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View Poll Results: Which branch of the military did you serve with ?
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Army
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30.07% |
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Navy
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25.22% |
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Air Force
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29.33% |
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Marine Corps
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10.72% |
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Coast Guard
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4.67% |
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01-10-2020, 06:46 AM
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#1401
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 151
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Three years civil service Naval Regional Medical Center, Camp Lejeune. When they created the commission, selection committee calling me from Bethesda "where is your application?"
Jumped ship and went active duty Air Force. 8ys, 9mo, 22 days. Maxwell AFB, RAF Lakenheath, and Luke AFB. Enjoyed every bit of it, both civilian and active duty. Planned to stay 20+ but the personnel management system overrode as the Major Board met with reduction in force in place resulting in non-select involuntary discharge. Wouldn't have fared any better in the Navy as the created positions were not new additions but "out of hide" within the medical corp, creating friction from the losing medical specialties, and the only ones augmented to Regular Navy at year 3 were those with prior enlisted/Vietnam who returned to active duty after personally obtaining the required graduate degree (no military scholarship/obligated payback).
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01-10-2020, 06:59 PM
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#1402
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Member
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 65
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USN 1970 - 1978 AMS-1 E-6 Orlando for boot, NAS Memphis for school, NAS Whidbey Isl. Ben Cho VN, NAS Cecil Field, CVA 66 USS America, Chanute AFB school, NAS Patuxent River. Civil Service 1978 -2005.
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01-21-2020, 09:27 AM
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#1403
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2020
Posts: 285
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First Post!!!
I did 8 years in the Marines, 4 active and 4 reserve.
Valentine's day, 1985, I stood on the yellow footprints of Parris Island. 3032
After Infantry Training School, My first duty station was Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. I opted to stay for two years.
Went to 1/8th Marines at Camp Geiger, NC in Aug. 1987. Eight months later, 8th Marines joined the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU).
After spending 8 months in the Mediterranean on and off the USS Harlan County, LST 1196, I came back Stateside and finished my active duty time.
I stayed in reserves until Oct. 1992.
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04-01-2020, 07:19 PM
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#1404
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: Sarasota, FL
Posts: 148
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US Army - 502d ASA Group in Augsburg, Germany from 75 thru 78.
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04-02-2020, 05:22 AM
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#1405
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Member
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 70
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Quote:
Originally Posted by heySkippy
US Army - 502d ASA Group in Augsburg, Germany from 75 thru 78.
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ASA here from 1970-1974. 98G
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04-02-2020, 01:15 PM
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#1406
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Senior Member
Fleetwood Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: San Jose, Ca, USA
Posts: 2,698
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US Army - C Co, 1/504 PIR, 82nd Airborne Division. Trained as 11C (Indirect Fire Crewman) but ended up as an M60 gunner - loved that Pig!
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Alan Hepburn - San Jose, Ca
2007 Bounder 35E being pushed by a 2020 Jeep Gladiator Sport S or a 2022 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited (JLU) Sport S
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04-02-2020, 01:28 PM
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#1407
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Senior Member
Winnebago Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner RV Trip Wizard
Join Date: Oct 2019
Location: Killen, Alabama
Posts: 364
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My wife and I are both retired Air Force Master Sergeants and were in medical career fields. She retired in 1992 at just over 22 years of service and I retired in 1994 with 20 years and 29 days (not that I was counting!). Actually, I really enjoyed my time in the Air Force although the last several years were extremely challenging.
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2004 Itasca Sunrise 34D, 8.1L, Workhorse W20 Chassis
2023 GMC Canyon AT4, NSA Ready Brute Elite II, BlueOx Base Plate
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04-13-2020, 05:04 PM
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#1408
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Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2020
Location: Florida
Posts: 13
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I served USMC 1987-2017 (Retired Master Gunny). I love our country! My wife and I just purchased our first RV (Coachman Freelander 27QB) and are really looking forward to kicking off our adventure!
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04-17-2020, 11:11 AM
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#1409
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2020
Posts: 15
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USAF Heavy Equipment Operator 1985-1989
Re-trained into Disaster Preparedness 1989-2000
USAFR IMA 2000-2006
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05-01-2020, 07:10 PM
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#1410
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Member
Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: Palmetto, Fl
Posts: 32
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Branches of service
USN 1966-69; ETN2 Stationed at Great Lakes NTC for electronics Class A school, then Key West NAS for one year, and ending on USS Sellers DDG11. Went to college on GI bill, medical school on the AFHPSP, graduated 1977. Did internship at Madigan AMC, then year as GMO at Ft Hood. Went back to Madigan for residency in Emergency Medicine, 1979-1981. Completed active service at DDEAMC as chief of EMS, 1984.
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05-01-2020, 07:27 PM
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#1411
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Hardin County, KY
Posts: 596
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Enlisted US Army, 1969 - 1989.
Tanker, treadhead, except in 'Nam, where I took on the MP mission. And a nightmare turn in recruiting, something I . . . disliked . . greatly.
Fts Knox, Hood, Bliss, Hunter-Liggett (a school,) RVN in '71, Germany twice. My only trips to Korea were on leave to visit my in-laws.
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Ken, Chris, and Rusty D. Cat.
Itasca Cambria, Jeep Cherokee.
I've got a mind like a steel trap - rusty and illegal in 37 states!
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05-01-2020, 07:33 PM
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#1412
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Senior Member
Winnebago Owners Club
Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 642
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GPRYOR
USN 1966-69; ETN2 Stationed at Great Lakes NTC for electronics Class A school, then Key West NAS for one year, and ending on USS Sellers DDG11. Went to college on GI bill, medical school on the AFHPSP, graduated 1977. Did internship at Madigan AMC, then year as GMO at Ft Hood. Went back to Madigan for residency in Emergency Medicine, 1979-1981. Completed active service at DDEAMC as chief of EMS, 1984.
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I got to Great Lakes Dec. 15, 1966. Company 730. Visited There last fall. Things changed in 50 years. After boot stayed for Engineman A school. Then off to the Philippines for 18 months, then Mare Island, Ca. To learn how to work on PBR’S. Then off to Vietnam for a year. That was enough for me. Got out as an E-5.
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Mike S.E. Ohio 2002 Winnebago Adventure 35U and 2018 Pleasure Way XLMB. 2016 Equinox
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05-01-2020, 07:41 PM
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#1413
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2019
Posts: 236
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USAF 63-67, weapons mechanic on F100 (lead sled) Did a tour in 66 Viet Nam
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2001 XL3550 BSL (Blue Ox)
2011 JK Wrangler
Co-pilot Sandi Visalia Ca
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05-01-2020, 07:48 PM
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#1414
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2020
Posts: 4
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Joined the Army active reserve in 1957 while still in high school. Served six months active duty after high school and then six years in the reserve in communications. Only regret is not going regular army. My Dad had a fit every time I mentioned it so I gave up on it to keep peace with him.
Willie
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