When / where did you serve?

[afret20]

Served 1955-75. Samson AFB, NY Chanute AFB,IL Naha AB, Okinawa Andrews AFB, MD Naha AB again AFTAC, Alexandria, VA Naha AB again Fairchild AFB, WA Fuchu AS, Japan Offutt AFB, NE Glasgow AFB, MT Cape Romanzof AFS, AK With TDYs to Wheelus AB, Lybia Danang AB, RVN Korat AB, Thailand. I think that's all.

[budmant]

Lackland AFB 6/86-7/86
Keesler AFB 7/86-9/86
Shemya AFB, Aleutian Islands 11/86-11/87
Griffiss AFB 12/87-6/88
NJANG, McGuire AFB 6/88-6/92

[Dan Shapiro]

Ft. Ord, Ca - Apr/June 67
Ft. Devens, Mass - July/Oct 67
Herzo Base, West Germany - Nov 67/June 69
Two Rock Ranch, Ca - July/Sept 69
Phu Bai, Vietnam - Oct 69/Nov 70

[mike24d20]

For Dan Shapiro: While in Phu Bai, did you ever run into a 6'4' tall RO by the name of Dunn? He was kind of dorky looking then an scared chitless sometimes.

[mike24d20]

Ft. Ord, Ca. 73
Ft Bliss, Tx for ada AIT
A/1/44 Korea 73-74
Ft. Bliss again d/2/55
C/1/2 Korea 75-76
D/1/65 Key West, Fla an Ft. Bliss again
Nurmours reforgers an air support for the 3rd hurd
Navy Goose Creek, South Carolina 80-84
Ft. Rosecrans, Ca. 84-88
National Gd. 88-89
All good tours, lost a few good buds ( death ) froze my behind off in winter times an got sunburned in the summer. An I hated the POS m-16 from day 1.

[cwartyman]

USMC 1988-1993 active 1993-1995 irr
88 parris island
89 nas memphis, nas cecil field, mcas el toro
90 mcas el toro, sheik isa air base bahrain
91 sheik isa air base bahrain, mcas el toro
92 mcas el toro, mcas iwakuni japan, k2 ab teagu south korea, kadina ab okinawa
93 kadina ab, okinawa, osan ab south korea, mcas el toro then off active duty to irr
served with I MEF, 3 MAW, MAG 11 , VMFA-314 during Desert Shield, Desert Storm.
mack
USMC 1988-1995

[cwartyman]

MOPP level 4 sucks, got thrown out the back of a hummer while we were going to post one night when we came under a scud attack and the driver rolled the hummer of the road and down the embankment luckily none of got anything more than the wind knocked out of us as we in the back were thrown clear of the hummer before it could land on us. next day new orders no driving while wearing a gas mask oops. my profile pic is of me in a tower manning a ma deuce on the gulf side of the base while tdy to the MP's the pic was taken on christmas morning 1990. my unit VMFA-314 and VMFA-235 arrived at king fahd airport dahran saudi arabia at 1400 on august 21,1990 and we left bahrain on march 13,1991 at 2100 hours during 41 days of combat operations VMFA-314 flew 814 combat sorties and expended 2.1 million pounds of ordnance of all types. guarding the off site ammo really sucked as we had 25 Marines to cover a square mile perimeter and we had no nvgs cause the air force took them back. stare at something long enough in the pitch black dark and it will move. the desert sucked but wouldnt trade any of my experiences in the Corps for anything it has shaped my life .
mack
USMC 1988-1995

[CTMC(ret)]

8/65-8/67 - Schools or waiting for schools
8/67-8/69 - NAVSECGRUACT Marietta, WA
8/69-2/70 - Back to School
3/70-5/71 - NAVSECGRUACT Keflavik, Iceland
5/71-5/73 - NAVSECGRUDEPT, NAVCOMSTA Guam
5/73-10/73 - Back To School
10/73-10/75 - NAVSECGRUACT Northwest, VA
10/75-5/76 - Back to School
5/76-5/78 - NAVSECGRUACT Azores
5/78-7/78 - Back To School
8/78-8/81 - NAVCOMTRACEN Corry Station, Pensacola, FL (Instructor duty)
8/81-5/84 - NAVSECGRUACT Adak, AK
5/84-6/86 - NAVSECGRUACT Guam
6/86-7/86 - Back To School
8/86-8/89 - NAVSECGRUACT Augsburg, GE and OUT!

(Since my time, all duty stations except Corry and Guam have been closed.)

No combat but feel I contributed in no small way by providing "assistance" to those in combat. No ships - equipment I maintained was much too large for shipboard deployment. (I tried, but was told with my background, it wasn't gonna happen.) Family separations? Once, for 2 months, our choice - waiting for the kids to finish the school year. All overseas deployments were accompanied, concurrent travel. On the brighter side, I served as Station Weapons Officer at several stations, as well as SAMI - which wasn't a plus at advancement time.....

[Sean P Gilday]

Ft. Hood 1982-1984
2nd Armored Div.
HHC 1st Bn, 50th Inf Rgt (M)
Co. E. 124th Maint Bn

NYARNG 1984-2008
Co. C 1st Bn, 71st Inf Rgt. 42nd Div 1984-1993
Co. C 1st Bn, 105th Inf Rgt, 27th E-Bde. 1993-2000
Co. D. 1st Bn, 69th Inf Rgt, 42nd Div 2000-2001
Co. A.. & B. 1st Bn, 69th Inf Rgt USMA 2001-2002 Noble Eagle attached to Garrison 1/1 Infantry
Co. B. 1st Bn, 69th Inf. Rgt. 256th Bde. Iraq 2004-2005
Det. 1 NY PTAE 2006-2008
TAC CP2 42nd Div G-3 FUOPS 2008

OIF III -Baghdad, Radwiniya, Route Irish Patrol

Combat Infantry Badge Jan. 20th, 2005
Purple Heart June 10th, 2005 (130mm HE-Frag IED)

[Charlie]

ADCS USN Ret. 1958 -1979 Would do it again if I could

[w4rf]

USAF 1960 to 1964 mostly with the 449th Bomb Wing (SAC) Kincheloe AFB, Michigan but TDY many times. I was home on leave when the Cuban Missile Crisis broke, got a telegram from the Pentagon "Report to your duty station by first available transportation". We were on alert for a month or more. I remember standing guard at a hanger entrance with an M2 carbine with 10 rounds in the mag. Would have been a short battle on auto.
I was TDY at Wright-Patterson the day the B-29 "BOCKSCAR" was flown in to the Air Force Museum. I got inside for a look around.

Never shot at or slept in a foxhole but hope my small contribution helped keep the Soviets on their side of the world.

[TomSudz]

Never shot at or slept in a foxhole but hope my small contribution helped keep the Soviets on their side of the world.

w4rf, trust me, you didn't miss anything!

[Dan Shapiro]

"For Dan Shapiro: While in Phu Bai, did you ever run into a 6'4' tall RO by the name of Dunn? He was kind of dorky looking then an scared chitless sometimes. "

Don't recall the name. Biggest guy in our hootch was Jack Morresette (could have played linebacker for Green Bay) - and he was scared #$@ of bugs. We were TAD to night perimeter guard. I'd kick Morresette's rack to wake him as I went to get cleaned up in the afternoon. He'd mumble, but wouldn't get up until I got back, then he'd have to rush to catch up in time for chow. After a couple of days listening to his bitching about my not waking him, I kicked his rack one afternoon and yelled "catch" as I threw a cockroach on his chest. Next thing I knew he was chasing me down the company street yelling that he'd kill me. At least he got up on time for once.

[Doug Douglass]

Coastie

United States Coast Guard...operation Market Time...TAD Nam 66, Photographer.....not good times but we did it...and survived.. Semper Paratus

[Rick]

USS Independence 65-69. Not much of a Navy Man my only goal was to do my time and get back to civilian life.

Can you believe my recruiter lied to me? Was promised aircraft engine school and shore duty. Instead I was assigned the Cat Crew of the Independence and did 3 year 9 months and 22 days of sea duty. Thought I would be stuck on the Cats for the my entire enlistment but because of my test scores I was offered my choice of schools a year later. I took Photography because it was the longest school and the closest thing to shore duty.

When I read what a lot of you have done I'm a little ashamed of myself. My only defence is I was young. Joined when I turned 17 to be in a war and ended up spit polishing for endless white glove inspections. Might be some truth that God watches out for fools and young stupid people.