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Navy '82-'88
ET2 Electronics Technician
1982: Boot camp
'82-'84: Various electronics schools in San Diego and Great Lakes
'84-'86: Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada
'86-'88: Guam

Six years in the Navy and NEVER stepped foot on a boat.
 
Thitical Crinker said:
Navy '82-'88

Six years in the Navy and NEVER stepped foot on a boat.
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Ha! 11 years and never stepped foot on a boat.

HM
1990-1991 Basic and schools
1991-1996 San Diego Naval Medical Center

AT
1998-AT school
1998-2002-VAQ-142, NAS Oak Harbor, WA
Electronic Attack Squadron attached to the Air Force. Whenever we deployed, we deployed to Air Force Bases (Nellis, Eglin, PSAB, Incirlik, Turkey)

Back to HM
2002-2003-Naval Medical Clinic, Naval Submarine base, New London, CT.

When I became an AT (Aviation Electronics Technician) I figured there was no way I could avoid a carrier. But I did.
 
Darth Rotor
CDR, USN, Ret
1980-2005
Flew:
In training:
T-28B, TH-57, UH-1E, TH-1L (Hueys)
Fleet:
Sh-2F, SH-60B, UH-60L
Flight Instructor in:
T-34C, SH-60B
JPME/Jointed
Worked with Army a lot, with Marines even more, and the USAF more than I cared to. All said and done, good bunch, brothers in arms.
NATO job
Acquisition Job

Too many effing Staff Jobs. :(

Floated about and flew from:

CV's (Midway, Saratoga, Independence)
DD's (Spru Cans)
CG's (Aegis Class, and one Josephus Daniels Class)
FF's (Knox Class)
FFG's (Perry Class)

Landed on USS Missouri, BB-63. Teak decks. Sweet! :D

Campaigns and crap I was involved with:

Lebanon
Lybia
Ops in PI I can't talk about
OEF
OIF
Sharp Guard
Joint Endeavour/IFOR/SFOR

Best Liberty Port Ever: Tie between Istanbul and Hong Kong (Never got to Australia)

Least Favorit Port: Chinhae, South Korea (Never hit Djibouti, yay me)

Neatest lunch ever: With the Officers Mess of the Second Regiment of the French Foreign Legion, in an old castle, Calvi, Corsica. They had just come back from some ops in Chad.

I must say, it was a hell of a good run and I miss the bonds you take for granted until you leave. Still in touch with a lot of the bros. I lost more friends to aircraft accidents than to combat.

DR
 
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Summary of JREF poster's military credentials

Changes:
  • 26-Jul-2007 Added Hal Bidlack, Nim Chimpsky, Hunstman, and Hans. Stripped down rank table.
  • 27-Jul-2007 Added ARubberChickenWithAPulley, VanillaCone, Lanzy, MortFurd, Thitical Crinker, and Darth Rotor. Converted pay grade table to two columns. Added advice to submitters.

Note: The data in this list is not verified, and is soley based on information posted in this thread.
In other words, caveat lector.

Counts in the following table are by pay grade. Not all posters listed are members of the U.S. forces, and some that are have not provided full rank details, so the total of the counts is not equal to the number of posters listed.

Summary of U.S. Posters, by Pay Grade
Pay grade | Count || Pay grade | Count
E-1|0||W-4|0
E-2|0||W-5|0
E-3|1||O-1|1
E-4|2||O-2|2
E-5|2||O-3|2
E-6|3||O-4|3
E-7|4||O-5|4
E-8|0||O-6|0
E-9|0||O-7|0
W-1|0||O-8|0
W-2|0||O-9|0
W-3|0||O-10|0

Note to people submitting credentials: The actual file containing all of the submitted data looks like this:
Code: 
J. Random Poster
	Rank: Redshirt (Deathus Muchus)
	Pay Grade: E-0
	Affiliation: United Federation of Planets, Star Fleet
	Service: 2251-2250
	Spent most of service in sick-bay.
Putting your posting in a format similar to this will make pasting it into the list easier. Leave out pay grade if it isn't applicable; put not specified if you want something else left out. (A little program I wrote takes this file and transforms it into a ready-to-post form, sorted by poster ID, including the counts.)

32 people in the list.

Alareth (Mark C. Farrington)|
Rank|OS2
Affiliation|U.S., Navy
Service|1991-1999
  • Prior to making rate I served on deck as a seaman and was also crosstrained in various rates such as Radioman, Signalman and Quartermaster due to the small size of my first command, USS Recovery ARS 43.
  • As an Operations Specialist I operated various models of radar from the SPS-64 navagational radar up to the SPY-1 Phased Array that is integral to the AEGIS Combat System.
  • My last command was the Pinecastle Electronic Warfare Range in Florida, which was the only location on the east coast of the US where pilots could practice with and drop live ordinance.

apathoid|
Rank|SP4
Affiliation|U.S., Army
Service|1995-1999.
  • MOS 33R/T cross-trained to 68N.
  • Worked in aviation and/with Military Intelligence Corps.
  • Aircraft worked on: OV-1 Mohawk, RC-12 Huron
  • Systems worked: GRCS, SLAR(Side-Looking Airborne Radar), OV-1 Mohawk Commo and Electronics(Avionics), and Trojan Spirit
  • Served overseas 2 years, both in the ROK [Republic of Korea].
  • Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance
  • Air Force JROTC in high school
  • Civil Air Patrol.

ARubberChickenWithAPulley|
Rank|Captain (O-3)
Affiliation|U.S., Army, Military Intelligence
Service|2003-
  • Parachute School, Battalion S-2, Brigade S-2, Police Intelligence Officer, Plans Officer <=== don't ever do this, it is the most insanely boring (and pointless) job on the planet (plans, that is)

Beachnut|
Rank|Lt Col
Affiliation|U.S., Air Force
Service|1974-2002
  • Tanker Pilot KC-135

Bob Klase|
Rank|Chief Warrant Officer 4 (CW4)
Affiliation|U.S., Army
Service|1971-1995
  • MW4 actually, but not worth explaining, especially if you're not already familiar with warrant officer ranks.
  • Flew UH-1's, OH-6's, OH-58's from 71-84 (OH-6 in Vietnam). UH-60 (Blackhawk) from 84-95 (including the 1st Gulf War).
  • For purposes of credentials I also have a daughter who's starting her 12th year in the army. Currently SFC but just about to finish the army's Physician's Assistant school and should get commissioned as a 1LT next summer after she finishes the 'internship' (not sure that's what they call it).

Calcas|
Rank|Sgt (E-4)
Affiliation|U.S., Air Force
Service|Vietnam era
  • 4 Years USAF as an air traffic controller. Vietnam era vet although I served my time stateside.

Cheap Shot|
Rank|SGT (E-4)
Affiliation|U.S., Air Force
Service|1976-1980
  • 4 Years one month
  • Crew Chief on RF-4C
  • Shaw AFB, SC

Darth Rotor|
Rank|Commander (CDR)
Affiliation|U.S., Navy
Service|1980-2005
  • Flew:
    • In training:
    • T-28B, TH-57, UH-1E, TH-1L (Hueys)
    • Fleet:
    • Sh-2F, SH-60B, UH-60L
    • Flight Instructor in:
    • T-34C, SH-60B
  • JPME/Jointed
  • Worked with Army a lot, with Marines even more, and the USAF more than I cared to. All said and done, good bunch, brothers in arms.
  • NATO job
  • Acquisition Job
  • Too many effing Staff Jobs.
  • Floated about and flew from:
    • CV's (Midway, Saratoga, Independence)
    • DD's (Spru Cans)
    • CG's (Aegis Class, and one Josephus Daniels Class)
    • FF's (Knox Class)
    • FFG's (Perry Class)
  • Landed on USS Missouri, BB-63. Teak decks. Sweet!
  • Campaigns and crap I was involved with:
    • Lebanon
    • Lybia
    • Ops in PI I can't talk about
    • OEF
    • OIF
    • Sharp Guard
    • Joint Endeavour/IFOR/SFOR
  • Best Liberty Port Ever: Tie between Istanbul and Hong Kong (Never got to Australia)
  • Least Favorite Port: Chinhae, South Korea (Never hit Djibouti, yay me)
  • Neatest lunch ever: With the Officers Mess of the Second Regiment of the French Foreign Legion, in an old castle, Calvi, Corsica. They had just come back from some ops in Chad.
  • I must say, it was a hell of a good run and I miss the bonds you take for granted until you leave. Still in touch with a lot of the bros. I lost more friends to aircraft accidents than to combat.

Doubt|
Rank|Spec-4 (E-4) Combat Engineer; 2nd Lieutenant (O-1E) Infantry.
Affiliation|U.S., Army
Service|December, 1981 to December, 1985; August, 1988 to March, 1992
  • Trained at Ft. Leonard Wood. Dec-81 to March-82.
  • Stationed at Ft. Ord in A Co., 13th Engineer Battalion, 7th Infantry Division. March-82 to November-83.
  • Spent a lot of time building obstacles, mostly out of concertina and barbed wire. Occasionally did demolitions. Spent a month in Korea as part of Team Spirit '83.
  • Stationed in Bamburg, Germany. 82nd Engineer Battalion, 7th Engineer Brigade. Dec-83 to Oct-85 (Home on terminal leave after that.)
  • Trained to build many different types of obstacles and bridges. Lots more demolitions training. Our battalion was to support the 2nd ACR as the covering force for 7th corps. Most of the corps would have been behind us if WWIII had happened.
  • Round 2 (Aug-88 to March-92)
  • Michigan Army National Guard.
  • 1/225 Infantry Battalion.
  • Joined the guard and ROTC the same month. commissioned in '90 and watched most of the 100 hour ground campaign from the Gulf War from the armory with everybody else since we did not get activated. First assigned to run an Anti-armor platoon even though that is really a good job for an experienced 1st Lt. Spent my last year running a rifle platoon which is what I should have been doing in the first place. Resigned when the unit was re-organized into an ordnance battalion.

Hal Bidlack|
Rank|Lieutenant Colonel (O-5)
Affiliation|U.S., Air Force
Service|1981-2006
  • 25 years+ of active duty, USAF 1981-2006
  • ICBM launch officer/instructor/commander
  • Pol/Mil officer
  • inst/asst prof/assoc prof USAFA
  • military advisor, US Dept of State
  • Dep Dir, USAF Institute for National Security Studies
  • TDYs of note: Pentagon (START policy) NSC White House (twice)
  • a few other things here and there

Hans|
Rank|Major
Affiliation|U.S., Army
Service|1979-1999
  • Field Artillery with specialities in logistics, nukes and fire support. Airborne, CGSC
  • 13A
  • Forward observer Germany
  • Battalion S-2
  • Battalion S-4
  • Battalion Fire Support Officer Kansas and NTC
  • Brigade Fire Support Officer
  • Battery Commander
  • Reserve advisor West Point, New York
  • Reserve Training Officer
  • Mobilization Officer during Second Gulf War
  • Various other IRR jobs

Hornit|
Rank|Lt. Commander (O-4)
Affiliation|U.S., Navy
Service|1980-1989
  • Naval Aviator
  • Instructor Pilot in T-2C Buckeye, NAS Kingsville TX.
  • Fleet Experience:
  • Squadron: VA/VFA-82
  • A-7E Corsair II, F/A-18C Hornet, NAS Cecil Field FL.
  • Deployments Aboard USS Nimitz and USS America.
  • 253 Carrier Arrestments (traps)
  • Attended Naval Safety School and Fighter Weapons school.
  • Numerous other schools while active duty.
  • Nuclear delivery pilot (personell reliability program: PRP)
  • Naval Reserve doing the same thing until 1995.

Hunstman (Brister, Thaddeus B.)|
Rank|SGT
Affiliation|U.S., Army
Service|1991-
  • Arkansas National Guard 1991-1994, MOS 91B-Medical Specialist
  • U.S. Army 1994-1997, MOS 91B-Medical Specialist
  • 2 years in Hanau, Germany with 5/7 ADA BN, with 6 months in Saudi Arabia the first half of 2005.
  • 1 year in Ft. Stewart, GA with the 10th CBT EN BN
  • U.S. Army Reserve 1998-2001 MOS 91B-Medical Specialist
  • 489th CBT EN BN
  • Qualified with a Secondary MOS as a 12B-Combat Engineer during this time.
  • In charge of medical seciton/Battalion Aid Station for the battalion.
  • US. Army Reserve 2002-2004 MOS 91B Medical Specialist
  • Assigned to the 90th RRC BN
  • Cross-levelled to the 489th CBT EN BN February of 2003 for deployment to Iraq.
  • Served in Iraq with Tiger Troop, 3rd Calvary; 130th Combat Engineer BN; and 82nd Airborne Div.
  • U.S. Army Reserve 2004-Present MOS 25B Computer Operator/Analyst
  • New MOS awarded based on civillian skills and education; Secondary MOS 68W (formerly 91W, formerly 91B) Health Care Specialist, tertiary MOS 21B (formerly 12B) Combat Engineer.

JimBenArm (James B. Armstrong)|
Rank|EMC(SS)
Affiliation|U.S., Navy
Service|1973-1987
  • Was trained in Nuclear Power.
  • Served on the USS Pollack (SSN-603) from 75-78.
  • USS Guardfish (SSN-612) from 78-80.
  • Was an instructor at IC class A School from 1980-1983.
  • Decommisioning crew of the USS George Washington (SSBN-598) from 1983-1985.
  • USS Pogy (SSN-647) 1985, then assigned to USS McKee (AS-41).
  • Original rate was IC, in fact I made Chief as an IC.
  • Stupid Navy decided it didn't need IC's as Nukes anymore, and forced us all to convert to EM.

Lanzy|
Rank|Sergeant First Class (SFC)
Affiliation|U.S., Army
Service|Not specified
  • SFC Army BN commo Platoon Sgt.
  • Served: DIA, Pentagon
  • Pershing Missles, Ft. Sill
  • JOPS Duty expert, Yongsan, Korea
  • DCA User Center Leader

leftsergeant|
Rank|Staff Sergeant (E-6)
Affiliation|U.S., Air Force and Army
Service|1966-1970 (USAF), 1977-1988 (Army)
  • USAF, 1966-70, AFSC 57150, Fire Protection Specialist. Recieved college level training in arson investigations. (Mostly for brownie points, but I figured it might come in handy. It did, occassionally.)
  • Stationed at Wheelus Air Base Libya, September 66-April 68. Pope AFB, N.C. April 68-March 70. (Not all-inclusive, but don't ask.)
  • US Army 1977-88, PMOS 94B30, Food Service Sergeant, SMOS 51M30, Fire Protection Sergeant. Stationed at Ft. Campbell, KY, 32nd ADCOM Germany, Madigan Army Medical Center, WA (serious bicycle accident put me out of action for a bit.) Camp Hovey, Korea: Ft Lewis, WA. Medically retired in 1988 as Staff Sergeant (E-6)
  • Currently work part-time in troop training at Ft Lewis.
  • Trained on every weapon I got a chance to handle, plus some explosives. Never know when you might have to grab whatever is available, theirs or yours. My unit at Ft Lewis was part of the High-Tech Test Bed program. I got to ride in the first Humvee on the post. Some of the stuff we tested I never saw again, and hope that was the end of them.

Mince|
Rank|HM (E-4)
Affiliation|U.S., Navy
Service|1990-1996, 1998-2003
  • 11 years Navy.
  • 4 years as AT (Aviation Electronics Technician), 7 years as HM (0000 corpsman and 8482 Pharmacy Technician).
  • San Diego Naval Medical Center Naval Medical Clinic, Submarine Base, Groton, CT Naval Air Station, Oak Harbor, WA NSHS Portsmouth (det.), Portsmouth, VA--Pharmacy School Naval Air Station, Pensacola, FL--Aviation Electronics School NHCS Great Lakes, Great Lakes, IL--Corps School NCRD Great Lakes, Great Lakes, IL--Basic Training
  • They booted me for high-year tenure*.
  • *High-year tenure is when you get discharged from military service because you have not attained a certain rank by a certain time period. In my case it was that I did not attain E-5 by 10 years. I actually did attain E-5, but I got out of the Navy as an AT and came back as an HM. When I did that, they brought me back as an E-4 and not E-5. I only had two chances to make rank and, obviously, didn't do it. It's still an honorable discharge and they gave me $25,000 for breaking my contract. Not only that, but I am from Illinois and the state is paying 100% of my tuition; plus I am getting GI Bill. Pretty sweet.

MortFurd|
Rank|Sergeant (E-5)
Affiliation|U.S., Air Force
Service|1987-1991

Newtons Bit|
Rank|Cadet Staff Sergeant
Affiliation|U.S., MCJROTC (high school)
Service|not specified
  • Uhh, MCJROTC in high school. I achieved the rank of cadet staff sergeant! The only lasting change imprinted on me from that expierence is that I can no longer stand having long hair. And I call all men with hair longer than 3 inches hippys.

Nim Chimpsky|
Rank|Major
Affiliation|U.S., Air Force
Service|active duty May 1987-Feb 1996; Reserves Feb 1996-Jun 2000
  • 1987 Grad, USAFA
  • C-141B Navigator
  • Lead airplane, panama invasion
  • Desert Shield, Desert Storm
  • 5 years Special Ops
  • Safety Officer

Normal Dude|
Rank|SGT / E-5
Affiliation|U.S., Army
Service|Not specified
  • MOS 11C2P (Mortar Infantryman)
  • Units: 2/9 Infantry (Mech) in South Korea, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (82nd Airborne) in Fort Bragg, and 173rd Airborne in Italy.
  • Combat tours to both Afghanistan and Iraq.
  • Biggest pucker-factor moment was doing a danger close (150m) fire support mission at night, and I was an E-4 and the primary computer for FDC. Yikes!

Obviousman|
Rank|Officer
Affiliation|Australia, Royal Navy
Service|1985-1995, 2001-
  • I'm still serving military, and in Oz we can't say too much (I even had to take my details down from schoolfriends.com.au).
  • But I'm an Officer in the Royal Australian Navy, a reservist on Continuous Full Time Service (CFTS). That's being back in service exactly like the regulars, except I'm on a fixed term contract. I did my first stint from 1985 to 1995, transferred to the Reserves, then went off to fly as a Mission Co-ordinator with Coastwatch (we're civvies who get contracted to fly the Coastwatch missions for the Customs Service, not Customs Officers). Went back to the Navy in 2001 and have been there ever since.
  • Trained as a Seaman officer (ship driver), Air Traffic Controller, Observer (aircraft navigator). Various sea and shore postings. Currently working as a staff officer in our aviation HQ operational standards section.

Pope130|
Rank|MSGT
Affiliation|U.S., Air Force
Service|1973-1997
  • Started as a Flight Simulator Technician. Trained on T-33, T-37, T-38, F-4C and F-4E sims at Chanute. Went to Castle AFB on B-52E, F, G and H models. Kunsan Korea on the F-4D. Wright Patterson AFB Flight Dynamics Lab on instrument and display systems prototyping. Back to Castle on the B-52G/H hybrid trainers, and the KC-135A. While there became associated with the AF Museum program, working on fifty-some aircraft types. Nellis AFB on the F-16 till they went contract support. Then to PMEL, general electronics support, small arms instructor and desert survival.
  • Cross trained to C-130 Flight Engineer. Pope AFB, went to Desert Shield/Desert Storm/Desert Calm, Kurdish relief in Northern Iraq, the Former Yugoslavia, Horn of Africa, Haiti, Central America, 50th Anniversary D-Day Drop and a batch of other places. 87 countries total. I can highly recommend this travel plan. You not only get to see all the places you want to see, you also see the places you don't want to see. To all of you born in first world countries, consider yourselves very lucky.

Ranb|
Rank|MM1 (E-6), machinist mate first class
Affiliation|U.S., Navy
Service|1983-2003 (Nuke 3356/3366)
  • USS Tautog SSN 639 84-87 Westpac, so much fun in PI I got married.
  • ELT School
  • USS Jacksonville SSN 699 87-89 Shock Trials (explode bombs next to hull) LELT
  • PH IMF Hawaii R-5 89-92 RCM/RCSS
  • USS Wm H Bates SSN 680 WestPac 92-95 EWS/LELT
  • USS Cavalla SSN 684 WestPac 95-97 LELT
  • LMDU 16 months of hell on a busted leg / 7 surgeries, got a divorce.
  • Bangor IMF CIF 99-01
  • RCT LIMDU Bangor IMF 01-03, then 4 months of slack time as NEC 0000 then Permanent Disabled List (retired)

Reheat|
Rank|Lt Col
Affiliation|U.S., Air Force
Service|1967-1988
  • Experience - Trainers and Fighter Bombers

Sabrina|
Rank|1LT
Affiliation|U.S., Army
Service|2001-
  • I started out as a launcher platoon leader for an Air Defense Artillery brigade and moved on to being the battalion S2 (intelligence officer, for those who don't speak military) after a year, as I was the seniormost officer in my battalion branch detailed from Military Intelligence at the time and my battalion commander absolutely RULED at letting officers try positions they desperately wanted to try. I also spent time as the Special Projects Officer and the Brigade Public Affairs Officer before leaving active duty. Oh, and while I was on active duty, I went to Bahrain where I sustained the injury that allows me to claim the title disabled veteran. It wasn't in combat; I was just lifting stuff that was too heavy for me and badly misaligned my spine, but I now suffer degenerative disc disease as a result.
  • Currently I'm in the reserves, serving as my unit's Tactical Intelligence Officer. In my civilian job I work for a consulting firm on a contract for TSA's Office of Intelligence, and I'm having a blast at it.

stateofgrace|
Rank|Petty Officer, Weapons Electrical Mechanic
Affiliation|U.K., Royal Navy
Service|1977-1986
  • Weapons Engineer, Submariner, P and O boats.
  • Served onboard HMSM Porpoise, Ocelot, Oracle and Oberon.
  • I used to know , but due to age and the fog of time, a great deal about submarine weapons systems which were the duel pressure firing system. Weapons I worked on on include Mark 8 anti ship torpedos, Mark 24 anti submarine torpedos and was involved in stingray trials.
  • Received two good conduct medals and left with the rank of Petty Officer, Weapons Electrical Mechanic.
  • That's about it , oh I went down to the Falklands.

Thitical Crinker|
Rank|Electronics Technician (ET2)
Affiliation|U.S., Navy
Service|1982-1988
  • 1982: Boot camp
  • '82-'84: Various electronics schools in San Diego and Great Lakes
  • '84-'86: Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada
  • '86-'88: Guam
  • Six years in the Navy and NEVER stepped foot on a boat.

Unsecured Coins (Jaye Powers)|
Rank|SGT
Affiliation|U.S., Army
Service|1994-
  • Started out in the Reserves as a supply puke. Since the great state of florida lost part of my transcripts from NC I had to redo my senior year, thus when I graduated in 1996 I was the only AIT trained soldier to graduate that night. Woo hoo.
  • After 9 months in the Balkans I went AD in 1998, hooking up as a 19K, Armor Crewmember. I still hold the record for most ridiculously impossible AGTS kill when I popped a BRDM-2 from over 4,600 meters away.
  • Average Table 8 score - 942
  • Trained in every weapon I can get my hands on. Qualified sniper.
  • Currently (surprise!!) a recruiter in North Carolina

VanillaCone|
Rank|Specialist (SP4)
Affiliation|U.S., Army
Service|1991-1995
  • 98G Arabic linguist/analyst
  • Top Secret security clearance
  • Tour: National Security Agency, Fort Meade, MD

Vincent Vega|
Rank|Captain
Affiliation|U.S., Army National Guard
Service|Not specified, currently serving
  • Parachute school
  • Armor School (Tank Platoon leader)
  • Artillery battery commander (SP 155mm)
  • Currently an operations officer (Full Time) for the fires battalion (105mm towed) of an Infantry Brigade Combat Team.

Z|
Rank|Al - Spc (in current terms, SP4)
Affiliation|U.S., Army Field Artillery, 13P
Service|1990-2001
  • in active duty and the Nat'l Guard. Best MLRS FDC computer operator of my time. I once ran our battery fire control out of the back of a Hummer with nothing but a map board, flashlight, and two radios for four days in Korea as an E-3, and had the best fire rate in the battalion. Duty stations were Ft. Sill, Ft. Bragg, and Camp Essayons, Korea, but also spent some time at 29 Palms, Ft. Benning, White Sands, and a host of other locations. Also did a tour of Robin Sage - that rocked. Field-tested the FDDM and the AFATDS during the end of my tour. But I never got a chance to go to promotion board - because Sgts don't operate the fire direction systems once they're Sgts. I don't mind though - they paid me $14 grand when I left.
  • Also, only person in my battalion certified on EVERY piece of communications and computer hardware and software (which hurt them badly when I left); qualified on personal and crew weapons as well as the Automatic Grenade Launcher. What a weapon! And somehow served all those years and never once drove a stick-shift...
 
I just want to thank grmcdorman for putting all of our info in an organized table. It's interesting to see how different all of our experiences have been, even though we all served or serve in some military force.

Also a quadruple thanks to all of those who served or are serving in combat situations. By luck of the draw I squeezed in my entire enlistment between Iraq I and Iraq II, and that includes my inactive reserve commitment. I was ready to serve in a war, but that is by no means the same as actually doing so.

I hope that one day military forces won't be necessary, but as long as they are necessary I will have the utmost respect for those who serve.
 
Good effort mate, and I too am surprised how many military types we have here.

I thought I was the only one!
 
With all these military types we really should form an army and take over a small third world country. Preferably one with nice beaches.

Of course a military is nothing without a civilian leader (as I'm sure you'll all agree).

Since no one else is willing to step forward, I guess I'll have to accept that onerous position.

Now.... anyone here got a map?
 
uk_dave said:
With all these military types we really should form an army and take over a small third world country. Preferably one with nice beaches.

Of course a military is nothing without a civilian leader (as I'm sure you'll all agree).

Since no one else is willing to step forward, I guess I'll have to accept that onerous position.

Now.... anyone here got a map?
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Well, I guess Cuba still fits that description, but I don't really like our chances. Maybe Micronesia? I don't know anything about it, other than it's small, it has beaches, and the name kind of screams "cakewalk."
 
Micronesia, hmmmmmm.

Is that the one where the girls have a winning way with coconut oil?
 
uk_dave said:
Micronesia, hmmmmmm.

Is that the one where the girls have a winning way with coconut oil?
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Ah, yes. Weapons of Ass Lubrication. Now we have our rationale for war. Just don't tell the Bushies, because they'll beat us to it. Their lust for oil is unrivaled in all of history.
 
VanillaCone said:
I just want to thank grmcdorman for putting all of our info in an organized table. ...
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You're welcome. It was kinda fun, actually; as I said, I wrote a little program (an awk script, actually) to help with the list. Different than what I usually do (which these days is mostly debugging 10 year old C code :mad: ).
 
UT3 (SCW) Chris Tolmasoff
USN
Currently assigned to NMCB 4 out of Port Hueneme, CA.
Also currently in Iraq building stuffs!
 
Well, unfortunately, unless we can secure a handful of 13Ms and an MLRS or two, plus ammo, and a fully loaded 577, set up for MLRS ops, my MOS won't do us a LOT of good... But I'm an expert at using SINCGARS and managing multiple radio nets. Heck, I came in back in '90, so I still remember how to use the old-fashioned, tape-loaded COMSEC devices, and still remember proper radio authentication and encryption techniques. And I can put up an OE-254 single-handedly in under 8 minutes, properly - or I can tree-sling one in under 3. :D

Micronesia DOES have trees, right?
 
Clutch said:
UT3 (SCW) Chris Tolmasoff
USN
Currently assigned to NMCB 4 out of Port Hueneme, CA.
Also currently in Iraq building stuffs!
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Clutch, do you mind giving your pay grade? The table counts people by pay grade, and I can't figure out your pay grade from the rank you give. Without it, you won't be included in those counts, although of course you'll be included in the overall count (which will be 33 when you're added).

Most people who are currently serving also gave their enlistment date; you can supply that if you want; if not, that's fine too.

Thanks

- G. McDorman, list maintainer
 
I am seriously honoured to be amongst such company.

Pleaeeease tell me I am not the only UK or even European ex service or even serving member here, surely there must be more of us.

Anybody?............:)
 
grmcdorman said:
Clutch, do you mind giving your pay grade? The table counts people by pay grade, and I can't figure out your pay grade from the rank you give. Without it, you won't be included in those counts, although of course you'll be included in the overall count (which will be 33 when you're added).

Most people who are currently serving also gave their enlistment date; you can supply that if you want; if not, that's fine too.

Thanks

- G. McDorman, list maintainer
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UT3 would be an E-4
 
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