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Oct 1983 – Feb 2009

Marine Corps, 26 Years, (25.5 actually, close enough for government work) Technically less because I was not under contract while I was participating in Desert Storm.

Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center 29 Palms Ca.
Camp Pendleton, Ca
Okinawa, Japan
Camp Fuji, Japan
Desert Shield/Desert Storm
Marine Corp Air Station Cherry Point, NC
Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan
Camp Lejeune, NC
Operation Iraqi freedom

With a few return visits here and there.

 

I did not serve, in my formative years I gave it a passing thought but it was just not for me. I do appreciate the sacrifice others have made on my behalf and thank you profusely for doing a job I cannot do.

 

:biggrin5:Had the amazing privilege tonight of shaking hands with and giving a hug to Don Wipple. He fought in the battle of Iwo Jima. He still speaks at local schools and events. The book "More than 36 days" authored by Caren Barrela and the movie "Final Return to Iwo Jima", a documentary, are of Don. And what is so cool is, he lives in my neighborhood!:biggrin5:

 

I'll jump in on this....

Army Brat (Dad served 20 years, 2 tours in Viet Nam)

West Point 1972-1976
US Army 1976-2005
US Army Civilian 2005-today (I'm at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio)

Son and daughter-in-law both West Point 2004. Brother served active duty 1979-2009, currently Army Civilian in Stuttgart Germany.

I served mostly in Europe, 3 Germany tours, one in Belgium and one in France, plus a little time in Bosnia and Kosovo. One tour in Hawaii.

My signature pic was taken at Fort Huachuca, AZ.

 

:cornut: I run into that a lot. "I was in Special Forces. Oh yeah, what unit? That's classified." My eye. Everything that I ever did in Special Forces has been featured on The History Channel or The Military Channel. I even saw the Retired CIA case officer who handled us in Pakistan/Afghanistan on the Military Channel telling all about 'Charlie Wilson's War'. Or, 'I was in Special Forces' in the Marines. You idiot, the Marines have Force Recon(which are Special Operations Forces but not Special Forces), the term Special Forces means only Army Green Berets. The US Military has numerous Special Operational Forces but only one Special Forces. "I was in the SEALs. Oh yeah, what was your class number? Uh, that's classified." WRONG, I don't know a SEAL who can't rattle off his class number proudly while fully asleep. Why people want to lie to make themselves out to be something that they aren't just baffles me. Good People like Friskie and others are going to catch them.:frown2::frown2::lol::lol:

Jason

 

It was called "implied consent". You folks got a lot of stuff that was not USDA approved yet, but they thought you needed it. The president signed the order and you got it.

I honestly think that happened to us in Nam as well, but back then no order was required....they just did it.

 

20 years Air Force (retired) 1978-1998
Edwards AFB CA
Mather AFB CA
Geilenkirchen NATO AB GE
Andrews AFB DC
Hickam AFB HI

 

Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club - Yankee Station - PIRAZ Station '68. And 'The Great Big Battle of Rosie Roads'.

There is already a group under User CP/Social Groups titled 'Military Veterans'. There are 34 users and 44 discussions. It's been inactive for some time.

 

Navy - 22 years.

Shore tours mostly on the east coast, but almost all sea time in WestPac/IO/Arabian Gulf. One stint out of White Beach, Okinawa.

 

Army Airborne 1952 - 1955.

 

Thanks Jason. Good thing is I was a Scout (Infantry - recon) so they might not have known where I was at any given time.

Jason won't tell on himself but he was in the Elite Green Berets and I would be willing to bet his record has a lot of blacked out lines on it cause in "reality" they never were there even though they probably were. As he was a medic in the SF he is probably more knowledgeable then a lot of nurses and docs...

 

With all these Army and Navy guys hanging about and one or two spooks, feel like a foreigner.

USAF 1966-1970, Combat Photographer, Medical Photographer, Lab Photographer for SAC, 544th Air Recon Wing, detached duty to SEA area with Army, Marines and other groups.

For a fact, I never set foot in Vietnam, there is good and bad in that statement.

Don

 

God bless the troops.

 

The Pacific NW is actually (or was) the most requested duty. No lack of adventure.

I was actually assigned to a LORAN station for my first deployment and I then had choice of duty for my next assignment. Would have been an adventure. I kind of regret never having served, but then again my wife keeps reminding me that we would have never met......good/bad?

 

^^^ And this country supports you all. (Thank you)

 

While home on leave in the early 70's, I was once asked how I liked being on glorified welfare. That statement and the fact we could not be seen off post in uniform unless commuting made for an interesting time. Fortunately I just ignored it all and pressed on. Now had I been spat upon, I would have ended up in the stockade.

 

Totally agree. My dad did a tour in Vietnam, so I did quite a bit of reading and watching documentaries on the war. I always wondered how he put up with the very poor attitude of the American people. IMHO I think the Vietnam Vets had a lot to do with how Gulf War Vets were treated when we came back, not to mention all the support we received while we were there. It was a good feeling knowing people appreciated what we were doing.