Vets... Form Up!

[terrydowning]

USAF Active Duty 1985 - 2000
USAFR 2000 - 2006
Heavy Equipment Operator 85-89
Disaster Preparedness NCO 89 - 06
Highest Rank TSgt (E6)

Assignments
Williams AFB AZ 85-89
Ellsworth AFB, SD 89-91
RAF Mildenhall 91-94
Altus AFB, OK 95-97
Incirlik AB Turkey 97-99
Sheppard AFB, TX 99-00
Vandenberg AFB, CA 00-06

A fruit salad of medals on my chest (Some of which I actually deserve)
A wall full of plaques and awards (All boxed up because that is my past)

Proudest achievement:
Father of 3 great kids who get to grow up in a free country!

Thanks to all other vets and those serving today!

[papahammer8]

i proudly served in the us army . 71-73 . i was stationed at ft. cambell ky. i done a short stint with the 5th spec forces.nam, which wasn't very good for my health. i am a 100 % disabled vet . i also want to thank all the other vets out there for there service. PROUD to be a american Proud to serve my country . hag1 jim

[dlbristol]

I served in the US Army from 1968 -1970. I left an E-6. I completed Ranger School and served with K company 75th Inf. ( Ranger) as a Long Ranger Recon Patrol (LRRP) team leader, 4th ID in An Khe most of the time. I have a Bronze star ( meritorious service) Air Medal ( lots of insertions!) and a CIB ( the most important to me). I'm proud to have served, and I stand in awe of what others have done for this great country.

[Gampa]

U. S. Navy, 73-93
Retired as Storekeeper Chief (E-7)
Most demanding tour of duty: USS Cochrane (DDG-21), 101 Days in the Indian Ocean, 76 days straight days without seeing land during the Iranian Hostage Crisis. WETSU (We Eat This Shit Up)
Best tour: Keflavik Iceland,

[fixit]

USAF
1967 -1990
Lt Col
various assignments: Radar site in Iowa, Ent AFB, CO, Ubon AB, Thailand,
Rhein Main AB, Germany, Scott AFB, IL, Randolph AFB, TX,
Elmendorf AFB, AK, Randdolph AFB, TX
Bronze Star - several other ribbons.

[tsaguy]

United States Marine Corps

1992-1996, 4 years Active Duty

Got out as a Cpl, E-4

Stationed 29 Palms California, Okinawa Japan, Pohang Korea. Aboard the USS Germantown LSD-42, Shellbacked, Operation Restore Hope in Somalia, visited Australia, Hong Kong, Jakrata, and ate bbq'd rat, chicken feet, and king cobra.

I have several medals/ribbons, but my favorite is the award for doing laundry aboard ship and not complaining about it.

Semper Fidelis!

[cv3]

USMC 64-70, E6- Combat Engineers, Vietnam 65-67,. I salute all our fellow Vets.

[rdewinter]

I enlisted in the USAF in Feb 1967. I left the USAF as a Staff Sergeant, E5, in Jan 1971. I spent my entire enlistment in San Antonio, Texas. I was at Lackland AFB for boot camp for 6 weeks and earned the American Spirit of Honor medal. After boot camp, I collected my one an only travel check of $1.67 to report to Randolph AFB, literally across town, where I spent four years in the accounting/finance office. Having had an accounting background, I was frozen to base in order to help implement and test a new service wide accounting system. This was during the Vietnam conflict and I always felt that I missed something by not going to serve in Vietnam. I took advantage of my stateside service and when to college at night and completed many units leaving me only one year to complete and graduate from San Diego State University. I also met my wife in San Antonio and we have been married for 42 years and have three wonderful sons.

I am proud to have served in the USAF.

[jayhawk]

Retired Chief Warrant Officer 3.
10 years active duty Marines 1974-1984
24 years Army National Guard 1984-2008
34 years continuous military service.
Marine assignments: NAS Millington, TN; MCAS(H) Tustin, CA; MCAS Iwakuni, Japan; MCAS(H) Santa Ana, CA
Army tours of duty: Bosnia (1996) and Kosovo (2000).

Semper Gumby!

[ddvann79]

Semper Gumby!

Outstanding, sir! "Always Flexible." I heard that quite a bit in the Seabees.