Keiller TN
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MP at Presidio of San Fransico in 1972, Germany (Zweibrucken) 1973. The Army was interesting but it was nice to be free.
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OkieGentleman
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Basic Ft Leonard Wood Aug 65
Ft Devon Mass winter of 65/66
USASA Field Station Berlin April 66 to July 69
I "retired" after 4, told the Colonel that I wanted to be able to tell a boss KMA without ending up in Leavenworth Kansas for 20.
Lightening Fast Chicken Pluckers Forever (an inside joke to those who are in the know)
Ft Devon Mass winter of 65/66
USASA Field Station Berlin April 66 to July 69
I "retired" after 4, told the Colonel that I wanted to be able to tell a boss KMA without ending up in Leavenworth Kansas for 20.
Lightening Fast Chicken Pluckers Forever (an inside joke to those who are in the know)
OkieGentleman
New member
Basic Ft Leonard Wood Aug 65
Ft Devon Mass winter of 65/66
USASA Field Station Berlin April 66 to July 69
I "retired" after 4, told the Colonel that I wanted to be able to tell a boss KMA without ending up in Leavenworth Kansas for 20.
Lightning Fast Chicken Pluckers Forever (an inside joke to those who are in the know)
Ft Devon Mass winter of 65/66
USASA Field Station Berlin April 66 to July 69
I "retired" after 4, told the Colonel that I wanted to be able to tell a boss KMA without ending up in Leavenworth Kansas for 20.
Lightning Fast Chicken Pluckers Forever (an inside joke to those who are in the know)
Geared Up!
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Military wife here... 5 years in as of July 1st.
Been at Bragg in beautiful NC for the entire time. Hate the hurricanes and humidity, but love the lack of snow (xcept for this year).
Husband jumps out of planes for minimum wage and enjoys being a big kid. Toddler dresses in camo and jumps from top bunk for effect, and enjoys being a little kid.
Love the life, hate the pay.
Geri Weaver
Proud wife of Sgt Mark Weaver
Ft. Bragg USA
& Geared-Up!com
www.geared-up.com
Been at Bragg in beautiful NC for the entire time. Hate the hurricanes and humidity, but love the lack of snow (xcept for this year).
Husband jumps out of planes for minimum wage and enjoys being a big kid. Toddler dresses in camo and jumps from top bunk for effect, and enjoys being a little kid.
Love the life, hate the pay.
Geri Weaver
Proud wife of Sgt Mark Weaver
Ft. Bragg USA
& Geared-Up!com
www.geared-up.com
Ed Brunner
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It has been mentioned that Infantry is the Queen of Battle. Artillery is the King of Battle. We put the balls where the Queen wants them.
I served in the capitals of the world as well as in the jungles and the snowdrifts.
"Field Artillery lends dignity to what would otherwise be a vulgar brawl"
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Better days to be,
Ed
I served in the capitals of the world as well as in the jungles and the snowdrifts.
"Field Artillery lends dignity to what would otherwise be a vulgar brawl"
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Better days to be,
Ed
Colduglandon
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1969 to 1971 FTA
Mike Spight
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4 yrs enlisted, US Navy, 1969-73, trained as Radioman. One year on river gun boats in RVN (1970).
US Army, 1979-99, basic branch Military Police, single tracked in functional area 39C (Civil Affairs) as a Captain. Retired last June 30...miss the people and missions is the SOF community and being on airborne status....don't miss the "Big A" army at all.
All The Way,
Mike
US Army, 1979-99, basic branch Military Police, single tracked in functional area 39C (Civil Affairs) as a Captain. Retired last June 30...miss the people and missions is the SOF community and being on airborne status....don't miss the "Big A" army at all.
All The Way,
Mike
MOS 19D - Cavalry Scout
October '82 to October '84, 24 months and 1 day (friggin' leap year!). Interesting times... the shoot down of KAL 007, the blowing-up of the Marine barracks in Lebanon, invasion of Grenada, Iran/Iraq War (back then we rooted for Iraq), El Salvador, "Evil Empire", Contras, Afghanistan, Pershing IIs, SS-20s, SDI, Kremlin leadership in constant flux... interesting times.
Basic/OSUT at Ft Knox (for about two weeks we stayed in the same barracks where the movie "Stripes" was filmed). Served the remainder of my sentence at Ft Hood in the Recon Platoon of a helicopter attack squadron - 4/9 Cav of the 6th Cav Brigade (Air Combat). The 4th of the 9th was one of three units in the Army at the time that had motorcycles as part of their TO&E (another was the 7/17 our sister squadron and also part of the 6th Cav). Recon Platoon had six four-stroke KDL-250s that were painted green. We'd strap'em to the sides of our Hueys on a special skid, flew with one on each side to keep the bird balanced. Being assigned as a "Motorcycle Arero/Cav Scout" was definitely the funnest thing I ever did in uniform.
So other fun stuff.... watching A-10 Warthogs make low & slow passes while firing their 30mm gattling guns. Watching F-111s make low & fast passes while dropping dummy snake-eye bombs. Watching a F-4 Phantom photo recon plane drop flares at night, then seeing ourselves (looking up at the camera) in the pictures the next morning. Watching one of the last F-105 Thunderchiefs do touch-and-goes at an AFB in San Antonio (Spring of '83). Watching an entire squadron of Cobras shoot all their folding fin rockets in one big salvo. (Scouts watch a lot). Watching Cobras plink tanks with TOW missiles from a mile away. Shooting armadillos with pointed sticks shoved down the barrels of our M16s and propelled by a blank cartridge. Shooting up old tanks with and M60 from the door of a Huey.
Watching a "simulated 1 kiloton nuclear explosion" (now that was weird), the device was about the size of a duce'n-a-half, basically three explosive charges wired to go off at once: a tremendous flash, a huge concussion, and a giant powder/smoke mushroom cloud. Made ya wonder exactly what they were preparing us for. Repelling out of a Huey. Flying under a Chinook tethered to a rope with 7 other guys at 120 MPH at 1000 ft. Flying in a Huey and getting "killed" by the main gun on an M1 tank, our pilot almost put the M1's cannon thru the helicopter's windscreen, the M1 gunner hit his FIRE button and set off all our MILES alarms. Sweeping landing zones for the Airborne prior to the arrival of their Pathfinders (I gotta be a Pathfinder for the Pathfinders), actually, I think our job was more to chase off any stray cows that were roaming the landing zone (Ft Hood is an open range).
But is wasn't all fun.... being one of the first guys to the site of a crashed Cobra where pilot & gunner were both killed (Cobra's just weren't made to fly at night). Other fun stuff: Weekends in Austin (the Army gave us all the camping equipment we ever needed), and (the jewel in the crown) spending my last four months at Hood as a lifeguard at the NCO swimming pool and dating the daughter of a Sgt. Major in the 2nd AD.... but that's a topic for another forum.
FTA/FTW -- Kernel
October '82 to October '84, 24 months and 1 day (friggin' leap year!). Interesting times... the shoot down of KAL 007, the blowing-up of the Marine barracks in Lebanon, invasion of Grenada, Iran/Iraq War (back then we rooted for Iraq), El Salvador, "Evil Empire", Contras, Afghanistan, Pershing IIs, SS-20s, SDI, Kremlin leadership in constant flux... interesting times.
Basic/OSUT at Ft Knox (for about two weeks we stayed in the same barracks where the movie "Stripes" was filmed). Served the remainder of my sentence at Ft Hood in the Recon Platoon of a helicopter attack squadron - 4/9 Cav of the 6th Cav Brigade (Air Combat). The 4th of the 9th was one of three units in the Army at the time that had motorcycles as part of their TO&E (another was the 7/17 our sister squadron and also part of the 6th Cav). Recon Platoon had six four-stroke KDL-250s that were painted green. We'd strap'em to the sides of our Hueys on a special skid, flew with one on each side to keep the bird balanced. Being assigned as a "Motorcycle Arero/Cav Scout" was definitely the funnest thing I ever did in uniform.
So other fun stuff.... watching A-10 Warthogs make low & slow passes while firing their 30mm gattling guns. Watching F-111s make low & fast passes while dropping dummy snake-eye bombs. Watching a F-4 Phantom photo recon plane drop flares at night, then seeing ourselves (looking up at the camera) in the pictures the next morning. Watching one of the last F-105 Thunderchiefs do touch-and-goes at an AFB in San Antonio (Spring of '83). Watching an entire squadron of Cobras shoot all their folding fin rockets in one big salvo. (Scouts watch a lot). Watching Cobras plink tanks with TOW missiles from a mile away. Shooting armadillos with pointed sticks shoved down the barrels of our M16s and propelled by a blank cartridge. Shooting up old tanks with and M60 from the door of a Huey.
Watching a "simulated 1 kiloton nuclear explosion" (now that was weird), the device was about the size of a duce'n-a-half, basically three explosive charges wired to go off at once: a tremendous flash, a huge concussion, and a giant powder/smoke mushroom cloud. Made ya wonder exactly what they were preparing us for. Repelling out of a Huey. Flying under a Chinook tethered to a rope with 7 other guys at 120 MPH at 1000 ft. Flying in a Huey and getting "killed" by the main gun on an M1 tank, our pilot almost put the M1's cannon thru the helicopter's windscreen, the M1 gunner hit his FIRE button and set off all our MILES alarms. Sweeping landing zones for the Airborne prior to the arrival of their Pathfinders (I gotta be a Pathfinder for the Pathfinders), actually, I think our job was more to chase off any stray cows that were roaming the landing zone (Ft Hood is an open range).
But is wasn't all fun.... being one of the first guys to the site of a crashed Cobra where pilot & gunner were both killed (Cobra's just weren't made to fly at night). Other fun stuff: Weekends in Austin (the Army gave us all the camping equipment we ever needed), and (the jewel in the crown) spending my last four months at Hood as a lifeguard at the NCO swimming pool and dating the daughter of a Sgt. Major in the 2nd AD.... but that's a topic for another forum.
FTA/FTW -- KernelMITHRANDIR
Inactive
LOC/Basic Ft Leonard Wood Aug 65
Ft Devons Mass winter of 65/66
1st USASA Field Station Vint Hill Farms VA summer of 66
USASASOUTHCOM Panama 66-67
8th RRU Phu Bai RVN 67
265th RRU 1st of the 101st AB RVN 67-69
18th AB Corp Ft. Bragg 69-72
USMC 75-77
USAR 79-95
OkieGentleman
"black is for the night we fear, blue is for the water we won't go near, white is for the flag we fly and yellow is the reason why" remember the ASA AB path is one bolt of lighting striking a parachute and sending chicken feathers and typewriters keys everywhere!!
Ft Devons Mass winter of 65/66
1st USASA Field Station Vint Hill Farms VA summer of 66
USASASOUTHCOM Panama 66-67
8th RRU Phu Bai RVN 67
265th RRU 1st of the 101st AB RVN 67-69
18th AB Corp Ft. Bragg 69-72
USMC 75-77
USAR 79-95
OkieGentleman
"black is for the night we fear, blue is for the water we won't go near, white is for the flag we fly and yellow is the reason why" remember the ASA AB path is one bolt of lighting striking a parachute and sending chicken feathers and typewriters keys everywhere!!
Served on the home front in the Cold War as an Army Brat. And sometimes, the war got more than a little hot.
Born in Schwabish Gmeund, '59 (East of Stuttgart). Corp avaition unit.
Toddled thru Fort Knox, Fort Carson, and then Grandma and Grandpa's while dad did a tour of Korea.
64-66 Fort Benning, one year of which dad was in RVN, flying a Caribou into various vacation spots. At one time dad had some AK lead that his crew chief dug out of the tail - wish I knew where that little memento ended up.
66-67 Fort Rucker. I remember watching all the graduating classes from the warrant battalion (dad was XO) flying over the parade field in formation every few weeks in their Hueys. I remember the numbers starting in the 80's and 90's and going up into the 120's while we were there.
67-68 Fort Leavenworth. Dad was in staff school. We lived in converted WWII wooden barracks, had Daisy BB guns we'd shoot down the hall into a little BB trap. Got me really started shooting.
69-71 Northern VA, dad at Pentagon. Shot NRA 50' .22, Junior Marksman program. At a little indoor range at Fort Belvoir, IIRC.
72-77 Fort Knox.
Thanks to all who served.
Born in Schwabish Gmeund, '59 (East of Stuttgart). Corp avaition unit.
Toddled thru Fort Knox, Fort Carson, and then Grandma and Grandpa's while dad did a tour of Korea.
64-66 Fort Benning, one year of which dad was in RVN, flying a Caribou into various vacation spots. At one time dad had some AK lead that his crew chief dug out of the tail - wish I knew where that little memento ended up.
66-67 Fort Rucker. I remember watching all the graduating classes from the warrant battalion (dad was XO) flying over the parade field in formation every few weeks in their Hueys. I remember the numbers starting in the 80's and 90's and going up into the 120's while we were there.
67-68 Fort Leavenworth. Dad was in staff school. We lived in converted WWII wooden barracks, had Daisy BB guns we'd shoot down the hall into a little BB trap. Got me really started shooting.
69-71 Northern VA, dad at Pentagon. Shot NRA 50' .22, Junior Marksman program. At a little indoor range at Fort Belvoir, IIRC.
72-77 Fort Knox.
Thanks to all who served.
Jul 89 - Jul 93, 76Y (92Y) supply clerk
Wiesbaden, 5/6 Cav (12th Avn Bde)
Ft Knox, A Trp 1/12 Cav, HHC 1/16 Cav
WI National Guard Jul 93 - present
132nd Spt Bn, 32nd Inf Bde
1-147th Avn Bn
Next enlistment I will see if I can switch from supply to aircrewmember/mech MOS. I like Aviation units!
Wiesbaden, 5/6 Cav (12th Avn Bde)
Ft Knox, A Trp 1/12 Cav, HHC 1/16 Cav
WI National Guard Jul 93 - present
132nd Spt Bn, 32nd Inf Bde
1-147th Avn Bn
Next enlistment I will see if I can switch from supply to aircrewmember/mech MOS. I like Aviation units!