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[GySgt.Elliott]

Another Jarhead here. 20 years (87-07) retired as a GySgt (E-7). Boot in San Diego, Training in Pensacola, stationed in Scotland, K-Bay Hawaii, Ft Meade, Cherry Point, Goodfellow AFB Texas, and Camp Pendleton. Was in Desert Shield/Storm, Somalia, Bosnia, and Kosovo.

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[Doc]

Another Jarhead here. 20 years (87-07) retired as a GySgt (E-7). Boot in San Diego, Training in Pensacola, stationed in Scotland, K-Bay Hawaii, Ft Meade, Cherry Point, Goodfellow AFB Texas, and Camp Pendleton. Was in Desert Shield/Storm, Somalia, Bosnia, and Kosovo.

Welcome Home !

 

[r1ch999999]

Another Jarhead here. 20 years (87-07) retired as a GySgt (E-7). Boot in San Diego, Training in Pensacola, stationed in Scotland, K-Bay Hawaii, Ft Meade, Cherry Point, Goodfellow AFB Texas, and Camp Pendleton. Was in Desert Shield/Storm, Somalia, Bosnia, and Kosovo.

I was in basic for the tail end of Desert Storm and got a NSDR for it. Then I was on alert for Somalia, Bosnia, and Kosovo, to the point of actually having all my stuff packed before they changed their minds. I had an uneventful time in the Army, and while I don't regret it I wonder sometimes about the guys that didn't make it home.

 

[Rviator]

I'm not a veteran but spent my career working as an engineer for defense contractors on some of the toys you may have used, or at least helped you out. A short list in no particular order: AH-1 Cobra, V-22, KC-135, F-22, and last but certainly not least the Viper F-16. Have all the respect in the world for you guys. Thanks for your service.

 

[Motorpsychology]

FNG....

Florida National Guard??

 

[Hank the Tank]

Navy
9 1/2 years
AWV1 (NAC/AW), Naval Aircrewman (Avionics) on the EP-3E, and "C" school instructor.
Proud recipient of the DD-214. I am currently working as a housing case manager in the Supportive Service for Veteran Families (SSVF) program housing homeless veterans. Full-time student (Aeronautics).

 

[Hank the Tank]

Cool thread. 9 1/2 years Navy and got medically discharged but continued to work for the Department of Navy as a civilian electrician for another 6 years before the base was decommissioned in 2011 and the VA determined I'm 100% permanent disabled. Started as an AT ended up a AE in the end. Spent my career with P3 aircraft. Wife spent two years in Army reserves then 10 as a Navy AO.

Ahh the venerable P-3. I flew on airframes built in 1969, still flying around 2011-2012, though they're now resting easy in the "bone yard". That airframe was like a trusty farm truck, not pretty, but damn tough.

 

[Skeezix]

Ahh the venerable P-3. I flew on airframes built in 1969, still flying around 2011-2012, though they're now resting easy in the "bone yard". That airframe was like a trusty farm truck, not pretty, but damn tough.

And yet the C130 and B52 still fly.

 

[Motorpsychology]

And yet the C130 and B52 still fly.

The C-130-J is still being produced, one of, if not the longest, continuously produced aircraft since 1956 (first flight 1954).
The B-52 is still in inventory and went out of series production in 1962(!). There is quite a cottage industry keeping the 60+ year-old airframes flying; they are technically not as "old" as they might seem.
Old yarn:
...One of the rarest exhibits at the Smithsonian Museum is the actual axe George Washington used to chop down the cherry tree. One night, there was a fire in the wing where the axe resides and the handle was totally burned off, so it was replaced with an exact replica. Some years later there was a heist at the museum and among the items never recovered was the blade to the axe, so a new one was forged and attached to the handle.

And visitors to the Smithsonian still marvel at the actual axe George Washington used to chop down the cherry tree...

 

[Ric]

Navy Vet ‘77 - ‘81 . Orlando for boot. Fort Benjamin Harrison IN for PC school. FMC Sigonella Sicily. USS Tulare LKA112 Alameda CA, Chinhae South Korea. It was an awesome ride.

 

[StonyRocket]

Retired MSgt USAF 21yrs Active duty. ICBM Missile Maint. (MM2/MM3). Favorite assignments...Vandenberg AFB CA (test launch missiles)....Fort Belvoir (Defense Threat Reduction Agency....inspect Former Soviet Union ICBM/SBLM)...

 

[NickTheEnforcer]

USAF Basic burned this into the most primitive molecules of my brain, no matter how much I drink I just can't get it out. I can't remember what I had for lunch yesterday BUT I know this tune! The first 20 seconds is the basic training wake up call...
That and the USAF song:

Never flew in one but Spooky kicks ass...

 

[Doc]

USAF Basic burned this into the most primitive molecules of my brain, no matter how much I drink I just can't get it out. I can't remember what I had for lunch yesterday BUT I know this tune! The first 20 seconds is the basic training wake up call...
That and the USAF song:

Never flew in one buy Spooky kicks ass...

my airplane ...

 

[Hank the Tank]

Found what is probably the only photo I have of one of my crews with an aircraft. This was on deployment, post-flight.

 

[navyguy7224]

15 years 10 months here. About to separate from Uncle Sam's boat club. Spent more time in a Marine uniform then in my crackerjacks so I claim the Marines over the Navy all day. DEVIL DOLPHIN 05-21.

-Doc

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