Veterans Unite.....

This will be the section for give a run down of your time in service. I know how much we all love talking about our self but lets come together and BS Etc.

IM GOING TO SAY THIS JUST ONE TIME! DON'T BE THAT ASS HAT WHO TRIES TO PASS THAT YOU WERE SOME SF,RANGER,SEAL,CAG(DELTA), FORCE RECON, RECON OR SOME OTHER OGA GUY WHEN YOU WERE NOT!!!!! I WILL PERSONALLY SLAY YOU OR SOMEONE ELSE WILL. WE WILL BE HAPPY TO PUBLICLY RIDICULE YOU!BE PROUD THAT YOU ARE OR WERE THAT ONE PERCENT WHO PUT IT ALL ON THE LINE IF NEEDED, FOR THE ONES THAT MONDAY NIGHT QUARTERBACK IT ALL.......

Now that we have that out of the way.

Throw up a picture of you in action or that night were we all got a little wasted at the Balls or Birthday Party for the branch we all served.

I will start this party.

Blue

 

Ssgt of Marines
1999-2010

MOS's
0331- Machine Gunner
0369- Infantry Plt Sgt.
8511- Coxswine (Rubber Recon Boat Operator)
5811- Military Police
0531- Civil Affairs (CAG)

Unit's or Unit's Served With-
1/4 WPNS Co.
PMO- Camp Pen.
2/7 H&S Company
4th Marines
3rd CAG
Royal Irish Rangers
British Royal Marines

Favorite Memory or Highlight of your career-
Becoming a Golden Shellback (That was fun)
Having a Gold Star on my combat action ribbon
Being awarded a "V" for Combat Actions in Afghanistan

Pic-

 

And some other stuff after the Marines.... It was truly an honor to serve with all them from all branches, rock solid dudes.

 

Pashto- At one time it was pretty good. Not so much anymore. I have not used it.

Blue

 

Retired from the Navy after 23 years...last tour was as Command Senior Chief. As far west as Guam, as far east as Scotland.
I'd do it all over in a heartbeat....

 

Welp here goes.

MOS 7011

Cpl 8 years with 4th MAW. Swinging it in the wing!

Served with MWSS472
MAG49
MWSS374
MWSS473

Most memorable moment? Got to fly on fat albert

Pics to come. Just gotta scrounge em up

 

You know what bro. I gave my wing boys Alot of shit until I learned how many hours you boys put in every day just to keep our birds in the air so I could take a 15 minute helo ride. Hats off to you guys. I know you all busted your asses and burned many of midnight oil.

Blue

 

America

 

Thank you for your service. My father was a Marine and my brother was a load master on a C-130 in the 82nd Airborne. I tried to jump in at the start of the first Gulf War and they wouldn't take me.

 

Hmm,

When were you in Iraq doing PSD - I was at Camp Butler doing CIVPOL for a while for DOS while still in the Reserves, some of those guys on your contract team look familiar, you by any chance know a Cameron Lowman - or a slew of other names I could throw out;-)

Now for my service - did 12 years Active duty Air Force as a 3C071 and a 3D072 and was a me first guy so actually saw combat back in 2002 while forward deployed to Asscrackistan from UAE. Followed up my 12 years active as a Reservist with 920th Rescue Squadron and screwed around with the PJ's and did some fun stuff.

Deployments - yeah:
2002 - UAE then sent forward to asscrackistan with 10th Mountain Army to enjoy some nice walks in the mountains while being shelled and shot.
2004 - Qatar - CAOC
2006 - BIAP - Sather AB
2008 - Qatar - CAOC
2010 - Department of State contract Gig while still in reserves - Camp Butler mainly but all over IZ, and went as far North as Erbill and a lot of time at Basra

Squadrons and assignments:
1997 - 1998 Lackland for Basic and then Keesler AFB for School
1998 - 2001 Cheyenne Mountain AFS aka NORAD Colorado Springs Colorado
2001 - 2004 45th Patrick AFB Florida
2004 - 2008 32nd AOC Ramstein AB Germany
2008 - 2009 96th Eglin AFB Florida
2009 - 2013 920 Rescue Patrick AFB, Florida

Fucking loved every minute of it - only got out due to divorce, the 3 forward deployments while living in Germany were too much for my now ex-wife and she took my two kids, so I switched to reserves to be close to them and then Hated the reserves and their bullshit - did my 4 turned down E-7 and walked away. Have some damn good disability from some injuries on deployments and active duty as well as a bunch of metal in my face and head from my time playing Air Force Rugby.

As for pics - will pull some up and add in from home, on a work computer in our SIPR room so nothing on it...

 

We will have to talk off line, I knew a PJ or two. All pretty solid dudes. Sounds like we worked together at Butler possibly.

 

That's some funny stuff right there, small ass world man! Were you there before they sent the Kiwi's home? Those New Zealanders were a freaking riot man - and I'm sure we know a lot of the same people man! Seems like a lifetime ago now but some vivid, good and bad memories from that time.

 

The boys from Down Under were there when I was there. I want to say they were going home when I got to Buttler. They are some funny dudes man. What was that Girls name up in HR that everyone was tagging? She was the Personal Gal from South Africa I think???? She was stacked man but had a big nose, lol.

Remember this?

 

Hell yeah I do! Crazy how small the military and veteran communities are overall man. And not sure about all of them but Janet was the one everyone was tagging, she also got one of my buddies move out of contract as she said he sexually harassed her - Gabe was his name he was also selling a lot of suppliments on the side so not sure if he was still there when you were there, Stocky black dude that has a lot of Porsche's here in the states and a huge Oregon fan

Stacey was a smaller girl that was dating one of the South Africans and he left and she went ape shit and started banging everyone - she had a nice ass. Then there were the two Russian chicks, the Blond who was hotter but didn't screw around, and the dark haired one that was messing with my buddy Fransisco aka JR. Her last name was like Pussycat or something we just called her pussycat and that's all I remember her as.

 

Forgot I had a few on Facebook from when I was back there - threw them on here - this is what I looked like when I was out there as they are all from Butler and BIAP area Had to laugh as you See The Shark spray bombed in the bunker on first pic

I look a bit different now - don't lift for size anymore more of a crossfit and HIT guy - shaved my head for years now and actually like no facial hair after all the military years, the pic with my youngest daughter is me nowadays, around 35lbs lighter and that old light and leathal saying definitely applies, not sure how I lived and did as well as I did carrying 23-245 around at 5'8 most of my adult life.

 

11B here.

 

8 years active 76-82. USAF Myrtle Beach AFB most of the time. Weapons Mechanic on the A-10. I love the A-10. We were the AF's first A-10 fighter wing. Awesome plane but the pentagon people have been in an all out effort to get rid of it. They are blind to the truth.

 

Just 3 years active as 11c in the US Army with I deployment.

 

4 years active duty in the Marines. I was a 2146 (M1A1 Tank Mechanic/M88A2 Operator) I was stationed at 29 Palms mostly, but was at Pendleton for about a year while attached to the MEU. Did two trips to Iraq, the first I got FAP'ed out to a MP company and stood in the turret of humvee doing convoy security and route clearing all over al Anbar. Second deployment was with the 13th MEU as a M88A2 operator attached to 1st Tanks

 

U.S. Army, active for 2 yrs. mos 11C40 4.2 mortors 2nd 67th armor div
Attached to the 25th inf div Vietnam 67-68 Srg. E-5

 

Still Active duty for 10 years now in the Navy as a Recruiter here in NorCal.

 

Equipment Operator Third Class (EO3)
SEABEES!
ACB-1, Coronado, CA
Deployed as an IA with NMCB 24 from Huntsville, AL for OIF 9 from MAR 09 to SEP 09 to Al Asad, Iraq. We were the last Seabee Battalion in Iraq. We pulled all our CESE out of country. Ran scout MRAP for CSE through Al Anbar Province. Loved every minute of it. Spent my 20th B-day at small arms range at Ali Al Salem Air Base.
Biggest regret... having gotten out.

 

boot aug20-nov16 2001
CPL EAS in 05
0341
2/3 wpn co 81's plt
deployed
1/3 A Co Fallujah 0311
2/5 WPN Co Ramadi 0341/11

 

I have never served the military just made millionaires working
I have military in my Family...
Thank you for your service!!

 

Dad was Coast Guard and C.I.A., I was never told anything and can’t talk about it...

 

USMC 1964-1968 MOS 3421, 1st Marine Brigade Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii 1965. Camp Hanson, Okinawa 1965. Hq. Co. 4th Marines Chu Lai, Vietnam 5-7-65 to 4-6-66, Hq. Btn. MCSC Barstow, Ca. 66-67, MCFC Kansas City, Mo. 67-68.