Thread: Current Military or Veterans?

It has been a while since we did this but do we have any current military or veterans on the forum.

Army
Navy
Air Force
Marines
Coastguard
State Guard (aka State Defense Forces)

*OR*

USAF-Civil Air Patrol
Coast Guard Auxiliary

Perhaps you could tell us a little about yourself.

North
(former Active Duty Army Chaplain Assistant)

US Air Force from 1/88 until 6/95. DAV. Served in the first Desert Storm and Desert Shield, did time in Asia (5.5 years)

:D

I was in the Canadian Mobile Command Reserve. And I bet you have no idea what I am talking about. Well maybe North might.

Currently Active Duty Navy....will be 18 years in August. I'm a Recruiting Supervisor looking forward to retirement (from the Navy anyway) in two years. That's the reason my education is on the fast track now.

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Hi North,

I recently celebrated 20 years of Navy active duty.

Besides being April Fool's day, today is also the birthday of the United States Navy Chief Petty Officer.


"On April 1, 1893, two important steps were taken. First, the grade of Chief Petty Officer was established; secondly, most enlisted men received a pay raise."

http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq46-1.htm

Originally posted by Charles
Hi North,

I recently celebrated 20 years of Navy active duty.

Besides being April Fool's day, today is also the birthday of the United States Navy Chief Petty Officer.


"On April 1, 1893, two important steps were taken. First, the grade of Chief Petty Officer was established; secondly, most enlisted men received a pay raise."

http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq46-1.htm

Charles, thanks to you, I just shocked and amazed my wife with the CPO tidbit. Mrs. Lloyd, who served in the Navy from 1980 to 2000, and retired as a HMC (SW), did not know this. So we'll see if I earned valuable marriage points, or anything.

I was an MP in the Regular Army and in the National Guard, both enlisted and commissioned.

I enlisted in the Air Force in 1977. I left in 1980 to enter the AF Reserve for two years. Selected for Officer Training School (after becoming a staff sergeant), I was commissioned in 1983. I retired as a captain in 1996 (at age 36) and have been collecting retirement pay ever since.

Originally posted by me again
I was an MP in the Regular Army and in the National Guard, both enlisted and commissioned.

Were you called meatheads or is that just a Canadian thing. I don't think I ever actually heard the term MP used. Just wondering.

MPs didn't hand out speeding tickets, we got reported to our commanding officer, who as a reserve colonel, didn't take much interest.

Hello friends, sorry about my English.

North, let’s include in State Defense Forces the Police Officers. Remember, ours streets are in War every day.

What you think?

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Active duty USAF.

AFSC: 1N375C

Mideast crypt linguist
Hebrew shred

87-89 - served as an armored scout in the US army - spent the last 9 months of that time serving in the unique position as driver for the Squadon's Command Sergeant Major.

93-94 - went back in to go to the Defense Language Institue to study Russian.

brad

Enlisted USAF 1995-1999. 3C052. Except for training TDY's (and BMT/Tech school of course) spent my whole 4 years in Colorado Springs.

US Air Force from 1964 to 1968. I was a Fire Control Technician working on the F4C's. Spent most of my tour at RAF Bentwaters in Suffolk, England. Did a number of TDY's to Wheelus AFB, Libya in the pre-Khadafi days.

Tom

U.S. Army for the three years of 1966-1968.

United States Navy from 26 June 1969 to 1 July 1995 (26 years). Enlisted as E-1, advanced to Chief Personnelman (E-7), and retired as a Lieutenant Commander (0-4) as a Liimited Duty Officer (LDO) in the field of Administration. Presently working for the Board for the Correction of Naval Records as a Department of Navy federal employee.

Will complete a Masters Degree on 14 April 2004.

Charles,

Did not know that detail about the Chief Petty Officer.