How many of you are prior military? I am. [PICS]

50..........

R.O.K Army 28th infantry division

1999~2001

hahaha

fuckin woj.


WOJ
Commander
50th Threaded Assault Platoon
2002-Present


WOJ is on POINT man!!!!!!!!

Military Police Investigator 7 1/2 years
Combat Photographer 3 years
http://www.vietnamproject.ttu.edu/daspo/

"Prior military"? Yeah, you must've been in the Army. In the Navy we call people who served in the military a "Veteran", lol.

I served in the Navy for 6 years, although I was never on a ship at sea. I ended up being assigned out of advanced training to a Staff Command in Japan for 4 years. We occasionally did inspections on ships in port, but I was never assigned to a unit that went out to sea.

My tour in Japan was considered a form of sea duty, so when I re-enlisted for two more years I was assigned to a P-3 squadron (I was an airdale - the aviation side of the Navy).

Since P-3 aircraft (submarine chasers) were too big to land on aircraft carriers, my sea duty consisted of being assigned to a series of overseas detachments - Okinawa (Japan), Diego Garcia (small island in the middle of the fucking Indian Ocean), and Cubi Point, in the Phillipines.

While in the USN, I was able to visit almost every non-communist country in Asia, although other than Japan and the Phillipines where I spent extensive time, the places I visited most were Taiwan, Korea and Thailand. I would love to visit mainland China someday.

I have mostly good memories, and some lifelong friends from the experience. Like most veterans from families with a tradition of military service, I have an abiding appreciation for the people that put themselves on the line to serve this country, irregardless of their politics.

It is for that reason in particular that I hate to see our troops used in such a misguided effort as that which they were thrust into in Iraq. Our political leaders failed us big time on that one, and instead of being honest with the people and cutting our losses, they have us mired in another military quagmire in a country on the verge of civil war.

I hope and pray that we can extricate our military from there before more of our people die in this badly planned out war, and that the government will then focus on rebuilding relations and improving our aid and diplomatic efforts in the troubled region that is the Middle East.

Heads should have rolled over the intelligence fiasco that led to the invasion of Iraq under false pretexts. Instead, we have sacrificed nearly two thousand American military lives (and counting); people who bravely went where they were ordered and tried to do the job they were asked to perform, even though the mission was often unclear and they were ill-equipped to defend themselves.

Why? So that the politicians and beaucrats in the halls of power could avoid accountability both for the blood loss they caused, and damage which they have inflicted upon our international standing. George Bush, Jr, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld, should all give up their lives of privilege and go serve on the front lines (since they all effectively avoided service during Vietnam and were the architects of the war in Iraq) - but alas, that's not going to happen.

I'm somewhat impassioned about this right now, because last week I met face-to-face with a Gold Star mother. I didn't have much to say, I just looked her in the eye, and told her how sorry I was for her loss, and then hugged her and said I was proud of her for making the difficult decision to speak out against this terrible war.

I hope and pray that we will find a way to bring our troops home as soon as possible, and that we will be much more careful in the future in deciding to initiate wars on foreign soil, and putting our sons and daughters in harms way.

Peace,

ADG Webmaster

I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!

my husband was in from 1983-1993, got out as an E-6, Infantry. My dad was in for 23 years, he got out in 1992
here is my husband

i am a veteran! fyi.

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here is my husband

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NICEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

i feel your disgust in the pit of my stomach.

i was sitting on top of a bunker of nukes in 1990 when GW senior was on the t.v. right in front of me telling the american people "there are no nuclear weapons in south korea". its a damn debauchery. shit i might have guys in suits with sunglasses at my door in the morning. fuck it. it makes me sick.

lies. blatant lies.

here is hte other one he really likes, he is the one kneeling down, this was like 1987 at scout swimmer school, he said it was at the marine corp amphib recon school at little creek

I wouldn't have made that statement. There are things I know, but never say because of the debriefing statements we signed at the time. I never have trusted what the government says since those days

i never signed anything.

and if i did. i guess everyone will know where i've gone when i don't show up to GFY tomorrow.

hey man, i wanted to tell you that i really like the pics from the link in your sig. really good. there needs to be more. got any other links?

U.S. Navy
1988 -92
Crytpo Tech R Branch

I signed those same papers. Our goverment has alot to answer for.

i thought there was a reason that i always look for you when i want to have someone beaten.

my grandfather retired from the navy. he's a bad ass mofo. can still kick peoples asses.

you know though, fuck the papers.

US Navy
1993-1994, medical discharge after having two tons of metal take out my left leg to the point where I spent most of '94 learning to walk again.

USS Acadia, now decommissioned. 32nd St, San Diego.

Sorry, no pic.

wow, another Somalia vet

I was in the Army from 90 - 97

Went to Somalia with the 10th Mountain Division
Went to Haiti with the 10th also... and went to clean up after Hurricane Andrew... then to Panama for Jungle Warfare school, then to Korea for a year

also did air assualt, combat lifesaver and a couple other schools
14 medals in 7 years, was a wild ride

im only 21 and I have never served in the mil or any other branch but grew up in a military family until i was 12 when my dad was honorably discharged from the military

he was a flight medic during desert storm and he cought some nasty shit over there and it almost killed it

was proven to be something that the military did and all he got was an honarable discharge

He has some issues from it but the military told him to fuck off basicly and didnt help out with any thing

ah well - he moved on now and is serving his community as a fire fighter / emt and a full time foster parent for 12 mentally retarted foster kids along with his wife

What unit?

I was in the 10th Mountain Division from 92-94, 95-98, I also went to Hurricane Andrew, What unit were you with? I was with 110 MI BN. I had a break from 94-95, went to Korea, was in the Western Corridor, By Camp Grieves.

Good ole' Osan Air Base! I grew up in Mustang Valley Village and went to High School in Seoul (Seoul American in Yongsan). I lived there for 7 years. My dad retired after 30 years in the Air Force.

Man, seeing that pic of you at the Main Gate with that ROK Soldier brings back memories!

Echo Battery, 7th Field Artillery

we were the guys with the 155mm Howitzers... building 10512

I change my MOS in 94
when I was in korea, was at Camp Red Cloud for about 3 months then spent 9 months at Camp Page, was an Air Traffic Controller at that time

Oh Camp Grieves.
the 2th infantry division. right?
We had several joint trainning(Team spirit) with them in Kyung-Ki-Do

Korea

I was in Korea in 94, also, sounds like to me MRPheer, me and you were on the same assignments for a little while. CRC, I was there visited one of my soldiers down there for PLDC. And yes that 2ND ID, freakin sucked.

Both my father and my grandfather died as US Marines - Granfather in the South Pacific, and my father in Vietnam when I was nine months old. My mother must have crapped in her pants when I signed up!

Vietnam Vet

U.S. Army, 1962-1988

Dave

I was there in 95-96

that's my baby!!!

I was born during the Vietnam war and survived it, obviously.

MrPheer

Miss those FORT DRUM WINTERS OUT THERE?

hell no... those winters are probably why i love the desert so much now

Hurricane Andrew/MrPheer

Hey when u went to Andrew, what was your mission? Where were you? We set up a tent city, for the homeless, Over by the High School, were you in that area?

we had several missions

we did tent citys, neighborhood cleanups, we even built a clamshell aircraft hangar. lots of food, water, and medical deliveries

we were setup in a large park with a lake on it, some of the locals had those really fast remote controlled boats, was cool to watch

best parts was the days off in key largo and islamorada

USAF 93-98

AFSC 2A656 - Acft Elect. Envir. Systems

Served at Luke AFB, AZ 94-96
Kunsan AFB, Korea 96-97
Moody AFB, GA 97-98

good times

They used to warn us to protect ourselves from the "Osan Ouch" (VD) when we went off base there (Vietnam-era, pre-AIDS).

ADG Webmaster

He's complaining? I'd love to be in Korea drinking and fucking for 5 months.

i've got more. i'll have to post a bunch of them when i get home tonight. i literally have 1000's of pics since 1987 when i got out of h.s. and started exploring the world.

i'll post more later. i used to work town patrol in mustang village.

Wow, I'm surprised no one has yet claimed to be a "Black Op"



Seriously, no Spec Ops or Special Forces guys?

1 Year in 744 Comms Regiment in Vancouver.

Did anyone ever get any "test" or "experimental" shots while in the military?
Before I went to Saudi in '96 we got our shots including a new Anthrax shot. After a week or two in Saudi pretty much everyone was sick as a dog and most people that I kept in touch with after getting out said that after they got back they had weird illnesses that the doctors usually attributed to being overworked, not enough sleep, colds, bad eating, etc.. The Anthrax shot we received was one that was involved a few years ago in a class action lawsuit against the gov, but it never got very far. 20/20 did a story on the Anthrax shot a couple years ago and they had a lot of experts and doctors saying that it should never have been given to humans. Gotta love being an involuntary Guinea Pig. There were a few pilots that refused to get the shots and they ended up getting in some serious trouble. Pretty fucked up way to treat the people you rely on for your security if you ask me.

Went in to the Army in '90 and went straight to the desert out of AIT attached to the 18th Airbourne corp for desert storm. Charlie battery, 2nd battalion, 212 Brigade.

After the war, I was at Fort Sill OK, then went through Ranger Indoctrination Program at Fort Benning, then I was going to sign another 6 year hitch and go special forces, got accepted, then my GF in LA was having problems, so I gave it up and got out in '93.

Seems like all of my biggest mistakes in life have been made about women!!

pvt. stands for pervert ?

lol

this is my all time favorite thread on GFY. I am proud of you guys and any webmaster who served in US Armed Forces will always find food, wine and hospitality in my house.

12 years...Army...Airborne...E-7.

USMC
1995-1999
Artillery Scout Observer (Forward Observer) 0861
1st Marine Division
Air Naval Gunfire Platoon
E-4 Corporal

They were trying to give out Anthrax shots to everyone before i got out, luckily i was the Training NCA so I never made myself go... From what i understand the anthrax shots are still kind of experimental...

excellent serge, i'm crashing at your pad when im in FL next...

K-Man

You are in Florida? Where?

(...and no. I'm not looking for free food and wine! )

i refused the anthrax shot and was threatened with a court martial. this was right before i got out right as the first gulf war was underway i believe. i got relieved of duty and everything. nothing ever happened with it, and as i was out-processing no one said a word. i think at that point they just wanted to get rid of me.

i did get a shot right before we went to panama for malaria. i think it was called "gamaglobin" or something like that. it was the freakin cold, almost frozen blue liquid. the shot it in my hip and it felt like a freakin softball had been inserterted in the muscle in my ass. i literally had a tear form in my eye, because it hurt so bad. then to top it off, the nurse who gave it to me, smacks the spot where i got the shot to dissipate the serum. my whole hip turned black and blue about a 6 inche diameter area. that was the worst i experienced with immunizations. ouch. it still hurts.

Damn, full respect to all of those who served guys.

You deserve.

Peeps in life take so much for granted at times, thanks to folks like you all putting in the real hard yards.

Whether the politics be right, wrong or indifferent, you guys deserve all the kudos available for doing a damn fine job whereever you were.

The world is a better place for it.

Cheers, and THANKS.

;-)