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today I'm a chief engineer at a mental hospital.
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md72
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Posted: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 - 11:58 AM UTC
Dave said:
Enough about your time at Armorama, what to you do for a living?
Enough about your time at Armorama, what to you do for a living?
sfctur1
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Posted: Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 10:11 AM UTC
I spent 22 years as a 63Bravo light wheel and track mechanic. I retired in 1999 and now am a disabled vet.
Tom
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tnichols
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Posted: Monday, May 31, 2010 - 06:31 PM UTC
Joined the USMC in 1962 and was an 0331 machine gunner. That was in the days of the M-14 and M-60.Spent 13 fun filled months on an all expenses paid waling tour of VietNam in 1965/66.I don't think I ever did anything brave,just did my job and tried to not let my fellow Marines down.Most of the time I got it right. Got into the fire service in 1971 and retired as a Battalion Chief 31 years later.Semper Fi.
eerie
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Posted: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 - 12:53 AM UTC
I enlisted in June 02, completed recruit training, off to Infantry specialist school, graduated and posted back to the recruit training school served as a section commander and later as a platoon sergeant on the remainder of my tour. Left full time service in 04. Served 2years 3mths.
Currently i m serving in a reserve unit as an infantry section commander attached to the mortar platoon. The army will always be the best time of my life.
Currently i m serving in a reserve unit as an infantry section commander attached to the mortar platoon. The army will always be the best time of my life.
casailor
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Posted: Thursday, June 03, 2010 - 05:44 AM UTC
I started out in 1970 as a Combat Engineer, then was EOD, then got pulled off levy at Fort Lewis and put to work as a clerk-typist, then was back to a Combat Engineer. Got out went to college and got married, went back in as a Combat Engineer. Oh yes, while I was in college I was a wheeled vehicle mechanic and motor sergent.
troikken
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Posted: Sunday, December 26, 2010 - 09:21 PM UTC
Ive spent the last 19 years as an Armourer on Aussie F111's. Still working on them at the moment removing the Crew Module explosives as its the end of service for the Aussie F111's. Fantastic jet to work on and still impressive in the air after all these years. Downside to the job....doing post-fires on the bomb racks and lockwiring SMDC lines
melonhead
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Posted: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 - 10:31 AM UTC
enlisted in USMC in 1996 as a field wireman(2512). field wireman is a tactical phone tech in easy terms. this is obviously before the time that cell phones became a household item.... spent most of my time with a communications unit, but at the point of going to fleet, since i was the low man on the totem pole, i got put with the mortars unit since they are billeted to have a radio operator and a wireman....that is where i had most of my fun...good times
Tank178
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Posted: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 - 02:16 AM UTC
I enlisted in the IL Army Nat'l Guard in Jan 1992 as 31U- Signal Support Systems Specialist in an infantry line company (Grunt with a radio!)
Went active for two years
Came back to the Guard in '96 as a 11C on M252 81mm mortars
Switched to 11B20 in '97.
Stayed in the Guard through college and ROTC and commisioned as a Field Artillery Officer in December 2004. I am currently a Captain in a M777A2 towed howitzer battalion but am deployed on a peacekeeping mission in the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. I start my 19th year of service in about 2 weeks and plan to stay until 25 years total service. Not sure what I will do when I hang up the helmet and boots! (well there will be more time for modeling! lol)
Went active for two years
Came back to the Guard in '96 as a 11C on M252 81mm mortars
Switched to 11B20 in '97.
Stayed in the Guard through college and ROTC and commisioned as a Field Artillery Officer in December 2004. I am currently a Captain in a M777A2 towed howitzer battalion but am deployed on a peacekeeping mission in the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. I start my 19th year of service in about 2 weeks and plan to stay until 25 years total service. Not sure what I will do when I hang up the helmet and boots! (well there will be more time for modeling! lol)
TacticalSquirrel
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Posted: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 - 09:02 AM UTC
31B Military Police, when we deployed to Afghanistan my platoon was attached to a Cav Troop and we were in infantry/cav scout positions as a cav line platoon. It was fun using things MP's never really get to use like that LRAS and TOW/Javelin etc..
Whitey
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Posted: Friday, February 11, 2011 - 04:21 AM UTC
11B (Infantry) on active Duty (10th Mtn) Somalia '93/Haiti '94.
95B (MP) in reserves (94th MP Co) Iraq '03-'04.
Sorry MP's, Infantry is better. Most infantrymen won't believe it, but MP's get [auto-censored] on even more than the Infantry.
95B (MP) in reserves (94th MP Co) Iraq '03-'04.
Sorry MP's, Infantry is better. Most infantrymen won't believe it, but MP's get [auto-censored] on even more than the Infantry.
melonhead
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Posted: Friday, February 11, 2011 - 11:41 AM UTC
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not only that, but the ones that go MP to later get a police job afterwards...well, the infantry typically get picked over the MP...poor guys/gals11B (Infantry) on active Duty (10th Mtn) Somalia '93/Haiti '94.
95B (MP) in reserves (94th MP Co) Iraq '03-'04.
Sorry MP's, Infantry is better. Most infantrymen won't believe it, but MP's get [auto-censored] on even more than the Infantry.
Tank178
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Posted: Sunday, February 13, 2011 - 01:40 AM UTC
quote]not only that, but the ones that go MP to later get a police job afterwards...well, the infantry typically get picked over the MP...poor guys/gals[/quote]
Not necessarily. Many Law Enforcement recruiters prefer non-MPs because MPs are used to Military Law and procedures. Civillian law is a whole different beast. A majority of the officers at my department were not MPs, but were various combat arms Soldiers. Civillian suspects have a whole lot more rights than a military suspect.
Not necessarily. Many Law Enforcement recruiters prefer non-MPs because MPs are used to Military Law and procedures. Civillian law is a whole different beast. A majority of the officers at my department were not MPs, but were various combat arms Soldiers. Civillian suspects have a whole lot more rights than a military suspect.
AgentG
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Posted: Saturday, March 05, 2011 - 03:17 PM UTC
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quote]not only that, but the ones that go MP to later get a police job afterwards...well, the infantry typically get picked over the MP...poor guys/gals
Not necessarily. Many Law Enforcement recruiters prefer non-MPs because MPs are used to Military Law and procedures. Civillian law is a whole different beast. A majority of the officers at my department were not MPs, but were various combat arms Soldiers. Civillian suspects have a whole lot more rights than a military suspect.
Absolutely true on all counts. I do not recall more than one or two former MP's serving my old department.
Military service will help prepare you for life as an LEO, but as a retired boss, I just wanted folks with common sense. That and the ability to make decisions, quickly.
Wasn't it Wyatt Earp who said "take your time, in a hurry" when discussing gunfights?
G
colin-rlc
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Posted: Saturday, March 05, 2011 - 05:11 PM UTC
MT Driver trade, rad op and UBRE op ( qualified to spill diesel ! ) lol. Deployed on Herrick 8b 2008 for 3 months, spent 3 1/2 weeks in FOB Price-Gereshk. Recent deployment on Herrick 11 2009-2010. 6 months in Amby troop, moving smashed up/deceased UK/US/Danish from HLS to Hospital or mortuary. Whole different outlook on life after that.........
11Charlie
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Posted: Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 04:05 PM UTC
I entered the Army in 1983, right out of high school. MOS was 11Charlie (my call-sign here) which just means I was an Indirect Fire Infantryman (mortars).
Did basic training and Airborne School at Ft. Benning, Ga. and a stint with the 82nd Airborne Div. (CSC 2/325 Abn. Inf.) Missed out on Grenada because they kept the 4.2 mortar platoon back at Bragg...I'm still bitter about that...
1984 - I went back to Ft. Benning where I was assigned to the Infantry Training Brigade (ITB)..which was later renamed as the 29th Infantry. (Bco. 1Bn. 29th Inf.) There, I drove for my company commander, and was a Mortar Gunnery Instructor for three years. Also did a short stint as driver for then BG Barry McCaffrey.
ETS from active duty in 1987 and went straight into the Ohio Army National Guard (1/147th Inf.) and got out altogether in 1988.
In 1994 I went back into the Army Reserves, again as a Mortar Gunnery Instructor with the 70th Division (Training) out of Richmond, Indiana.
Now, I'm out completely, but wish I was still in.
Did basic training and Airborne School at Ft. Benning, Ga. and a stint with the 82nd Airborne Div. (CSC 2/325 Abn. Inf.) Missed out on Grenada because they kept the 4.2 mortar platoon back at Bragg...I'm still bitter about that...
1984 - I went back to Ft. Benning where I was assigned to the Infantry Training Brigade (ITB)..which was later renamed as the 29th Infantry. (Bco. 1Bn. 29th Inf.) There, I drove for my company commander, and was a Mortar Gunnery Instructor for three years. Also did a short stint as driver for then BG Barry McCaffrey.
ETS from active duty in 1987 and went straight into the Ohio Army National Guard (1/147th Inf.) and got out altogether in 1988.
In 1994 I went back into the Army Reserves, again as a Mortar Gunnery Instructor with the 70th Division (Training) out of Richmond, Indiana.
Now, I'm out completely, but wish I was still in.
TacticalSquirrel
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Posted: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 03:10 AM UTC
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11B (Infantry) on active Duty (10th Mtn) Somalia '93/Haiti '94.
95B (MP) in reserves (94th MP Co) Iraq '03-'04.
Sorry MP's, Infantry is better. Most infantrymen won't believe it, but MP's get [auto-censored] on even more than the Infantry.
Agreed on all accounts, I had more fun on deployment as a 19D/11B than I'll ever have as a 31B. Dismounted combat patrolling, ambushes and raids, calling for fire, popping Javelin's and TOWs. Loved that part, detainee ops...
Also true about law enforcement, but lucky for me I've no interest in law and order, be it on the civilian or military side of the house. I joined to be a field MP, that's what we always trained for, and then we deployed. 
mharris79
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Posted: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 - 11:12 PM UTC
Spent 6 years in a Scottish Warrior IFV infantry battalion part of 7 th armoured brigade (desert rats) in Germany.
Most of my short career was spent in a mortar platoon firing from 432's after spending about a year in a rifle company. The last year and a bit was spent in my home country training for mountain warfare.
Most of my short career was spent in a mortar platoon firing from 432's after spending about a year in a rifle company. The last year and a bit was spent in my home country training for mountain warfare.
reccymech
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Posted: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 - 02:16 AM UTC
ECN 226 - Recovery Mechanic, which would have to be the best job in the army.
rolf
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Posted: Monday, May 02, 2011 - 05:39 PM UTC
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Joined the USMC in 1962 and was an 0331 machine gunner. That was in the days of the M-14 and M-60.Spent 13 fun filled months on an all expenses paid waling tour of VietNam in 1965/66.I don't think I ever did anything brave,just did my job and tried to not let my fellow Marines down.Most of the time I got it right. Got into the fire service in 1971 and retired as a Battalion Chief 31 years later.Semper Fi.
Ted, my father was a Marine and served in VietNam around the same time you did. I really didn't know him very well as I was pretty young when he passed (State side). My older half brother may know more like what unit he was in.
I served 1.5 yrs in the National Guard as a 12B (Combat Engineer) then 20 yrs active Navy as an Aircrewman. Did 2 tours flying in the MH-53E, 1 tour in the TH-57, and 1 tour in the P-3. I also did one tour as a Navy recruiter and can identify with the guy earlier who said it was his worst military assignment as I too hated recruiting with a passion.
Roy
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Posted: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 11:53 AM UTC
I was an Aviation Machinist's Mate for 20 years in the U.S. Navy. Worked on F-14 A/B and P-3C 
ArmorAddict83
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Posted: Sunday, September 04, 2011 - 05:21 PM UTC
13 bravo cannon crew member on an M109A6 Paladin Spent most of my time in em as driver. I wanted to be in MBT's but uncle sam's desires overroad my own but i still loved it. Does anyone know of a good 109 model. I think it would be cool to make a replica of steel rain that was the name of our gun.
Magpie
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Posted: Sunday, September 04, 2011 - 09:19 PM UTC
Seems there are a few "chooks" in here (Digger speak for Signallers)
I was 4 years an Officer in RASigs, then left the regular army only to rejoin the Reserve Forces. Served a further 12 years in a Regional Surveillance Force Unit until declaring myself to old for all that knees bent running about behaviour.
Thoroughly enjoyed my time in Signals/Intelligence side of things.
I was 4 years an Officer in RASigs, then left the regular army only to rejoin the Reserve Forces. Served a further 12 years in a Regional Surveillance Force Unit until declaring myself to old for all that knees bent running about behaviour.
Thoroughly enjoyed my time in Signals/Intelligence side of things.
Vicious
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Posted: Thursday, September 10, 2015 - 06:03 AM UTC
I like every Swiss citizen at 18yrs i have 2 choice: 1 join the army...2 join the army...
i Chose the number 1,i was "Fortress Pioneers" ,till 2003 these troops were responsible for the defense of the permanent infrastructure,Bunkers,dams,bridges,tunnel ecc..and in Switzerland we have a lot of them,the biggest i see was 52km of tunnel and bunkers in the muntains!!....a labirint!!... since 2003 these troops do not exist more...
.....our job was defend the infrastructure and in case of retreat we were the last to leave with a BIG BOOOOOM....like this the anemie finds just ruins and rubble,many brindges,tunnel etc...was already bildt with the place for the explosives and in the most important the explosives was already in place.
i Chose the number 1,i was "Fortress Pioneers" ,till 2003 these troops were responsible for the defense of the permanent infrastructure,Bunkers,dams,bridges,tunnel ecc..and in Switzerland we have a lot of them,the biggest i see was 52km of tunnel and bunkers in the muntains!!....a labirint!!... since 2003 these troops do not exist more...
.....our job was defend the infrastructure and in case of retreat we were the last to leave with a BIG BOOOOOM....like this the anemie finds just ruins and rubble,many brindges,tunnel etc...was already bildt with the place for the explosives and in the most important the explosives was already in place.Tigerone
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Posted: Monday, September 28, 2015 - 07:56 AM UTC
I was a 12B20, (combat Engineer) in Viet Nam 66-67.
Our basecamp was located in the central highlands of II corps outside Pleiku. It's how I spent my 20th year on the planet.
Our basecamp was located in the central highlands of II corps outside Pleiku. It's how I spent my 20th year on the planet.
The_Snowman
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Posted: Tuesday, October 06, 2015 - 01:55 AM UTC
I joined the airforce to be a draughtsman and ended up training as an armourer....
As long as it went bang, I was happy. Bigger the bang the better!! But in all honesty it makes you a bit paranoid - stuffing around will kill you and your buddies.
As long as it went bang, I was happy. Bigger the bang the better!! But in all honesty it makes you a bit paranoid - stuffing around will kill you and your buddies.
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