How many GFY webmasters are veterans?
 

In keeping with the mood of the evening...

How many of you served in any branch of the armed forces for your nation?

I'll start, I'm a Navy Veteran, just at the tail end of the Vietnam conflict, where I did NOT serve.

Brutal

God Bless all the Vets.My gramps and uncle fought in wars.May they RIP

I have a Swiss Army Knife, does that count?

Hi,

I served in the Army from 1986 to 1989, 2 years of it in germany.

Mos, 13 Bang Bang :)

the service is cool when your young, good way to grow up and travel the world.

I know Ammo is still serving

I did 8 years 4 Marines 4 Army

Sixnine just got out last month

Rochard was in the Marines

Nitroshock was in the army


and the list goes on


Tanker

I was in the Navy 82 thru 87.

pussies :Graucho
I was on Dubrovnik, Vinkovci, Vukovar and other Croatian fronts for almost 2 years....
A vets from Germany ?!? Wich war was in Germany recently?!?

Exactly. It was a great four years...I spent one of them in the Middle East. Worked great when I was in college during the hostage crisis...I wrote a bunch of papers on it because I was in Iran a few times.

Brutal

90 - 91 Ryhad Saudi Arabia ... went beyond the lines in Iraq the first time.


Wish I wasn't so fat or overaged to go back. I left there knowing America would have to return someday to finish the job.

The Iraqi people I met during that war thought we were going to liberate them then. The looks in thier eyes of hope knowing in thier hearts it was almost over for the repressive regime.

I can never get those images out of my head. I hope we finish the job this time. The people of the owrld will hear the different stories if we finish the job this time.

89-92 Army

Stationed where gotguage ?

What job ... I was 13f in fort sill oklahoma before being sent to saudi.

For you civilians 13f in the army is a forward observer. I was the dumbass having coffee with the enemy and calling for fire on my position. Military life expectancy in combat was 22 hours haha

US Navy for both me and my hubby.

Hey Jfp,

Sure we know 13F very well.


I was on a 155 how. Dirty job but someone had to do it :)

We relied on you guys all the time..

Yeah but back home you guys took care of me by bringing my jack daniels out to bivowak in the barrel hahaha so I respected you guys.

I'm a veteran of the Cola Wars. You fuckers have no idea what kind of shit went down back then. I'm not at liberty to discuss any of it so :321GFY

I did 2 years in the cub scouts

Jfp,

you know it bro. It wasn't too wise to get in a bad way with the fire people, they could make your shots and rounds go way off:)

Ft Sill, damm haven't thought about that place in years. Had a blast there and in lawton.

Went off to germany for 2 years. It was cool there, lots of drinking, gals, etc. but those 45 days out in the field, back for 30-45 days and back out again in 30- below zero really was fucked up. Luckily I made Sgt e-5 in 2 years, so it was a little easier.

but you know, just like 11B, 19D, 13b is still at the bottom, grunt work:))

Oh god Lawton Oklahoma

I went in e2 came home e3 had my e5 twice but the bars along sheraton blvd (mainly the office) kept my butt in trouble. hahahaha

That's right! And now I'm a geek because they transferred me from 13 Bravo to 77 Fox.

Nuclear Reactor Operator -- USS Nimitz CVN-68.

It was an experience I am glad I did, but would NEVER do again. The military and I aren't a good mix.

Aah, good old Ft. Sill... My DS was a spitting image of Tiger Woods. I would have asked him if he golfed but didn't think it'd be worth the resulting PT.

-Phil

When??

I had a good friend on the Nimitz a few years back. Out of Norfolk while she was in dry dock.

Husband number 1
Vietnam 1968 to 1972
re-enlisted again and again
ended up marrying a vietnamese girl

USAF

Best time of my life!

I was in the Air Force. Military Intel (hold the jokes......I've heard 'em all) :)

Hey SexToyKing, I was 13E but I was done with my 4 years in 85, shit I'm old now!

Did 2 years in Germany and 2 at Ft. Lewis.

Wassup JFPDude!

I was in 93-98 army
had two jobs
14S Air Defender
31F Switch Operator

I went to basic training in Ft. Sill also,, not even a nice place to visit, Hot as fuck during july-august while i was there

I left before they went in dry dock to Norfolk.. That was in Jul 97. I can pretty much guarantee I didn't know her. Women were JUST coming through the nuclear program when I was leaving so I never really met any. The gals (not that many on the ship when I was there) in other departments I never really saw/fraternized with.

US Navy 88 -92 CTR SIGINT
ARMY MOS 05HB

Was referring to the ship as "she". So you were in Bremerton, then? I was in Oak Harbor, and my friend was Rich Barrett...can't remember exactly what his rate was though.

:(

3 years in Royal Artillery/Air Defense Unit...
Parti-time if that counts... Got cheap beer and free holidays. :Graucho

what Air Defense weapons did you use?

i worked with the stinger missles,, i just loved that thing

have you ever been to Fort Bliss, Texas?

Ahh.. The "she" thing. I get it.. The whole "Reactor" side of the Navy isn't (or wasn't) really that "gung ho" when I was going through it. We were really cynical and never really conforned to strict protocol in day-to-day life. It was a very MASH-like (the TV show) atmosphere there.

So the "she" threw me for a loop. :)

And yeah, all my time with the Nimitz was in Bremerton as a home-base. I liked the Seattle area. When it's nice it's REALLY nice.. Does rain a lot like they say though!

Playa,

Javellin - it's shoulder launch piece of shit, manually guided... crap for bringing down planes, designed to knock out helicopters.

No mate, never been to Fort Bliss or Texas... will get there eventually..... someday :)

I'm starting to think I am the only pussy who didn't join the army. :(

DH

Army from 90 - 97

4 years artillery, 3 years air traffic control

Being stationed in the 10th mountain Division (Ft Drum) I got some of Somalia and Haiti. Part of a deterrent force when Panama had its first democratic election. Part of humanitarian aid for Hurricane Andrew. Went to air traffic control school then off to South Korea for a year... god I fucking hate Koreans.

I was a 98C
Military Intelligence
I was stationed in Germany for a bit with 2AD Fwd, then went to Desert Storm,
Got out right after, basically.

I am a veteran of the Crimean war

Dude, I miss the Seattle area something fierce. TN sucks ass. We oughta get to gether sometime and have a few drinks. Memories shared!:thumbsup

i thought the Javellin was a anti-tank weapon,

Ft Bliss is very nice place,, not the cleanest but EL Paso has its memorable spots :)

I am proud of all the men who have served. :)

Bless you all for keeping me safe.

I agree with you there Playa, did basic and AIT there, started in the summer left in the winter, which was cold as shit.

I see Tanker Spanker mentioned me above..... Four years, USMC.

I still have a USMC flag on my wall directly behind me in my office.

Fuck no... it auto denates if gets too close to the ground, LOL. If I remember, arrgg, you don't have control of the damn thing for the first 1/2 mile, then it's hot. My old group are no longer using it... they are back on the guns.

Would like to do a tour of Texas, meet up with a few friends on the way ;)

Tev,

I hear you there. I got to basic in the Beg of July, and left in Nov.

It was hot as shit at Ft. Sill in the summer and a cold one in the winter.

People were cool, but being from the NW, I didn't understand churches on every block :)

You guys remember reforger from germany days??

We had the whole nato world there, it was a blast.

fucking 24-48 hours straight on the hows, no downtime really, shells were going off like it was the 4th of july. Our battery had it's shit together, well except for everyone was high all the time:)

whoa, thank goodness the stinger didn't have that,
fire and forget its a damn near flawless weapon with a 98% kill rate,

most of those kill stats are from the Afghans fighting the russians those fuckers were jumping off camels and shooting the stinger from the hip, i kid you not,, it was a training video


the only air defense gun we use to use was the vulcan, now that was a kick ass gun

Hey Playa...

LOL... just to make it nice and confusing... there are two types Javelin missiles... you are right mate, there is an anti-tank one made by your guys.... but our group never saw that.

This is the one we used under s-a-m's

http://www.jed.simonides.org/missiles/sam/sam.html


Never heard of the vulcan mate.... as we only used to play at being soldiers, some of us were slightly uneducated in the use of weaponery :winkwink:


Better page for you...
http://www.armedforces.co.uk/army/listings/l0049.html

the vulcan was a special gatling gun,, that thing can shoot
100 rounds per second, sounds like a huge fart

it was outclassed to shoot aircraft unless the pilot fell asleep :)
so they had to decommission it back in 94, still was a kick ass ground weapon. i seen it literally mow down the top of a tree line and put fire onto a whole country side

they still had a stinger missile in the back you can see the missle
case
http://afvdb.50megs.com/usa/pics/m163a1.jpg

ROTC mate!:ak47: :ak47:

MY bf Israeli Defence Force 94-98 :)