  1966-72'
             Charleston AFB, SC 1yr Wheeled Vehicle Maint.
             Shepard AFB, Wichita Falls, TX Cross - Trained to Jet Fighter Acft/1 & 2 Eng 12wks.
             Misawa AFB, Japan 2 yrs (total of 1 yr TDY in Korea) Crew Chief F4C Phantom II
             Hamilton AFB, CA Last 8 months Crew Chief and Alert Duty F106 Delta Dart
             2 years inactive   
            24 years USAR 1972-96'
             306th Civil Affairs Mechanic, 431st Civil Affairs Mechanic and later Motor Sgt.
             354th Chemical Platoon Sgt & later Motor Sgt, 271st Maint Motor Sgt & Later D/S Maint
             Control NCO
             Retired Dec 1996
                        All Those Who Have Served, And Are Serving, Deserve The Respect Of All.

                                                              Later On,  Bill

[hondachopproject]

       
             
                        All Those Who Have Served, And Are Serving, Deserve The Respect Of All.

                                               

Well said Bill.
I offer a well earned Thanks You to you, Bill and Bob and others who will later post

[Jerry Rxman Griffin aka MuthaF'er]

Back to ya Lee and everyone else. Too many of us never made it back.

Army 71 - 73. 91Bravo initially then 91Q. US not RA but I did my time.

[bill440cars]

Back to ya Lee and everyone else. Too many of us never made it back.

Army 71 - 73. 91Bravo initially then 91Q. US not RA but I did my time.

                                      In My Book, It Doesn't Matter How You Did It.

[hondachopproject]

US not RA but I did my time.

Any service to one's country is commendable.
----Hand put forward to shake your Hand----

[skamania19]

US Army Military Police Corps
1978 - 1981

[bill440cars]

US not RA but I did my time.

Any service to one's country is commendable.
----Hand put forward to shake your Hand----

                                                                   EXACTLY

[Peterbylt]

US Navy 77 - 81
Engineman
USS Shreveport LPD12
Home Port Norfolk VA

[Bob Wessner]

US not RA but I did my time.

Likewise. We were just the other kind of volunteer.  Besides, back then you didn't have to volunteer. You knew they were coming for you anyway. 

[mrbreeze]

USN------74/76------Hulll Tech-------USS Ranger CVA61-------GO NAVY!!!!!

[Shiftredline]

USAF 97-present   Security Forces/CATMS (Combat Arms)

[Japbikemike]

1983-1992 Armored Cavalry, Guard & Reserve.

[bill440cars]

US not RA but I did my time.

Likewise. We were just the other kind of volunteer.  Besides, back then you didn't have to volunteer. You knew they were coming for you anyway. 

           True Bob but, at least if you volunteered, you had somewhat of a say as to what you
     did and where you were going. I was still in high school, when I signed up on the delayed
     enlistment for the Air Force and actually went in on August 19, 1966. My Dad is the reason that I
     did that reserve time. After I got Discharged from the Air Force, He started telling me that I
     should apply for a Dual Status Civil Service job, which meant that if you were to be hired for the
     job, you had to join the Army Reserves as part of the deal. Well, I finally listened to him, applied
     for a Civil Service Mechanic job at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, was hired Dec 26, 1972 and joined the
     Army Reserves on Feb, 1973. Put in 24 yrs there and retired as an Equipment Inspector after
     being in 2 different levels of maintenance. We worked alot of the equipment that came from
     Arkansas to go to Kuwait and also worked with equipment that went to Honduras for
     Humanitarian Projects and went to Honduras to prepare the equipment for return to the states.

                                                                Later on Bill

[USN20]

U.S. Navy - '76-'02 - Chief Engineman

USS Bainbridge CGN-25
USS Florikan ASR-9
USS Frederick LST-1184
USS Acadia AD-42
USS McKee AS-41

God Bless Our Veterans!

[siter81]

USN
81 -85
Hull Tech
USS SAN DIEGO AFS-6






Siter81     

[Bob Wessner]

True Bob but, at least if you volunteered, you had somewhat of a say as to what you
     did and where you were going.

Bill,

You're correct of course. As I recall, if you wanted a branch other than the army, you had to enlist, or if you wanted some say in your MOS (at least that's what they called it in the army) you had to enlist as well. The trade-off was either 3-4 years enlistment vs. 2 years as a draftee. I took my chances, figuring the odds were 8 to 1 in my favor.

[medic09]

I hope you all realize that your service was even BIGGER than service to your country.  Because of the role the US plays in the world, your service meant preserving a free and safe society in many places in the world.  Sounds corny, but a noble thing indeed...

It is still true today... (anyone got a little face that salutes? 

[hondachopproject]

I hope you all realize that your service was even BIGGER than service to your country.  Because of the role the US plays in the world, your service meant preserving a free and safe society in many places in the world.  Sounds corny, but a noble thing indeed...

It is still true today... (anyone got a little face that salutes? 

  salute returned

[bill440cars]

True Bob but, at least if you volunteered, you had somewhat of a say as to what you
     did and where you were going.

Bill,

You're correct of course. As I recall, if you wanted a branch other than the army, you had to enlist, or if you wanted some say in your MOS (at least that's what they called it in the army) you had to enlist as well. The trade-off was either 3-4 years enlistment vs. 2 years as a draftee. I took my chances, figuring the odds were 8 to 1 in my favor.

Bob,    I hope you didn't think that I was saying that a person should have enlisted and not be drafted. I wasn't. Neither choice was best for all. I felt that enlisting was best for me, so I did it. I have the same appreciation for all Veterans, no matter how they became one. And for the record, in the Air Force, instead of MOS, it was AFSC. I don't know what terms were used in the other branches. Ha, even when you enlisted though, you still were dreaming if you thought you were going to be stationed where you picked. Seems like we had a 1st, 2nd and maybe even a 3rd choice and I always went somewhere else. I didn't figure on getting Arkansas, so I picked Oklahoma and got Charleston AFB in South Carolina. That's Close I did asked for Japan for my overseas tour though and got it Then, I knew I was coming back to the states and I'd heard that Little Rock AFB was getting the F4 Phantoms (which I worked on in Japan) and so I selected it. I went to Hamilton AFB in California that time. Got discharged from that one and I pointed my 69' road runner torwards Little Rock, drove for about 28 hours (Stopping only for gas food and drink, all at the same time & an hour  nap at Flag Staff, Arizona) and arrive home at about 1am on the last day. In closing, I Totally Respect All Those Who Served (and are serving) In Whatever Way. We All Deserve Respect For That.

                                                Salute,      Bill

[sparty]

Guys,

Thanks for serving our country and securing our freedoms.

Sparty

[GroovieGhoulie]

Army right now.  En Route to Afghanistan.  Flew out on Armistice Day.  How's that for irony? 

[Bob Wessner]

Army right now.  En Route to Afghanistan.  Flew out on Armistice Day.  How's that for irony? 

Good luck on your tour. Keep your head down.

[Bob Wessner]

Bill,

I hope you didn't think that I was saying that a person should have enlisted and not be drafted.

Not at all.