Years served

[Qmerriwx]

I completed 39 years of successful service in the U.S. Coast Guard. 34 active and 5 with the federal service as General Foreman of the U.S Coast Guards Industrial Production Facility at New Orleans, LA. Now retire, life is good.

[DerekF]

I might win the shortest.
I served 1year 10 months and 21 days as stated in my DD214. No longer deployable Honorable medical discharge Got sick life long illness and am disabled vet.

[rgvtexan]

I only had 6 1/2 but my brother had 37 with >10000 hour of flight and 1596 of combat flight time.

[HenryH001]

Originally Posted by DerekF

I might win the shortest.
I served 1year 10 months and 21 days as stated in my DD214. No longer deployable Honorable medical discharge Got sick life long illness and am disabled vet.

I year 7 months and 3 days. Welcome home.

[craigd853]

Originally Posted by Qmerriwx

I completed 39 years of successful service in the U.S. Coast Guard. 34 active and 5 with the federal service as General Foreman of the U.S Coast Guards Industrial Production Facility at New Orleans, LA. Now retire, life is good.

Congrats and thank you for your service. I am retired as well, 4 years Navy and 26 with the Air Force. Been retired since 2013, this whole civilian thing is throwing me off. LOL

[markandkim]

30 years

[jrollf]

4 active / 12 reserve (and counting)

[AveryF]

I retired from the Air Force in 1994 at 20 years and 29 days. My wife retired from the Air Force at 22 years, 1 month and 20 days. And, yes, she outranked me then and still does.

[TomandGloria]

12 years, US Army soldier, 27 years US Army Civilian employee, 7 years Contractor with US Army and still serving. Total:46 years.

[F4Gary]

7 years, 3 months, and 8 days.


Length of service doesn't matter, we are all veterans.

[AveryF]

Originally Posted by F4Gary

Length of service doesn't matter, we are all veterans.

Absolutely!!

[MO Fred]

16 years active duty and 21 Reserves. Entered the Army as a Private and retired as a Colonel.

[Old-Biscuit]

6 yrs NAVY

Made E-5 Once, E-4 Three times, E-3 Twice.....I wasn't cut out for military LOL

Then spent 22 yrs doing what the NAVY taught me, which I never thought I would ever do again after I got out.

[edge68474]

4 years active, 2 reserve, Navy.
I got in trouble once, umm, maybe a little more, lol. But this one time when I started talking to defend myself, and I was right, they basically told me to shut up. Extra duty time, down in the engine room, painting pipes. Man that was stifling. It's hot up on the overhead. There were good times though and met a lot of friends. It was good for me overall, but I did not reup. My little brother put in 22 years and made senior chief. He did good. I'm very proud of him.
Thank you all for your service.