Former M1/M1A1 Abrams crewman & unit armorer. E5 when I got out.

Trained at Ft Knox 1984 - 1985
H Co. 2/2 ACR 1985 - 1986
G Troop 2/3 ACR 1986 - 1987
short recall for the 1st Gulf War

Does 6 years in a military academy complete with a US Army ROTC program qualify as some sort of military service? Sure felt like it at the time!

Gary

USAF 1961-65. Spent all four years with Pacific Stars and Stripes in Tokyo, Japan with various TDY's to various fun spots in South east Asia. Some of those spots were hell on my cameras! Heat, humidity, leeches and airborne lead pollution.

Obergefreiter in the Bundeswehr, 2005-2006. First Tanks and then Artillery.

United States Marine Corps 1976-1982 Private to lance cpl, held several ranks twice. USAR 1985-2003 Sgt to Captain. Field Artillery, Military Intel, and Civil Affairs. Do it all again!!!!

I spent 8.5 in the Army. Went around the world 4 times, 13 different countries, 1 combat zone. And I was only a light wheeled mechanic! I felt like the poster child for "been there done that". But if I could do it all again, I would in a heartbeat.

I started building autos back in the day. Now I have moved onto armor and 1/16th figures.

I have been in the Army National Guard or Army Reserve since 1985. I started out as a 19E armor crewman on an M48A5, and trained on the M60A1 RISE Passive during basic training. I graduated to the M1 series after Armor Officer Basic. I am currently a Major in a PSYOP unit, and have been deployed twice since 9/11, with a third due at the begining of next year. One of my goals is to build an M1114 with the PSYOP speaker set-up, but since I have never scratch-built anything, this may be a bit of a challenge.

1(NL)UN Signal Battalion ,Cpl, 8 months fmr yoegoslavia 1993.

Three years ROTC at Ball State University. Cadet Staff Sergeant. Just waiting on some paperwork to make it official. After that, who knows though probably a 2LT in Ordnance or MI.

Jeff

Former Cold War US Army Military Policeman , Germany.

Jeff

Firstly, congradulations to Lt Col. Gronovius on your promotion !

It's great to see so many servicemembers here. I entered the US Army (2 1/2 weeks after graduating high school ) in 1985 and served as an Infantryman in 2/6 Infantry, 2nd Brigade (The Iron Brigade), 1st AD in Erlangen, Germany til 1987. 1987-1989 at Ft Benning GA., with the 1/58 Inf.,197th Infantry BDE(Mechanised) (Separate)... where we went to NTC THREE times, twice as OPFOR and once as Blue Force. It's always better to be OPFOR !! Army Reserves 1991-2000, with the 423rd MP company, 310th Battalion, 800th MP BDE. 2001-present with the USAF Security Forces. I am a Tech Sgt(E-6). Hope to retire next year!

Airborne
Expert Infantry
In addition to the above places,served in Bosnia, Croatia, Krgystan,Iraq
LEAVING IRAQ IN A FEW DAYS !!

U.S.Army 1962-1965, Army Security Agency (disbanded 1972)
basic at Ft. Dix NJ
school at Ft. Devens, Mass (now Hanscomb AFB)
stationed 12th ASA Field Station, Chitose, Hokkaido, Japan 63-65

PS- no it wasn't the "brown boot army"

U.S.A.F. 1969-1980. Crew Chief KC-135A and C-141A/B. Loring A.F.B. Maine, Torrejon A.B., Spain, and Travis A.F.B., California. I still work at Travis A.F.B. as a civilian employee ( air cargo). Cheers-

Rob-

MIG - 17

Did almost 22 years with the Army.
All of it as a Scout. Started off on M151 guntrucks, moved onto the M901, then M3A1(minus) Bradley, Sheridan, and finally M3A2's here in Colorado. Got to load a lot of tanks as a scout due to our tank platoons always being undermanned, lots of fun.. Jumpmaster, sniper.....lots of fun schools and places. I miss the people, but not the BS. "Q"

Ex United States Air Force. Crew chief on F-111's, F-15E's and A-10's.
Build primarily 1/48 scale aircraft with some armor and cars for a change of pace.

Spent four years active Army (1991-1995) with 2/43ADA PATRIOT in Ft. Polk, LA. Did basic at Ft. Dix, NJ; AIT at Ft. Bliss, TX. Then spen three yeard (1997-2000) in the Massachusetts Army National Guard, Co A 181 Engineers in Milford, MA. Honor Graduate for MAARNG OCS at Camp Edwards, MA, but was not awarded my commission. Want to go into the NY ARNG, but my wife would KILL me if I did.

Jim

Thanks, I was promoted back in 2005.

Just joined the forums today and saw this thread so I had to answer it as my first post.

CW2 with 21 years in the Army.

I guess, I will do my part to bring this back up to the top. I was in the US Navy for just under 3 years. Left as E5 Gas Turbine Systems Tech, Mechanical. A traffic accident in Eqypt put me out, but I'd go back if they would let me.

Ex- Master Bombardier, Royal Canadian Artillery. CFB Shilo,MB.

Redleg, baby!!

I served 6 years in the U.S. Army as a Military Police soldier. Stationed in Baumholder Germany and Fort Stewart Georgia. and Deployed to Bosnia, Israeli and Iraq.

Im active, Rifleman, Royal Australian Infantry Corps

Wow. Busy thread.
12 years in , 23 to go:
1994-96 reserve Infantry, 1 Royal New Brunswick Regiment, B Coy.
96-2000 Infantry, 3 and 1 PPCLI.
2000 to now, Vehicle Technician (filthy grease monkey). Arte et Marte!

US Navy - enlisted Aviation Electronics Technician (when the S-3A Viking was first introduced to the fleet, but I'm not old...)

Then commissioned and served as a Surface Line officer, driving various ships including USS Jouett (CG-29), USS Independence (CV-62) & USS Stein (FF-1065) and many different desks.
Then retired after 24 years.

Hmmm - those ships - Jouett and Independence are stricken from the Fleet, awaiting disposition: scrapping or sinkex; and Stein has been transferred to the Mexican Navy. But I'm not old...

Rick

Ex Royal Air Force member reporting in....