★★★★★ Military Veterans: Front and Center! ★★★★★
 

Damn, you don't look any different
Didn't know you were on a bird farm

Present and accounted for sir!

A big THANK YOU to all those that served and are serving our country. :thumbsup

Lol thx, that pic is circa '92.

Indeed, did Desert Storm + WestPAC with the Marines on the Vancouver (decommissioned that ship afterwords) transferred to the Ranger and did another WestPAC (decommissioned that ship upon arrival) transferred to Lake Champlain and finished up my term.

Damn, when you were done with a ship, they just mothballed it! LMAO

they mothballed my Sub in 99 I think,
I went on 2 west pacs.
I missed going on a blue nose by 2 months, that's going under the ice pack, that would have been cool, literally!

Congratulations to Canadian Horse Guard.

Veterans need boobs on their face you know..

Happy Veterans Day to my fellow brothers and sisters in arms

Now I have to find a couple pics i have from my duty in 1969 as an Army MP
(they weren't where i thought they were)

props and respect to all others who served

Congrats fellow Shell Back
I crossed 5 times
But it's still going on, my daughter is a Shell Back

Def find those and post them Mike! :thumbsup

Veterans rule! I and every other American thank them for serving!

Yes thank you all of you! My brother is currently serving in the navy.

Kitty Hawk ; Shellback

I wasn't there, but I'm sure they knocked it down a few notches
We had a guy that went thru rush week in college, it lasted a week
What we did to him in 8 hours scared the shit out of him


I still own the Shell Back Flag! I took it with me when I got out, it saw 4 crossings

They haven't stopped :P

It's actually considered sanctioned hazing... (USMC here, crossed the equator in 2001 :P)

My first one, we did underwater, my pictures are buried somewhere, I should try to find them. We surfaced afterwards and went for a swim. I later had to do look out for sharks, LOL

Marines 2512/2513

http://i52.tinypic.com/20qcq69.jpg

Good pic, where was that taken?

Happy Veteran's Day S P A N N O W

Happy Veteran's Day

Salute to you all! We might not serve IN the same army, but we are on the same side :)
UNFIL and KFOR +++

Computers I learned on were a lot bigger, had drum drives. Didn't even have key boards
http://americanhistory.si.edu/subs/o...arconsoles.jpg

Does that make you feel old? LOL I can't remember a time when I didnt have internet..

Cool. I'm not Gung Ho but I'm glad I did it. Wouldn't do it again. :upsidedow

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Scout-Fwd Observer
9th and 11th Marines

been back in Cali just over 2 years... living out in the East Bay.
bit too cold for me though, i'm shopping warmer climates again.

Nice we're in East Bay too.
Been in NorCal long enough that it doesn't feel cold tho...

Just turned 50, what makes me feel old is having a drink in a bar with my daughter! LOL

LOL those are always good times I bet though. She still in?

I'm 3 to the right from the circled guy (blond hair). I look short in this - I'm actually 5'10" in socks - those are some tall guys :)

A photo taken by ENC Harry Lowrey (SWCC) (circled), of Special Boat Units 12 and 13, aboard the Mobile Sea Base WimBrown VII, in 1988. This was one of two MSB's we used during the Earnest Will convoy operations in the Persian Gulf. The other was the MSB Hercules.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1390/...f8a0f51d15.jpg
SBU-12 and SBU-13, MSB WimBrown VII, January 1988 by PhilippinePhotos, on Flickr

I almost wished you hadn't said anything about that. Mine sucked! We crossed going down to Australia. I was sick as a dog that day, and couldn't play.

We stayed in Perth for a little over a week, and picked up something like 40 new crew.

When we passed back over, we had another ceremony, so nearly the entire crew, and all the people who were newly qualified shellbacks, got to beat on me for a few hours. No one knew the new guys so they left them alone.

Took me three hours and 4 complete circuits around the ship's deck to finally hit the pool. Man.. my palms and knees were in ribbons from crawling on non-skid. Had about 80 welts on my ass and thighs. Covered in grease, rotten food, and other assorted nastiness. I'll never look at a hot dog in the same way again.

It was worth every minute.

She got out a couple days ago, she'll be spending turkey day and Xmas with me, then I'm driving her up to washington to finish college and then medical school. Gave her a new gun for her stay there, Smith and Wesson model 410 40 caliber. Their guns laws are better than ours and I want her to be protected. Having her be a doctor would be soo cool

U-Dub (Univ. of Washington) has a good Medical program...is that where she is going? :thumbsup

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