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So You Served!!

My Marine buddies tell me I was "almost in the military". 7 years, 7 months in the USAF. Those 7 years, 7 months brought me good friends, a wife, a son, and a trade that has supported my family through the years. Pretty good use of my time, IMHO.
 
U.S. Air Force - 1977-1981, Dover, Delaware. I was an Air Cargo Specialist. Loaded and unloaded cargo off of C-5A's, 141, 747, etc. Moved cargo around the warehouse.

I kick myself in the butt for not staying in but my state of mind wasn't too good at the time. Lots of personal issues etc. But in the end it did help with the GI bill which put me through school.

All the bodies from the Jim Jones fiasco came through Dover. Over 900 of them. I didn't get involved in the detail but they burned the cloths 50 feet from my office. What a stink!
 
Usaf & Caf

1968-1989 USAF
10 locations first 4 years, had so much fun just kept going all over the world, last assignment was Heidelberg, Germany. Bought my first BMW, K100RT. Met a girl from the Canadian Air Force and married her. She had never been on a motorcycle. We traveled all over Europe on the RT and she's the only one I know that can sleep on the back for an hour while doing 90mph on the autobahn. I retired in Germany and followed her to Moose Jaw, Sashatchewan and 6 years later, she retired. Now we enjoy the mountains of Montana..
 
1984-1987 Corporal US Army Military Police
Basic Training @ Ft. Mcclellan Al.
24th Infantry Division Ft. Stewart GA.
1st Infantry Division Goeppingen West Germany
 
VIETNAM 68, 69, and 70

All together two years two months and two days in Qui Nhon South Vietnam. I was a Power Man 52b20. No big deal, only got shot at once in two years. Came home, got a drunk driveing ticket, lost my job. Went to College on my VA benifits, got a BS in television Production, Couldn't even get an interview. Vietnam vets were treated like they had the PLAGUE! Worked minimum wage jobs for ten years. Then I got a job with my local City and that saved my life. I had been working for the city for about fifteen years when we learned my wife needed a liver transplant. It took about four years befor she got the transplant, she had a fiew complications but she is getting better every day now. Also two years ago I was offerd an early retirement which i took so I could take care of my wife. It couldn't have been better timeing. I get medical benifits and a meager pension we can get by on. I can't wait to get my Social Secyrity, My city pension does not change when I get the soc. Yippee Maby a new bike:whistle :bolt
 
US Air Force 1975-1979:usa
Law Enforcement Specialist
K9 Explosive Detector Dog Handler (Shadow also served!:thumb )

15th Security Police Sq, Hickam AFB, Hawaii
Numerous TDY duties throughout the Pacific Theater
(Hey, Jimmy Carter was President, not much going on.:dunno )

LEO Since 1979 (Federal, City and State)
LE Pilot since 1986
Captain/Chief Pilot since 2002

Ready to retire in 2012!:dance
 
US Air Force 1975-1979:usa
Law Enforcement Specialist
K9 Explosive Detector Dog Handler (Shadow also served!:thumb )

15th Security Police Sq, Hickam AFB, Hawaii
Numerous TDY duties throughout the Pacific Theater
(Hey, Jimmy Carter was President, not much going on.:dunno )

LEO Since 1979 (Federal, City and State)
LE Pilot since 1986
Captain/Chief Pilot since 2002

Ready to retire in 2012!:dance

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You mean this Pequat Lake?:thumb
I drove up 371 for years to Hackensack. Unfortunately, I no longer have the cabin but the water tower still brings me a smile.
 
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JeffMunn/AKBeemer,

Another 8ID vet. 1980-83 Plt Ldr in 3-8 Cav then as an aide in Wiesbaden,
Also in 2AD same time as JeffMunn 3/66 AR. From there I went to ROTC land for three years branch transferred to Transportation then back to Germany. My best assignment was after that in Vicenza, Italy. Excellent riding. Retired early in 96 thamks to the drawdown. Work now as a contractor at Ft Irwin, which aside from deciding what to wear in the morning, is just like the Army.

Hooah
 
USAF '72-75
Aircraft Control and Warning (RADAR) Maintenance Technician (30352)
Aerospace Defense Command (ADC)
21st Air Division
771 RADS (Cape Charles AFS, VA)

Man I hated Keesler. I went by there last October. I don't believe it has changed much since '72-73.
 
Harry,

I see you are at the NTC. I was Tarantula 03/02, 91-93. 27 rotations in the desert.

Kevin

Don't know if you've been here lately, but a lot has changed as far as training goes. I don't know what quality of life here was in 91-93 but in 86 when I came for a rotation it was pretty bleak. Now it is pretty nice, we even have a Starbucks on post (in the old Burger King)
 
Don't know if you've been here lately, but a lot has changed as far as training goes. I don't know what quality of life here was in 91-93 but in 86 when I came for a rotation it was pretty bleak. Now it is pretty nice, we even have a Starbucks on post (in the old Burger King)

I was there for training with a tank battalion in 81....before it all built up. Back then, the only grass was the front lawn of the Officers Club. Each night, huge jackrabbits would congregate on the lawn. As you walked to and from the club, they would make room for you to pass, then close back in behind you after you had passed. I remember thoughts of Alfred Hitchcock........especially after a few brews!:whistle

I loved the desert, though.......beautiful, and great training.
 
USMC '66-'69 including an all expenses paid trip to Southeast Asia, mostly around the Da Nang area. Managed to get back without a scratch. Got home, got out, got a Norton P-11 and then got bucked off the thing and broke an arm and a leg.
Safer in the Marines I guess. Semper Fi.
 
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