SO WHO ARE OUR VETS??

As I stated on another thread relative to this...I did not serve in the Armed Forces...but we want to hear from all of you that did...there's plenty of you out there...

THE MODESTY FILTER HAS BEEN LIFTED TODAY

Please share your story with our families...Thank you very much.

Fungo 695-96-82
ATN3 USN 1964-1968
Patrol Squadron - 42
Air crewman SP2H Neptune
Duty Stations included Corpus Christi, Texas, North Island, CA,
Millington, TN, Whidbey Island, WA, Sangley Point, Philippines, Tan Son Nhut airbase, Viet Nam. I spent so many hours in the air that I no longer fly.
After one mission I personally shot down 8 tequilas and one boilermaker.
My greatest accomplishment was 4 years in the Navy without a tattoo.
Fungo

PGStaff

US Army 66-68
5th Army

Drafted (Army not baseball) in 1966. Tried to get medical release due to old sports injuries.

It didn't work!

Greatest achievement - getting honorable discharge!

Lost a few good friends, all of which are remembered today.

Retired from the Air Force in Feb 2004, after nearly 21 years of service. Overseas assignments included (England X2)and Italy. Stateside assignments included:

San Antonio, TX
Miami, FL
Biloxi, MS
Shreveport, LA
San Angelo TX

Husband retired this Sept.as Lt.Col after 20 years in the Air Force.

Permanent Assignments:
Rhein Mein, Germany
Fort Walton Beach, FL (3 times)
Scott AFB, IL
Montgomery,Al

Many temporary assignments to Europe and various "hot spots"

U.S. Air Force 1972-76

Assignments:

San Antonio, TX
Wichita Falls, TX
Plattsburgh, NY
Diyarbakir, Turkey
Victorville, CA
Job: Accounting and Finance (tough one, eh?)

Outstanding accomplishment:
Two years in the desert (Turkey & Calif.) without getting a sunburn.

My dad , my hero , my father , my best friend. David L. May Sr retired Command Sergeant Major US Army. My dad passed away October 15, 2000. He was a veteran of the Korean War not conflict as he used to say. A vet of the Vietnam war. He loved the Army. He loved his country and what it stands for. He led by example everyday of his life. I miss him terribly everyday. I want to personaly thank all the vets for their sacrifice and duty to their country.

USAF: (Medic) Duty stations
Witchita Falls,
Tampa
Cam Rahn Bay
Myrtle Beach

Son served 4 years on a Carrier, USS George Washington, now a senior at Old Dominion.

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Father and Mother both served during WWII, All 3 brothers also served overseas: Phillipines, Germany and Turkey.

U.S. Air Force 1982-89

Permanent Assignments:
Okinawa AB, Japan
Castle AFB, California
Langley, AFB VA

Job: Aircraft Maintenance

USMC - 7 yrs.
Staff Sgt
Camp Pendleton California Ist Marine Division
US Naval Torpedo Station, Keyport, Washington
3rd Reconnaisance Battalion 3rd Marine Division
Okinawa Japan, Pusan Korea, Subic Bay Phillippines.
Camp Lejune North Carolina 2nd Marine Division.
American Embassy Marine Security Guard Mogadishu Somalia East Africa, Mauritius Island Indian Ocean & Paris France.
** Married in Belleau Wood (France) American Battle with Germans whereas Marines earned the nickname "Devil Dogs" from the Germans due to their fierce fighting capabilities.

http://www.worldwar1.com/dbc/ct_bw.htm

Salute to all Veterans...

USAF

1985-1989

Closed George AFB in 89, offered transfer to Minot ND or honorable discharge. I'm still in CA until my youngest graduates! Why not Minot? Answer: Toooo Cold!

SSgt

USAF

1974-1978

Syracuse NY
Kotzebue AFS, AK
Luke AFB, Glendale AZ

USNavy 1974-1994
Recruit Command Great Lakes
NTTC Corry Station Pensacola
NavComSta Rota Spain
Navcams Westpac Guam
Corry Station (again) Pensacola
NAS Pensacola
NAS Corpus Christi
NAS Milton FL
VXN-8 Patuxent River MD
Recruiting Area 5 Great Lakes
Home

My former Centerfielder, a Marine Lance Corporal, has served two tours in Iraq, his last included the November campaign in Fallujah, and if not for a knee injury, he would be returning for a third.

My former relief pitcher is flying the Spooky, after graduating from the Air Force Academy.

I was proud of them as players, but I am in awe of them for the sacrifices they have made for our nation.

Wow, thank you for doing "roll call", and thank you SO MUCH to our vets who served! Without you, the acts of terrorism that are reported every day around the world would be wreaking death and destruction here between the shining seas. Thank you for your sacrifices and bravery! You have earned the respect and admiration of a nation!

Wow - thank you very much to all the HSBBWeb posters and extended families who are serving and/or have served in the military.

Contrary to what some right-wing pundits might like you believe, we are very proud of you out here on the 'left coast', as FutureBackMomma calls it.

A special thanks to my 'baby' brother, who served a tour in Afghanistan and one in Iraq (the latter thanks to stop-loss) -- a proud alumnus of the 82nd Airborne.

Subic Bay and Olongapo City, Phillipines were once regal, but no longer exist, except in the memories of those who were there......Naha City, Okinawa was a bustling city at one time......Saigon had a name change, but, many remember Her as She once was......The names change and places disappear, but memories live on.....Cherish the memories, both good and bad....They're all that is left for so many.........The WW1 vets are close to being gone....Tell your stories to somebody so they will live on......

To wvmtner:

If I remember the old saying, "Why not Minot, frezzen the reason", we used to have a good laugh about this when it was time for new orders to be handed out.

Never served but am son a 20 year Army Dad who retired as a LT COL---being he was a Professor of Engineering he never went overseas in any war but was always somewhere instructing and teaching the young recruits and draftees on how to build bridges etc

Thanks to and God Bless all the veterans!

We have the opportunity to honor our Vets and Soldiers before every baseball game during The National Anthem. It is a few minutes that we need to spend thanking and remembering them for what we have because of their sacrifices.

USAF 1985-1989

Thnaks again to all - I was too young for Vietnam, but when I was 15, lost my 19 YO uncle [101st Airborne].

My former job at the Naval Air Development Center in Warminster, PA, was in sonar development, and anti-submarine warfare. The knowledge and dedication of the Naval personnel we worked with amazes me to this day - I miss working with them. Whether it was loading sonobouys into a P-3 Orion on a ramp in Brunswick, ME at 3am in 25 degree weather, tracking subs under the polar ice cap, flying out of Thule AFB in Greenland, or testing new sonobuoy designs off the coast of St Croix [hey, all our assigments weren't cold ones!] - the one constant was our military personnel.

THANK YOU

A salute to the 101st Airborne - Screaming Eagles.....

Memories of the Iron Triangle.....

My appreciation to all that have served as well. I had a great uncle who lost his life in WW II as well as another great uncle who was a POW for quite some time during that war but ended up making his career in the military. My father in law was also a career military man for 23 years serving in the Korean War and the Vietnam War. My son had a HS teammate who's in basic right now for the marines. He's in my thoughts and prayers often.

USAF 1970-74

Okinawa and Francis E Warren AB in Cheyenne WY.

Son of a Screaming Eagle 101st Airborne during WWII at Normandy. He had stories he wouldn't tell me until after I was in my 20's. God bless him and all who served.

Funny story showing the difference between dad and I. I joined the Keesler All Male Choir during tech school to get out of KP. Dad joined the boxing team to get out of KP.

USN 1970-1973

Tonken Gulf Yacht Club
Navel Inshore Operations (River Rat)

Bullwinlke saw the Vet last week..

Something about being shot at my its.

F Co, 2/3, 3d Marine Div - Vietnam 1969
E Co, 2/7, 1st Marine Div - Vietnam 1969-70

To remember Jack Zoodsma, Grand Rapids Michigan; Jim Carlin, Binghamton, NY; Frank Blas, Charleston SC; and Jim McClurg, New York City (I've been told that Lt McClurg played baseball at Southern Illinois)

To all the vets:

I am humbled by your service to our country. To say "Thank you" doesn't seem like enough to express what is in my heart. But "Thank you."

Windmill, your post regarding sonobuoys brought back some vivid memories. I was a pilot and oceanographic mission commander operating P3s in VXN-8 out of Pax River, MD for a tour. Spent alot of time all around the world dropping buoys and have a special place in my heart for Thule. Great food in the chow hall, played basketball in the gym quite a bit and can never forget walking out of the O Club at 2am into the bright sunshine!

USAF 83-91

Carswell AFB Texas
Clark AB Philippines
Okinawa Japan
Carswell AFB (again)

Halfmoon - we did a fair amount of testing with Pax River folks..when we got BRAC'ed in 1994, that's where they wanted to send us [hardly anyone went - I'm with FAA now].

Remember thinking the same thing, coming out of the Top of the World club at Thule - sun went behind Mount Dundas in the Baffin Bay for about 15 minutes - that was the sum and total of "night-time" - I rememebr more than once saying "It's still light out - we can't turn in yet!"

Most of the sonobuoys in the Fleet came from our shop - guys I worked with hold the patents on DIFAR, VLAD, Dwarf DIFAR, Low Cost Sonobuoy, ERAPS.. We also did the an/AQS-13F Helo dipping Sonar. The Good Old Days!!

windmill,
As a Julie/ECM operator flying on P-2s I probably used some of your sonoabouys.

4myson

That's the right way to say it. The two bases that everyone hated were Minot and Mountain Home ID. They had a slogan for MH too but I can't remember it.

I never quite made it to Minot AFB(although my mother was the Minor High 1946 homecoming queen), but I did spend the early '70s flying a desk as a disbursement specialist(military pay) in the 321st Combat Support Group at Grand Forks AFB. Only time I EVER got on an airplane was when we were flown from the enlistment center in Dallas to San Antonio for basic training.

OPP

United Sates Army Airborne Ranger, served 20 plus years. Retired in Aug 2002. Served all over the world. Some places are Korea, Germany, all over the U.S. and several spots unknown.

My son is a sophmore at his High School in the state of Georgia.

Currently in Air Force. 1982 - present. Will retire in December 2005. Assignments:

Elmendorf AFB, AK
Griffiss AFB, NY
Thule AB, Greenland
Beale AFB, CA
Clear AS, AK
Vandenberg AFB, CA

quote:

Originally posted by windmill:
Halfmoon - we did a fair amount of testing with Pax River folks..when we got BRAC'ed in 1994, that's where they wanted to send us [hardly anyone went - I'm with FAA now].

Remember thinking the same thing, coming out of the Top of the World club at Thule - sun went behind Mount Dundas in the Baffin Bay for about 15 minutes - that was the sum and total of "night-time" - I rememebr more than once saying "It's still light out - we can't turn in yet!"

Most of the sonobuoys in the Fleet came from our shop - guys I worked with hold the patents on DIFAR, VLAD, Dwarf DIFAR, Low Cost Sonobuoy, ERAPS.. We also did the an/AQS-13F Helo dipping Sonar. The Good Old Days!!

Windmill:

I'm in the process of writing a history of sonobuoys and would like to interview you. Please contact me via the email address I've used for this forum. Thanks- G. Wolf.