Thanks to all vets of all services, you are my hero's! Vietnam 67-68, German porder patrol, and Korea. Thanks to all who served. I'll see ya on the high ground!
Seabees USN steelworker Can Do !! NMCB fighting forty 1987 thru 1991 Alpha company mechanics shop !! Thanks to all who have served and are serving !!! Ron
USN, Seabees, SW1, Active duty since 1998. -Public Works, Keflavik, Iceland -ACB-2, Little Creek, VA -FISC SD, San Diego, CA Otto138
I seved in the Navy 72-78, met a lot of solid people. I rode a lot, partied a lot, and generally had a freakin' blast!
wow, thats a lot of people, im impressed! me, 1997-2017. thats scary long time. working on icbm's! trey
May Dad was in the 42nd Rainbow Divison formally known as the fighting 69th. I was hoping he would last until my son and I finished the 64 Impala but it was not to be. He would have liked the HAMB. He helped me with many cars growing up in the 60's and 70's and really if not for him, I'd know nothing of these things. I was able to take my son to a reunion of his fellow infantry men a couple years ago in Tulsa. Many of you in Tulsa know of the Rainbow Highway dedicated the the 42nd as a tribute to this division and about 300,000 other men who fought to free those in Germany's concentration camps. That highway runs south towards Camp Gruber where he was stationed before going to war in 1942. He was from WI and met my Mother one night after riding in to town in the back of a 6X to see (I think Patsy Cline) (still the best voice I've ever heard). So, in remembering him since he passed April 2nd, I can't tell you how much I appreciate all who served and wonder why I have not done the same. Thanks again and again brave ladies and gentlemen!
Current USAF - '91-present Also a proud crew-dawg on the mighty C-130 - the MC-130 Combat Talon II...tough job, but somebody's gotta do it!
155 Utl Det, SDNG 1988-1996. Proud to have deployed to Jamaica after Hurricane Hugo. We rebuilt clinics and schools.
USAF 1980-1990 Avionics,Flight controls,Hydrolics,Engines,and Crew Chief, Loved almost every minute, learned most of my bad habbits there and met some of the best SOBs a guy could know !! Any other F-111 Pukes out there ?
In the Air force since 1999... F-16, Pratt & Withney engine specialist. I used to work on UAV's for a couple years before this, as a civilian. I might go back to a civilian job in aerospace in January.
US Army 757 Railroad Battalian 1975-1981 and took a year off. Then I joined the USAFR 95th Air Port Squadran from 1982-1989 (Ramp Service's). Helped deliver food to needy Central American countries...! Mark
NAVY 72-78 FTM (Radar Tech) USS England DLG/CG-22 http://www.ussengland.net/ USS Kittyhawk CV-63 Operation Frequent Wind, USS Enterprise, USS Blue Ridge http://www.ussengland.net/cg22/JoeCoulterPics1.htm Olongapo, P.I. Armed Forces Police/7th fleet Shore Patrol
"Hey Joe! Throw some peso!" Anybody for a swim? You can't ever forget Shit River no matter how hard you try, and I've tried really hard. pigpen "...One hundred men, she'll screw today, but only three, in the normal way." (The Ballad of Subic Bay)
LOL, haven't thought about that song in a long time. I had to get a series of shots because I was on that riverbank covering the back side of the bank during the robbery/hostage crisis. Shit river is the only river I've ever seen that would burn. Yup, I was a hardhat. Goddamnedist place in the world to be a cop. BTW, did you know those grey Chevy trucks we used had 454 police interceptor engines in them? I once pushed a taxi driver right thru the front of the pizza parlor up at the T because he wouldn't move out of the way. Love you no shit! You buy me air-conditioned jeepney! Gusta-ko ana ana?
I spent eleven years in the Air Force. I went just about anywhere I chose. Yeah I was in Viet Nam and yes I volunteered but I figured I'd be better prepared to go if it was my Idea. Excluding Nam it was 9 years of a lot of fun. I was stationed in Spain, Germany and did a short time at Yokota Japan. Came home each time with the top of the line state of the art electronics. Was the first in my home town to have an 8-track "Stereo" in my chevelle instead of a AM radio.
[ QUOTE ] I spent eleven years in the Air Force. I went just about anywhere I chose. Yeah I was in Viet Nam and yes I volunteered but I figured I'd be better prepared to go if it was my Idea. Excluding Nam it was 9 years of a lot of fun. I was stationed in Spain, Germany and did a short time at Yokota Japan. Came home each time with the top of the line state of the art electronics. Was the first in my home town to have an 8-track "Stereo" in my chevelle instead of a AM radio. [/ QUOTE ] I still have my big Sony reel to reel from my second tour at Guam on the U.S.S. Proteus in the 60's...And the tapes Mutt
Hey Joe. I rode in one of those trucks one night going out to a Shore Patrol post. I thought it was faster than normal. I stepped in what looked like solid ground while on Shore Patrol in the Fish Market that same night, and sunk up to my ankle in fish crap/guts/heads/leavin's/etc. Had foot gunge for ten years after that; peeled off in chunks. It took lots of Tinactin to clear it up; never had to get the shots though. I did have to get the other kind of shot due to a trip down Tin Can Alley. A million cc's, double barrel, right into my soft white ass. And a good time was had by all! pigpen "Silver dollars, upon her chest. She go 69, with America's best. One hundred men.......(The Ballad of Subic Bay)
Thanks to ALL who have served our country. It's you people that make the freedom and liberty that we all enjoy possible. Many members of my family have served our country. My Grandpa being the biggest example of a Hero I've ever had. A veteran of World War II, he served in Italy with the 15th Air Force where he flew bombing missions over central Europe. He was a Tail gunner in a B-17, and his plane was shot down (at somewhere around 20,000 feet) over Hungary. He was a prisoner of war in Hungary, Austria and Germany. His last prison camp was liberated on April 29, 1945, by Gen. George Patton's 3rd Army. His story has made me thankful for everything that I have and great full to all of those who have sacrificed. --Thanks Grandpa.
Remember these? You guys in California think you know customs... http://iae.net/users/piepenbr/jeep/butuan10.htm
TWO TOURS,60-66 US NAVY.87-2003 US NAVY SEEBEES EQUIPMENT OPERATOR E-6 retired august 2003,(GOT TO OLD) I WOULD DO IT ALL OVER !!! GOD BLESS ALL OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN IRAQ.
Remember what? Oh yea, those jeepney things. I once asked a jeepney driver why he had so many chrome horse ornaments on his hood. His answer: "Each one adds one extra horse power." No shit Joe! pigpen "Hey Joe! Buy me an airconditioned helocopter!"
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