which Branch of the service did you serve?

[jbkebert]

U.S Army 1994-2005

 

[esque]

U.S.N 65-69 USS Casa Grande LSD-13

 

[onfloat]

USMC 1988-1993 & again 1995-2010. Swing with the wing I-Level Avionics.

 

[doc2rn]

USNavy and US Marine Corps = Combat Corpsman 8404

 

[postalnut25]

Active Duty USMC 2003-2008, 6173 CH53E Sergeant, Crew Chief & Maintenance Controller

2008-present, 31B Military Police, Army National Guard

Just wasn't much of a Marine Corps Reserve around me so that caused the switch

 

[Romeo 33 Delta]

U. S. Army 1967-69, Ft Knox Basic and AIT, 25th INF DIV Cu Chi, Ft Leonard Wood.

Status: Romeo Alpha RA ... all the way

 

[clem]

USMC 1965-1985 Master Sergeant Retired

 

[Twiki357]

One thing missing in the Army part of that poll… US or RA? Now you young whipper snappers can wonder what that means.

For US Army (US) 1964 & 1965. Trained for 105 Howitzer Fire Control and a week after completing training got shipped to Korea to the 1st Cav via 32 days on the vomit sled USS General JG Brechinridge. When I got to Korea I found out that I had been switched to the 7th Infantry Division Admin (In typical Army tradition) for OJT as a finance clerk. Fell in love with the M-14 during basic (Qualified Expert) and some day I’ll own one (Or at least a M1A).

 

[9MMare]

Thanks to all of you for your service.

I do not take for granted the sacrifices you and your families made, and were willing to make.

 

[Usmc-1]

I suppose I could have listed the National Guards and reserves and Merchant Marines as well , I could have said Army Air Force as well( not sure any of them are still with us) , but I figured the big 4 and the CC would suffice!

I also added US Citizen and only a few of you guys "caught" it !!!!(if theres a 100 people who did this poll and 100 of you are us citizens...........) !
But its all good ,I really respect all the branches of service and those who served ,I also respect the civilians of our great nation , without them serving would be of no consequence, think about that !

Semper Fi gents!!!

PS . Of course having 26 Marines up there thats about the size of a platoon , we could probably take on a battalion of enemy fighters!!!!!!

 

[nblanton]

Served 6 years as a Nuke MM. Discharged as an MM1 (SW). 1999-2005. Onboard the Harry S Truman CVN-75 from Oct. 2001 until discharge Nov. 2005. The only weapon I handled the entire time I was in was a Mossberg 500 to shoot skeet off the fantail during a steel beach picnic coming home from the Iraq invasion in 2003. Boot camp in Great Lakes had no range when I was there; we had to settle for M16s with lasers shooting at television screens. If we wanted our pistol or rifle quals we had to go on our own time on the weekend so I never bothered. I figured I could already shoot, why waste a precious weekend not at sea.

 

[USAF_Vet]

USAF '98 - '08. Aircraft Maintenance (AC-130, C-5 and C-17) and Security Forces. E-5.

You left US Merchant Marines off the list. They get less recognition than the USCG.

The Merchant Marines had more KIA during WWII than any other branch, or so a Pearl Harbor survivor told me last Veterans day.

 

[popper]

USN 61-65 E5 missile tech/ fire control. CAG2, CG1. Shot Terrier, Tarter and Talos, qualified on M1 at boot. Navy was only physical I could pass.

 

[Tom609]

US Air Force K9 Handler from 67 - 71, thus my handle.

 

[SwampWolf]

U.S. Air Force from 1962 to 1966. Served as an Air Policeman on Anderson AFB on Guam and Wurtsmith AFB in Oscoda, Michigan (both SAC bases but Wurtsmith has been gone for many years now). It's been almost a half century ago that I served and, of course, many things have changed. While stationed on Guam, I guarded B-47 bombers and KC-97 tankers on "alert" status, was issued a 1911 Remington Rand pistol, was there during the Cuban Missile Crisis, President Kennedy's assassination and Typhoon Karen.
Yep, though it's been a long time, it sure doesn't seem so. The older you get, the more relevant this old adage is: "Time is man's worst enemy."

 

[drdave2020]

U S Army 1981-1984 97th General Hospital - Frankfurt, W. Germany
Was told that a 1911 was assigned to me and stored in the armory, but I never saw it.

 

[Fleet]

U.S. Navy '75 - '95, MMC(SS), Ret.

U.S.S. Darter (SS-576)
U.S.S. Grayback (SS-574)
U.S.S. Salt Lake City (SSN-716) plankowner
U.S.S. Houston (SSN-713)

 

[PH/CIB]

Dad, US Navy, WWII, USS Savannah, light cruiser, off Salerno, lost 200 men, 1/4 of crew due to German Dive Bomber.

Me, University of Viet Nam, Class of 68/69, Paratroopers, did battle with a grenade, lightly wounded me but totally destroyed the grenade!

Dad and I had fun every Army/Navy Game!

 

[clutch]

I served in the Marines from 75-79. Never touched a rifle after boot other than my type 99 Arisaka I kept broken down in pieces in the well of my station wagon. I probably broke a rule or two with that one. It was the only gun I owned at the time, uncle gave it to me. He was a grunt in the early 60's.

Learned too late that I could have checked out a 1911 and ammo from special services to practice with. Boy did I miss the train on that. :banghead:

MOS 6657, Weapons Systems Specialist. I wonder what you are thinking when you read that?

Okay, time to tell you what that really was. I diagnosed and repaired the AWG-10 and AWG-10a radar system contained in a F4-J or F4-S. Checking the sending of head aim and english bias to the sparrows was as close to a weapon I got.

Clutch

 

[oneeyeross]

US Army 1974 -1988 Was forced to retire with 14 years, 7 months and 9 days active service...

 

[SSN Vet]

8-1/2 years whispering about in the silent service.....

You can ask all you want..... But I'm not tellin'. ;^)

 

[Usmc-1]

The low numbers for the Marines is probably due in large part to the fact that they are either cops (and dont wont to give out there location) or criminals (and dont want to give out there locations)!

 

[AJChenMPH]

You're actually missing two branches of service:
- US Public Health Service
- NOAA Commissioned Corps

I'm an active-duty O-5 in the USPHS.

 

[CZguy]

You're actually missing two branches of service:

Really, I guess my draft board didn't know about those two.

 

[texgunner]

USMC 1992 - 1995. Had to serve under Clinton.