View Poll Results: Which branch of the military did you serve with ?
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Army
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30.07% |
Navy
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25.22% |
Air Force
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29.33% |
Marine Corps
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232 |
10.72% |
Coast Guard
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4.67% |
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03-28-2021, 10:32 PM
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#1499
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2020
Posts: 528
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My nephew enlisted in the Army, last year, to be a CH-47 mechanic. So very proud of him!
Every time I see a shithook (every several days/ sometimes with sling loads) I am amazed by the fact that they're still flying .
They're nearly approaching the mid 50s B52s, now aged to the early 60s?
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2010 Tiffin Phaeton 40QTH
2014 Honda CR-V FWD Ex-L
LA (Lower Alabama)
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04-01-2021, 05:16 AM
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#1500
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Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2020
Posts: 9
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US Navy 4 years NAS North Island S-3A Viking
US Navy 2 years NAS Whidbey Island P-3A Orion
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04-13-2021, 04:26 PM
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#1501
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Junior Member
Fleetwood Owners Club
Join Date: Apr 2021
Location: Various
Posts: 15
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Navy Ordie
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04-20-2021, 09:10 AM
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#1502
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Senior Member
Fleetwood Owners Club American Coach Owners Club
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 6,768
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Wrascal
My nephew enlisted in the Army, last year, to be a CH-47 mechanic. So very proud of him!
Every time I see a shithook (every several days/ sometimes with sling loads) I am amazed by the fact that they're still flying .
They're nearly approaching the mid 50s B52s, now aged to the early 60s?
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Lots of upgrades on the Hooks. During training at Mother Rucker we flew "A" models, in VN we had two versions of the "C" model. The standard C had L7 engines, the Super C had L11 engines. The latter kept exploding, so we went back the standard 7 while the Lycoming tech reps worked on the L11s.
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2014 American Eagle 45T
DD 13, 500 HP
Pulling a Honda CRV
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04-24-2021, 07:55 AM
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#1503
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Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2020
Location: Dawsonville
Posts: 20
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Marines - 12 years active 1972 - 1984
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04-29-2021, 07:30 PM
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#1504
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 434
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20 years as an Aircrew Egress Technician. Most rewarding job in the USAF.
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06-05-2021, 04:02 PM
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#1505
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Member
Vintage RV Owners Club Texas Boomers Club Ford Super Duty Owner Rexhall Owners Group
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Marion Texas
Posts: 55
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Usmc #205
Grandpa: USN BMC, WWI and WWII
Dad: USN TMC, WWII, Korea
Me: USMC - Sgt, 0341 (Mortarman /FO)
Enlisted 1974 in Rapid City SoDak.
Medically Retired 1984 CamLej N.C.
One of the "fortunate ones" with 1st Bn, 8th Mar., in Beirut...
Son: USMC, Cpl 0311 (Rifleman)
Enlisted 2005, Medically Retired 2011 after multiple tours Iraq, 1 tour Afghanistan, 3rd Bn, 5th Mar., CamPendleton, CA.
My Dad was the first of our family born with American Citizenship; though our people have existed here for countless millennia..
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Sgt USMC (Ret.) Semi Ret OTR Trucker
DAV Life Mmbr VFW Life Mmbr NRA Distg Life Mmbr
Everyday a Holiday, Every meal - a feast!
94 Rexhall Aerbus [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
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06-05-2021, 04:20 PM
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#1506
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2021
Location: Asheville, NC
Posts: 2,337
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Dad: Hospital Corpsman WWII
Me: 100% Medically Disabled, 0302 Infantry USMC, Captain, RVN
Son: 0311, Infantry, Partially Disabled, Corporal, Desert Storm
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Jim. 2021 Canyon 3.6L, 2021b Micro Mini 2108DS
400w solar, 170AH LiFePo4, Xantrex XC2000, Victron 75/15 & 100/30, Champion 2500w df, 2Kwh powerstation
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06-06-2021, 06:40 AM
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#1507
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Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2020
Location: Dawsonville
Posts: 20
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LOLOLOLOL Army, As Usual
Quote:
Originally Posted by tncruiser
army
didnt know military had other outfits
rvn apr 67 nov 68
brianj
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The U.S. Military has quite a few outfits, but only ONE COMPLETE FIGHTING MACHINE!
LOLOLOLOL
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06-14-2021, 06:57 PM
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#1508
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Member
Tiffin Owners Club
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Posts: 31
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Thanks to all who served and continue to serve
Dad: was 4F in WWII until toward the end of the war, when the US started taking in 'rejects', not sure if we were going to invade Japan or not, then he was passed and received notification the next day after enlisting that Japan had surrended and he would not go.
Brother: short term service in the 1950s USMC, then medically released
Me: Drafted, then 'boot camp' for physicians at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, then General Medical Officer, 12th EVAC hospital (smbl) then Batallion Surgeon, 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry, First Infantry Division the second half of my one year all-expenses paid SE Asia 'vacation' (1968-1969). On return to the 'world', became an Army Flight Surgeon then decided against a re-up and exited to practice medicine in a small town in Oklahoma for four years then joined the Navy.
Navy service began in Navy Flight Surgeon school, Senior Medical Officer, CVT-16, USS Lexington training carrier; Officer in Charge, Branch Medical Hospital, MCAS Iwakuni, Japan; Wing Surgeon NAS Whidbey Island, with a short one-year tour on USS Constellation, CV-64; then to Medical Director and Senior Flight Surgeon, NAS Cecil Field, Florida, then NAS hospital and on to local US Navy Reserve unit to finally retire.
90% VA disabled but still working full-time, can't seem to quit
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Paisley,Khaleesi and Little man our four-legged children
2022 Tiffin Allegro Bus 45OPP, 450 Cummins, 2019 Jeep Grand Cherokee TOAD
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07-04-2021, 08:40 AM
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#1509
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2021
Posts: 5
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RV newbie. 35 years in the RCAF. Retired in 2009.
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07-04-2021, 10:49 AM
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#1510
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2021
Posts: 199
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uss Benner DD 807 BM4
68-74
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07-04-2021, 04:15 PM
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#1511
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2021
Posts: 2
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US Coast Guard 1975-1979
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07-06-2021, 02:45 PM
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#1512
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2020
Location: Ft Pierce, Fl
Posts: 1,387
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Roncsmith
The U.S. Military has quite a few outfits, but only ONE COMPLETE FIGHTING MACHINE!
LOLOLOLOL
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I hope you are talking USCG...it can fight foes foreign AND domestic.
ME....
Feb 1977 USCG OCS, Yorktown, VA
1977-1978 Miami, Fl Civil Engineering
1978-1980 Navy flight school
1980-1983 Air Station Miami, FL... Morale officer, LE officer
1983-1986 Mobile, Al .....Polar Operations....USCGC Polar Star, USCGC Glacier, USCGC Northwind, USCGC Polar Sea
1986-1990 Air Staton Cale May, NJ Group Engineer, Group Comptroller
1990-1992 Air Station Kodiak, AK Head ALPAT Division (AKA - Alaskan Patrol Division.... assigned to LE in the N. Pacific and Bearing Sea...babysitting the pre-Deadliest Catch crabbing crews)
!992- 1996 Air Station Cape May, NJ Air Ops, Ops, XO
1996-1999 USCG HQ... Chief, Aviation Safety
Nov 1999 Retirement Wash., DC
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