Folks Of Interest O/T, So who here was Army?

AC-130U SPOOKY AERIAL GUNNER! I flew as a gunner on the mighty MH-53 PAVE LOW up until '06, then crossed over to gunships, still there today. My unit would have been responsible for that dark night! Gimmme your info, and the date, I'll see if we still have the footage. I doubt they will, as I was on a 53 that got shot down near Fallujah in 04, they don't have the tapes, and our birds are on the same base! haha! I have a couple days in that AOR!

 

1/122 FA joined to see the world never left the states. Every one should do it once.

 

1965-1968 Ft Jackson, basic & wheel school, Ft Sill, track school, then Germany for 30months. 3rd & 64th Armor.

 

1976-1997 82C Field Artillery Surveyor retired as a SFC.

 

US Army, '65-'69. MACV Advisory Tm 63, Soc Trang, Ba Xuyen Province, Vietnam, '67.

Wouldn't take a million dollars for the memories, but wouldn't give a nickel to do it again

 

USArmy Field Artillery 68 -73 Started as a 13E, went to OCS, got out as O3. 2 years in Germany (SASCOM), Vietnam orders changed to S. Korea (2d Div). ETS'd out of Bragg. vic

 

yeah i'm currently serving in the australian army i'm a fitter (nearly i finnish my trade training in may) currently posted at gallipoli barracks enoggera, brisbane.

 

11Bravo - 1985 to 1989 - 5th Battalion 8th Infantry Division - Lee Barracks, Mainz Germany


I pretty much drank away my youth.

 

uncle called me august 1966, freed me july 68. i remember it well graduation from basic at ft. dix in company formation and the di calling out orders, everyone it seemed was going to ft. benning or polk. damn my name comes up ft. monmouth, he says where the hell is ft. monmouth. jersey shore an 1 1/2 hr from home. i always tell people i hit the lottery of life. ended up 14 months in germany. met alot of good guys, some have kept in touch with. downside is alot of my friends went to nam, some didn't make it back. when i got separated in 68 as soon as i left the gates we pulled into a gas station right there at rt 206 in bordentown and changed back to civvies. the place is still there, everytime i come home from atco i have to stop in and fuel up for old times sake.

 

19D Cavalry Scout - 1992-1996 - 1st Armored Division 1-1 Cav. Buedingen, Germany. Hooah!

 

Army drafted 1968-1970 panama canal.

 

Christmas Time in the Army ... we converted an M113 into a sleigh ... and brought Santa and toys to a kids party.

 

I knew there would be a few, but 9 pages worth? DANG! Makes me even more proud to be a HAMBer!
Doc.

 

Christmas 1970. My artillery unit was on a firebase not far from Hue. This was a nice change from living underground in holes we dug. Didn't last long and we were on the road again to support the invasion of Cambodia. Mike

 

When we worked, we worked hard and we were serious. But, when we played............!!

Nobody gave much thought to safety, as you can tell. Can you imagine being the CO and having to send a letter home to the parents of a guy that might have fallen?

 

1968 to 1970 30th MP, C company, @ Persido San Francisco CA.