Thanks!
I’ll join in as well.
US Army 89-92
Desert Storm
63 Sierra
i shaved in a few sand storms and most of them were dry shaves. Lucky I didn’t have much hair back then. Was stationed at Ft Sill Ok.
Mt. Scott yes I remember that name. Was that the only hill in the area that you could see from the field sites?Welcome. I spent '75 to '77 at Ft Sill before overseas deployment. Use to love riding my motorcycle up Mt Scott. Got chased by a bison around there too. Good times. I collected a bunch of MOS's before I got out as an SF aidman.
Mt. Scott yes I remember that name. Was that the only hill in the area that you could see from the field sites?
Have room for another Jarhead?
HOLLYWOOD Marine 1966 to 68...Old Corps!
0811-Artillery.
Learned cold wet shaving during the monsoon in more than 1 foxhole.
Thank you.Welcome aboard.
So...Operation Enduring Freedom and the '03 Invasion of Iraq. Well done!US Navy: 1999-2004;
USS Providence (SSN-719)
OEF: April ‘01 - October ‘01
25 TLAM’s fired.
OIF: February ‘03 - August ‘03
25 TLAM’s fired.
Yeah, I was an E-3 on my first deployment in ‘01. On our first spec-op, I was barely qualified anything and so I earned the Naval Expeditionary medal by being the ship’s laundry queen for 40 days Got the Armed Forces Expeditionary 3 weeks later after an op by cranking in the galley. Came home- country was different- people shook my hand and thanked me- called me hero- I’m like dude- I wiped tabled and folded undies But my ‘03 deployment I was qualified all my watches- but still Junior enough to sleep in the torpedo room and get tossed out of my rack because we’re about to launch weapons so I had 5 minutes to get relieved from my watch, yank my crap out of my bunk, sheets, and get back on watch so they could move weapons and empty missile canisters. I didn’t get shot at or anything- felt bad sort of for eating my meals off porcelain plates- joined the expeditionary community- volunteered to go to Kuwait- camp Patriot- where they serve EVERY MEAL on paper or plastic plates, plastic utensils- so ya drive to camp Afrafjan or Ali As’Salim so you can eat a hot meal in a chow Hall on a porcelain plate and metal utensils. Funny how things work outSo...Operation Enduring Freedom and the '03 Invasion of Iraq. Well done!
Sometimes it's all about just showing up. Not everyone is a "trigger puller", and most wouldn't want to be. You played your role.Yeah, I was an E-3 on my first deployment in ‘01. On our first spec-op, I was barely qualified anything and so I earned the Naval Expeditionary medal by being the ship’s laundry queen for 40 days Got the Armed Forces Expeditionary 3 weeks later after an op by cranking in the galley. Came home- country was different- people shook my hand and thanked me- called me hero- I’m like dude- I wiped tabled and folded undies But my ‘03 deployment I was qualified all my watches- but still Junior enough to sleep in the torpedo room and get tossed out of my rack because we’re about to launch weapons so I had 5 minutes to get relieved from my watch, yank my crap out of my bunk, sheets, and get back on watch so they could move weapons and empty missile canisters. I didn’t get shot at or anything- felt bad sort of for eating my meals off porcelain plates- joined the expeditionary community- volunteered to go to Kuwait- camp Patriot- where they serve EVERY MEAL on paper or plastic plates, plastic utensils- so ya drive to camp Afrafjan or Ali As’Salim so you can eat a hot meal in a chow Hall on a porcelain plate and metal utensils. Funny how things work out
Lol, like the Rock says- I knew my role and I shut my mouthSometimes it's all about just showing up. Not everyone is a "trigger puller", and most wouldn't want to be. You played your role.
Welcome.Glad I found this group! Retired Air Force diesel mechanic. Dec 1996-Dec 2017, nine deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.