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Old 09-11-2017, 01:14 PM   #29
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Old 09-11-2017, 01:28 PM   #30
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Lackland AFB, San Antonio, TX
Lowery AFB, Denver, CO
Seymour Johnson AFB, Goldsboro, NC
Utapao RTNB, Thailand (90 Miles south of Bangkok)
Myrtle Beach AFB, Myrtle Beach, SC
Korat RTAFB, Nakon Ratchasima, Thailand (TDY)
Myrtle Beach AFB, Myrtle Beach, SC


Yeah I know. Really tough duty to pull, but somebody had to do it!
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Old 09-13-2017, 04:49 PM   #31
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U.S. Army 71 to 1992

Ft Dix, NJ for Basic
Ft Gordon, Ga 35N and PLDC
Ft Lewis, WA as a 35K and 11B
Camp Casey Korea about 7 miles from the DMZ
Hunter AAF, GA
Finthen AAF, Mainz Germany
Ft Meade, MD
Camp Irwin, CA
Ft Campbell, KY
Weisbaden AAF Germany
Ft Campbell, KY
I was lucky enough to quit after 20 years, 4 days and 3 hours of active duty which qualified me for retirement!
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Old 09-13-2017, 05:00 PM   #32
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Following basic and tech school:
Ramstein AB, Ge
Montauk AFS, NY
NOS Indian Head, Md
MacDill AFB, Fl
Kadena AB, Okinawa, Ja
Edwards AFB, Ca
Osan AB, ROK
Hickam AFB, Hi
Al Kharj, AB, KSA
Eglin AFB, Fl
Dhahran AB, KSA
Eglin AFB, Fl
Ramstein AB, Ge
Eglin AFB, Hi

I, too, decided it wasn't for me. Took me 26 years to make that decision.
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Old 09-13-2017, 05:10 PM   #33
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7 yrs AF, 1965 a 1973

Lackland (weren't we all)
Lowery
Hahn AB, Germany
Hill AFB
Korat RTAFB
Davis Monthan

Only took me 7 years to figure it out
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Old 09-14-2017, 03:58 AM   #34
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Navy guy here. So many AF guys here. So here.

AFB's I've flown through.

Travis
Clark
Cubi Point
Charleston
Maguire
Keflivic (I'm sure it's spelled wrong)

All the rest were NAS's. I think Cubi Point might have been a NAS.
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Old 09-14-2017, 04:32 AM   #35
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Lackland (Yes Jerry, I think we all were)
Lowery
Orlando (It is long gone)
Kadena
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Old 09-14-2017, 05:13 AM   #36
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USAF 1958-1978;
Lackland AFB, TX- April 1958-May 1958
Sheppard AFB, TX- May 1958- Sept. 1958
Forbes AFB, KS- Oct. 1958- July 1959
Sondrestrom AB, Greenland- Aug 1959- Aug 1960
Barksdale AFB, LA- Sept. 1960- Mar 1965
Apr 1965- Apr 1967- Clark AB, PI
May 1967- Aug 1972- McChord AFB, WA
Aug 1972- Aug 1973- Nakhon Phanom RtAB,Thailand
Aug 1973- Jan 1974- Pope AFB, NC
Jan 1974- Apr 1978- Travis AFB, CA (Retired)
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Old 09-15-2017, 08:03 AM   #37
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USN '73-'79
Boot San Diego
School Pensacola NATTU Photo
NAS Lemoore CA
NCS Diego Garcia BIOT
School Pensacola NATTU Camera Repair
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Old 09-15-2017, 09:13 AM   #38
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USAF 1974-1999

1974 Univ of Oklahoma (Meteorology School)
1975-78 Ft Riley Ks
78-79 Camp Red Cloud (I Corps ROK/US Gp)
79-80 Texas A&M Univ (MS-Meteorology)
81-83 Ft McPherson GA
83-85 Altus OK (First USAF assignment but enjoyed every one of the Army posts)
85-88 Scott AFB IL
88-89 Intermediate Service school Montgomery Al
89-91 Scott AFB IL
91-93 6 ATAF Izmir Turkey
93-94 Air War College Montgomery AL
94-96 USSTRATCOM Offutt AFB NE
96-99 Air Force Weather Agency offset AFB NE

Unusual,but fulfilling career.
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Old 09-15-2017, 05:45 PM   #39
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USN 71-75
USS Joseph Strauss DDG-16 out of Pearl. Spent 74-75 in the yards in Bremerton.
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Old 09-15-2017, 05:51 PM   #40
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where were you stationed

21plus years AF, Retired Msgt.
Parks AFB, Ca
Lowry AFB,Co
Nouasseur AFB, French Morocco
Loring AFB ME
Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ
Beale AFB, CA
Toul-Roseier AFB, France
Ramstein AFB, Germany
Sembach AFB, Germany
Nakon-Phanon RTAFB, Thailand
Woodbridge RAF base , England
UpperHeyford RAF Base, England
Travis AFB, CA
McConnell AFB, Kansas
Lot of TDY's.
This is an interesting read. Think us old timers did a lot more moving than the troops do now. Glad I did it and would re-up if they would wave the age restriction by about 50 years.
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Old 09-15-2017, 09:49 PM   #41
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USN - 28 years CWO4

USS Piedmont (AD-17) (PIEDI MARU) homeport San Diego & Pearl Harbor, Da Nang, Subic, Hong Kong, Kaohsiung, Pusan, Yokosuka, Singapore
USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37) (FAT SAM) same ports as Piedmont plus Long Beach, Hunter's Point.
A.D.C.O.P. Grossmont, CA
USS Piedmont (AD-17) home port Naples, Italy & Guantanamo, Toulon, Augusta Bay, Suda Bay, Piraus, Lebanon, Izmir, Golchuck, Mallorca
USS Simon Lake (AS-33) home port Rota, Spain & Lisbon
USS Canopus (AS-34) home port Rota, Spain & Lisbon, Barcelona, Mallorca, Tangiers, Holy Loch, Kings Bay
RTC Orlando - Company Commander also at Camp Santiago, Puerto Rico
"Knife and Fork" School, Pensacola, Fl (tried to make me a gentleman as well as officer)
USS Okinawa (LPH-3) homeport San Diego & Long Beach, Hunter's Point, Panama, Matzatlan, Pearl Harbor, Okinawa, Sasebo, Pohang, Pusan, Subic, Singapore, Hong Kong, Fremantle
Fleet Training Group, San Diego
USS Rushmore (LSD-47) new construction New Orleans, homeport San Diego & Panama, Jamaica, Matzatlan, Panama City, San Francisco, Portland, Maui, Hawaii, Pearl Harbor, Subic, Singapore, Lumut, Sitiuan, Mogadishu, Mombasa, Dubai, Bahrain, Djiboti

After all that, Miss Rose and I have decided to have Miss Winnie take us on a journey (bad pun) through the sights of the country we did all the above for, call it a delayed honeymoon, we do.
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Old 09-22-2017, 05:15 PM   #42
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Chanute AFB IL
Ellsworth AFB SD
Grand Forks AFB ND
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Offutt AFB NE
Seymour Johnson AFB NC
Whiteman AFB MO
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