Veterans only thread.

[FoD]

53 years ago today the TET offensive of 68 began.

My brother was hanging out in the Tonkin, yachting with the Navy then. I followed on a few years later. Funny thing, we both served with the same Chief, different ships, same rates, same station.

Welcome home to all I haven't welcomed back.

? To the lads!

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[FoD]

@Doc , ran across this and thought you need to get some "tailgate" art

 

[Doc]

@Doc , ran across this and thought you need to get some "tailgate" art

Looks about right !

 

[Larrykime]

You should see the latest AC-130. Crazy stuff.
Gunship flyover last Friday.

Looks like Herbert Field, I retired out of Eglin. The emerald Coast is fantastic.

 

[viperwolf]

out Ft, Lewis Nov 28 70 , home end of Jan after drive down west coast accross to Miami up east coast to RI . Drove in my 69 Z 28 so it was fun all the way . Parents were mad to say the least .

You know the first thing I did when I left the hospital was pack the truck. I drove from TN to Wyoming, then went to Yellowstone. Stayed away for about a month. I had to return for another surgery.

Dr: so how was everything after you last procedure? You take care of those stitches?
Me: I went to Yellowstone and stayed with a friend in Wyoming.
Dr: oh so you traveled with family, well I guess it turned out ok, but we told you not to do anything stressful.
Me: No I drove
Dr:

 

[aeroshots]

Looks like Herbert Field, I retired out of Eglin. The emerald Coast is fantastic.

Yes, Hurlburt Fld.

 

[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.

 

[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...

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