When / where did you serve?

[ordc80]

No war stories. Served Ft. Hood, TX 78-79 as 45B small arms repairman.
Must have worked on every type of small arm that broke between the 1 CAV & 2 AD.

OCS 1980 Ft. Benning (Bennings School for Boys)

APG, MD 80 - 83 Operations & Tng Officer Ordnance Center & School
Coordinated instruction for Reserve Component personnel on new equiptment training.

Highly recommend military service to anyone. Great place to learn & travel.

[cmbtinfantry]

cmbt, it appears that we were in the same place at he same time. I was in 2nd BDE 28ID and was at Shelby from January to June 05.

Well if you ever came through any of the NCO schools we may have crossed paths somewhere.

[ut1seabee]

76-85 PW NAVSTA Midway Island, NMCB3 Pt.Hueneme,Ca. 2 deployments to Subic Bay R.P., Range Coach 31st NCR, PW NAVFAC Barbers Pt.Hi., NAVSUPFOR Mc Murdo Sta. Antarctica. Also a stint with the wing nuts at Sheppard AFB Tx. for HVAC/R School.

[Michael Tompkins]

Was in the Army from 5 Sep 78 to 6 Sep 81.
MOS was 95B10. Military Police.
Took Basic at Ft McClellan, AL
Spent my entire tour in the FRG.
D Battery 5/6 ADA, Hontheim, FRG Jan 79 to Aug 80.
503 MP Co, 3AD, Friedberg, FRG Aug 80 to Sep 81

Being an MP was both extremely exciting and boring. A lot of responsibility for an 18 yr old kid from Kentucky. Really had no idea what I was getting myself into, but wouldn't trade the experience for the world. Spent a lot of time on the "road" and in the field. Met some not-so-nice people, but met some of the greatest people on earth as well. My experiences in the military made a huge impact on me as a person and as a human being. Definitely opened my eyes to the world around me.

Mike

[JiminLE]

USS Gridley DLG-21 1971-1974(Tonkin Gulf 1972) Left as an SK3
NAF Mildenhall UK 1975-1977 Left as an SK2
USS Trenton LPD-14 1977-1979 Left as an SK1

[Griff Murphey]

LT Dental Corps USNR
1974-1975 3rd Dental Company, 3rd Marine Division, Mostly at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, also BLT 1-4 Operations Frequent Wind (RVN) and Eagle Pull (Cambodia), USS DUBUQE LPD-8, USS DURHAM LKA-114, USS BLUE RIDGE LCC-19, USS OKINAWA LPH-3, USS DULUTH LSD-?, USS NEW ORLEANS LPH-11, Subic Bay R.P.>!
'75-'76 Naval Regional Dental Center Camp Pendleton, mainside and Camp Horno (Range 214!)

[lonewoolf]

HC-2 Lakehurst, NJ. Detachment 62 - USS Independence 11/65-11/69....ADJ2

No regrets whatsoever

[Art]

Fort Polk Louisiana BCT 6/66-8/66.
U.S. Army Missille & Munitions Center & School, Redstone Arsenal Alabama, Nike Missile Repair School 9/66-4/67
U.S. Army Missile & Munitions Center & School, Cadre, 4/67-12/67
Direct Support, 44th Air Defense Artillery, Taechon-Ni Korea 12/67-2/69

All in all not a bad gig. I wasn't really cut out for the military but I went in as an E-1 and left as an E-5. The military also paid for my college and helped finance my home. No real regrets or complaints here.

[Michaelp]

Enlisted Airborne Infantry Nov '66.
Ft Polk Basic
ABN INF AIT Ft Gordon, Ga
Selected for Special Forces
BAC 45th Co, April '67
SFTG, JFKSWC, Ft Bragg
6th SFG, '68
5th SFG '68-'70 A-341
7th SFG '70.
Used GI benefits to earn a BA.

Did some good and some bad times with some of the best people I ever knew.
I consider military service as a basic rite of passage and don't have much regard for those who failed that.
Sometimes tell war stories among vets.

[ltcfb]

I served in the US Army, OHARNG, and the USAR for 29 Years, 1979-2008. I served a tour in OEF and OIF in 2006-2007. Happily retired.