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[Olle]

Australia
Army
E3 Trooper (TPR)
ECN-063 // ASLAV Crewman or Cavalryman

Posted all over the shop, spent my last 4 years at RAAF Base Edinburgh in South Australia.

Spent 9 years in the Australian Army as an armoured vehicle crewman and recon scout. Deployed 2012 to the Solomon Islands as part of a multinational peacekeeping mission. Med Discharged in 2018. Now I'm trying to find my way through civvi street and mostly (?) succeeding.

 

[SoonerRick]

United States
Navy
PO3
Electronics Technician
USS Forrestal CV-59
3 Med Cruises
Suez Safari
Blue Nose
Multinational Peacekeeping Force, Lebanon, 1982

 

[Jeriddell16]

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United States Navy 2001-2022
E-8
Sonar technician submarines (think Jonesy from ‘Hunt for red october’)
Was stationed on 4 submarines

 

[GNR]

United States
United States Marine Corps
1992-2014
Enlisted PFC to SSgt ATC Radar Technician
Selected for Warrant Officer in 02 and attended Warrant Officers Basic Course in 03 (WOBC)
ATC Systems Maintenance Officer until retirement as a CWO4 in 2014.
Always stationed on the West Coast and or Japan.
Supervised the construction and opening of the only Class 7 Air Traffic Control Facility in the Navy/Marine Corps and then landed Air Force 1 for the Grand Opening.
Stood up an operational ATC detachment from scratch all new Equipment and Marines in 5 months and then successfully deployed them to Afghanistan and most importantly brought them all home.

 

[Bob McK]

Country of service USA
US Army
SGT E-5
Armor and Combat Medic
19K and 91A from what I understand the 91A is now a 68W
Desert Shield/Storm
First Cavalry
TECOM
Fort Knox, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Fort Hood, Fort Sam Houston and the sandbox.

 

[podz]

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1. USA
2. Army
3. E-5
4. Chemical Operations Specialist
5. Ft. Campbell Kentucky, 95% of the base is in Tennessee but since the base's post office is in Kentucky, then the base's official location is designated as "Kentucky".
6. At one point in time, I was wearing the Screaming Eagle patch on both shoulders.


Left the Army as an E-5 Sergeant, re-joined 5 years later as a Civil Servant GS-11 (equivalent to Army Captain) in Germany and I had direct management and supervisory authority over several dozen uniformed soldiers i.e. they worked directly for me 100% of their time on a permanent basis. It was sort of a strange position for me, having authority over soldiers but not wearing a uniform myself - damn, they wouldn't stop calling me "Mister" The difference is that my role lacked "command authority" i.e. I could not reassign them and I could not impose legal punishment (UCMJ) on them.

Left Germany and moved to Finland well over 20 years ago, have Finnish citizenship now and will be here for the rest of my life.

 

[goby]

1. Your Country of Service - USA

2. Your branch of service. US Army (3 years active, 3 years reserve)

3. Your Rank / Rate. Sergeant (E-5)

4. Your Military Occupational Specialty. 71D - Legal Clerk

5. The name and something about a Duty Station at which you served. Fort Carson, Colorado 4th Infantry Division (Mech)

Known as the Ivy Division, because IV as in "4th"

I was in Colorado Springs, which is a beautiful city

 

[User973]

United States
Navy
Machinist Mate 3rd class
USS Kitty Hawk CV-63 1996-2000
yokosuka, Japan

 

[dabrock]

Canada
Royal Canadian Air Force
Captian (OF3)
Communications and Electronics Engineer (CELE)
OP Bronze Roto 8, NATO HQ Sarajevo (Camp Butmir) Bosnia-Hertzigovinia as CJ6 SSO and Mission J6
My profile pic is my trade badge aka Jimmy
Retired in 2009

 

[MikeyTX]

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1. Your Country of Service - United States

2. Your branch of service - Army

3. Your Rank / Rate CPL/E-4

4. Your Military Occupational Specialty I had two, 16S and 14S

5. The name and something about a Duty Station at which you served. Served at Ft. Hood, called "The Great Place", which it was assuming you liked fast food and pawn shops

 

[Gringo_Chulo]

2011-2019 USMC I was with I BTRY 3/14 4th Mar Div (east coast)

I was a 0811 Section Chief (artillery). I was a Sergeant when I left.

2020-Present I joined the Army as an 11B (infantry) stationed at Fort Drum. That’s a whole different kind of cold there haha.

Currently reclassing to 17E in Fort Gordon as Electronic Warfare. The only thing better then shooting a machine gun is a ray gun.

 

[Mcmen4my]

Active Duty USMC
Warrant Officer (W1)
2011-Present
Currently Serving in Camp Lejeune, NC as an 0205 Intelligence Operations and Fusion Officer.

 

[Jorge Esperanza]

US Army
Captain O-3
Infantry (11B)
I was on active duty from 1982-1987
Spent most of that time with the 25th Infantry Division in Hawaii.

 

[Zipp]

1. Canada
2. Royal Canadian Air Force
3. Cpl.
4. Served for 9 years as Aircraft Structure and Aviation Life Support Systems Tech. Working as a NDT tech, now (Non Destructive Testing).
5. Served in CFB Borden ON, CFB Trenton ON. In Northen Canada, now.

 

[Old Navy_1]

U.S. NAVY
TIN CAN SAILOR AGDE-1 USS GLOVER
ELECTRONIC WARFARE TECH (EW)

 

[MG31]

United States Of America
USMC
E-4
Infantry Machine Gunner (0331)
Stationed Camp Pendleton CA
Iraq (Ninawa/Mosul/WERV)
Afghanistan (Garmsir)

 

[Lando]

USA
Army
O-4
61R, medical corps
Fort Bragg, WAMC; Sather AB, OND

 

[Polecat0228]

Canada
Royal Canadian Navy
Chief Petty Officer
Marine Engineering Articifer
Joined in 81, retired from Active duty in 2018. Ready Aye Ready

 

[desmoface]

Hello everyone, first off, thanks for your service!

I served in the USN from 1984 until 1992. I was first attached to COMPATWING 5 at NAS Brunswick, Maine, then I went to VP-23, and I finished up my second enlistment at AIMD Brunswick, Maine. I got out after the 1st Gulf War as I was an AZ2/E-5 (Aviation Administration) and it was made very clear that my chances for advancement were very slim.

After the first Gulf War, and the tumbling of the Berlin Wall, they started buying people out, trying to downsize. Never thought I'd see that in the US Military, but I saw the writing on the wall and got out after my 2nd enlistment.

Anyway, made some great friends and still keep in touch with some of them. Sadly, my old Squadron was decommissioned and the base where I served was eventually closed.

 

[naterealbig]

Hi there!

US Navy veteran here... EM2 who served on the USS Tennessee [sub-surface, ballistic] (submarine w/ nuclear missiles - aka "Boomer") as Nuc-Electrician.

Joined Mar-2001, boot camp in Great Lakes. Went to NNPTC (naval nuclear power training command) for school, and completed "Prototype" training in SC as well. Volunteered for subs, and was stationed on the Tennessee out of Kings Bay Naval Sub Base (GA). Served 5 patrols and got out in 08 (honorable).

Thank you everyone for your service!

Kindest Regards,

Nathan